Month: August 2022

Dalamar Homesa female-owned custom home builder based in Middle Tennessee, partnered with Clarksville-based Crane Fitness Equipment to expand its offerings for customers looking to build a custom home. Through this partnership, Dalamar Homes’ customers can incorporate uniquely designed fitness spaces into their custom home layouts.

Founded by Dayla Martin in 2006, Dalamar Homes offers affordable solutions for customers across Middle Tennessee and Central Kentucky looking to invest in a custom home. Dalamar Homes’ innovative custom-home-building process allows customers to choose from various products and finishes to match their style preferences, including design options for interior spaces, exterior finishes, pool design and more.

“We’re eager to continue expanding our service offerings to allow customers to design
homes that are uniquely theirs while incorporating spaces suited to their lifestyles,”
Martin said. “Our new partnership with Crane Fitness Equipment is an exciting step in
that direction, enabling customers to design more creative

For most of us, our pets are family. We let them sleep in our beds, ladle nutritional supplements on their organic kibble, and throw birthday parties for them. In fact, we love our animal companions so much that we even choose a home and a home design for pets.

These numbers tell the story. Forty-three percent of pet owners say they’d move to accommodate their pet, according to a 2021 study from the National Association of Realtors. What’s more, 68% of pet owners surveyed by realtor.com say they’d pass on an otherwise perfect home that didn’t meet their pet’s needs.

According to the same survey, nearly 95% of pet-owning respondents say their furry companion plays a role in selecting a home.

Here are some pet-friendly features that will make a home more welcoming for animals.

A Pet Bathing Station

Washing a dog in a normal bathtub can be miserable.

Home renovation and design platform, Houzz.com.au released the 2022 top emerging home design trends based on the latest search insights from its community of homeowners, home design enthusiasts, and home professionals.

The trends highlight the continued need for dedicated activity spaces, a focus on indoor-outdoor living, a rise in bathroom grooming, and a deep dive into resort-style pool design. The report also shows an increase in homeowners honoring architectural origins and smart-storage solutions are important in 2022.

Read on below to see these top trends and gain some inspiration for your next home renovation adventure!

Dedicated Activity Spaces

Since the beginning of the pandemic, people have continued to make their homes the center point for new avenues of activity and entertainment and it shows in the increased searches seen on Houzz this year for the following specific features:

• Home bar –

By Bob Walsmith Jr.
2022 President
Santa Barbara Association of Realtors

For most of us, our pets are family. We let them sleep in our beds, ladle nutritional supplements on their organic kibble, and throw birthday parties for them. In fact, we love our animal companions so much that we even choose a home and a home design for pets.

These numbers tell the story. Forty-three percent of pet owners say they’d move to accommodate their pet, according to a 2021 study from the National Association of Realtors. What’s more, 68% of pet owners surveyed by Realtor.com say they’d pass on an otherwise perfect home that didn’t meet their pet’s needs.

Here are some pet-friendly features that will make a home more welcoming for animals.

#1 A Pet Bathing Station

Washing a dog in a normal bathtub can be miserable. Even if your pup is groomed regularly, you still need

When you think of Bauhaus-style furniture, the first things that probably come to mind are sundry armchairs made of tubular steel and black leather. And indeed, the Barcelona Chair by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and the Wassily Chair by Marcel Breuer (both available today through Knoll International) are the most famous designs from the Bauhaus era and great additions to have today.

However, for a modern Bauhaus, don’t feel restricted to a neutral color palette of just black, white, and gray, but consider incorporating primary colors too. Even patterns are allowed when decorating, if they are composed of simple, geometric shapes. For Bauhaus followers, the form always follows function, so unnecessary flourishes should be avoided. A great advantage of this straightforward, simple design is its timeless appeal. Even after a century, it can still look fresh and online.

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