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What Is Your Actual Budget To Get Your Home Built?

The time has come for a major upgrade to your living situation. Maybe you want to move due to a career change, the need for better schools, a growing family, or just plain can’t stand where you’re living now. Maybe the layout of the home is keeping you from entertaining and having friends and family over. Maybe you’re living with the previous owner’s less than ideal design choices or are afraid to think what kind of work was done prior to you moving in by people who had no idea what they were doing. Maybe you’ve had enough of the endless maintenance and find it hard to sleep at night since you know your house might get water in the basement. Whatever the case, if you’re considering building a new home and are curious as to what your options are, we are happy to help guide you. Read More About - What Is Your Actual Budget To Get Your Home Built?

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What Makes Open Floor Plans So Popular?

People enjoy being in spacious, open surroundings. When there’s room to spread out and the home has a sense of elegance to it, you simply feel comfortable and more relaxed. But this is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to reasons that open floor plans are so popular.

We take a closer look into why homeowners who choose custom-built homes and those who are about to remodel their houses are drawn to open floor plans. We’ll go over the features, pros and cons, and some of the design decisions that can go into the building process. Read More About - What Makes Open Floor Plans So Popular?

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The Benefits Of Designing Your Home With BrightLeaf

One of the most exciting parts of custom home building is developing the design for it. Good design isn’t just about pretty finishes, though. You need professional design services that also align with your build plans and, most importantly, your budget.

Enter the design-build process.

Design-build merges the aesthetic and structural planning process of home construction into one service. At BrightLeaf, we offer thoughtful design services that integrate with the building process for a positive and efficient custom home building experience. Read More About - The Benefits Of Designing Your Home With BrightLeaf

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Choosing Appliances for Your Custom Kitchen

Your kitchen is one of the most important home investments you’ll make. It doesn’t matter if you’re remodeling an old kitchen or building a new custom kitchen. Taking the time to find high-quality appliances will ensure that your kitchen is functional, stylish, and efficient. Every detail counts, and it’s important to choose kitchen appliances wisely. We compiled this guide on selecting appliances for your custom kitchen so that you can spend less time searching and more time creating your dream kitchen. Read More About – Choosing Appliances for Your Custom Kitchen

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Why It’s Important to Choose a Professional Home Builder

Building a custom home is a huge investment. Therefore, you want everything to go as you’ve planned. There’s a lot of thought, planning, and work to be done to get you into the home of your dreams smoothly. That’s why it is important to vet out and work with a professional home builder, not just a contractor working out of a pickup truck. Read on for more benefits of hiring professional home builders. Read More About - Important to Choose a Professional Home Builder

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English Cottage Style Homes for the Modern Lifestyle

Some old-style homes are making back a triumphant entry in neighborhoods near you. English cottage-style homes come at the top of this list. Cozy and quaint, these exceptional abodes give enthusiasts a pastoral feeling synonymous with the historical English daydreams described by renowned playwrights such as William Shakespeare in his Stratford-upon-Avon. Cottages are a perfect way to escape the trapping of your modern tract home or the sophistication of a cramped city apartment. They treat you to a rustic feel and bring you closer to nature than you can ever get. Yet, English-style cottages will still guarantee a modern lifestyle. Today, we discuss all the aspects of these popular custom homes, including what they are, why they are popular, their history, the different elements involved, and why they may be a good fit for you. Read more about English Cottage Style Homes

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Build a Four Seasons Room in Your Custom Home

The Four Seasons features retractable screens for those nice days when you want to enjoy your outside space without the bugs. A Four Season Room offers a wonderful retreat when it's cold, wet, or even snowing outside. Use it for casual dining, relaxing, or using your computer.

During the planning process of designing your dream custom home, you want to add value and functionality to your home. A four-season room can provide homeowners with a private oasis in all seasons. With its expansive windows for beautiful views and energy efficiency, the four-seasons room is sometimes described as a sunroom and is climate controlled for hot and cool weather. Know more about - Four Seasons Sunrooms

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What’s Trending in Residential Ceiling Designs for Custom Homes?

Whether you’re looking to spice up an existing room or planning a new custom home, you may be thinking about adding some dramatic elements in the form of architectural ceilings. You might be wondering what’s trending in residential ceiling designs for custom homes or if you should install an elaborate ceiling, to begin with. Here are just some of the reasons customers choose Residential Ceiling Designs for Custom Homes.

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Five Things To Know When Building A Luxury Custom Home

There is no place like home. This statement could not be truer when it comes to luxury custom homes. A house built to your specifications, on the perfect plot of land has the best chance of becoming a home your family will cherish for generations.

With expert help, building your dream custom home can be low-stress. The key is in the preparation. Here are our top five considerations for a successful build.

Verify the Reputation of your Custom Home Builder

-Consider your Property & Location

-Design with your Future in Mind

-Remember your Budget

-Consider the Small Details

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What is the process of building a custom home?

Building a custom home can seem intimidating at first and you might not be sure where to start. This is a step by step guide of what you will experience before, during, and after building your custom home with BrightLeaf. After reading this, you’ll have a clear understanding of where and how to start your journey for an easy, efficient and enjoyable build experience. BrightLeaf’s custom home building process is broken down into the specific phases below to keep you, the homeowner, confident and informed throughout the project: Read more about custom built home

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Art Institute of Chicago

The Art Institute of Chicago is a first-rate gallery with thousands of hundreds of artworks. The varied collection spans countless years and also consists of pieces from a range of media consisting of painting, prints, digital photography, sculpture, ornamental arts, fabrics, architectural illustrations as well as more.

The Institute is understood for its collection of impressionist and also post-Impressionist paintings including Georges Seurat's 1884 A Sunday Mid-day on La Grande Jatte, Renoir's 1879 Acrobats at the Circle Fernando, and also numerous paints by Claude Monet.

The primary structure, made by Shepley, Rutan, as well as Coolidge in beaux-arts design, was constructed for the 1893 Globe's Columbian Exposition. A number of other structures have been added on throughout the years and also today the complicated measures 400,000 square feet.

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Why Is Now the Time to Build a Custom Home?

Upon meeting clients who are considering building, many of them ask “Is now a good time to build?”. Long story short, the answer is yes.

With that being said, at BrightLeaf, we always try to explain the why. From low housing inventory to equally low interest rates, and the inevitable year-to-year increase in building costs, we’re going to share why now is the time to build a custom home in this article.

Limited Chicago Real Estate Inventory

Many clients come to us after being discouraged and frustrated by their search for an existing home in today’s low inventory market. It seems that most people cannot find a home that fits all of their needs (or even comes close!) on the market in its current state. Read more here about custom homes.

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Why A Custom Built Home Offers More Value than Buying a Resale Property

Finding a new home is a daunting process. You search endlessly online, squeeze as many showings into your schedule as possible, and compete with other homebuyers’ offers once you do finally find “the one”.

Even then, all this energy and time spent home searching can end up completely wasted in today’s competitive market, leaving you disappointed and your family still in need of somewhere to live.

While buying an existing home may seem like the easiest and only option, we recommend the custom-built home route. It provides you the opportunity to get exactly what you want in your home. Doesn’t that sound way better than dealing with yet another bidding war? Read more here about custom built homes.

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How to Build an Energy Efficient Home Using BrightLeaf’s Building Science

New construction means a better-built home, right? That’s the assumption when it comes home building – and anything else “new” for that matter.

If you’ve read any other BrightLeaf Home blogs or even browsed our website before clicking on this article, you already know that the first statement is actually quite controversial in the building industry. New construction does not necessarily mean better built.

Most homes that are built new are, of course, better in comparison to older ones that were constructed with now outdated building methods or hazardous materials. Resolving those issues in modern-day home building is just the bare minimum of what’s expected, though. Read more here about energy efficient homes.

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Luxury Design Trends You Should Try in 2021

After the past year of remote-everything living, we’re sure you’re feeling a little uninspired by the current interiors of your home. Sure, the furniture or wall colors weren’t as noticeably blah when you were commuting to an office or spending time watching the kids’ soccer games, but now… you’re ready for a refresh.

In this article, we’re going to share a few of our favorite luxury home design trends we’re seeing in 2021, and why you should try them yourself! Read more here about home design.

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