Posts Tagged ‘design’

 Let color make an impact on your home without a huge commitment. 1. Know your palette: Don’t bother getting a handful of paint swatches, just take a look outside! Take a hint from mother nature and opt for deep plums, burnt reds, rusted oranges, rich browns and bright, creamy yellows. These colors that nature has already blessed us…

Design the perfect room for you kids to play and relax. A kid’s playroom should be more dimensional than just a room full of toys. Design your kids a room that is just as relaxing as it is inspiring, as well as bringing in different aspects and interests they may have. Take the opportunity to…

Do you need that room or do you have free reign? There are many people who need their spare room whether it’s for a home office or a place for frequent guests to rest their head for the night. However, for those of you that have an extra room and have no idea what to…

Your custom home is missing one crucial design aspect. Car turntables are becoming the hot new thing in luxury real estate. What was previously a feature know in dealer showrooms and a fixture of car shows, this shiny new toy has many practical and flashy advantages. From tightly planned lots to 30 car garages made…

In Parc Forêt at Montrêux, our sloped lots are perfect for our walkout floor plans! In any real estate market there are oddly shaped lots that some builders and architects just don’t know what to do with. This is where the creatives get to play. Oddly shaped or steeply sloped lots are a goldmine for the…

Follow these tips to turn you home from drab to fab! Renovating and redecorating your home can be a daunting task because you may not know which direction to take. You may want to modernize your home without going overboard or leaving your comfort zone, so here are some tips and tricks to getting your…

Fresh kitchens are the wave of the future so use these 7 trends to improve the look of your current space. Whether you are building your custom dream home or just wanting to remodel and spruce up your existing space, use these 7 design tips and tricks for making your space sophisticated and functional. 1.…

Kids moving out can be tough, but renovating their room into a beautiful new space can make it all worth while. As the child of parents that had re-purposed my bedroom the second I left for college, I have never quite understood the want to keep your childhood bedroom the way it was. So by all…

Location, location, location? Here in Montrêux, we are lucky enough to live in a welcoming community surrounded by beauty, but cannot forget other things to consider when moving to a new home and especially a new area. The View Are the views out your windows things you want to look at for as long as you…

Moving to a new home after retirement? Free time can be a great opportunity to renovate your bathrooms! Upon retirement, you may find yourself with loads of time on your hands (which, if I’m correct is the exact reason for retirement?) and what better way to spend your days than finally heading up those remodeling…