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  • Glow With Happiness Over These Unique Lighting Ideas

    Any home design is made better by innovative and effective lighting. One of today’s hottest trends is to use fluorescence throughout a home’s design to cast a soft glow and create plenty of visual interest. Our favorite ways to add fluorescence include:

      • Ambient lighting. You can use fluorescence in a variety of ways to enhance your home’s ambient lighting. Cabinet lighting, underbed lighting, and ceiling lighting are all ways to integrate a fluorescent glow into your home.
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    Contemporary Living Room via Houzz
      • Exterior lighting. Put fluorescence to work outside by applying a specially designed coating to garden pots, tiles, or even the sidewalk. Starpath, an elastomeric coating, absorbs and stores energy from the sun during daylight hours then casts a cool glow in the dark night.
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    Traditional Exterior via Houzz
      • Functional lighting. Many times you need light to serve a specific purpose. Consider adding fluorescence in a bathroom to serve as a nightlight or in the kitchen to make the cold walk to your morning coffee a little more enjoyable.
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    Contemporary Kitchen via Houzz

    For more information about innovative custom home design ideas contact our team at Country Club Homes,call us at 203-762-0550 or visit us at www.countryclubhomesinc.com. We are ready to help you bring your design dreams to life.

  • The Studs of Construction: Understanding the Lumber in Your Home

    You’ve encountered the studs of construction before: You measure and mark the walls to hang a piece of artwork. The first nail goes in easy-breezy, the second one nearly jars the teeth out of your head as you pound it in. That’s a stud. Homes in Fairfield County and around the country are usually framed…

  • Adding a Sauna to Your Home is Great for Your Health

    An in-home sauna may seem like an unnecessary luxury, but in reality it can provide significant benefits to your health. A sauna’s heat works to sooth your nerve endings, relieve tension, reduce joint pain, and relax your muscles.  Spending time in a sauna also works to calm your body and relieve it of stress which promotes…

  • Create Cleverly Concealed Work Spaces in Your Home

    Have you discovered that you could benefit from additional workspaces in your home? Using creative built-in storage is an excellent way to create unique spaces designed specifically to meet your family’s needs. Contemporary Family Room by New York Architects & Designers Murdock Solon Architects via Houzz   Considering adding a: Homework center: Does your kids’ homework spill out across…

  • How to Tell if a Wall or Column is Load-Bearing

    Many homeowners seek to open up space in their home during a home renovation project by removing a wall. This can connect spaces and completely transform a home’s layout. Before a wall can be removed it must first be determined whether the wall is load-bearing. This can be determined by: Traditional Staircase by Wilton Design-Build Firms Country Club…