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  • Plan Out a Laundry Room You’ll Want to Use

    Even if you hate doing the laundry you deserve a luxurious laundry room! Gone are the days that the laundry room was an overlooked space or relegated to a small closet. Today’s laundry rooms feature beautiful design elements and creative interpretations of a functional space. When designing your custom laundry room you’ll want to pay particular attention to:

    Beach Style Laundry Room by Newport Beach Home Builders Spinnaker Development via Houzz
      • Functional areas- Well designed laundry rooms should include space for prep, washing and drying, ironing, and storage. Make sure that the layout allows you to complete all of these tasks without feeling cramped.
    Traditional Laundry Room by Wilton Design-Build Firms Country Club Homes via Houzz
      • Cabinet dimensions- It’s important to ensure that your laundry room cabinets are the proper dimensions to fit all of your laundry essentials. Determine cabinet size by the height of your washer and dryer, the amount of storage you require, and any additional purposes the room may serve.
    Traditional Laundry Room by Los Angeles Tile, Stone & Countertops Emser Tile via Houzz
    • Extra space- Laundry rooms with extra space may serve as a craft room, mud room, or sewing room. If you are designing a space that will pull double duty make sure you choose a layout that doesn’t impact the functional use of the laundry room.

    For more custom home design ideas contact our team today at Country Club Homes, call us at 203-762-0550 or visit us at www.countryclubhomesinc.com.

  • 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…