Building a house must haves

We are building our dream home! Since we moved to Charleston, we have been keeping our eye a beautiful neighborhood on Johns Island, just 5 minutes away from our current house. Last week we decided to jump in with both feet and went under contract on a lot with perfect marsh views. We are using a small custom home builder…

Sharing the high end house building ideas I didn't do! Grab these brilliant ideas for your new consturction home so you don't have regrets.

Hello! So, I have a sister and sister-in-law building homes and so I have been brought back to the home building process as we’ve looked at plans and lighting and flooring and paint colors! I have kept a list of things that I wish we had done differently or things I wish we would have considered and I hope it helps if you are building, re-modeling, finishing a space. First, I need to say without reserve that I *love* our home. It is perfect for our family. I try to give thanks whenever I can…

From high-performance materials to functional and flexible layouts, here are 14 must-have features when building your new construction home in Florida.

When building a house there are definitely places you can splurge and places you can save your money, read this to find out where.

We are in the thick of our new build. If you are new here, let me catch you up to speed. We sold our old house to build on our land in September 2019. And we moved to a rental for what we thought would be less than a year. Well.. you know what happened […]

How we build our own home 6 times now from start to finish! From financing to plans, materials, contractors, inspections and DIY work.

Designing your dream home? We spoke to a licensed realtor who gave us the top custom features to not forget about when building a new home.

Are you thinking about building a new house in the next year or so? Learn my best tips for building a new house so you can avoid costly mistakes & do-overs.

Building a house checklist - things to consider when designing your dream home

The beauty of doing anything you’ve never done before in this day and age is ~ Google. Like seriously, how did we ever do anything before we could google how to do it?! I feel like all of us who graduated high school before the dawn of the internet deserve a special star on our diplomas. […]

A list of regrets we have from our first time new home construction experience. Helpful info if you want to build a new home with a builder near you.

We're about to get all down and dirty with numbers, baby. First off, before we get into the meat of this post I want you to know that I'm not an expert by any means.

When you choose to build a new home at The Highlands in Kelowna, there’s a good chance that you’re going to want to live in it for a long time. This is your perfect chance to build a dream home with sweeping views of Okanagan Lake and Kel

You'll want to remodel your own kitchen once you see these jaw-dropping kitchen makeover before-and-after pictures. #kitchenremodel2018

Today I am sharing tons of must haves in a custom home. If you are building or remodeling hopefully this list will give you some helpful ideas.

Keep these 5 things in mind when building a custom home! Discussing our new construction process, helpful ideas when building a custom home, & challenges.

If you’re at retirement age or you're a young family with older parents, you should consider ageing in place features when building a home.

I’m sharing a list of my custom home build regrets 11 years after building my house. Possibly, one of these things will resonate with you.

You do NOT have to go over budget when building a house. No matter what you hear from family, friends, or complete strangers (and even home build professionals), it is NOT inevitable that ‘everybody goes over budget.’ The same principles that worked for me when I built my house will work for you, too. Check them out here!