25 January 2011

Kitchen Layouts: Ideas for U-Shaped Kitchens

The U-shaped kitchen lends itself to high-efficiency cooking: You can often pivot on one toe as you spin around from refrigerator to sink to stove. A good friend and accomplished cook swears by this…

23 January 2011

How to choose green building materials

At DrummondHousePlans, we scour the web for resources for you. With so much discussion about eco-friendly and green building options, it is great to see articles that are more factual than full of…

22 January 2011

Plan of the Week – “Comfort for new nesters!”

20 January 2011

Design Details: Raise a red lantern!

Add a Beautiful Lantern for Warm Welcome, Classic Style or a Touch of Romance Long before there was an electric lamp post on every corner, visitors relied on lanterns hung outside homes to light…

19 January 2011

5 ways to keep your home warmer

18 January 2011

Architectural Tourism – Harbin International Festival of Ice and Snow

Some architectural styles are classic while others are more temporary in nature. The Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in Harbin China paradoxically combines the two, except the temporary nature is…

17 January 2011

Will new mortgage rules trigger winter buying?

The new rules being introduced by the Canadian Real Estate Association could be just the incentive for young home-buyers to get off the fence, as indicated in today's Globe and Mail...

15 January 2011

Plan of the Week – New Release: “A Modern Statement”

14 January 2011

Drummond House Plans – Best Price Guarantee Explained

Have you ever looked at a Drummond House Plan and had a sense of déjà vu, a sense that you have seen it before? You are not imagining things. Our plans are extremely popular and you may find…

11 January 2011

Good-bye incandescent bulbs, hello mercury

The most popular sizes of incandescent light bulbs will disappear from most store shelves in B.C. within the next few weeks and the most common replacement lights cost up to 10 times more to buy.…

10 January 2011

Decor – Wallpaper as Art

The Cross' Peter Wilds on New Patterns and Textures...

8 January 2011

Plan of the Week – “Perfect Porches!”