The advantage of working with Colby Construction, Milwaukee’s custom home builder, is the opportunity to create every room in the home to meet your desires. From the kitchen to the patio, every detail is designed to surpass your needs. Today we are going to look at bathrooms. Creating the Perfect ...
As we enter the month of October, our days are becoming shorter (our daylight is becoming shorter at least!). Lights and lighting in your home can make it feel warm and inviting or cold and industrial. When building your custom lake home, the details are the difference between an ordinary, ...
Fall is officially here, which in Wisconsin means cooler temperatures are around the corner. Even if you’re not ready for the frigid days ahead, make sure your home is! Need help getting your home ready? Here’s a simple guide to getting your luxury custom lake home ready for the Lake ...
The honeymoon cottage built for the daughter of an American businessman on the shores of a prestigious lake in southeastern Wisconsin in the early 1900’s became the beloved cottage in the 1990’s for a family of five. Now, we're transforming it into a custom Lake Country home. The Old ...
It is 1911, just past the turn of the century. A successful, American businessman, dividing his time between St. Louis, Chicago and Milwaukee, purchases an island on a pristine lake in Southeastern Wisconsin for his Wisconsin luxury home. He builds a beautiful summer lake home and later a honeymoon cottage ...
The change of seasons is upon us, and, as new home builders in Wisconsin, we love the summer, the cool water splashing over us as we jump in the lake, the lemonade we sip on the porch, the fireflies sparkling on the warm evenings. But we also love the change ...
We've compiled a set of custom home examples for your idea-boards because, as summer slowly turns into fall, we grab onto our precious days of sunlight, spending as much time as possible in the outdoors before chilly weather settles in. Which is why, when it comes to home building, it’s ...
You have a space in your home that’s good, it works, but just isn’t right for you, your family and your lifestyle. Well, why not make it better? Why not make it the best possible part of your home that it can be? This week we take one last look ...
This week, we continue the story of Shore Acres. To read the first installment of this Lake Country Home series, click here. The homeowners love summers in Wisconsin and enjoy utilizing the exterior of their home as much as they possibly can. They wanted to extend their home by using ...
This week we are featuring a lower-level remodel of a custom lake home called Shore Acres. We'll talk about remodeling a custom lake home in a way that fits with a growing family's needs and lifestyle. Over ten years ago, a young couple with two young children built a Nantucket ...
