Floor Plans

How to Maximize Your Lot Width

Design firm Housing Design Matters says maximizing your lot widths with these simple solutions can…

Home Designs That Offer One Plan With Multiple Elevations

Four projects that show how careful attention to details and materials can transform the same single-family and multifamily plans into distinctly different designs without any hint of repetition

4 Smart and Beautiful Duplexes

These duplexes offer thoughtful details and use of materials and colors, resulting in welcoming façades

Density Done Right Post-COVID: 4 Home Plans Reimagine Proximity

This assortment of product types and densities provides private entryways and plenty of outdoor living space for a fresh take on density in a post-COVID world

Learn the Art of Selling a Home Using Floor Plans

Once you are confident in reading floor plans and all their symbols, one of the most important ways to use a floor plan to sell a home is to show…

7 Tips on How to Sell Homes Using Floor Plans

In the current state of affairs, builders cannot count on being able to sell a home via an in-person home tour. While video tours and pictures are…

Design Solutions for Drop Zones

While guests usually enter via a more formal front entrance, the real action in most homes occurs where the family enters, and that's where drop zones come into play

Front elevation of Wellington Duplex multigenerational housing design by GMD Design Group

Make Way for Multigenerational Housing: Home Designs for Combined Living

While many families try to figure out how to accommodate a multigenerational household, few homes are actually designed for this type of living arrangement. These home designs address the imbalance

The New Home Story Is About the Number One

The share of new homes with two or more stories declined to 53% of houses built last year compared with 55% in 2017, while one-story home…

Designed for Legacy DCS by DTJ Design, this kitchen features an island, walk-in pantry, and wine room

Kitchen Designs That Deliver Big on Form and Function

Kitchens are the hub of every home, but these designs up the ante in features and practical function

Starter Home Designs for All Ages

These single-family detached designs help serve a critical market segment, no matter the age of the buyer

Front elevation of the 55+ Wellness House design by KGA Studio Architects.

In 2019, the youngest Baby Boomers will turn 55, while the oldest will be 73. No wonder builders and developers are rapidly opening 55-plus communities to capture the interest of this vast market segment