Like so many things in life, the deeper the connections, the richer the experience. So it is with a custom home design created for you and for your home site. Those books of stock home plans just cannot provide a home with the same personal comfort. They merely deal with the numbers and types of… [more]
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The Beauty of Custom Home Design
Sunday, February 26th, 2012The Tradition of Adobe in Home Building
Sunday, October 10th, 2010by Kurt Faust, Tierra Concepts Inc. Adobe is still one of the most widely used green materials in Santa Fe home building. There is something innately obvious about using the earth from the locale as the main ingredient in making a shelter or home. The use of adobe goes as far back as 2000 BC… [more]
Time to Accentuate Your Outdoor Space
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010I love the seasons Spring and Summer when the weather turns nice. I am spending more time in the space outside of my house, grilling on the barbeque, relaxing under the portal or under the shade of a tree and enjoying the latest flowers in bloom. A recent National Association of Home Builders survey suggests… [more]
The Intangibles in Choosing a Builder
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010When choosing a builder, certain elements such as the visual quality and the craftsmanship are easier to judge. Look at the edges where two different materials meet and you will immediately see the skill level of the craftsmen involved. Look at how straight walls line up with grout lines in the floor, or how the… [more]
Building and emotion
Thursday, October 29th, 2009OCTOBER 2006 VOLUME 10, ISSUE 7 by Kurt Faust Each stage of the building process brings its own emotional highs and lows. As with any great endeavor, satisfaction is equal to the effort made. Schematic Design is the beginning, stage when all the ideas and the creativity is fresh and new. The whole project is… [more]
It’s Best to Define Specifics at Outset
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009When it comes to building a new house, the “devil” truly is in the “details”Most people don’t spend enough time before hand addressing and coordinating all the parts of a home. Often, this will mean a frantic rush, at the last minute,to make final decisions on how all the details will come together. In today’s… [more]
How To Create A Home? Know Thyself!
Thursday, January 29th, 2009Each of us wants to make our home environment comfortable and to our own liking. Whether we own or rent, we have the freedom to choose the colors,textures, and objects we use to furnish our homes. Each of these choices adds tothe overall ambience in making our home uniquely our own. Building a homefrom scratch… [more]
Prepare for Enjoyable Building Process
Sunday, February 17th, 2008Designing and building a custom home is one of the largest projects a personmay ever take on and there is a lot riding on the outcome: financial security,peace of mind and personal satisfaction are some of the major ones. It is important to keep an open mind, temper your ideals with reality, do your research,… [more]