Design News

Visitors to The Jayden show home in the Triple Crown community of Cincinnati found exciting style and design surprises in every room during the 2013 Homefest sponsored by the Home Builders Association of Northern Kentucky. The custom home, designed and constructed by Drees Homes, features 4,319-square feet of active living space along with top quality, easy-care building products to make the home appealing for future homebuyers.

When homeowner Lindy Lukert was designing her new home, she looked to Fypon products for ways to add elegance to her dining room setting. The results serve as inspiration to other homeowners for spicing up their formal dining areas.

Fondly known in Colorado Springs as the “Castle on the Hill,” the Union Printers Home has a long history of caring for people. Built in 1892 by members of the International Typographical Union to offer specialized health care to their union members, the facility today serves the general public with a multitude of services including assisted living, nursing care, rehabilitation and hospice.

Can colorful windows really help add curb appeal to a home? According to color expert Kate Smith, the answer is "definitely!"

Forget your little yellow ducky... next time you’re in the bathroom, bring along your Fypon millwork pieces. Made of a closed cell structure that resists high humidity and moisture, Fypon urethane products are ideal for adding decorative style to bathrooms.

No household can function without a good, steady source of clean water. Many households needlessly waste significant amounts of water, leading to not only an impact on the environment but on our wallets as well.

How colorful are you? Can you envision the heartbeat of your home --- the front entry door --- painted in Harvest Gold, Quixotic Plum or Forward Fuschia? If your home design includes a Pulse™ modern-style door, then these are only some of the color options that would easily lend themselves to your home's entryway.

Chip Trautman knows what sells homes. A realtor for more than 17 years, Trautman has come to rely on well-constructed, energy-efficient homes with Superior Walls basements for some of his fastest sales.

One of the up-and-coming trends these days is the addition of faux beams to kitchen ceilings, providing the room with a warm, rustic country-type charm.

The restful setting of the Villa Maria Guadalupe Retreat in Stamford, Ct., now has a new roof overhead that perfectly complements the structure’s Mediterranean style architecture. Thanks to the expert roofers at Classic Restorations Inc., a polymer Multi-Width Slate roof from DaVinci Roofscapes® has been added to the rambling structure.

Expansive views and direct access to Lake Erie make the Catawba Shores lakeside community an ideal living location … except when a severe hail storm damaged all 35 of the condo roofs last year. Now, with the recent installation of replacement Bellaforté Shake polymer roofing tiles, carefree living has returned to Catawba Shores.

Builders enthusiastic about energy-efficient construction techniques and products are embracing the "bottom up" building concept using pre-cast concrete walls from Superior Walls®. Beginning with a foundation system made with panels that create a dampproof basement and building upwards with above grade concrete walls, builders can construct an entire home or commercial facility with energy-efficient Superior Walls products.