Building a house

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

Do you love your home exactly the way it is? Are there areas of your home you'd love to renovate and items you'd love to include? As your family grows and your life changes, the way your home functions also changes. There are definitely things I wish we included in our home when we built

Have you ever thought about building a cob house? An eco friendly, cost effective cob house could be your perfect home! Let us tell you how.

Is it actually possible to build a new home on a budget? That’s the question we asked ourselves over two years ago when we were knee-deep in planning the construction of our new home. We had plenty of experience renovating homes, but this would be our first time building a home from the ground up. We […]

This modern farmhouse plan expands on our wildly popular plan 51758HZ and gives you a larger open floor plan and replaces the dining room with a private office. Enter the foyer off the front porch and your view extends through the dining room to the French doors that take you to the large rear porch. To your right, a single door takes you to your private home office. The large kitchen has views that extend across the dining room tot he great room. A large island with eating bar and a true…

Maybe you’ve found yourself getting more into craft projects lately. Have you ever thought about crafting a whole house? Home kits — where you have everything you need to build your dream home dropped off at your door — are huge right now. You can scroll Amazon for hours and ogle tiny home kits, or browse the affordable A-frame house kits elsewhere on the web. House kit startup Everywhere, though, might not be on your radar just yet.

Inside: Have you ever wondered about the steps to building a home? I'm sharing this first time buyers guide to walk you through the process. You'll learn

Building a house in a historic neighborhood sounds dreamy and daring. See the magic happen in Mississippi.

Everybody deserves a home. And if that home is very affordable, made from recycled materials, and looks unique, that’s even more of a reason to move in! And don’t let the fact that you’ll be living in a shipping container get you down—that’s part of the appeal for some people.

Live BIG inside these tiny homes!