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2024 Trends for New Homes: Embracing Sustainability, Technology, and Nature

In today’s ever-evolving world of home design, staying up-to-date with the latest trends is essential for homeowners looking to create a modern and functional living space. As we embark on the new year, we expect several exciting trends to shape how many homes are designed and constructed in 2024. In this blog post, we’ll delve into the key trends that we believe will dominate the new home market this year, focusing on sustainability, emerging technology, natural materials, and the importance of building your dream home with a dedicated team of professionals. If you plan to build a new home or residential space this year, here are a few implements you may want to consider with your upcoming design as it relates to the future of our industry.

Sustainability and Energy Efficiency: Powering Your Home with the Sun

Sustainability and energy efficiency have become paramount considerations in contemporary home design, with homeowners increasingly looking to reduce their carbon footprint and lower their energy bills. In 2024, solar panels are gaining immense popularity as an eco-friendly energy source, allowing homeowners to utilize direct sunlight to meet their electricity needs. With solar panel installations, you can reduce your home’s environmental impact while saving hundreds, if not thousands of dollars, in energy costs every year. 

Additionally, adding electric car charging stations to home garages is becoming a standard feature, catering to a growing number of electric vehicle owners in the country. With an electric car charging station in your home, you’ll have the convenience of charging your vehicle overnight, ensuring it’s always ready to hit the road while contributing to a cleaner environment.

Prefabrication: Crafting Your Home with Precision and Efficiency

A significant trend in 2024 is the use of prefabrication in home construction. Prefabricated homes offer numerous advantages, including reduced construction time, minimized waste, and improved construction quality. By partnering with a dedicated team of professionals, you can customize your prefabricated home to meet your unique needs and preferences. The precision and efficiency of prefabrication ensure that your dream home is built with the utmost care and attention to detail and that you benefit from significant time and money savings during construction. 

Incorporation of Natural Elements: Building a Home That Connects with Nature

A return to nature is evident in the design of modern homes, with the incorporation of natural elements taking center stage. A naturally warm and inviting material, wood is used extensively in flooring, furniture, and architectural details, creating a cozy and organic atmosphere. When building your home, working closely with a team allows you to select the perfect wood finishes that align with your vision.

Stone accents in interior and exterior design also add a touch of rustic elegance, while indoor greenery and living walls bring the outdoors inside, fostering a deeper connection with nature. Collaborating with your design team to select the perfect natural materials for your space ensures that your home reflects your personality and appreciation for the outside world.

Smart Technology: Building a Home of the Future

The smart technology revolution will continue to reshape homes in 2024, with more homeowners embracing the convenience and efficiency of integrated smart devices and systems. From automated lighting and security systems to thermostats that adapt to your preferences, these technologies enhance daily life and even contribute to energy savings. When working with your team of builders and tech experts, you can customize your home’s technological features to suit your lifestyle, making your home truly “smart” in every aspect. 

Handcrafted Furniture/Accents: Infusing Your Home with Personality

Handcrafted furniture and accents introduce a more personal and unique touch into homes. Artisanal pieces are making a comeback, giving homeowners the opportunity to infuse their spaces with character and individuality. Supporting local artisans and businesses that offer handcrafted home items doesn’t just add charm to your home but supports the craftsmanship of talented individuals. Your team of designers can help you select and integrate these unique pieces seamlessly into your home’s design.

Building Your Dream Home: A Collaborative Journey

Building your dream home is a collaborative journey that involves working closely with a dedicated team of design and construction experts. This team will help you bring your vision to life, ensuring that your new home incorporates the latest trends while embodying your core values and tastes. 

Whether you’re planning for new home construction or considering a renovation project, these trends for 2024 will hopefully inspire you to create a living space that aligns with your personality and adapts to our ever-evolving world. Building your dream home with a trusted team ensures priority is given to your unique vision, resulting in a home that truly feels like you from top to bottom. 

Ready to get started on your 2024 project? See what makes our team the right choice for your project by requesting a digital catalog here or calling us at (888) 975-2057. 

Introducing Our New Line of Modern Home Kits

There’s a lot to look forward to with the future of heavy timber construction — and the design and construction industry as a whole, for that matter. As sustainability becomes more of a priority than a luxury for new building developments, companies like ours are leaning hard into the possibilities provided by green materials like cross-laminated timbers and structural insulated panels (or SIPs); and investing in state-of-the-art technologies that allow us to provide faster, more complete solutions that benefit our clients and the planet.

One of the ways we’re pushing the industry forward is by creating more hybrid structures that feature a combination of heavy timber and conventional framing methods, and that includes our new line of modern home kits. By combining our heavy timbers with other building materials, we can highlight the natural beauty and sustainability of your space while cutting costs in less important areas of your home. Moreover, our modern home kits present the perfect opportunity to create a stunning residence that embodies the sleek, minimalistic style of the future while utilizing eco-friendly materials and designs that prioritize energy efficiency.

If you’re interested in designing a beautiful and naturally sustainable home for your property, keep reading below to learn more about our new modern home kits and the various ways we can customize your investment!

The Skyline Modern Home Kit

The Skyline is a striking modern home defined by its use of clean lines and mixed siding materials. We designed this home with a combination of select-grade Douglas fir timbers and parallel chord roof trusses to create an expansive interior that accentuates our premium heavy timbers while providing our clients with total creative freedom inside their space. Our sample floor plan includes three bedrooms, three-and-a-half bathrooms, a two-car garage, and plenty of flexible, recreational space, though you can easily reconfigure this layout to meet your needs. With a modern home kit like the Skyline, the sky is truly the limit to what you can do with your building investment!

The Trillium Modern Home Kit

Our Trillium Modern Home Kit offers the best of both worlds in terms of style and function. With its massive window walls, exposed rafters, and sloped rooflines, this modern home design offers optimal natural light and energy efficiency inside a remarkably beautiful setting. It also provides an abundance of flexible space that you can customize according to your needs and preferences. This floor plan features 3,540 square feet of conditioned living space, including four bedrooms, four bathrooms, a two-car garage, a spacious bonus room, and a magnificent outdoor living space. If you’re seeking an impressive modern home that seamlessly blends our signature heavy timber style with contemporary architecture, our Trillium is the perfect fit for you.

The Timberline Modern Home Kit

Inspired by our popular Cornelius Contemporary Custom Home project, this modern home is a magazine-worthy residential design that offers dozens of possibilities for your space. Floor-to-ceiling windows, oversized heavy timbers, and sloped rooflines take center stage in this structure, making it a stunning modern oasis that’s guaranteed to increase the value of your property. This modern home comes with three bedrooms, three-and-a-half bathrooms, an open-concept living space, an office, a TV room, and a garage – all of which you can tailor to your desired layout. Although this design is naturally suited to scenic or cliffside properties, our designers can help you modify your Timberline to match your unique site characteristics.

Ready to get started on your modern home project? Give us a call today at (888) 975-2057 or request a quote online here!