This year’s top products for home remodeling include energy efficient features like solar paneling and stylish solutions to common bathroom design dilemmas. Consult your custom home architect to see which of these options fits your home remodel.
Bathroom Design Innovations
Bathroom remodels are typically popular for their ability to severely increase your home’s resale value. But they [...]
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Top Home Remodel Includes
Custom Home Architects Increase ROI
A new home build or remodel can be a very exciting time, but it can also be a stressful one. Having the right teams in place, however, like a reputable custom home architecture firm, can decrease your stress level while increasing the usability and value of your home.
Architects Add Value
The widely accepted opinion of the [...]
Consider a Pet Friendly Home Remodel
Dogs and cats are cherished family members to an estimated six out of ten households in America. Often home owners are considering features to accommodate animal friends with enhanced creature comforts in designs for both new homes and renovations. ACM Design Architects is known for our luxurious and comfortable Western North Carolina home designs, [...]
New Remodeling Trends
Economic changes to the housing market over recent years have resulted in an increase in home renovations. Instead of buying a home, allowing it to appreciate and then selling it for a pricier new pad, home owners are finding that less costly home renovations overseen by a trusted home architect are ultimately better for their [...]
Consider Greening Your Home Remodel
Perhaps you’ve been considering a home remodel, but are concerned about the cost and what the ROI will be. If this is the case, you may want to consider a “green” remodel. Incorporating green features into your existing home may cost less than you think and save you a lot of money in long run.
As [...]
Four Green Plumbing Trends You Can’t Ignore
While you have likely heard of Western North Carolina’s HealthyBuilt Home Program, you may have missed the word on green plumbing, including new residential trends like WaterSense homes.
It’s no secret that many people are incorporating green features in their new home design in every area of the house from the kitchen to the yard to [...]
Best Bang for Your Buck on Appliances
Incorporating the right appliances is a great way to add value to your home, but with so many options, it can be hard to know what to look for. By working closely with your home architect, and familiarizing yourself with some of the basics, you can be assured a strong ROI on your new appliances.
The [...]
How to Approach Green Building Costs
Long-term savings make green home includes well worth the investment, but the initial costs can be as much as 10-30% higher than not-so eco-friendly alternatives. Which makes working closely with your home architect in the planning and incorporation of these features essential to saving energy and money over time.
Start at the Beginning
At ACM Design, [...]
Top Home Features for 2010
If you’re building a new home or remodeling your existing one this year, here are five of the top trends you can really get behind. And if there’s one thing that these top home design features have in common, it’s energy efficiency.
Smaller Spaces: As the home market begins [...]
Top Choices in Eco-Friendly Flooring
Bamboo and cork flooring are very on trend, but is hardwood or linoleum a better eco-friendly choice for your new home or remodel? You will want to consult your home architect for her extensive knowledge of design and experience in working these materials.
It is also important to familiarize yourself with some of the advantages to [...]
