Design Plan New Unique Small House Plan!

House Design PlanSimply Elegant Home Designs is introducing a new unique small house plan - "The Willernie Cottage" as illustrated below.  Architect Ron Brenner had this to say about the home:  "The design is definitely eclectic.  We combined farmhouse, shingle style, cottage and modern elements into a carefully composed exterior envelope. The interior layout is smart.  Like all of our designs we

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Design Plan Worlds Best Small House Plan Introduced!

House Design PlanThe Worlds Best Small House Plan has just been introduced at Simply Elegant Home Designs!The home design - the Scandia Modern Cottage is actually a plan that Simply Elegant has had on the market, but has taken on a complete remodeling.  The result is the worlds best small house plan.  See images below and be sure to check out the videos.A modest interior, but with abundant

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Design Plan Green House Plans Gone Wild!

House Design PlanGreen is the big thing now in the design world and the house plans business.  I recently ran across these images of Icelandic houses that definitely take green to the next level of meaning.  Check them out below.I love the repeating simple gable roof forms.Grass grows nicely in Iceland.  Remember Iceland is green and Greenland is white.The details exhibit a strong Scandinavian

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Design Plan Architects Have Great Tools - Color Visualizer

House Design PlanEvery once in a while I like to give you an example of the tools I use in my business.  One of these tools is theSherwin Williams Color Visualizer.  I use it to perform quick color studies; which helps me to narrow concepts down pretty quickly. The tool is pretty simple to use.  You just choose from one of their preloaded exterior architectural styles; then you paint the scene

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