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The FarmHouse Aesthetic
The farmhouse aesthetic has been a popular home style for decades, found on actual farms and in modern, suburban areas alike. As an architect and designer, I get requests for this style of home very frequently. There are some elements that have always accompanied a farmhouse from its early years while there are other features … Read more
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How to Design a Luxury Home that’s Uniquely Yours
Designing a luxury home is no easy project to tackle. For starters, you need a dedicated team of custom home builders who specializes in luxury homes. And you shouldn’t choose just anybody. But after you do pick your trusted team of builders, it is important to stay involved throughout the design and building process from start to … Read more
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Don’t just Dream. Learn the Process of Building Your Dream Home.
Our process for “crafting” a custom home does not just start when the nail hits the lumber. As your partners for all things architecture, design, and building, we want to guide you long before construction begins and after it’s built to ensure you get the most out of your unique dream home. As a homeowner– … Read more
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A Guide to Building Your New Custom Home
At P.L. Lyons, we understand the custom homebuilding process because it’s what we do day in and day out. We know that the brainstorming, planning, time, and money spent on a new home project matters (or at least it should) to both the home builder, the specialists involves, and the homeowners. Today, we want to share … Read more
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The Difference Between a Custom Home and One that Isn’t
What is a custom luxury home? It is an individually-dreamed and personally-designed home. It’s designed and built for a person or family in a particular location. Every detail– from the lot to the elevation, finishes, and more– are intentionally chosen by the family for whom the home is created. This is the type of homes … Read more
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The Importance of Tradesmen and Trade School
The job force in America has seen a big change over the last 10 to 15 years. For some time, the focus shifted away from craftsmen or trade-skilled jobs and gave greater emphasis to careers requiring advanced formal education instead. While our country may still be focused on creating the next surgeon, we cannot forget … Read more
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Walk Through the “Journey of Building A Home” With Us
The process of homebuilding is more than builders on a lot with supplies in hand. It is a journey, from start to finish, that homeowners as well as the builders, designers, project managers, and many trades people embark on together to build a beautiful house that families can call home. Our team at P.L. Lyons is committed … Read more
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Highlights From Vegas: Our Time at the International Builders Show
They say “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.” Well this is not the case for our time at the Internationals Builders Show this year. We’ve been so busy implementing some of the ideas we gathered there as well as talking to some of you about building a home in 2019. So we’re just now … Read more
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The Problems with Buying a Lot Before You Understand What you Have
Whether you are a first-time homebuyer or have outgrown your current home, there are many appeals to buying a lot to build a new custom home on versus a pre-developed home. P.L. Lyons wants to give you all of the insider Pros, Cons, and other things to consider when building your home on a vacant lot. If … Read more
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P.L. Lyons is a Two-Time Champion of Grilling For A Cause
The P.L. Lyons team recently competed in the 2nd Annual Grilling For A Cause charity event, benefitting the Building Industry Charitable Foundation (BICF) on September 13th of this year. This event was held at the Ferguson Bath, Kitchen, and Lighting Gallery in Louisville, Kentucky. Not only is this event a competition to put our “Grillmasters” cooking skills … Read more
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Here’s What You Need to Know for Moving to Louisville, KY
Are you considering moving to Louisville, Kentucky? Or have you already recently made the move to the 502 and want to know all the things that will make this new city feel like home? We are here to share some the most important facts that make up this city. Also many of these details are … Read more
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The Current Environment of the Building Industry
Do you hear that? It’s the sound of hammers and nails. More people are building today than they have since before the 2008 housing crisis. In the current market, the supply is low and the demand is high, motivating families to build their own house to their own specifications, rather than pay above asking price … Read more
