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  • Escape the Elements: Cold Climate Home Design Ideas

    Another New England winter is upon us and while we may pride ourselves on our hardy natures, it’s still smart to do whatever we can to design our homes with ample comfort and protection from the elements. Here are a few home design ideas to make your home a safe and sturdy haven during the winter months:

    Traditional Farm House with covered entrance - a cold climate home design Idea
    Country Club Homes, Inc.
    • Covered entrances: Porticos or porches at your home’s entrances make coming and going safer, more convenient, and more welcoming for visitors.
    • A snow melting system: Reduce your time shoveling snow by installing a snow melting system under your home’s sidewalks, parking areas and driveway.
    Cold Climate Home Design Ideas: radiant sidewalk
    Christopher Porter
    • Radiant heating systems: Installed under the floor, a radiant heating system is an efficient way to provide additional heat to your home and will bring you wonderful comfort all season.
    • South facing windows: Positioned to take advantage of the most light, south facing windows bring warmth to your home each day by maximizing available winter rays.

     

    Cold Climate Home Design Ideas: South facing windows
    Green Passive Solar Magazine

    Interested in learning more about radiant heat, check out some of our previous posts: Radiant Heat

    At Country Club Homes, we stay in touch with the latest custom home design trends to share exciting new ideas with our clients. Contact us today at 203-762-0550 or visit us at countryclubhomesinc.com to learn more about our work.

     

  • 3 Popular New England Architectural Styles

    The quintessential charm of a classic New England home never loses its appeal.  Traditional New England home styles still appeal to today’s homeowners. We are still trying to capture the warmth and elegance of this popular architectural style. Today we want to introduce you to three of these popular New England architectural styles. Colonial Period- Dating…

  • Happy Thanksgiving from Country Club Homes

    The annual Thanksgiving holiday presents an opportunity for Country Club Homes to extend warm holiday greetings to you; and to wish you and your family a very happy Thanksgiving Day. This is one day in the year when Americans from across the country gather together to enjoy the many things that are most important in…

  • Design Qualities of an Authentic Cape Cod Home

    Are you a connoisseur of New England architectural styles? If you are, you will know the most popular styles are a blend of the colonial styles replicated from British residential architecture of the period, modified to adapt to the more harsh New England winters. The half-timbered cottage from 17th century England evolved into the one…

  • Warm and Wintry Country Club Homes Fireplace Photo Images

    Are you looking forward to spending some quality time with family and friends this holiday season enjoying the warmth generated by a roaring fire in the fireplace at your home located in Fairfield County, CT? Country Club Homes, Inc. has been designing and building hearty home fireplaces in our residential properties since our company began…