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Her Home Magazine
Education & Ideas For Remodeling Or
Building A New
Home
LIFESTAGES
Planning for Entertaining 101
FINALLY ABOUT ME
Shabby to Chic
Dreaming About Wood Floors
INSPIRED DESIGN
Intelligent Traffic Flow
HOME DESIGN
Home Plans
Home plan Makeover
I WISH I HAD THOUGHT ABOUT
A New Spin on Delicates
More Than Merely Convenient
AND IN THIS ISSUE
Woman of the Year
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The economy is getting stronger.
Housing is making a turnaround. The time to remodel and
build is now, with lower labor costs, interest rates, land
prices…
It’s being reported that many of today’s home
buyers are spending less on upgrades than buyers did before
the housing recession. But part of that difference is represented
in a higher level of included features found in today’s
new home designs. Drop zones—virtually unheard of
10 years ago—solve numerous issues for which yesterday’s
home buyers paid extra.
Entertaining spaces are taking on a new priority, requiring
a bit more up-front and planning to accommodate how you
like to socialize (see page 3). Their kitchens and bathrooms
are not merely functional spaces. They are more. Much more—with
design solutions meeting and even exceeding the necessities
of homeowners’ changing lifestyles. Just look at
Jill Greene’s AMAZING remodel in Shabby to Chic!
Today’s kitchen is a blend of form, style and function
addressing a homeowner’s personal lifestyle and the
way they live in a home. To determine priorities, a checklist
is critical to make sure each item is budgeted and planned
for accordingly. Her Home is proud to introduce designer
Nita Hull in her article on kitchen design and traffic
flow, (see page 15). We’re equally proud to introduce
you to a remarkable land developer and home builder Toni
Raymus, recently named “Woman of the Year” (see
page 20).
Today’s wants in a bathroom center around personal
style and relaxing calm--the haven necessary for a much
needed stress break. Options are numerous, from spa-like
features to heated floors. Did you know wood (look) floors
are all the rage in bathrooms? Learn more in this issue’s
feature, Dreaming of Wood Floors.
Design Basics, publisher of HER Home, has a strong reputation
for providing design that embodies innovation, ideation,
creativity, buildability. We pride ourselves in partnering
with prospective homeowners to identify and create their “perfect
homeplan”, balancing form, function and building
costs. Design is not a “one house fits all” proposition
and you, our clients and readers, helped us focus on the
home’s livability. That’s why we color-code
the floorplans and have the industry’s only online
home plan search that allows you to identify how important
the home’s Entertaining, De-stressing, Flexible living
and Storing characteristics are to you!
Design Basics . . . where great design matters!
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