Building Trends

Phil Crone: The Texas Legislature’s Impact on the Housing Industry

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / March 13, 2017 /

By Phil Crone Executive Officer, Dallas Builders Association With so much of the news cycle focusing on Washington, D.C., many may be unaware that Texas is in the thick of a legislative session. That will certainly change soon as we approach the March 10 bill filing deadline and debate heats up on topics ranging from…

Big Design Changes and Trends Debut at the International Builders Show

By Lifestylist® Suzanne Felber / February 14, 2017 /

This year is off to an exciting, fast-paced start! This Lifestylist® has spent the month traveling coast to coast in search of design and construction trends that we’ll see a lot of in 2017. After attending the International Builders Show, Kitchen and Bath Industry Show, Design and Construction Week, The Dallas Home and Gift Market,…

Phil Crone: Make America Great at Making Things Again

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / February 13, 2017 /

By Phil Crone Executive Officer, Dallas Builders Association These days, any article about President Trump, especially one that is an opinion piece, is bound to be read with a certain level of trepidation. That being said, how he addresses the labor shortage will be the barometer by which the construction industry evaluates his presidency. Certainly,…

What’s Fresh in Laundry Room Design? Color, Efficiency, and Technology

By Heather Hunter / February 8, 2017 /

Photo by Curtis Laney & Laney, The Design Company, Inc. That’s a laundry room. If you need a minute, we understand. It’s magnificent. And while we mere mortals may never wash our unmentionables in a space so utterly breathtaking, we found some dreamy laundry room design trends a little more within reach.

Exhibitors Go All Out For International Builders’ Show in Orlando

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / February 1, 2017 /

By Phil Crone Executive Officer, Dallas Builders Association Heading into this year’s International Builders’ Show, I felt that the show had two things working against it: making the move from Las Vegas to Orlando, and holding the show earlier in January than usual. Most of the people I spoke with shared my opinion that Vegas…