Creating Your Perfect Home
Creating Your Perfect Home

SEASONED With Love

Pots clanging, friends laughing, the smell of a hearty stew wafting from the stove, kitchens are where memories are made. Oh, and meals too. It can be difficult to design a kitchen that is both beautiful and functional for everyday use, but never fear! These log and...

Planning Exterior Spaces

Your outdoor spaces are a bridge between your home’s interior and the natural landscape beyond. Some of my favorite time at home is spent on a quiet spring afternoon, sitting on my deck listening to the rain hit the metal roof overhead. Whether it’s watching the sun...

A Modern Rustic Gem

An eclectic blend of styles suits this young Wisconsin family perfectly. Set in a private Wisconsin residential community complete with lakes, parks, and tennis courts just a short walk away, Nate and Stephanie built a modern rustic home that will suit their...

The Circle of Life

A Maryland grandfather left land to his grandchildren where one grandchild built a log home, another built a timber frame home, and the third grandchild dreams of building her log home. In the Tobias family, their Maryland childhood is remembered fondly. Their...

Open Concept vs. Traditional Floor Plans

There are several key factors to consider before designing your home’s floor plan. You’ve seen it on TV—expansive windows, soaring ceilings, people chatting in every corner. Open floor plans, aka “great rooms,” can be fantastic for families with children and those who...

VINTAGE By Design

A new hybrid timber-frame home was created to have classic old house appeal. Paul and his wife Nathalie purchased 45 acres of land (parts of it extending to the edge of a quiet lake in the Lachute region of the Laurentians in Quebec) with plans to subdivide it into...