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Is it your dream to build a Waterfront Style Home, but feel you'll never be able to live anywhere near the water? I say, "go for it anyway!"
"Live where you love it best!", that's my philosophy. Don't take me wrong, I don't necessarily mean that you must live in the geographical region of your choice - for some of you that's impossible. What I mean is that your home's style and/or interior décor should be based on the style where you would most like to live.
By capturing specific elements that are indigenous to a particular area, then recreating them in your own home, you can "live" wherever you desire. Therefore, if you dream of living by the lake or desire coastal living on Nantucket Bay, the Hawaiian Islands, Bali, the Caribbean, or on the French Riviera, incorporate that particular region's style into your home's architecture and interior décor.
For example: Nothing, in my opinion, is more tranquil and relaxing than the delightful sensation of a gentle ocean breeze and the sound of delicate waves rushing upon a sandy beach.
To bring the ocean to my midwest home, I designed and painted a beach house wall mural, pictured below, in my guest bath. Now, my guests can also enjoy "going to the beach" when visiting.
©2004 Deborah Gaskill
To create a wall mural in your home, click here, for instructions.
Whatever it is that triggers your senses, capture it and bring it into your home. Be it through your home's architecture, interior décor, your furniture style, fabrics and wallpaper, or a just a simple wall mural, make your selections carefully so that you can enjoy your personal paradise for years to come.
Whether you will be building your new home by an ocean, lake, or on dry land, Waterfront House Plans can fit in beautifully anywhere. Selected for their beautiful designs, floor plan layouts, and styles, the following resources offer Waterfront house plans to fit most anyone's taste:
The Waterfront House Plans, shown below, from Donald A. Gardner Architects, Inc. are just two examples of his home designs that offer you "coastal" living at its best.
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To quickly search Mr. Gardner's other Waterfront style house plans, select "Vacation" in the "Jump to Plan Style" drop-down box under "Quick Jump" at the right side of his home page.
Archway Press delivers affordable house plans sizes that range from 484 square feet to 4680 square feet (not including a basement) and come in many different floor plans and home styles that are perfect for "coastal" living. Read our Review of Archway Home Plans.
New England Cap Cod Homes from Archway Press House Plans
Another of our favorite house plan sources, ePlans.com House Plans Superstore, offers several homes with waterfront influences, as well as other exciting European home design styles, floor plans, and sizes to fulfill your budget. To search Waterfront style house plans, select "Vacation" in their "Quick Search" drop-down box as this style closely resembles the "Waterfront" look.
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Waterfront Style Furniture and Accessories
Although individual waterfront house plans may have distinctly different characteristics, there are a few common elements that will work in any waterfront décor, such as rattan, teak wood, sea grass, wicker, cotton, and canvas.
By bringing these natural elements into your furniture and accessories, your Nantucket home style, Cape Cod, Caribbean, Bali, or Island style house will be perfect no matter where its location may be.
To
find affordable quality furniture for your Waterfront house plan,
search "Wicker and Rattan" at :
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Don't forget to look at furniture other styles, as it is quite chic to incorporate many different furiture designs in a waterfront style home.
We've
found another great resource for affordable
pieces that will look quite astonishing inside and outside your new
Waterfront style home!
Waterfront Fabrics and Wallpaper
Colors of the waterfront homes are bright and airy. Eastern seaboard retreats are often decorated in nautical colors, reds, blues, yellows, and whites.
For Island style, Caribbean, as well as other tropical home designs, dull, dark, and dingy colors won't fit in here. When selecting colors for your Tropical House Plan, think of all the brilliant colors of a tropical ocean, sunset, flowers, and palm trees-you can't go wrong.
Nantucket Inspirations, Weekends on the Water, Olde Nantucket Collection and Ralph Loren Martha's Vineyards are a few wallpaper books that offer fresh fabrics and wallpapers perfect for any beach style home.
Island Life Collection by Waverly and Westlake III collection offers heavy textured and natural grass wallpapers fit very nicely in many different Waterfront house plans and especially for the Island, Bali, and Caribbean style homes.
To
find beautiful fabrics and wall
paper made specificly for waterfront house plans and more, go to
American
Blind and Wallpaper Factory
and then insert the collection name in the search box "Search
by book name" to take you directly to that particular wallpaper
and fabric book.
When we don't have the luxury of building our new homes by some form of water mass, but desire to have a waterfront view, the next best thing is to put up a wall mural. If you feel you don't have that artistic touch a wall mural may be the way to go.
Also, don't forget to check out their prices on blinds. Blinds and shutters are quite popular to use when decorating Waterfront house plans.
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Featured companies for great Waterfront House Plans in this article
1) Donald A. Gardner Architects, Inc.
- These
Waterfront House Plans
offer you "coastal" living at its best. To quickly search Mr. Gardner's other Waterfront style house plans, select "Vacation" in the "Jump to Plan Style" drop-down box under "Quick Jump" at the right side of his home page.
2) Archway Home Plans
delivers affordable house plans sizes that range from 484 square feet to 4680 square feet (not including a basement) and come in many different floor plans and home styles that are perfect for "coastal" living.
3) ePlans.com House Plans Superstore,
offers several homes with waterfront influences, as well as other exciting European home design styles, floor plans, and sizes to fulfill your budget. To search Waterfront style house plans, select "Vacation" in their "Quick Search" drop-down box as this style closely resembles the "Waterfront" look.
4) HousePlans.com
- Elegant and distinct, the architectural renditions from House Plans should not be overlooked. Check out their beautiful home plans.
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