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  • Inspiring Fireplace Ideas to Warm Up Your New Home This Winter

    We all love a fireplace, right? The crackling fire, the undeniable warmth, and the opportunity to create interesting architecture all make fireplaces a highly sought after home detail. Regardless of your home’s style a fireplace is an excellent addition to your custom home. There are a lot of styles to consider but our favorite fireplace designs include:

      • Custom Built-ins: If you are designing a wood burning fireplace in your custom home consider creating a built-in space for storing firewood. You can also create built-in shelving surrounding a fireplace that is perfect for displaying home accessories and photos.


    Traditional Living Room by Chicago Home Builders Greenside Design Build LLC

      • Kitchen Fireplaces: Designing a wood-burning fireplace for your kitchen offers you the opportunity to create a cozy atmosphere and bring warmth to the space. Consider elevating the fireplace if you want to cook over the open flame.
    Credit: Country Club Homes
    Credit: Country Club Homes
        • Floor to Ceiling Design: When installing a fireplace it is beneficial to consider how it impacts the room’s overall design. Floor to ceiling stone or brick adds height to the room and draws the eye upward.


    Traditional Living Room

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  • Home Style of the Month: Shingle

    Making its mark between 1880-1900, particularly in New England coastal towns, the Shingle style of architecture is unmistakably American, with influences from Queen Anne and Colonial homes. Shingle style was never a mass building trend. The homes remained high style, architect driven projects, usually for wealthy families building a summer “cottage” home. The style has…

  • Solid Style: Ideas for a Stone Fireplace

    A natural in traditional and rustic homes, a stone fireplace is a solid focal point in any style interior, contributing warmth and character to a space. Multiple options for the size and shape of the fireplace, the type of stone used, and the earthy variations of the material make each stone fireplace truly distinct.  …

  • Fall in Love with Your Home: Romantic Ideas for Valentine’s Day

    We’re no experts on how to celebrate Valentine’s Day with your significant other but we do know something about how to show love to your home using these romantic ideas. February is a wonderful opportunity to create a spirit of joy in your environment by focusing on the senses romance inspires. Sight: If January didn’t…

  • A Bright Winter: Lighting Design for Your Home

    During the season of shorter days, the lighting design in your home more strongly influences mood. We all spend more time at home during the winter months and lighting can help us feel comfortable, warm and optimistic even on the coldest days. First, there’s natural light. Allowing as much natural light into your home as…