home DREAMS | Lehigh Valley, PA

Creative Touches for Big Results

Sometimes you just need to consider alternative options to turn a home detail, improvement, or repair into an eye catching enhancement. Often the best and most pleasing discoveries are found in the smallest of ideas. Here, what could of easily been an everyday, traditional wooden stairway, really shines and looks up-to-date with the installation of metal balusters.

So when your home calls, or begs for attention, take a mental walk down your alternative options aisle. You may end up wondering why you did not think of it sooner.

Home Professional:
Ruhmel Contracting, Inc.
9905 Old Route 22
Breinigsville, PA
610.366.0910

www.RuhmelHomes.com

Categories: insights & ideas, inspiration Tags: custom builders, ideas, interiors, remodeling, ruhmel contracting

From Bigger is Better to Smaller is Smarter

Guided by innovations in green technology and changes in lifestyle values, a growing interest in smaller, more efficient new construction floor plans is now the norm.

Designed as a single floor at 1,600 sf., these homes from Anthony Construction/Anthony Builders provide all the amenities of those earlier larger square foot homes by utilizing vaulted ceilings, columns, and arches throughout the design. Expandability is kept in mind, allowing numerous options to enlarge the floor plan as living needs change. Immediately available for on-your-lot construction. Model: Sacramento

Home Professional:
Anthony Builders / Anthony Construction
434 Clearfield Street
Freemansburg PA 18017
610.865.9314

www.AnthonyBuilders.com

Categories: dreaming, insights & ideas, inspiration Tags: anthony builders, custom builders, new construction, planning, professionals

Building Science | A Please Touch Experience

For those of you seeking a formulated base for energy efficient building and remodeling, there is a demonstration home that will give you direction to what you were look for, and a whole lot more. Encompassing innovative building, energy, and design technologies throughout the entire space, you can see, touch, and experience building science in what it offers for responsive home living now and into the future.

HoudenHall | Pennsylvania’s first experiential home center

Home Professional:
Ruhmel Contracting
9905 Old 22
Breinigsville PA 18031
610.366.0910

www.RuhmelHomes.com

Categories: dreaming, insights & ideas, inspiration, products & services Tags: custom builders, design, energy efficiency, green, ideas, insights & ideas, planning, remodeling

Aging in Place Home [Universal Design]

A no-step entrance from the garage to the house is one of the many design features that distinguishes this ranch home as a Universal Design [Aging in Place] home…perfect for living now and in the future. The halls and doorways throughout the home are all large enough to accompany the use of a wheelchair or walker. [An aging in place model home is available for viewing. Visit the website for information.]

Home Professional:
Curtis E. Schneck, Inc.
Schnecksville, PA
610.767.5018

www.c-schneck.com

Categories: insights & ideas Tags: aging in place, curtis e schneck, custom builders, new construction, universal design

Two Living Spaces from One

Spectrum Homes offers this design approach for creating two living spaces out of one. An novel solution for new construction and remodeling existing space.

Home Professional:
Spectrum Homes, Inc.
Whitehall, PA
610.439.1491

www.SpectrumHomes.com

Categories: insights & ideas, inspiration Tags: custom builders, design, interiors, spectrum homes