New home customization is not as difficult or expensive as you might think. Don’t settle! Get tips and advice for building a custom home that suites you.
Since most folks spend a portion of each 24-hour period asleep, our bedrooms should provide the restful retreats we need to recharge. If you’re building a new Florida home, make the owners suite (previously called master bedroom) a priority. You can do that during the design phase, when ICI Homes …
If your New Year’s resolution is to establish or ramp up a dormant workout routine, a home gym may the perfect impetus. Especially if you have a gym membership and are weary of the same-old people, facilities and equipment. Assembling your own home gym doesn’t have to be ridiculously expensive …
You’re building a new custom home. Congratulations! Do anything you want! We’re kidding. Most of us operate on a budget and building a home is a major budget item. How do you juggle saving on certain details in a new home versus upgrading other…without blowing your bottom line? You do …
Settling into your new home involves more than flopping in a comfy chair, or popping champagne corks. But, once you clear the moving boxes and begin thinking about eating something besides delivery pizza, take a few minutes to print out or share this list. These tasks will help you get to …
Since you live in your office, why not live in it at home? Whether running a home-based business, telecommuting or tending to a day job at night, today’s new-home buyers are labeling home offices as a “must” rather than a “nice-to-have.” They’re not talking about balancing a laptop on their …
ICI Homes customers have spoken, and they have done so by their design choices and preferences. Their decisions allow us to deliver a straight-from-the-source inventory of the most popular housing features while knowing timely trends makes planning your new home easier. Below are the 10 most requested modifications from ICI Homes customers. …
What’s in your current garage? Everything except the vehicles you own? “Ouch,” you may say. No matter how valiantly homeowners resolve to keep their garages cleaned out, there’s always that extra tool, storage container or piece of sports equipment that fits best in the garage. And — as with interior …
Living the Florida lifestyle often means hosting house-guests or family members. After all, wouldn’t you be enticed by your grandparents’ or in-laws’ five-minute drive to the beach? If the answer is yes — and don’t tell us if it’s not — be prepared once you consider your own new Florida …
A shimmering pool beyond the back door is a prerequisite for many new Florida homeowners. Whether cooling off, turning workout laps or using it as a beautiful party backdrop, residential pools are crucial to the Florida lifestyle. But, there are more choices than the traditional chlorine pool. Saltwater pools, a …
A small kitchen doesn’t mean you have to pass on your potential Florida dream home, if everything else on your must-have list checks out. Peruse this list of tricks to make that small kitchen cook and feel larger than life. Shrink It! In a small kitchen, think core activity. An …