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Alexa Lerner

Recent Posts

10 Mistakes To Avoid When Designing and Building A Custom Home

How To Ensure Your Project Goes Smoothly From Start To Finish

When you build a custom home, it can be designed to your exacting specifications. There will be many decisions to be made as you move through the various phases of your project, from choosing the lot location to the type of tile you want in each bathroom. Avoiding the 10 common mistakes we've outlined below can ensure that your custom...

07 Nov 23

Exquisite Fireplace Design Ideas

How To Choose A Fireplace That Fits Your Decor And Your Lifestyle

A beautiful fireplace can be a striking architectural feature and focal point in a room. During the chilly fall and winter months, a roaring fire warms your home and provides an inviting, cozy gathering place for your family and friends. Incorporating a fireplace into the design of your new custom home or your newly remodeled home...

11 Oct 23

10 Ways To Spruce Up Your Front Porch

How To Make The Entryway To Your Home More Inviting

A front porch is an architectural structure that provides shelter when entering or leaving a home. It has a roof that is supported by columns, walls, or beams, and it connects the outdoors to the indoors. Whether you have a wrap-around veranda, an expansive farmhouse-style porch, a gabled bungalow porch, or a small portico-covered stoop, the...

11 Sep 23

Designing And Building A Custom Home: What You Need To Know

Making The Entire Process Easier To Understand

Living in a custom home that has all of the amenities that you’re dreaming of is an exciting idea. However, designing and building a custom home can seem like a daunting prospect. In this article, we detail what to expect from the earliest phases of planning through completion of construction of your custom home, and take you step-by-step through the...

31 Aug 23

Moving In: 5 Ways to Design Your Home For Multi-Generational Living

How To Live Together While Maintaining Privacy And Independence

A multi-generational household is defined as having two or more adult generations living together, sometimes with related young children. This can mean parents living with adult children ages 25 and older, parents living with adult children and grandchildren, or grandparents living with grandchildren without the parents. In the last...

14 Aug 23

10 Ways To Keep Your Home Cool And Comfortable When It Is Hot Outside

How To Make Your Home More Energy Efficient All Summer Long

Do your energy bills rise when your air conditioner struggles to keep up with the soaring temperatures outside? Making your home more energy efficient will help you to save money and stay comfortable, even during the hottest months of the year. Here are 10 ways to lower your energy bills and keep your home cool all summer long.

02 Aug 23

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