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Custom Home Trends: What’s Hot and What’s Not in Home Design

The world of custom homes is constantly evolving, driven by a fusion of design innovation, lifestyle shifts, and individual preferences. As Seattle homeowners seek to create personalized sanctuaries that best reflect their tastes and needs, certain trends have found themselves rising above the rest. For decades, Heartwood Builders has helped Seattle-based families create their dream

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The Origin and Meaning of a Sustainable Home

The word sustainable is used in many different contexts these days. It has become deeply embedded in the vernacular and used when people discuss everything from home-building, lifestyles, and public policy. From our vehicles to our homes to our appliances, the idea of ‘going green’ is far-reaching and forward-thinking. It involves the underlying idea that

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The Essential Guide to Choosing Custom Cabinets for Your Custom Home: How to Get Started 

The custom home journey begins with a desire to make your home extraordinary. The initial impulse is different for every homeowner and is often fueled by different aesthetic visions, but building a custom home goes far beyond choosing a layout. In fact, most homeowners are often taken by surprise when they realize the amount of

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Bring Nature Into Your Home With These Mood-Altering Home Features 

Modern man’s relationship with nature is often distant. Some argue that modern living—despite its creature comforts, conveniences, high-tech devices, and fast access to information—has had a profound effect on the way people live with and understand nature. One of architecture’s most beloved figures, Francis Lloyd Wright, once said that he “believed in God only he

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