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The final month of 2013 we take a look at the most popular house plans. There was a great deal of variety with the house plans that received the highest amount of traffic, everything from Florida house plans to Tuscan house plans made the list. Below we reveal the house plans that took the top 3 spots. Coming in third place, the Arabella House Plan is the perfect plan for building on a narrow lot. At 1,758 square feet, the Arabella offers 2 – 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, a study, his and her walk-in closets and a luxurious spa tub in the Master bath. This home is mainly Mediterranean in style with some European accents that show off its high ceilings and open, airy floor plan. It’s perfect for...

It’s rather obvious that the Coastal style house plans are quickly rising in popularity, making them a close competitor to the always prevalent Mediterranean style house plans and West Indies House Plans; this month in the battle for the hottest house plan it was clear that Coastal takes the cake! We had a tie for third place with the Mustique Model and the Tavernier Model. Both plans are 2-story Coastal house plans with a great room layout and similar square footage. The Mustique Model below is perfect for a waterfront lot with virtually every room complimenting waterfront views. Offering 3 – 4 bedrooms and 3.5 baths, this home also features 20 feet of sliding glass doors that tie back to an additional 8 feet of pocketing sliders. If a...

  You can only imagine that the first Thanksgiving feast wasn’t prepared in a five-star kitchen, or even a kitchen at all for that matter. Colonists had the bare essentials for most everything needed for day to day life. The earliest houses in Plymouth had thatched roofs, dirt floors, split wood to make thin boards called clapboards for the walls and a prominent fire and chimney area, since this was the only source of heat as well as the only way to cook. Each house also had its own garden, where vegetables and herbs could be grown during the appropriate seasons. The colonists were assigned land plots that were approximately 50 feet deep. The width of the lot was approximately 8 feet multiplied by the number of members in...

Here you will see an interesting story about the use of  limestone for a custom designed residence that is nestled at the base of a mountain where rivers meet in New Bern, North Carolina.  This waterfront beauty custom designed by Weber Design Group, Inc. will feature the unique masonry work of Tri-Stone, Inc. The picture below shows several rough limestone slabs.  These special slabs were once four very large limestone blocks measuring 9 feet in length by 5 feet in height and width.  Each individual limestone block has been given a weight and serial number from it’s hailing quarry so that no matter what is made from the stone, this special identification code will be carved into it. Collectively, these slabs will be used to create step treads and...

These days it’s not just an interesting paint technique or a textured wallpaper that’s taking interior surfaces to the next level. Step up your (inside) game with these innovative, stylish and unlikely choices described below! Say goodbye to average, bland walls and hello to InterlockingRock Panels. Shown below, these dimensional panels work in multiples to create a continuous, uninterrupted sculptural wall. Cast entirely of mineral, they’re durable, safe and healthy and can easily be used to create the illusion of depth for the perfect focal wall. Better yet, breathe easy because these panels also contain no plastics, no VOC’s (volatile organic compounds) and no urea-formaldehyde. Visit www.modulararts.com to view more design options.   modulararts.com When you envision using a material like cement in the design of your dream home,...

The Galleon house plan was chosen as one of the homes featured in the first annual Naples Florida Women’s Club kitchen tour.  This charity kitchen tour featured several homes in the affluent Port Royal community, benefiting the Naples Historical Society, Naples Women’s Clun and Baby Basics. The event showcased some of the many exceptional kitchens in the Naples area and raised money for the charities. Below are some photos of the contemporary house that was featured.  The homeowners did a great job with all of their finishes and BCB Homes did a great job in the execution of the house design.

You built it where? Although we are located in Naples, Florida we sell our house plans all over the country and all over the world.  For example, a large portion of our home plans are sold to the great state of Texas!  Texas, like Florida is also bordered by the Gulf of Mexico so our coastal house plans are popular, but Texas is a big state, and the homeowners and developers of the inland lots have great interest in our Mediterranean house plans. These inland lots do not need house plans that are built with concrete blocks; therefore, we modify them to be built as wood frame construction. Another option some Texas home owners prefer is adding a ledge to incorporate brick to the exterior of the homes.   Below...