Design

Simply Elegant Home Designs has added an interior animation of their " Stillwater Craftsman" house plan.  The animation can be seen below. Simply Elegant intends to publish more interiors information on all of their home designs.  The idea is to provide customers with better information so that they can make more informed buying decisions.

Simply Elegant Home Designs has added an Interior Animation of their Hudson Cottage house plan.  The home includes an open family and friend gathering room accomodating cooking, eating and sitting areas.  The space features a vaulted wood ceiling with exposed truss framing.

I live in  the  Twin Cities area of Minneapolis / St.Paul ,  where we have one of the  largest Parade of Home tours in the country.  Every year I look through all of the Parade offerings to see if I can identify any new trends. A couple of things have struck me;  1) how  very similar many of these house s  are and 2)  this  economy  can   not be a great environment for  many home  builders.    The question begs to be asked;    i f you are   by-and-large  building  the same house as your competition, how is  your   much sought after  customer going to decide which  house to purchase?      Right ,   pretty much on price alone.     This doesn't seem like a good business formula to me. As an architect  I have worked with a number of builders that understand the benefits of  a creative and well thoug...