2023 BALA Winners: The Best of the Best
You'll find plenty of inspiration in these four award-winning projects from the Best in American Living Awards
The New American Home 2024: Modern Features, Timeless Comfort
Explore the design elements and unique, luxe details that combine to create a sense of comfort and relaxed indoor/outdoor living in The New American Home 2024
Explore the Desert Comfort Idea Home
Take a virtual walkthrough of the bright and airy living spaces inside the Desert Comfort Idea Home...
Luxury Meets Legacy in a Family-Oriented Lakeside Custom Home
This project from the 2022 Best in American Living Awards is inspired by its legacy and location and creates a new foundation for future generations to call home
2022 BALA Projects: Kitchens That Cook
These kitchens from the 2022 Best in American Living Awards showcase on-trend design and innovative ideas for any price point
A Texas Empty Nester Home and Studio With Room for Family, Too
A renowned residential designer takes on the task of creating his next home, and the result is both beautiful and functional
Stylish Outdoor Storage Solutions
The popularity of outdoor living areas grows each year, especially where nature’s elements endanger the products that create the spaces buyers love.
TND and the Rules of Detail
Walkability, especially to retail, restaurants and services, figures big in the parlance of traditional neighborhood design. In an urban setting, builders can place TND communities near an existing retail core.
Kitchens Show Their Metal
Buyers see metal surfaces as the new kitchen neutral, able to fit any décor, and they want them everywhere: range hoods, countertops, backsplashes, wall tiles, wainscoting, ceilings and floors.
Design Sketchbook: Kitchens
To address the desire for the kitchen to function as the home's focal point, you must carefully analyze any floor plan you intend to build.
High-Design Waterworks
Two faucet manufacturers team with world-renowned designers to deliver products consumers want.
Green Building, Outdoor Living Top 2004 Trends
Green building and outdoor living spaces will be the top home building trends of 2004, according to an informal Professional Builder survey of builders and other industry professionals.
Builder Tucks Away Tech Zone
RWR Homes, based in Van Nuys, Calif., prides itself on its ability to add a little more custom to its production homes.
Into The Mystic: Elkay Offers New Curves for the Kitchen
Originally crafted as a futuristic concept sink, The Mystic by Elkay wowed kitchen and bath professionals in April at the Kitchen/Bath Industry Show in Orlando, Fla.
