If you have children of school age, you have most likely been out shopping for notebooks, crayons, backpacks and snacks for lunches. It’s a good time to reorganize or rethink your home’s most-used living areas to create inviting, designated spaces for homework and also to hide the extra clutter from school projects and sports activities.
Consider Your Day-to-Day Lifestyle Almost every real estate or home renovation reality TV show involves the quest for an open concept floor plan. Open concept design, which means common areas in a home have no walls or only partial walls, grew out of mid-century modern architecture in the 1950s. And although there’s already some buzz …
It is easy to understand why outdoor firepits are gaining increasing popularity. There is something soothing about sitting around the fire while you socialize with family and friends. Many great memories can be made around a fire with some marshmallows, and a ghost story or two. Given how popular firepits are you probably know someone …
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Each year when the weather turns warm the thoughts of many homeowners turn to all things outdoors. There are beautiful plants to maintain, pools to enjoy, lawns that need to be manicured, and outdoor sports to watch and compete in. Then there is one of the most pleasurable outdoor pursuits- cooking. With so many fresh …
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Homeowners who care about energy efficiency tend to be more fiscally responsible, happier, and they stay in their homes longer. That is why at Paragon Homes we make sure that all of our new homes are built to a higher standard and are 30% more energy efficient than other new homes.
Your home is your castle, so they say. Along with a feeling of ownership and the comforts of home, you want one other very important thing- a sense of safety and security for you and your family. There is nothing more valuable than your family. Your home also shelters and protects the possessions that you …
The most adorable pictures, sometimes, are those of a curious toddler in the most unimaginable places. Parents do not always have eyes in the back of their head, and so you need to take precautions once a baby or toddler learns how to crawl and walk around the house.
Keep More Than Looks in Mind If you are shopping for flooring for a new or existing home, you might be overwhelmed by all of the options. The room itself will help dictate the best type of flooring for that space — moisture resistant materials in a kitchen or laundry room, for example. But …
Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Wait If you are in the market for a new home, here are a few ways to tell whether building your own custom home is the perfect option for you.
So you finally have the elegant hardwood floor of your dreams in your new Paragon home. Or you’ve saved up, shopped around, and had a new wood floor installed. And it’s lovely! So lovely, in fact, that you might cringe when the kids walk over it with their shoes on, or when the dog comes …
