Standing the Test of Time: Vintage 1950’s Garlinghouse Home

The Garlinghouse Company, founded by home builder Lewis F. Garlinghouse, has been providing stock house plans for new home construction since before World War I. For over 100 years, the wildly-popular Garlinghouse construction blueprints have been used to build homes more than any other source in the world. You may...

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Landscaping Tips to Complete Your New Home

It has finally come true. That perfect home for your family is a reality after months of dreaming and scheming, looking at pictures and poring over floor plans. You chose the ideal plan, picked the colors, materials, fabrics and furnishings.

What About the Yard?

The first impression neighbors and visitors will have won’t be...

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How to Design a Home Gym

A home gym offers affordability, convenience, flexibility, and reassurance to many consumers. Working out at a typical gym can pose unique struggles for many people. Exercising around others in crowded gyms can be intimidating, frustrating and expensive, especially if one is inexperienced or new to the gym. Finding the time...

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Serbian Couple Builds Passive Solar Dream House

[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent="yes" overflow="visible"][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" background_position="left top" background_color="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" spacing="yes" background_image="" background_repeat="no-repeat" padding="" margin_top="0px" margin_bottom="0px" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_speed="0.3" animation_direction="left" hide_on_mobile="no" center_content="no" min_height="none"]Solar House Plan as seen in the Garlinghouse Catalog. Below is a featured story by Mitka and Ondrej Franka of Serbia. In 1985, before heading home...

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