Guide to Designing Your Dream Home
Everyone dreams of a home that’s built just for them, but attempting to customize a new home without professional guidance can lead to costly mistakes, design inconsistencies, and a final product that doesn’t meet your expectations. Without expert insight, it’s easy to choose colors, materials, and finishes that clash rather than create a cohesive, timeless look. Working with a professional builder, however, and following their recommendations ensures every detail is thoughtfully selected, guaranteeing a polished, well-designed home from the start.
At Home Creations, our professional builders and designers have more than 40 years of experience building beautiful, energy-efficient homes that stand the test of time. With our expert guidance, you can be confident that your customization choices will work together flawlessly for a cohesive timeless design that enhances both the aesthetics and functionality of your new home.
8 Benefits to Building a New-Construction Home
Unlike trying to make your life fit in a pre-existing or older home, building a new-construction home allows you to create a space tailored to your style and needs while ensuring modern design, energy efficiency, and the latest construction standards for long-term comfort and value.
Here are 8 benefits to building a new construction home.
Customization. You have the freedom to design your home exactly the way you want it. Tailor every aspect of the home to suit your preferences and needs, from the room type and design to the materials and finishes.
Modern amenities. You can incorporate the latest technology and energy-efficient features, such as smart home systems, solar panels, and eco-friendly appliances, to make your home smarter and more sustainable.
Quality control. You’ll ensure that your home is built to last with high-quality construction and materials, reducing the need for frequent repairs and maintenance.
Personal touch. Stand out by creating a space that reflects your personality and lifestyle, and making it truly unique and special.
Future-proofing. Plan for future needs, such as additional rooms, accessibility features, or multi-purpose spaces.
Location choice. You can select the perfect location for your home, whether it’s a peaceful countryside or a bustling urban neighborhood.
Investment value. A well-designed and constructed custom home can appreciate in value over time, offering the potential of a good return on investment.
Emotional satisfaction. You can’t put a price on the sense of achievement and pride that comes from building the home you’ve always dreamed of.
Customizing Your New Construction Home with Home Creations
With Home Creations Design Your Dream Home tool, you can customize 10 of our most popular floor plans to create the home you’ve always wanted. Browse floor plans by square footage, number of bathrooms and bedrooms, and even optional multi-purpose spaces including bonus rooms, studies, and second living areas. Then, by using our carefully curated palette of colors, finishes, and materials, all professionally selected to complement each other beautifully, you can easily create a polished look that ensures your home is both stylish and perfectly suited to your lifestyle.
After finishing your designs, you can take a 360 degree tour and even stage your new home. Then, save and name your design and choose a neighborhood, so you can see exactly what it would look like to come home to a Home Creations home.
Here’s what you can customize with the Design Your Dream Home tool:
Exterior
Make your home’s first impression with a personality that’s all yours.
Brick & Stone. Choose from options like Mesa Ledge, Natural, Siere Ledge, or Yukon Ledge.
Accent Brick & Stone. Integrating accent brick and stone can add interest, dimension, and a personal touch to your home’s exterior, whether as an accent to brick facades, half walls, or to highlight certain areas. Complement your main brick or stone with options like Cliffside, Highland Gray, Kennewick, Oyster Bay, Scottsdale, and more.
Siding. Siding sets the tone for your home's entire exterior design. Explore a variety of professional color options from the offwhite of Willow Springs to the bold navy of Cavalry.
Accent Siding and Accent Siding 2. Accent siding elevates your home’s exterior aesthetic by making it more dynamic and balanced. You can choose to contrast or complement your primary siding color with neutral grays, smokey sage, or stunning black.
Trim Paint Color. Your trim paint color–which can also include the color for the garage door–is used to create definition, whether as a contemporary high-contrast look or a monochromatic scheme for subtle sophistication.
Posts & Beams. Exterior posts and beams can be a prominent feature in your home’s facade or blend in with the overall architectural design. Choose from natural cedar, natural light oak, or mission brown to create a look that complements the exterior palette, either as a subtle contrast or to accentuate certain elements.
Front Door and Garage Door. You may not think much about your home’s main entrances, but they help anchor its overall design. Whether it’s blending in or being bold, your front door and garage door–which can account for as much as 30% of your home’s visual impact–are the exclamation mark on the statement you want your home to make.
Garage Options. In Oklahoma and Texas, you can never count out the weather. Your garage provides valuable protection for your vehicles and belongings against hail, high winds, ice, and blistering sun. If a standard 2-car garage isn’t quite enough, select a 2 ft-extension or even the space for a third vehicle.
Patio Door and Covered Patio. Despite the occasional storm, Oklahoma and Texas still offer plenty of opportunities to enjoy the outdoors. Expand your living area with a covered patio–either standard or extended–and choose whether you want it accessible or not from your primary bedroom via a patio door.
Floor plan
Now it’s time to take a step inside and design a floor plan that fits your needs. What you’ll be able to customize will depend on the floor plan you chose.
Some of the features you can personalize in your floor plan include:
Primary Bath Layout. You’ll start with a base layout in the master, or primary, bath. Don’t need a tub? You can substitute linen and closet space, a walk-in shower, or even add a water closet for extra privacy.
Mud Room. Dogs, kids, or an active lifestyle? Add a mudroom, with or without a linen closet or bench.
Garage Options. Options include standard (2-car) garage, a 2-foot extension, or a 3-car garage. On some floor plans, like the Chelsea A Elite, there is a fourth option, for a 3-car garage with an added 2-foot extension.
Fireplace Location. If your floor plan features a fireplace, like the Camera A Elite, choose whether the fireplace is in a cozy corner or taking center stage in your living room. With the Bella A Wellington, you can even customize the type of stone on your fireplace, with options like Arctic White, Alaska Gray, and Silver Travertine; an accent wall color;.
Bonus or multipurpose spaces. On some floor plans, you can skip a 4th or 5th bedroom or select it in place of a bonus room or study.
Want an even better idea of what your new design will look like? Several floor plans offer the option for virtual Home Decor Staging.
Bathroom
Floor plans like the Chelsea A Elite let you build the master bath of your dreams, from the wall and cabinet color to the tile in your shower or surrounding your tub. Choose contemporary Matte Black, timeless Tuscan Bronze, or sleek and sophisticated Satin Brushed Nickel for your cabinet hardware and faucet finish. You’ll have a plethora of professional options for stunning floor tile and even options to upgrade your countertops.
Kitchen
Most of the floor plans include the option to customize your kitchen, so the heart of your home can be exactly what you want.
You can personalize almost every detail, from the color of the walls, cabinets, countertops, and range hood to finishes and cabinet hardware. Select from 8 gorgeous wood-look tile plank flooring options and choose your backsplash pattern, with stylish designs like Hex Paloma, Herringbone, Flash, and Brick guaranteed to stand the test of time.
With floor plans like the Paisley C Wellington and Parker A Signature, you can decide if you want your kitchen island to blend in or stand out, with options like brushed gold faucet finishes and upgraded pendant lighting, or upgrade the entire kitchen and select “Home Decor Staging” for a better idea of what life will look like in your stunning new kitchen.
Design Your New Dream Home with Home Creations
Home Creations makes it easy to build the home of your dreams with expert guidance, quality craftsmanship, and a wide range of design options. Our professional team will help you navigate every step of the building process, ensuring a seamless experience that results in a home tailored to your unique style and needs. What’s more, our commitment to energy efficiency and lasting quality means your new construction home will be comfortable, durable, and built to the highest standards for beauty and function that is simply timeless.
Contact a Home Creations New Home Consultant to schedule a tour or visit our Design Your Dream Home tool today, so you can stop dreaming about your future and start designing it.
