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BUYERS
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News at Design Basics
Find out 'What's New' at DesignBasics.com - New home designs, new
home plan books, home plan and service discounts, newsletters, home
plan makeovers, articles, and videos. What's News at
Design Basics 
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 Hybrid
Home Plans
Have you found the almost perfect house plan, but it's not quite your dream home plan? Our experienced designers will work closely with you, gathering detailed instructions by phone, email, and fax and verifying information with sketches. We have thousands of satisfied trade professionals and home owners across the country. As with all of our plans and plan alterations, technical support is freely provided throughout your construction process. More. . .
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Find A New Home Builder Near You
Many of our Home Builder clients are accessible via the web. We have
hundreds of links to new home builders in many states/provinces
in the United States and Canada..
Find a Builder near
you.
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2011 Products and Services Guide
A comprehensive presentation of our offerings to home buyers and home builders!
About Our Plans Plan Alterations Custom Design Services Builder Support Products
Online Resources Our
Designers Neighborhood in a Box™ Concept Plans
View / Read Products and Services Guide
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 Custom Home Design
We look at design as a way of understanding the end-user’s perspective, and creating inherently memorable, meaningful solutions. Based on your needs, our custom design services can include plan development, design, site planning, and consultation.
More about Custom
Home Design
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 Livability
at a Glance®
Rather than starting with the elevation when looking
at home plans, women often begin by looking at floor plans. This
begged the question, “How do women look at home plans?” As
we delved into this topic, we learned women look at a plan to determine “how
the home lives.”
Further research helped us realize there
were four primary filters through which women evaluate designs:
how the home entertains; how the home helps her de-stress; the
flexibility of the home’s design; and the home’s ability
to address her storage needs.
More about Livability at a Glance®
More about Livability at a Glance® Plan Search
More about Livability at a Glance® Quiz
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 Alternative
Construction Technologies and Adapted Home Designs
Insulated Concrete Forms (ICFs); Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs);
Engineered Wood Components; Panel Construction; Connectors and
Shear Load Components and Roof Trusses.
Learn about these products
and alternatives to traditional dimensional framing. We've adapted
over 200 home designs to help you take advantage of these building
systems.
More about
Alternative
Construction Technologies
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Home Plan Book Store
Choose from a variety of home plan books featuring our home plans in 'collections'. Published in November 2010, "Homeplans For The Way You Live", this collection of four home plan books features 208 home designs organized using our Livability at a Glance philosophy. We also feature several Building Relating topics.
See all the plan boooks in our Book Store.
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 New Home Design Trends, Articles and Other Resources
Learn more about what's hot in designing, building and product selections for your home. Whether your interest is lighting, kitchen or bathroom design, building green, designing for live-in relatives, home office spaces, we have a resource for you. New articles, topics and resources are added added and updated regularly.
See All the Articles - New Home Design Trends
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 eNews Newsletter
Published up to 1 - 2 times monthly
eNEWS features new and popular home designs. Current promotional offers Design articles, tips, and trends.
eNEWS Monthly Newsletter . . .
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In January 2003, Design Basics, recognized a need to publish a magazine for women in the dreaming or planning stage of building a new home or remodeling their present home.
Because research shows 80% of homebuilding and remodeling decisions are made by women, she was amazed there wasn't a single women's magazine on the newsstand at the time with this focus. It didn't take long for the vision to become concrete. The first issue of Her Home magazine was launched in September of 2003. From the start, the goal was to provide practical information and a wealth of ideas to help women make these major decisions.
Unlike home decoration magazines, Her Home magazine focuses on women's perspectives on design, construction and products for the home, and includes input from leading women homebuilders and industry experts. Her Home magzine is written to give women the information and tools to make informed decisions when building a new home or remodeling their present home.
Utilizing smart, fresh layouts and plenty of beautiful photography,each article is written with practical, take-away value. There is a need for this type of women's magazine, and Her Home magazine will work hard to fill that need.
Published in a digital format and in print quarterly, Her Home magazine covers the trends and issues that are shaping the world of homebuilding and home improvement projects. Readers know that in every issue they will find insightful writing, beautiful photography, solid reporting and the magazine's knack for knowing what's around the corner.
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