We can’t remember being this stunned by a kitchen material in a long time, but this gorgeous room is worth raving about. Using hammered silver for a cabinet material is unique and lovely, don’t you think? The way the light hits the cabinet in this photo makes it look almost like the whole kitchen is full of [...]

The National Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA) recently unveiled the top six overall kitchen design in 2013 based on its 2013 NKBA Design Trends Survey, which included responses from more than 300 member designers. Each year, the survey polls members on the materials, product types and style they used during the final three months of the [...]

Indoor-outdoor spaces — that’s a buzzphrase we’ve been hearing a lot of lately. Whether you are building homes in sunny California or blustery Maine, people want to have the outside of their home just as thoughtfully planned, built or remodeled as the inside. Custom Home has some great pointers about where you can get creative with the great [...]

What do women want? That’s a pretty broad (no pun intended!) question, admittedly, but in housing at least, people have done some thinking as to what women want in their homes. Here are some things that are important to the ladies, according to MSN Real Estate. Apparently women really value bathing and want to see [...]

Luxury all too often is a victim to time. Think about it: Home features we may have considered luxurious 20 years ago (see: the formal dining room) are no longer as desirable. Technologies advance and needs change, yet most homeowners agree they would like their home to feel timeless. This creates a major dilemma for [...]

The third and final day of the 2013 International Builders’ Show finished up with exhibitors, sponsors and attendees being treated to a closing concert from Cheap Trick. Fresh off of their most recent tour with Aerosmith, the rock band tore down the house with a 90-minute concert featuring many of their greatest hits. But before [...]

Your customers would agree that remodeling is certainly worth the trouble in the end, but the process might drive them (or you, for that matter) batty! To help keep everyone sane, MSN Real Estate offered some valuable tips to those about to go through this process. Here are some things they want your customers to remember. Do [...]

This time of year, it’s common practice to look back at the year that was, the stories and trends that shaped 2012. An optimist might claim it was this was the year the housing market angled its way back on track. A bruised and battered industry began the healing process, and in some places, even [...]

While the year hasn’t closed out just yet, evidence both actual and anecdotal suggests 2012 was a comeback year for a housing industry that sorely needed, leaving many to wonder if — a big “if,” to be sure — the housing recession is really over. Numbers aside, it was a great year for design. Architects, [...]

Check out this cool apartment from Treehugger. It measure up at a whopping 200 square feet and manages to combine all the necessities for living in a sleek, modern space. According to the architects, MYCC Studio: “This singular urban shelter is just twenty square meters and nevertheless is one hundred cubic meters of volume. In such [...]