Posted in Flooring on Mar 20th, 2010 No Comments »
There are many advantages to town house floor plans, particularly for renters and urban dwellers. Years ago, this type of floor plan was known as a “row house.” Townhouses are generally multi-story units that are attached to units on either side give you neighbors living closely together similar to apartment style housing. Once found in [...]
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Posted in Flooring on Mar 6th, 2010 No Comments »
If you are planning to build a home, more than likely you have a size in mind. Of course the size of your home has to fit the lot that you have and the budget you have available for the home. It’s very common today for people to start out building a fairly small home. [...]
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Posted in Flooring on Feb 26th, 2010 No Comments »
Apart from the engineers, designers, and laborers, a house plan forms part of the overall construction. What will the designing and building teams construct if they have nothing to look at and follow? Where will the rooms be located? How many floors does the homeowner desire his house to have? What equipment will be employed [...]
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Posted in Flooring on Feb 22nd, 2010 No Comments »
Anyone fortunate enough to own beach front property should consider building themselves a beach house for the enjoyment of their family and friends. Beach house floor plans should follow the slope of the lot towards the beach and provide a panoramic view of the ocean. A clever design will exploit lot orientation, topography, gravity, direct [...]
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Posted in Flooring on Feb 18th, 2010 No Comments »
The ranch house floor plan is a shining example of the American Dream in its purest form. It was then, and remains today, the most widely built housing style ever seen in America. This house plan style had its heyday from 1949 to 1965 for several reasons.Prevailing loan programs of the day made getting a [...]
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Posted in Flooring on Feb 11th, 2010 No Comments »
House floor plans essentially fall into two categories – custom-drawn and pre-drawn floor plans. It can take a lot of time, money and effort if one chooses the former. Moreover, a pre-drawn floor plan, apart from saving money and time, also lends itself to modifications as per one’s needs.One can safely assume that many pre-drawn [...]
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Posted in Flooring on Feb 8th, 2010 No Comments »
Rehabbers who specialize in fixing investment houses geared towards a sale to first-time home buyers have many flooring choices. If you’re a rehabber, you’ll want to keep up with new interior decorating trends so you create a home that buyers will pay top dollar for. In today’s changing real estate market, it’s more important than [...]
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Posted in Flooring on Feb 5th, 2010 No Comments »
An architectural rendering or architectural drawing or architectural illustration, is the artwork of an architecture illustrator, architect, web designer or multimedia designer with the purpose of representing proposed design of an architectural structure. Using architectural rendering allows you to visualize a structure with basic layout of windows and doors.Generally, an architectural rendering includes the following:• Floor [...]
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Posted in Flooring on Feb 4th, 2010 No Comments »
Once a luxury addition to house the family vehicle, the garage has now become a necessity – and not just for cars. For active families, the need for storage space is crucial, and often leads to the garage becoming a catchall of clutter. But, by taking into consideration how you and your family will need [...]
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Posted in Flooring on Jan 31st, 2010 No Comments »
A scandalous abomination now known as the Robie House was completed in 1910. It was a horrible eyesore to the neighbors in Chicago. The Robie house floor plan was the culmination of Frank Lloyd Wright’s ability to think outside the box. It was Prairie style architecture at the height of it’s expression and clashed outrageously [...]
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