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Design Concept: Rear Foyers
Problem: Most families enter their home through the garage, but once you get inside, where does your stuff go? Where do you hang your jackets, stash your shoes, backpacks, handbags, etc.? And, when you leave in the morning how cna you make it more convenient to get...
Design Concept: Drop Zone
Problem: Statements like, "When I get home, everything seems to end up on the kitchen table," or "Everything the kids walk in with gets left on the island," these and similar comments inspired one of our most popular Woman-Centric design innovations, the Drop Zone...
Design Concept: Laundry Solution
Problem: You are constantly tripping over the laundry basket in your walk-in closet/bathroom/laundry room. It's something you need to catch the dirty clothes until wash day, but can't it be less troublesome?Solution: Design Basics' plan customization specialist,...
From plan alterations to locating a builder in your area, find the resources you need for making your new home a reality!
If Your Suitcase is Always in the Way!
Always on the go? Then you're sure to appreciate our Travel Center option, designed to keep everything handy and make packing a snap! You know where your suitcase has been...so you're probably not going to want to pack it on the clean bedspread! Our travel center was...
Pet-Friendly Home Design
Are your dogs treated as full-fledged family members? For many of the 4 in 10 U.S. households with dogs, the answer is “Yes!” From floor plan layouts to material selections to innovative amenities, pet-centric homes make life better for Spot and his owners. Studies...
A Step Into Sleek Design
Hideaway Solutions has solved the problem of hard to reach shelves and cabinets in the kitchen with the STEP 180 pull-out cabinet step stool. Modern design lends itself to tall ceilings and cabinets, which can create a problem when they become out of reach. Hideaway...
Design trends, articles, and other resources to help you make important decisions about your new home design and included amenities.
Design Adds Meaning and Value
Everything is designed. Look around you. Everything you see was designed. The ceiling, lighting, your chair, the wastebasket, the door. Design can make or break a business – just look at Apple’s outstanding designs and now defunct Oldsmobile for lack of design...
Without a Great Elevation, the Rest Means Nothing
I first heard that truism more than 30 years ago, and home builders, real estate agents, and home buyers agree, it’s still true today. When looking to purchase a home, buyers often use the home’s exterior – and specifically its curb appeal – when deciding whether to...
SIP, SIP, Hooray!
We have been looking at the fallacies of comparing new homes on the basis of “cost per square foot” because it’s nearly impossible to get an apples-to-apples comparison. Here we look at another apples-to-oranges comparison – building your home using structurally...
Home designs and amenities to make your home ‘live’ the way you live.
Letter from the President
As we reflect on 2019, we are pleased with the progress Design Basics, LLC, has made towards adding to our 2,800+ collection of home plans as well as building our brand by designing unique, well sought-after home designs, providing exceptional customer service, and...
35th Anniversary Featured in Strictly Business
Design Basics, LLC (www.DesignBasics.com) has reached an exciting milestone as the company celebrates 35 years of delivering innovation and leadership through creative home design, marketing, and business transformation solutions, while protecting their right to do...
Celebrating 35 Years in Business!
We are proud to share that Design Basics is celebrating 35 years in business this year and the Midland's Business Journal ran a nice story about our history, current, and future plans! Click here to read the full article.