You’ve searched through hundreds if not thousands of house plans for your perfect dream home, and now it’s time to decide about finishes for inside. One of the most important rooms is the kitchen, and a crucial element there is the floor. What floor best suits you?

Today's modern kitchens feature large and open kitchen designs with easy access to all the latest appliances, and to both the dining and living areas.

So you’ve found your perfect house plan – or about to start building your home? Today’s approach to whole house design also includes thinking about how to landscape your home. We’ve identified some trends and offer tips and advice about landscape architecture and gardening. From the English landscape garden to the Public Park Movement and now modern gardens, these pioneers of sorts can offer great and often affordable ideas for your own home.

Here’s a little how-to guide for finding the perfect house plan for you. Follow these simple steps, and you’ll soon end up with your Dream Home.

When you start to make design choices for the dream kitchen in your new home plans, one of your first decisions will be what kind of countertop to install. Granite has long been the gold standard, but quartz is a similar material – though manufactured rather than quarried – that’s worth considering.

The Boston, Massachusetts, family home of Paul Revere – silversmith, war veteran, entrepreneur, and well-remembered figure of the American Revolution – was originally built over 300 years ago and still stands today. It is one of the oldest buildings in the region, and one of the first historical houses in the country.

Drab interior? Spruce it up with architectural trim and molding. All kinds of trim work – from wall frames and wainscoting to window trim and crown molding – can be used to dress up and personalize an interior that currently lacks personality. Here are tips and tricks on the ways to do this.

The wall area behind your kitchen’s countertops – the backsplash – needs to be protected from water spills and other mishaps during food preparation. But here’s your opportunity – and great ideas – to go a bit further than the functional and give your kitchen décor some pizzazz!

With rising demand for open plan home plans contributing even more to making the kitchen the most important place in the home – where friends and family can gather and enjoy themselves – here are designs ideas to transform your single wall kitchen into a dream space.

An owners', or master, suite is a personal space that should serve as not only a bedroom but a sanctuary to relax and recharge on weekend mornings or after a long work day. How will you best enjoy the space? Determine how you want to spend your time there, and design accordingly.