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| SOLUTIONS |
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Homeowners and design professionals are challenged regularly to find solutions to a variety of aesthetic and pragmatic questions. How do we create a home office, renovate a useless basement, enliven a unused room, turn a deck into an outdoor living room, update a kitchen, etc. Here we provide “before” challenges and “after” solutions to a multitude of design topics. Go to Solutions. |
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| HERE & NOW |
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Trends and new ideas are everywhere, especially in the house. How do we discover the means to update our home to the latest in trends? Here we address the home entertainment center, the bathroom spa, energy conservation, space saving, outdoor living, universal design, condo living and a variety of other trends we encounter for our homes. Go to Here & Now. |
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| WAYS OF LIVING |
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The topics and solutions for the way we live are endless in today’s society. Here we explore creative solutions for alternative living. Examples include the dream vacation house, the in-law suite, cohousing, multifamily housing, prefab and kit homes, living off the grid, mobile homes, you name it. Go to Ways of Living. |
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| DESIGN ESSENTIALS / BUILDING BLOCKS |
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Building Blocks highlights the composition and uses of the infrastructural aspects of a house and Design Essentials explores surfaces and interior materials. This includes everything from the latest in framing materials, to the current trend in digitizing one’s home, to upholstery fabric.
Go to Design Essentials/Building Blocks. |
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| OUT THE DOOR |
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In today’s market, the site is an integral part of any well-designed house. This column celebrates good design in the great outdoors, from landscape architecture, to outdoor structures, lighting, Japanese gardens, or installing a pond.
Go to Out the Door. |
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| NEIGHBORHOODS |
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What is happening in the mountain states and what neighborhoods are noteworthy there? Go to Neighborhoods. |
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| MyWORD |
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A glossary of historic words pertaining to architecture and design. Go to MyWord. |
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