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Punch! Home Design Studio – v2

• Several sample plans for all home styles, from ranch house to capo code house, you pick the plan and your house is ready in seconds.
• Go green in one click; watch your design go green with design tips and objects like recycled glass counter tops, bamboo flooring and more!
• Home Design, Interior Design, Outdoor Living, and Landscaping; you provide the inspiration and Punch! Software’s NexGen technology will do the rest .

Home and Studio is the all new product from Punch! two years in development and written from the bottom up. However, when

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Creating a New Old House: Yesterday’s Character for Today’s Home (American Institute Architects)

At the beginning of the new century, there’s a groundswell of popular nostalgia for period houses with an authentic pedigree. Regional styles of old homes in all parts of the country have captured the imagination of homebuyers who are disillusioned with the cookie-cutter sameness of new home construction. Many are turning to the history and tradition of their own neighborhoods for inspiration in old houses–themes that will inspire and inform them in building a new home that will preserve a sense of place and the feeling

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New Timber Frame Home Plan Marries Old West Style and Twenty-first Century Living

Creekside Timber Home Plan

Meridian, ID (PRWEB) June 06, 2011

PrecisionCraft Log & Timber Homes and Mountain Architects are proud to release their latest timber frame home plan, the Creekside. The home’s exterior mix of wood siding, stacked stone and corrugated metal roof sections recall the gold rush days, while its bright, open interior is a perfect fit for twenty-first century living.

Intentionality of design and sensitivity to client needs

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