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Back to School: 10 Tricks for Organizing Your Closets

A new school season is here, along with the new clothes, accessories, and school supplies that come with it. You need a place to put it all – and unorganized closets are disastrous. Check out our tips for organizing all of your school clutter at home so you don’t get overwhelmed!

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The Advantages of a 4-Bedroom House

Welcome to the four-bedroom house plan, with its wide array of architectural styles, sizes, and configurations! While not an opulent McMansion, the four-bedroom plan provides families with a comfortable and well-designed space complete with special features and amenities. Here, TPC focuses on the increasingly popular four-bedroom house plan.

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A Barrage of Garages – Design Guidelines for Your Car’s Next Home

The garage as we know it is more than 90 years old, and it has evolved into a number of variations. Here is a look at your options, along with guidelines on how to choose what will best suit your needs when you select your dream home.

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9 Stylish and Trendy Outdoor Features Bring the Indoors Out

From the sun-drenched porch to the casual deck, courtyard garden, cozy outdoor fireplace, quaint tree house, and fire pit in the backyard – outdoor living never looked so good! Get ready for a spring adventure, and prepare to create interesting, appealing, and comfortable outdoor rooms for your new home plan.

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7 Ways to Make Shelter-in-Place More Enjoyable

Covid-19 has more and more homeowners spending days on end at home – working, home schooling, and just trying to stay socially distant. Check out these creative ideas – for the long term and the short term – to turn your new home into an enjoyable spot to shelter in place.

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6 Ways to Create an Affordable Outdoor Kitchen with Style

Outdoor kitchens that are as fabulously furnished as their indoor counterparts are today’s “in” spots for house plans where summer entertaining is important. But they’re expensive! Take heart if you have a limited budget. Here are some ideas in putting together a “not-so-bare-essentials” outdoor kitchen that is stylish and appealing.

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6 Design Ideas to Perk Up Your Outdoor Living Space with Color

Many decor schemes for outdoor living areas tend toward natural and/or neutral colors to blend in with the nature. But thinking “colorful” – more like interior decorating – is more conducive to entertaining friends and family. Decorating in this way also makes the space feel more like an “outdoor room.”

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5 Reasons to Put the Laundry Room on the Main Level

As the laundry room steps out from the shadows into the mix to become a modern home design elements, architects and homeowners face the question of location. Should it be in the basement, in the garage, near the bedrooms upstairs, or on the main level? Here are reasons to consider the latter.

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5 Home Design “Don’ts” for 2016

Planning to build a new home from house plans or just want a fresh decor? The new year is a great time to think about decorating! Though you may have some ideas about home design trends – what’s hot and what’s not – here’s a look at what’s definitely out in 2016.

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17 Tips for Outfitting the Laundry Room in Your New House Plan

Many people use the laundry room every day—sometimes multiple times a day. Rather than leaving it a cluttered mess of detergent bottles and dirty clothes, transform it into a functional thing of beauty. Our tips for outfitting a laundry room help you turn the it around in no time.