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Planning-Building Your New Home | Your Castle

Learn to plan, design and build an energy efficient home that uses the latest technology & provides future accessibility. We define proper design planning, financing strategies, & contractor communications to prepare anyone to manage this investment.

This is one of the most personally creative projects to start. It is one of the most intense projects that individuals-families will experience.

Planning the course of this adventure is what this lens seeks to provide you.

Design & Build Your House Based on Budget, Value and Maintenance Costs.

Design within your monthly budget.

Your house is an investment that accrues in value.

Select a contractor based on value.

Communicate weekly with contractor on project deadlines and budget.

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Personal Journal Designing-Constructing Our New Home 

I used Revit Architecture software to design and construct our new house.

I've been designing homes since I was in high school. One of the most thrilling events was designing and watching the construction of our new house. (2006-2007) Below, are articles I wrote based on the journal I maintained during our new home design-build process.
Our Home In Revit
June 2006 - My wife, Georgene and I are "patiently" waiting for our county to provide us with our building permit for our new house. Since Revit Version 4.5, I've designed 3 variations of homes before we received bank loan approval a couple weeks ago.
Big Thanks to Our Contractor
January 2007 - We're making plans to move into the home I designed in Revit within the next week. As a note of thanks we took out a personal ad in our local newspaper to thank our general contractor, Jim Helms owner of Quality Built Homes, Inc. for his efforts. We punctuated that personal ad with a webpage that featured him and a few of the subcontractors that brought this project to life. (Project Photos)
Designing A Greener Home With Revit
February 2007 - I provide a dozen examples of Revit Features I used to design, visualize, simulate and analyze our new home's design through construction.

Home Loans and Financing 

FIRST LESSON STARTS HERE -> Before you start this process, you must know how much house you can afford.

You must establish this first.

Your contractors, realtors and lenders will need this number to help you define, design and build a new house.
  1. Pre-Loan Approval: Before you start the home design process, home builder/contractor selection review, the land purchase process and/or realtor meetings; you must know how much house you can afford.
  2. Home Loan Documentation: Debt, Assets & Income: Documenting what you owe, the value of what you own and how much do you make (income) will determine the size of your home loan that the lender will consider.
  3. Home Loan Appointments-Beyond Bankers' Hours: Many lenders provide "after hours" appointments to discuss and/or service your borrowing needs. This may include home loan appointments that are scheduled for early evenings, weekends, and mornings.
  4. Home Builder and Property Developer Financing Packages Property developers, real-estate brokers, large and smaller home builder-contractors sometimes have pre-arranged financing packages available if you build with them.
  5. How to Manage New Home Change Orders During the home construction process, if you make any changes to your home plans and/or specifications; it is done through a document called a "change order".

Home Financing Resource - Official Free Credit Report Web Site 

The sole purpose of this site is to provide you a FREE annual credit report.

This is the only consumer credit report website that Consumer Reports recommended and featured in their August 2007 Issue. http://www.consumerreports.org/

You are entitled to receive one free credit report every 12 months from each of the nationwide consumer credit reporting companies - Equifax, Experian and TransUnion. This free credit report can be requested through this website, by phone or by mail. https://www.annualcreditreport.com
AnnualCreditReport.com
AnnualCreditReport.com is the official site to help consumers to obtain their free credit report.

This central site allows you to request a free credit file disclosure, commonly called a credit report, once every 12 months from each of the nationwide consumer credit reporting companies: Equifax, Experian and TransUnion.

Fight identity theft by monitoring and reviewing your credit report. You may request your free credit report online, by phone or through the mail. Free credit reports requested online are viewable immediately upon authentication of identity. Free credit reports requested by phone or mail will be processed within 15 days of receiving your request.

Property, Site and Lot Selection That Serves Your Lifestyle. 

Location. Employment. Schools. Transportation. Shopping. Hospitals. Entertainment.

  1. Builder-Contractor Owned: Some lots or building sites require that you build your home with the contractor selling the property. In that case, you'll need to evaluate the contractor at the same time as you evaluate your lot selection. Once you purchase the property, you're now obligated to build with this contractor.
  2. Transportation: Consider the modes of transportation available to the lot, subdivision, or building site you choose for your home. City or school bussing, bike paths, train or light rail, park and ride, expressways or regional car pooling.
  3. New Property Developments: If you are one of the first to purchase and build; you may have the best opportunity to see the value of your home increase faster than if you are the last to build in a new subdivision.

Residential Home Building Contractor References 

Selecting a Contractor Based on Value

A house is an investment. So don't shop for a contractor like you're buying a car or TV. It may take 3-12 months to interview, qualify and hire a contractor to entrust with your personal investment.

On average, it may take 12-24 months working with the contractor to define, design, finance and build your home. This person is going to be part of your life for a while. So find someone you feel comfortable sharing this ride.
  1. Design References: Ask to see 1-3 homes that the builder has recently completed. They should be similar in cost and design to the house you want to build.
  2. Quality References: Ask for the street addresses and drive by homes they've built over several years. Depending on the homeowner, this may demonstrate the durability of their work. For example, our siding contractor gave us 7 homes that we could drive by to view our final two color and siding selections.
  3. Documented References: While most of their previous home projects are now occupied, a wise builder will have and maintain a photo album of exterior/interior photos from their previous projects.
  4. Client References: A quality builder will have letters of reference by recent, satisfied clients. Our builder had recent letters and several that dated back a few years.
  5. Display Models: Larger builders may have show models that demonstrate their design options. Smaller builders may have existing work under construction they might be able to show you. A local "Parade of Homes" many times showcase the quality of both small and larger builders. Our builder gave us a tour of his home where he showcased his craftsmanship and unique design ideas.
  6. Bank Contractor References: As you shop for financing, ask the financing institution for contractor reference(s). Financing institutions inspect the home several times during the construction process. They have contractors that have caused fewer or no problems for them. It's a WIN-WIN when they share these suggestions with you.

Plan to Succeed

Detailed documented planning will keep your project on time and budget. Maintain a journal for questions and a todo list, a page-size calendar to map out important dates and letter-size printouts of floor plans & elevations for meetings.

Contractor Communications and Collaboration 

Contractor Communications

I've worked on both "sides of the fence" for almost 30 years. I design homes and work as technical-business consultant to homebuilders.
  1. Improve communications with your contractor. Ask your contractor for both their office & cell phone number and email address. You should provide the same to them. Indicate which is the best and first to use. My contractor contacted me several times when he needed an immediate decision or answer from me. Each time we avoided costly delays from playing "phone tag".
  2. Substituting Subcontractors: A quality general contractor builds with a proven, hand-picked team of subcontractors. These subs have a proven record of timely delivery and meeting client budgets.

    Be careful when you suggest substituting your contractor's plumber with your friend's part-time plumbing business.

    Remember, your contractor is contractually in charge of your project's budget and scheduling. He/she needs to review and approve this substitution prior to construction. Your sub needs to meet with your contractor as part of this approval prcoess.

    They must be able to meet the contractor's scheduling, payment, lien waiver, quality and warranty requirements. Your lendor must see the contractor is holding every sub financially accountable for their portion of the project.

    They are your representative for the complete project.
  3. Consistent, Scheduled Project Meetings are the best means to communicate regularly with the contractor to review your project's progress.

    Be professional! Set meeting times convenient to both of your schedules. They may be in the evening or on the weekends. Remember, meeting times during the day, cut into the builder's time to work on your home.

    Meeting frequency and length of meeting time will increase as the project progresses. Ask your builder for the agenda of the next meeting(s). It empowers you with more time to discuss, research or think about the next level of decisions or choices YOU need to provide to your contractor.

    Homeowners create expensive delays and cost overruns to their project by their failure to make a decision and/or rechanging their decisions. Make a decision; stick with your decision.

    Builders must communicate early to the homeowner the next decisions the owners need to make for the builder. This keeps the builder's crews steadily working on your project. Without a decision; the builder will move the crews to one of their other projects.

    Your goal, provide a steady flow of timely decisions to the builder to keep them on your project.

Add Value First

Add value-based upgrades (better windows, doors, plumbing fixtures, furnace, cabinets, countertops or higher energy efficient appliances) before adding more space.

The Change Order: Tracking the Cost of Design Changes: 

Balancing Cost, Value and Time of Change Orders

  1. Change Orders Your lender and builder agreed to lend and build your home based on the original drawings and specifications you contractually agreed upon. Any change to those home plans and/or specifications is done through a document called a "change order document".
  2. The builder prepares the cost and any revisions to scheduling for the proposed change order. The change order tells you and the bank the cost of your proposed change. The change may create additional cost (add value), it may be a negative cost (removes value) or the change may not have a cost associated to your change.(equal value)

    Your builder provides you this information prior to implementing the change order. As you "financially review" the cost of your decision; you approve or cancel the proposed change order with the builder.
  3. Change orders typically cost something; time, quality and/or money.

Plug and Play

Minimize energy and maintenance costs durng the design process.

Energy Saving - Sustainable Design 

Energy Conservation & Considerations

There are simple, common sense ways to design energy efficiency into a new home or into a home remodeling project.
  1. Light Fixtures: Consider purchasing light fixtures that can use compact fluorescent light bulbs. Our new home has more than 2 dozen compact flourescent light bulbs. We placed these fixtures in areas where the lights were turned on for prolonged periods of time.

    We use 15-watt flourescent light bulbs instead of the traditional 60-watt incandescent bulbs. Our local hardware store was providing "instant rebates" that allowed us to purchase each compact bulb for $1.00. Watch for more of these rebates. As governmental energy agencies and the lighting industry recognize the benefits of today's flourescent and LED lighting technologies.

    Remember, compact flourescent (CF) require special disposal. Don't just throw them away in your regular garbage.

    Australia considers banning wasteful incandescent bulbs.
  2. Motion Detector (ON/OFF) Light Switches: These light switches have saved electricity and provided a safe, convenient "hands free" method for turning on lights. We installed them in the bathrooms and utility room. When you enter the room or open the door the light turns on. After you leave the room and it no longer detects motion in the room, it will turn the lights off.

    The exterior lights detect motion and the light of day to determine whether they should turn on.
  3. Ceiling Fans can improve the heating-cooling efficiency of your home. Consider installing them in each bedroom and in the main living rooms. Wall dimmer switch controls add convenience to adjusting fan speed.
  4. Room and Window Placement The west winds, the intense southern Summer sun, the early rising eastern sun and the northern winds and lack of sun should be considered when designing your home's room placement and their associated windows.

    Rooms and windows on the south side of the house will absorb heat year round; summer and winter. Design roof overhangs at least 2' feet deep; that will block the summer sun and the associated heat.

    Design rooms and place windows on the east side of the house where light and the heat of the early morning sun is desirable. The sun can rise as early as 5:00 am in the Summer and 7:00 am in the Winter. If you're not an early riser, place your bedrooms on the west or north side of the house.

    From late Fall into late Winter, the west wall is exposed to low sun angles and harsh wind chill in northern climates. .

Accessible and Universal Design 

Accessibility and Future Re-design/Reuse

America's growing older generation of home buyers realize the value and are willing to pay for accessibility features when shopping for homes.
  1. Wheelchair access:
    Design at least one first floor bathroom to provide wheelchair access for guests and maybe someday for you.
  2. Consider designing a "one step" or "no step" entrance. Wider sidewalks that gently slope up from the driveway to the front stoop improve accessibility. Alert your contractor of your intentions; so they can properly set the height of the first floor and basement relative to the final grade.
  3. Lever Door Handles: These types of handles provide easier access than traditional round door handles. Children, older adults and anyone carrying groceries can open lever-handle doors without the need to "clench and turn" the handle.
  4. Outlets, switches and controls: We placed our wall outlets at the ADA height of 16" above the floor. One regret, we didn't set the wall switches and thermostat at a lower height. Something to consider when working with your electrical contractor.

    There are several dimmer switches to adjust the intensity of light.
  5. TV viewing areas do not have windows next to the TV to avoid the bright light from windows contrasting against the TV screen; making it easier on your eyes.
  6. Larger energy efficient (Low-E) windows provide light, fresh air and venting in almost every room. This includes our walk-in closet and bathrooms. When the bedroom and bathroom doors are open; their windows provide sufficient daylighting to light the adjoining hallway. Every effort was taken to reduce the need/use of electrical lighting during the daytime.
  7. Sound Insulation Every bedroom interior wall was insulated with batt insulation to reduce noise between adjoining bedrooms, hallways and bathrooms. Laundry and utility room walls were also insulated. This has created a significantly quieter home.

The Green Home Guide 



Green Home Building






Green Home Building


Digital Design Board 

Online/Offline design tools allow you to be the designer

3D Envisioneer Express - Free Download
This is a free 38MB download that allows you to create, save and print 3D floor plans.

I downloaded this for my dad. He wanted to document some floor plan ideas and visualize them. I think it works pretty well as a free, very-entry level floor plan visualization tool.

Things like Text, Dimensions, and upper cabinets are not included. I would suggest that they include a limited amount documentation entities. Such as; Text for Room names and Dimensions for the overall building footprint dimensions.

When using, remember to pick items and then use the right click button of your mouse. It provides menus for move, copy, edit door swings, etc. When you select a wall, door or window; a dimension pops up. Pick the dimension text and change the value; it will then move the item you selected. Pretty cool.

There is an upgrade to the full version if you feel you want more functionality.
Best Buy - Design It Online
Kitchen & Laundry Design Center
Our online tools let you design your new kitchen, laundry room or wet bar, creating custom layouts that include your appliance selections, color scheme and floor plan. It's easy and it's free.
IKEA - Kitchen Design Planning Software
Free downloadable kitchen plannng software. See your new kitchen on screen before you buy it with the IKEA Kitchen Planner Tool.

Enter the measurements of your current kitchen, then drag and drop cabinets into place. See your kitchen idea in 3-D view - try out different cabinets and doors.
Merillat Cabinet - Online 3D Designer
Merillat Cabinet Manufacturer provides this 3D Design planner for kitchens, bathrooms,home office, laundry rooms, playrooms and garage. Basically most areas where you might have cabinets.
Online Floor Planner
Design your house plan blueprints online with smallblueprinter, then take a 3D walkthrough your design, check out an isometric view and print out your plan. This simple schematic planning tool also shows a 3D isometric of the floor plan. Its free and easy to use.
Online Green Analysis Tools - Links
organicARCHITECT :: news blog - Online Tools
We get dozens of requests for suggestions of Green Building software or online tools. Here is a list of the sites we use.

The Online MediaShelf - Home Design Ideas 

Accessible-Universal Designed Model Home
Solutions for people with challenges in mobility, hearing and vision.

Welcome to Choices for Indpendent Living. We are a demonstration model accessible house that is open to the public daily, in Wausau, Wisconsin.

Purpose
Its purpose is to demonstrate accessibile house modifications and related furniture, fixtures, appliances, equipment and technology in a true residential living environment where visitors can obtain take home information about everything in the house. See the Features page for specific information about the accessible features for each room.

The house utilizes as many elements of UNIVERSAL DESIGN as can be practically included. Note: the Universal Design file is a very large pdf.
Accessible-Universal Design - An Essential Consideration (PDF download)
Advocates predict that in the next decade universal design will transform the American home, significantly altering real estate, design and construction standards. Their benchmark is the capacity of a home to accommodate the physical, sensory and psychological abilities and limitations of all its occupants-and their visitors-over the course of their lifetimes.
Affordable Housing Design Advisor Resource Center
The Affordable Housing Design Advisor has been developed to help anyone involved in the production of affordable housing achieve higher design quality. It is full of useful - and usable - information that can be accessed in a variety of ways.
Concept Home - Downloadable PDF
Concept Home of the Future...downloadable PDF File. Planning for today's home requires review of tomorrow's use of your home.
Home & Gardens TV Professional Site
One of my favorites: This site includes online "How to web videos", step-by-step projects, design ideas, a media store, photos, Best Practices for building and lots more. You can subscribe to their email newsletters on availability of new design ideas.
Midwest Home Magazine Website
Midwest Home, a supplement to Minnesota Monthly magazine, is dedicated to showcasing fine homes and gardens in the Twin Cities and around the Upper Midwest.

Their site features several areas of interest: Decorating & Design, Building & Architecture, Kitchen & Bath, Remodeling & Home Improvement, Outdoor Living & Landscaping and several more.

The magazine was recognized with 6 awards for its fine editorial content and beautiful design at the 2006 Minnesota Publishing Excellence Awards.
Not So Big House Website
This web site is designed to supplement the information and concepts you'll find in Sarah Susanka's books and presentations. A really popular feature of the site is the Home Professionals Directory, a searchable database of architects and home professionals who concur with the Not So Big philosophy. In addition, you may purchase the plans for many of the homes detailed in my books. The Community Bulletin Board is a place to share your thoughts with others. Check back often, we update the site frequently.
HGTV Bath Design
Online videos, Design tools, How-to projects, Products and more.
Energy Efficient Home
Learn how to save money and protect the environment by implementing energy efficiencies in your own home.
Smarthome-Home Automation
Who Is Smarthome?
In business since 1992, Smarthome is the world's largest home automation retailer, with over 5,000 affordable lighting, security, and home entertainment products that the average do-it-yourselfer can safely install. Smarthome's friendly customer service & expert technical support team is available seven days a week to answer all your questions.
UBuildIt-Build Your Own Custom Home
UBuildIt is the nation's largest network of residential construction consultants. We help owner-builders confidently self manage the construction or remodel of their home, allowing them to build more home for their money.
X10 Home Automation
This lens is a general overview of the common x10 devices and how they are used. Use X10 components to automate your home, improve security and save electricity. I have used X10 products over the past year and I am happy with the results.

Architects & Designers 

Select an architect
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) provides an architect finder and research materials on the value of using a licensed architect for your new home or home renovation project.

Enter your ZIP code. In addition you may select a building type from the pull-down menu. Then click "Submit" to find AIA architects within a 50-mile radius of your ZIP code that specialize in the building type you selected. (If you don't select a building type, all AIA architects within a 50-mile radius will be displayed). Advanced/International search options are also available.
Green Building Blocks
Green building for the home market is booming. But it isn't always easy to find qualified design and building professionals. This is a directory to find these professionals and for those green residential designers & builders to list their organizations.
Sarah Susanka, FAIA - Author of Not So Big House Series
Bestselling author, architect, and cultural visionary, Sarah Susanka is leading a movement that is redefining the American home. Her "build better, not bigger" approach to residential architecture has been embraced by homeowners, architects and builders across the country and her Not So Big philosophy has sparked an international dialogue. As a leading advocate for the re-popularization of residential architecture, Ms. Susanka has improved the quality of home design while countering the elitist image of architects so commonly held by the public.
Passive Solar House Plans
Architect Debra Rucker Coleman, AIA is the owner of Sun Plans Inc. She has been designing passive solar homes since 1985. In 1990 she first published the house plan book Sun-Inspired Home Plans.
organicARCHITECT
Promoting both an organic and individual approach to design, architect, author & educator Eric Corey Freed sculpts innovative buildings that embody ecological & social responsibility.

The organicARCHITECT creates designs to question, innovate and delight our clients. His blog organicARCHITECT :: news blog - Provides the latest information on the world of Architecture, Design and Sustainability brought to you by organicARCHITECT.

HGTV-Pro Highlights 

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Home Planning Lense Resources 

Leverage the Expertise of Squidoo Lens Masters

I visited each of these lenses and found their content to be helpful. Each of these lens masters share their home planning and design expertise.
Deck Building
Have you considered building a deck? Our aim is to provide you with information to help you with your deck building and adding new features to your deck. You will learn how to build a deck with us!
Desert Landscape
The Southwestern United States is an arid region known for a very low annual rainfall. Water conservation is an issue on everyone's mind. Every homeowner wants to landscape his or her home to create beauty and to have a place to relax and enjoy.
Design Basics : Home Plans, Woman-Centric Marketing, Gifts
Today, we are the nation's largest home plan design service to the building industry, offering a variety of home plans as well as associated products and services. Our company has been recognized nationally for home design, business management, corporate growth, sales and the development of effective marketing products. This growth and success over the years has helped us define our mission statement - "Bringing People Home."
Elegance At Home
Your home defines 'You". Elegance is in the eye of the beholder. You can have elegance in your home without being rich. In order to be successful you will need to be a smarted shopper. So put the big bucks away. Stay tuned to more definitive tips on Elegant Accessories for Home.
Great Kitchen Counter Top Ideas & Design Secrets
This site will help you: plan your project, provide useful tips, point out pertinent resources, outline a timeline and generally make sense of it all for you in one convenient location.
Outdoor Fireplaces/Fire Pits
Welcome to my Outdoor Fireplace/Fire Pit lens. I am in the process of coming up with a design for my backyard patio, and I want it to include an outdoor fireplace or fire pit. I've looked at many different models on the internet, and I've included some information and links that I have found. These pertain to three types of outdoor products: fireplace, chiminea, and fire pit.
Stone Wall Cladding
Wall cladding that is made of natural stone is the latest trend in the design industry. Wall cladding that is made of natural stone gives any outdoor or indoor setting an everlasting yet modern ambience.

A stone wall adds vigour to any surrounding, due to the textural and colour distinctions in the stone. Whether you are renovating or starting from scratch, stone wall cladding will provide you with a stunning wall cladding, while offering easy installation.
Wall Mounted Fountains Review
Water, whether in the form of a vigorous waterfall, the ebb and flow of the tide lapping on a beach, or a tinkling woodland brook, brings life, energy and refreshment. To be able to relax beside gently flowing water has always been a luxury reserved for people who live in the deep countryside. Now, with the availability of indoor wall mounted fountains, even those who live in an urban highrise apartment can enjoy the same refreshment.

New Home Builders NewsBlog 

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Landscaping Resources 

Landscaping can add up to 10% or more to your home's appraised value.

Free Garden Seed Catalogs
Here are some links and resources to help fill your mailbox with these welcome signs of spring.
Swimmingpools.com
They cater to the do-it-yourself individual and pride themselves on their 11 years of maintaining their website service.
The National Arbor Day Foundation
» Research Trees that grow in your zipcode
» The Tree Store - Buy Trees Online
» Maintenance and Pruning Guides
» Use the Tree Wizard to choose plantings
» Educational Media: books, CDs, video
» Gift Planning
» Reforestation
» Become a member and receive free trees
» Trees in Memory
» Give-a-Tree Cards
The Pondlady's Watergardens
When Jan Goldfield took up the task of building a pond in her backyard in 1987, it was strictly as a hobby. As a child in Michigan, Jan helped in her grandmother's garden and years later, when she'd purchased a house in New Orleans, she discovered a true passion for it.

The PondLady's Pad 

Time to time musings about backyard garden pond building, keeping, troubleshooting. Tips on the latest pond supplies and equipment. Showcasing the best prices on the web.

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Gardening | Landscape Books 

Perennial Combinations: Stunning Combinations That Make Your Garden Look Fantastic Right from the Start

Perennial Combinations: Stunning Combinations That Make Your Garden Look Fantastic Right from the Start

by: C. Colston Burrell

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Design Assistance - Associations 

National Kitchen & Bath Association
Welcome to the official web site of the National Kitchen & Bath Association, your source for kitchen and bath information and education.

Site provides kitchen and bathroom planning guides, access standards, "find a professional", Annual design award winners, hire a certified designer, "how to articles" and much more.
HomeOwners for Better Building
Uniting Homeowners to Protect the Family Dreams of Today and Tomorrow. A huge volume of current news specific to the housing market, consumer rights and legal departments to assist you. Pretty impressive library of topics on http://hobb.org.
Mike Holmes on Homes
Each season on Holmes on Homes I try to show a variety of interesting renovation projects-- some big and some not-so-big.

Sarah Susanka, FAIA - Not So Big House Series of Books 

The inspiration for The Not So Big House came from a growing awareness that new houses were getting bigger and bigger but with little redeeming design merit. The problem is that comfort has almost nothing to do with how big a space is. It is attained, rather, by tailoring our houses to fit the way we really live, and to the scale and proportions of our human form.
Inside the Not So Big House: Discovering the Details That Bring a Home to Life (Susanka)

Inside the Not So Big House: Discovering the Details That Bring a Home to Life (Susanka)

by: Sarah Susanka, Marc Vassallo

Release Date: 09/20/2005

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The Not So Big House: A Blueprint for the Way We Really Live

The Not So Big House: A Blueprint for the Way We Really Live

by: Sarah Susanka

Release Date: 04/01/2001

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Not So Big Solutions for Your Home

Not So Big Solutions for Your Home

by: Sarah Susanka

Release Date: 10/01/2002

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Creating the Not So Big House: Insights and Ideas for the New American Home

Creating the Not So Big House: Insights and Ideas for the New American Home

by: Sarah Susanka

Release Date: 02/01/2002

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Trendy Product Suggestions for Your Home 

Looking for Trendy Products to incorporate into your new house.

Vulcan-Hart Kitchen Equipment
Vulcan-Hart is the hardest working, most dependable commercial kitchen line in the world. Come see how our comprehensive line of durable, robust equipment has been giving chefs the ultimate in creativity and control for over 130 years. Vulcan manufactures a broad line of gas and electric cooking equipment, including ranges, fryers, ovens, steam equipment, griddles and broilers. Vulcan is an independent operating division of Illinois Tool Works (ITW).
Hearth, Patio & Barbecue Association
Hearth, Patio & Barbecue Association (HPBA) is an international trade association first established in 1980 to represent and promote the interests of the hearth products industry in North America. In 2001, Hearth Products Association (HPA) merged with Barbecue Industry Association (BIA) 2001 to form HPBA. The Association includes manufacturers, retailers, distributors, manufacturers' representatives, service and installation firms, and other companies and individuals - all having business interests in and related to the hearth, patio, and barbecue products industry.

organicARCHITECT :: news blog 

The latest information on the world of Architecture, Design and Sustainability brought to you by organicARCHITECT.

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Perfect Paint Colors for Your Home's Interiors 

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