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Uniquely Themed Tuscan style house plan The architects and designers here at Weber Design Group have been designing custom luxury homes throughout Southwest Florida and all over the United States for over 20 years. We were excited for the opportunity to work with a client from North Carolina whose passion for her children and their love of all things equestrian took top priority in the custom design of their new lakefront home. This unique three-story house plan optimizes the luxury of waterfront living with stunning lake views from practically every room. The overall style is greatly influenced by a rustic, Tuscan style horse stable with the use of cedar brackets and corbels, stucco and precast and two flanking garages that include a faux hayloft door capped by cedar trellises....
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Coastal Breeze Model Home – New West Indies House Plan
April 3, 2014
New Model Home Design – Naples Architect The architectural design for a new “Coastal Breeze” model home has been completed and will be built by America South Building & Development here in Southwest Florida. This functional three bedroom and three bath west indies house plan has a great room layout and lends itself to a more casual lifestyle with 2,526 square feet of an open design concept. The exterior is composed of a textured stucco finish with exposed truss tails, wood brackets, decorative louvers and applied decorative shutters. A board and batten siding on the gable above garage door completes this transitional West Indies façade with an Olde Florida influence. From the drive, take a few steps up to the covered front porch and enter through a large wooden...
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We recently completed a beautiful new house plan influenced by British West Indies architecture called The Caribbean Breeze. This new house plan is perfect for the golf course lot it was designed for in Estero, Florida. This comfortable single story, family room floor plan provides 5,377 square feet of living space with four bedrooms, four full baths and two half baths, a study, formal living and dining areas, oversized family room and large island kitchen. Outdoor features include pool with spa and sun shelf, outdoor lounge area with summer kitchen and fireplace, built-in fire pit and a spacious five car garage with a circular motor court. Through the main entry of this West Indies house plan it features vaulted ceilings and exposed rafters, the formal living room offers a...
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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...
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Coastal House Plans popular for the month of November
December 9, 2013
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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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.
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Popular House Plans – First week of November
November 7, 2012
Interestingly enough, this week we have an entire new list of house plans that have gained interest! In summary, these house plans range from small single story home plans to midsize two story houses! For the most part they are Tuscan/Mediterranean house plans: First on the list is our Tierra De Palma House Plan – A perfect home plan for a large estate sized lot, it has two stories and a 3 car garage. Next is the Laverra House Plan – this home plan is frequently in our top 10 list and it sold today to be built in North Carolina! A casual living single family house plan with split bedrooms and a large great room. Following the Laverra House plan is our Montserrat House Plan – a great home plan for a small narrow lot as it is only 40′ wide. Our next house plan to make the list is...
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This is the first blog of a series we will feature each week that shows which house plans gained the most popularity for the week before. We often times get builder clients that want to know, “what is selling now” so here they are… the most popular house plans of the week! The most attractive house plans for the past week have been home plans around 2,500 square feet. Out of the following plans, all but one have ended up on our top 10 house plans before! The first house plan is our Murano Home Plan! This Mediterranean house plan has always been a crowd favorite, it even has two alternate floor plans; both are larger and one has a second floor! A little something for everyone! Next is the Verandah House Plan, again not a surprise – the Verandah house plan has been on our top 10 lists...
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Several years ago we had the pleasure of working with Marie Bietsch, a Realtor in Texas. She purchased our Venetian House Plan and built it and sold it. She did a wonderful job of creating a virtual tour and shared it with us. It can be found here: Venetian House Plan I welcome you to click on that link and enjoy the walk through of our Venetian House Plan. #naplesarchitect #naplesflorida #venetianhouseplan
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