Tag: bath
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FourPlans: Pocket Offices Done Right
Your buyers may not need a full office, but no one should get stuck with a dark cave-like nook.
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FourPlans: Don Gardner’s Most Functional Designs
Since 1978, Donald A. Gardner Architects has delivered popular house plans that beautifully combine stylish exteriors with open, practical-minded interiors
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Editor’s Choice: 5 Favorite 2013 Projects
The 2014 Watermark Awards are upon us, and as entries trickle in, Custom Home Editor-in-Chief and Builder Senior Editor Amy Albert takes a look back at five of her favorite projects from last year’s Watermark Awards.
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How to Build A Spa-Style Bath
Increasingly discerning homeowners now travel the world, and one of the things they want is the spa-style bath from a great destination hotel. Architect Jerry Gloss shows how to bring the spa vibe home without increasing the bath’s square footage.
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FourPlans: Best-selling Plans from Frank Betz
Frank Betz Associates has built its reputation on providing high-quality house plans to the home building industry for more than 35 years. Here are a few of their best-selling plans. What do they have in common?
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FourPlans: Big (but Discreet) Garages
It’s a paradox: everyone wants more storage and parking space, but large garages can dominate a façade. The solution: these designs (each with room for three cars) downplay the garage with side entrances, split bays, and lovely adornments.
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FourPlans: Simple Open Layouts
Build smarter, not bigger.
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FourPlans: Plans for Childfree Buyers
Here’s a growing demographic to pay attention to: people who choose not to have children. Why not offer them something more appealing than the typical starter or move-up, which assumes kids are in the picture? In the case of the homes below, that means fewer (but nicer) bedrooms, no Jack-and-Jill baths, and very private master…
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FourPlans: Narrow Homes with Front-Loading Garages
Infill development is big. Need a plan for a narrow lot? Check out these four terrific designs, each 41 feet wide or less with a two-car, front-loading garage.
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FourPlans: Not Your Mama’s Kitchen
Ditch the boring kitchen model – you know the kind, with two or three seats in a row at a square island.