Warm Air Rises

I received a question the other day pertaining to the image below. "How much does it cost to heat a space like this?" Great room v... Read more »

New Unique Small House Plan!

Simply Elegant Home Designs is introducing a new unique small house plan - " The Willernie Cottage " as illustrated below.  Archit... Read more »

New House Plan Offering - The Excelsior Cottage

Simply Elegant Home Designs is very proud to offer an amazing new house plan - the   Excelsior Farmhouse Cottage ; designed by Ron Brenner o... Read more »

New Simple Yet Dramatic Home Design

I just completed a new home design for a client that will be built in "Tapestry at Charlotte's Grove"; a new community in Lake... Read more »

Its Complicated House

Over the past year I have had several clients make reference to the movie "It's Complicated" starring Meryl Streep, Alec Baldw... Read more »

Architects Have Great Tools!

Every once in a while I like to give you an example of the tools we use in this business called Architecture. Things have come a long way s... Read more »

Architects Have Great Tools! - Interior Design Study

Architects do have some great tools, and here is one more example of how they can use them. The interior great room images below of this pa... Read more »

Design Value - Rustic Cottage House Plan

It's been a while since my last posting. Been busy over the holidays. Also, I have been working on a couple of new interesting projects.... Read more »

Small Metal Cottage House Plan

Over the past year I have seen many tiny house plans designed by Architects. These plans are mostly experimental, intended to stretch the en... Read more »

Efficient Framing for House Plans

Fine Homebuilding has a new article on the future of framing house plans. For many years we have been framing houses basically the same way... Read more »

Design Challenge for a 2000 SF House Plan

Lately I have been getting inquiries for modestly sized new home designs that feature main floor master bedrooms. A search of the web revea... Read more »

Old simple house plans - design inspiration

I posted an article the other day on gaining inspiration from old houses. Below is another great example - a bungalow that I stumbled upon ... Read more »

Finding Design Inspiration in Old Houses

My better half and I just got back home from a short trip to the Napa Valley area. We don't really go for the wine, although that'... Read more »

Revit House Plans

It's taken me a while but I am really convinced that Building Information Modeling (BIM) is the greatest thing since sliced bread. Trad... Read more »

Afraid of Color?

apartment therapy - an interior design blog is having their fifth annual contest called "Room for Color 2009" . In October they a... Read more »

Really Small House Plans

I have alerts set up to tell me about new posts relating to house plans and home design in general. Lately I have been receiving many alert... Read more »

Rio 2016 Olympic Images

This post is not related to house plans or home design but I thought would be interesting for everyone. As you know Rio De Janeiro has been... Read more »