A home's traffic pattern is a big part of the design process. One of the most important aspects when building your home is making an efficient home traffic pattern – the way you travel from room to room inside your home. The flow of traffic should be unobstructed and organized.

With rising demand for open plan home plans contributing even more to making the kitchen the most important place in the home – where friends and family can gather and enjoy themselves – here are designs ideas to transform your single wall kitchen into a dream space.

Remember when “home office” meant the headquarters of a corporation? More and more these days, home is where business gets done, at least part time. If you’re one of the growing legions who call home their office, here are some ideas to make that space comfortable, fun, stylish, and functional.

In the midst of designing a kitchen for a new home you’re building from house plans? Or remodeling an existing kitchen? Whatever your situation, you’ll want a state-of-the-art floor plan that fits your needs yet appeals to modern tastes. Here are the cutting-edge kitchen trends you should know.

It’s a design trend that has captured the attention of architects and home décor experts from coast to coast. But the mud room has been around for a while – in farms, country home plans, and ranch house plans. Today, this once simple, functional space has become a “must-have” for homeowners.

Planning to build a new home from house plans or just want a fresh decor? The new year is a great time to think about decorating! Though you may have some ideas about home design trends – what’s hot and what’s not – here’s a look at what’s definitely out in 2016.

In prior decades, glass used to have low energy efficiency and the potential to cause interior damage from sunlight, whereas now it’s considered one of the staples of modern green building with a financial upside. When building your dream home, it is worth remembering that the environment, efficiencies and economics all play a role, but as glass continues to improve energy-wise more home builders will be able to embrace it.

Every year, the National Association of Home Builders creates a house to show off new trends. The 2016 New American Home doesn’t disappoint. With its open floor plan, outdoor living spaces, and integrated automation apps, the home can be adapted whole or piece-by-piece anywhere in the country or the world.

What exactly do you have in mind for your dream-home master suite? Whether you plan to renovate or build from a house plan, knowing what you really want will help you design the perfect space. Here are some popular features to consider in creating an attractive, comfortable, and peaceful retreat.

Imagine gazing at the blue Mediterranean Sea atop a penthouse in Monaco … cocktails at a waterfront villa in Sardinia … or a masquerade ball at a castle in Geneva. Expensive dreams? The real world offers stunning house plan alternatives that will inspire you to create your “forever” home.