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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.
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    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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  • 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…