Building Trends

Home Building Trends: Indoor Kitchen Gardens Taking Root

By Valerie Jarvie / July 11, 2016 /

It doesn’t get any more local than this: herbs, microgreens, vegetables, fruits, and edible flowers grown right in the kitchen.   “Edible indoor gardens in cupboards and closets are taking Europe by storm, and we are seeing them in New York, now, too,” said home improvement expert Karl Champley, adding that trends tend to start…

Homebuilding Trends: Ethnic Changes in the Population Mean Requests for New Amenities in Homes

By Valerie Jarvie / June 15, 2016 /

  Living with your mother-in-law under one roof? Can it be done? Sure, say home builders, as long as you have a kitchen for every woman in the house. Changing up floor plans to suit multi-generational families under one roof is one example of how builders are responding to buyer needs in an increasingly diverse…

Trend Alert: Color Comes Back Into the Kitchen

By Lifestylist® Suzanne Felber / March 11, 2016 /

When we spoke with Jane Turner of Classic Urban Homes the other day about what she saw at the recent International Builders Show and the Kitchen and Bath Industry Show, she mentioned how their buyers are often looking for “a bit of retro with the clean lines of contemporary.” We found some great new colorful trends for…

Bella Custom Homes Unveils Latest Frisco Masterpiece: 6923 Ranier

By Candy Evans / February 25, 2016 /

Tonight is a special night up in Frisco — and it has nothing to do with the Dallas Cowboy’s new training facility. Tony Visconti, owner and builder of Bella Custom Homes, unveils yet another one of his home building masterpieces: 6923 Ranier, in Frisco’s exclusive Chapel Creek. Festivities are from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. This…

Toilet Seats With a NightLight? Pure Air Build Into the Commode? The Lifestylist List’s Favorites from 2015

By Lifestylist® Suzanne Felber / January 11, 2016 /

It’s hard to believe that another year has flown by, and in less than two weeks this Lifestylist® will be in Las Vegas covering Design & Construction Week for CandysDirt.com. Before we get to take a look into the future and see what innovative products and trends we’ll be seeing in 2016, we thought we…