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It’s finally time to design your home the way you’ve always wanted. As an area for social gathering, your living room can showcase your sense of style. Whether you are building or buying your new home, knowing your favorite interior design style can make the process of choosing décor for each room easier. Here are five common design styles and ideas for incorporating each into your new living room.

Your kitchen is overdue for an upgrade, but if you don’t know what style you prefer, it can be hard to get started making improvements. There are several popular interior design styles out there, and deciding which is the right one for you can be overwhelming. Keep reading to learn about five common design styles and how you can use them to create a new kitchen that fits you and your home perfectly.

When designing your dream home, it’s natural to want your personal sense of style to shine throughout. You won’t be the only one enjoying your home, however, especially if you love to entertain family and friends. 

While private spaces like your bedroom should be brimming with your personality, your guest suite should be comfortable and welcoming for any potential guest. That doesn’t mean it can’t also reflect your personal sense of style, though! Here are some ways you can design the perfect place for friends and family to relax when they come to visit—using your favorite design style.

If you’re in the process of building your dream home, your thoughts are most likely preoccupied with the interior design of the house. However, there is a major chunk of your home you may be forgetting about—the outside!

The outside of your home can be just as important as the inside. Creating an outdoor living area allows you to maximize your usable space. The possibilities are endless! Your favorite hobbies and family activities can determine what this space becomes: a haven for gaming, grilling, relaxing, or entertaining.

If you’ve ever designed a room, office, or custom home, you know the process can be as stressful as it is exciting. But, as we discuss in our first article in this series, Home Design: Bathroom, you can make it a lot easier by figuring out which interior design style you prefer and carrying that throughout each room in your house.

It’s simple to extend your design preferences from your bathroom to your primary bedroom, once you know what you like. Here are four common interior design styles specifically applied to your bedroom, which is arguably the most important room in the house!

Building your dream home can be a stressful process, especially when you aren’t sure how to put your design preferences into action. To make the whole process easier on yourself, you should first consider which common interior design style you lean toward the most.

Owning and maintaining a multi-level home can be hard, time-consuming work, especially as you age. Your life could be much simpler by transitioning to single level living in an active adult community!

Outdoor living provides comfort, relaxation, and enjoyment that’s hard to beat. Fresh smells, cool breezes, and warm sunshine provide the perfect backdrop for dinner parties, morning reading sessions, and laughter with friends and family. While you might be used to having a deck for this purpose, there are benefits to having a patio with a concrete slab instead. Contrary to what you might think, this feature doesn’t have to be drab and boring. 

With an empty nest, you’ve decided it’s time to move into a home that better fits your new lifestyle. The question now is what type of home that is. While the simplicity of moving into an existing home is appealing, you have specific wants and needs for your next home that you don’t want to compromise—and might not be able to find in the limited choices available on the market. 

You could build your custom dream home and get everything you want down to the last detail. However, that means you need to be ready to commit to the work of planning every last detail as well as paying the premium price that comes with a custom build. There is a middle road, however: purchasing a new personalized home. 

As you’re preparing to build your new home, one of the major decisions you’ll need to make is the type of foundation you want for your property. When choosing between a slab and basement foundation, there are several factors to consider. It’s important to evaluate your personal needs and select the design that’s most practical for your lifestyle. Here are a few assessments to help you decide: basement or no basement.