It’s been nothing but wet and gray for weeks here. Not only is this the first sunny day in a hot minute; it’s also warming up to a toasty 80 degrees. I know we are still social distancing and isolating. If you’re looking for a good excuse to sit outside or keep busy, now is the time to plan your outdoor cleaning! Yeah, I get spring cleaning and outdoor chores aren’t the way we planned to kick off the changing season. But there is a certain satisfaction to working with your hands and knowing your

Homeschool In Your New Home COVID-19 has everyone wary of big gatherings. We are all practicing social distancing, refreshing our hand-washing technique, and staying home as often as possible. If you are feeling a little stir-crazy or have little ones roaming about the home, I’ve gathered some sanity-saving ideas, as well as free programs and activities to keep everyone entertained and healthy. Keep A Routine I know it is difficult to find interesting activities and plan for fun days when the m

My neck of the woods didn’t get a true winter this year. It was soggy and dreary, that’s for sure! Now that spring is starting to show, we all are chomping at the bit to get outdoors again. Fresh air, sunshine, and flowers blooming begging our attention outdoors. Unfortunately, we don’t always like what we see when we do finally get outside. Luckily, you’ve chosen a Nelson Design Group house plan to stand out from the cookie-cutter homes in your neighborhood. How do you create a lawn to match?

Cozy Without The Clutter It can be a puzzle figuring out how to display all your necessities alongside your knick-knacks in a home with a smaller square footage. That’s no reason to put your favorite heirloom pieces in storage! Selecting the right organization bins and utilizing your vertical space creates a cozy, intimate home without making you feel lost in the clutter. It’s 2020, baby! We’ve got dual-purpose items to save space without sacrificing your look. Take a look at some of these space

The weather is warming and it’s time to start thinking about your spring cleaning. While you take stock of belongings to go in the yard sale, now is the best time to plan your home’s necessary updates. Taking time to review home improvements preserves the longevity of your home and helps protect against costly emergency repairs. We’ve put together some eco-friendly home improvement ideas when building or remodeling your home. Start Small with Energy Efficiency Living sustainably and eco-friendl

We all know minimalist design is a classic choice for a contemporary modern home. What if that isn’t quite your style? Yes, minimalist is a very cool, nonchalant, unmaterialistic approach to declutter your space (and ideally your life). But how do you cut down to only the key pieces? Boy, do I have a treat for you. There exists an underrated design style called maximalism fully focused on adding more, more, more! These are my favorite No Rules Allowed starter tips to maximize your design fun. Ok

In the past, contemporary and modern design has gotten a bad reputation for being cold and impersonal. Not the case! Soften up those sleek, classy lines of a contemporary modern home you have fallen for so deeply. Accentuate the flow of your open kitchen/dining area! You put the extra work into selecting just the right house plan to showcase your own daring zest for life. Now it’s time you design and decorate to highlight your modern marvel! We’ve got the tips to help. Take a look at Jasmine M

Happy Friday!! Friday is probably my favorite day of the week. It’s when I can get stuff done. Saturdays are good, too, but Friday is my day. It’s when I can feel like I can finally relax after a week of running and going and doing. We live in such a fast-paced world today that we often forget how long processes can take and how long things can be dragged out for. So, it’s always best to make sure that you have everything in place so that there aren’t any unnecessary delays. One thing that can m

Spring is the time when you want to have your plan and everything ready to go to start your build. Many times, we hear from clients that they wanted to break ground on their home this month or next month, but there is some sort of delay. There are many things that you need to have in place in order to have your home built. While its not the first step, having a house plan already purchased is going to make the rest of the process move a lot smoother. So, take a look at some of our newest plans a

This past Sunday was a very important day in weather forecasting, but I think that it got overshadowed a bit by the Super Bowl. It was Groundhog’s Day and whether or not you believe that a rodent can predict the weather, I choose to believe that this year he may have been on the right track. This winter has been cold, wet and horrible. We didn’t get any snow and, thankfully, we didn’t get any ice, but it rained. And it rained. And it rained some more. And I think its going to rain most of today.

Well this Sunday is the big game. This year the Superbowl is featuring the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers. Two teams that haven’t seen the Superbowl in a long time and honestly, I think I would be stoked for either one of them to win. So, this year, instead of focusing on the rivalry between the teams or which team might be better or worse than the other, lets just cook some great food and enjoy the game! One thing about the Superbowl is that you have to have really good food rea

This week the weather has been positively nasty. It's been cold, wet and it just won't stop raining. I'm hoping that next week that silly groundhog doesn't see his shadow and that we can get spring in here a bit sooner. That would be so nice. Warm breezes, the sun warming your face, being able to wear flip flops and roll the windows down on the car. Ah... It will be glorious. Until then, let's look at some great new plans. That should cheer us up. Whispering Winds (MEN 5236) This is one of

We love when we get to release new plans! Sometimes we get to that pretty often. Sometimes it takes a little while for them to be finished. Luckily, I have several new ones that I get to show off this week! So, here are some great new plans for you to feast your eyes on. Loftin Place (MEN 5221) This lovely one-story farmhouse style house plan by award winning designer Michael E. Nelson has everything that you would ever want in your dream home. With just under 2,000 square feet of living s

For years, I resisted setting up my Google assistant on my phone. I always thought of it as something that would be listening to everything that I said and did and be kind of invasive. Recently, I found myself needing a pair of extra hands. So, I set up my Google assistant on my phone and started using it for tons of different things. I didn’t realize how many different tasks that little program can do. Did you know that you can now install things that are controlled by your assistant or Siri to

As the new decade beckons, we find ourselves looking at trends that are going to be the new norm. Last year was the year of the modern farmhouse and that idea has reigned supreme for several years now. Now we are looking for something a bit more complicated. One of the newest trends in home design and house planning is not a style or a type of house, but rather a feature that is being sought after. People are looking for a large, efficient kitchen so that they can make their gourmet dreams a rea