Evergreens at Christmastime: Decorating a Custom Built Home with Tradition The scent of pine and decorating homes with evergreen boughs, swag and wreaths are traditional symbols of the Christmas season. The beauty of these greens adorning Wisconsin residences, from...
The entrance to your custom built home is an important first impression to the private world cultivated within. Doors literally and figuratively provide this entrance and their ornamentation has evolved over the centuries with cultural and symbolic influences. The...
Happy December! The Countdown to Christmas… 25 Holiday Ideas to Enjoy Celebrating the Holiday in Your Luxury Custom Built Home The countdown to Christmas is upon us, with Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday all in the past. Many of us make that New Year’s...
A Holiday Hearth – Keep the Fire burning in your Luxury Custom Built Home The first signs of winter have finally shown themselves after such an unseasonably warm Wisconsin fall. While mild temperatures are always welcome with shorter days and the promise of bitter...
While current wisdom still maintains that post-Thanksgiving is the right time to break out the Christmas decorations, maximizing the effort put into easily the most decorated holiday, there are more and more enthusiasts starting even earlier. One consistently tasteful...
The family room space traditionally translates into the idea of a gathering place for all members of the family to relax and enjoy together. Unlike the living room concept, traditionally designed with a more formal presentation, the family room’s design and mood is...
With the leaves mostly fallen and yard clean ups nearly complete, homeowners should take advantage of the fleeting autumn days to inspect, protect and perform any necessary repairs to their wood exteriors prior to the winter freeze. Wood siding, decks, fences and...
The history of Haunted Houses traces back to the earliest of civilizations, not necessarily associated with the holiday we know as Halloween. Egyptians were familiar with invoking fear through similar techniques employed in modern haunted house attractions, using...
Chances are that homeowners who have built a new luxury custom home in recent years are less likely to ponder the potential fire hazards that plague older homes and renovated homes; commonly considered hazards include fireplace cracks and old or faulty electrical and...