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Roof Eaves: The Hidden Culprit in Common Home Design Mistakes.

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Windows, shutters, porch railings, and siding are critical elements that can destroy curb-appeal if not done right. Thankfully, you have read about them in detail on this website and know what to do, and more importantly, what not to do. If you haven’t, then you better get busy reading! With all this however, there is [...]

Monsters Attack 1908 Freehold NJ Home

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In 1908, a beautiful Late Queen Anne house was built in Freehold, New Jersey. This house stood proudly just outside Main Street of this once quaint town, exhibiting great architectural details representative of its time. Its beautiful, ornate Queen Anne windows allowed sunlight to dance through the rooms. However, in a turn of events that [...]

House Design using AI – you will be surprised

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AI, which stands for artificial intelligence, has brought us into the future. It can do a lot of amazing things, like designing houses and studying architecture and the housing market. One of the interesting things AI can do is analyze what a typical house looks like. And guess what? It's not those big, unattractive McMansions [...]

Historic Archived Catalogs & Brochures

This is one of the greatest resources you can possibly have!  There are catalogs of builders materials like doors and light bulb fixtures, house styles and house plans popular during that year, interior decoration and wallpaper, plumbing supplies, fashionable clothing, etc. etc. If you want to see what your house looked like when it was [...]

Mistakes using Applied versus Inset Panels

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There are Applied Panels and there are Inset Panels. Most people probably never paid enough attention to notice that there are two different types of panels. Sometimes they are interchangeable but for exterior use many times they are not. They each have their own purpose in design but the problem is that today you see [...]