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Shades and Highlights: Things We Like August 2012

It’s time once again for another installment of Shades and Highlights – a monthly “sneak peek” at the companies, trends, places, and products that inspire the design-build team at Highlight Homes.  For the month of August, we are proud to feature:

Highlight Homes pays tribute to the residents of Lake Martin, AL who have had to rebuild their homes and their lives in the wake of last year's tornadoes.
Highlight Homes pays tribute to the residents of Lake Martin, AL who have had to rebuild their homes and their lives in the wake of last year's tornadoes.

Lake Martin: This scenic lakeside community in Alabama was particularly hard-hit during the historic tornadoes that rocked the landscape in Spring 2011.  Highlight Homes was honored to do our part to help in the rebuilding process, and that’s why we feel compelled to shine the spotlight on the incredible recovery by homeowners in the area. What once appeared hopeless during our time there last May has nearly been restored to its former glory during our return visit this summer. There is still a fair amount of work to be done, but we wanted to pay tribute to the collective stalwart spirit of the residents of this lovely Southern slice of heaven.

Koi Ponds: Life can be tough. Between endless reports of a beleaguered economy and unemployment rates on the rise, to-and-fro travels through rush hour traffic, and the daily grind at the office, a family’s home should be a place of peace and serenity. A well-executed landscape design with a tranquil water feature – such as a koi pond – provides our idea of the perfect outdoor oasis, an escape from the world beyond your fenced in yard. Imagine putting down the briefcase, popping the cork on a bottle of wine, and heading out to the backyard to relax before dinner ­– ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!  Water features are one of our favorite renovations to design and implement, so if this sounds like something that might enhance both your backyard and your life – call Highlight Homes at 678.873.9234 to schedule a walk-through of your outdoor living space and no obligation consultation.

Highlight Homes isn't shy - we LOVE to show off our work on social media sites like Pinterest, while being inspired by the work and ideas of others.
Highlight Homes isn't shy - we LOVE to show off our work on social media sites like Pinterest, while being inspired by the work and ideas of others.

Pinterest: We don’t just like Pinterest, we LOVE Pinterest!!  Not only is it an amazing platform for finding images of living spaces that inspire us – it’s an awesome way to showcase our latest projects. Like proud papas and mamas flashing pictures of our babies, we invite you to follow our Pinterest page and stay up-to-date on what the design-build team at Highlight Homes has been up to! From stunning outdoor living spaces to captivating kitchen renovations, we bet you’ll find plenty that’s “pin”-worthy! Check back regularly, because we plan to add new photos every time we complete another exciting project.

LandWatch.com: Every cloud has a silver lining. While many of us – homeowners and homebuilders alike – have suffered through the recession and housing market crash, one benefit that has arisen from the gloom and doom is that lot and land prices are at historically low levels.  If you’ve always dreamed of owning land – something that can stay in the family and be passed down from generation to generation, you might want to become familiar with LandWatch.com – the self-touted #1 online destination for land and rural retreats.  Once you’ve found that perfect spot, contact the architects and quality craftsmen at Highlight Homes to build a custom home that will exceed your wildest expectations.

If you wish to learn more about Highlight Homes, we invite you to visit us online at www.highlighthomes.com and be sure to “like us” on Facebook! When you’re ready to begin construction of a unique home renovation or break ground on a quality-crafted custom home, call us at 678.873.9234, e-mail us at info@highlighthomesga.com, or fill out our helpful online contact form.

* Highlight Homes is not directly affiliated with the community of Lake Martin, Pinterest, or LandWatch.com. These are merely the opinions of the design-build team at Highlight Homes.

Keep Your Cookie Cutter in the Kitchen Drawer

Three Great Reasons to Build a Custom Home

Imagine building the home of your dreams on the lot of your choosing! Highlight Homes can help you celebrate National Home Ownership Month in style!
Imagine building the home of your dreams on the lot of your choosing! Highlight Homes says "Keep Your Cookie Cutter in the Kitchen Drawer!"

Highlight Homes has built an excellent reputation in recent years as a premier Atlanta renovation company. It’s a standing we are extremely proud of and look forward to furthering in the coming years. However, our first and greatest love is (and will always be) the design and construction of beautiful custom homes. Rather than following the herd and becoming a cookie cutter construction company, Highlight Homes prefers to hang our hat on something that is lasting, something that is truly cherished by the family who lives there.  That’s why we say, “Keep your cookie cutter in the kitchen drawer!”

1)      Give Me Land, Lots of Land Under Starry Skies Above: Just as home prices and interest rates are at historically low levels all throughout the U.S., the same holds true for lot and land prices. Aspiring homeowners can select an estate-sized home site in an area or neighborhood of their choice and then acquire a custom home builder to create the home of their dreams OR they can select the builder first and work together to find the ideal “blank canvas” on which to build their home. Less money goes into the purchase of land, meaning more money left over to invest in the design and completion of the home.

2)      A Work of Art vs. Just Another “Product”: An unfortunate truth is that with even the most reputable builders, over time their houses seem to become “products” – an endless chain of spec houses and cookie-cutter elevations that they virtually crank out on an assembly line. That is never the case with Highlight Homes. Every renovation and custom home we complete is nothing less than a work of art. This is our passion and it shows in everything we do. From special design touches to well-plotted layouts that make sense for the client, real heart and soul goes into each element of the construction process.

3)      An Heirloom vs. A House: At Highlight Homes we work closely with our clients in all phases – from design and layout to construction and completion – so that they are very much a part of the home before they ever put their key in the lock. Most clients who elect to build a custom home are not first-time home buyers – they’ve lived in other homes before and know what they like, what hasn’t worked in the past, and what they’ve always hoped for in a home. Their home becomes an “heirloom”, something that they can look at with pride and consider sharing with future generations as the house THEY built. We believe home should be so much more than a house where one’s family sleeps at night and shares the occasional meal, a place that is easy to leave behind when it comes time to move on. A custom home should be an heirloom – a place you never want to leave.

To schedule an initial consultation to discuss the design and construction of your future custom home, contact the talented and experienced design-build team at Highlight Homes. We can be easily reached by calling 678.873.9234, e-mailing info@highlighthomesga.com, or filling out our helpful online contact form. To learn more about Highlight Homes, we invite you to visit us online at www.highlighthomesga.com.

Cite: Porter, Cole. Don’t Fence Me In. 20th Century Fox, 1934.

From Ho-Hum to Holy Moly

A Before-and-After Peek at Highlight Homes’ Most Recent Home Renovation

The Design-Build team at Highlight Homes was honored to take part in a home renovation recently for the Dennis family of Newnan, Georgia. The project involved a complete revamp of their small outdoor living space into an expansive al fresco entertainment area and a small cramped kitchen space into a spacious magazine-worthy showcase kitchen with room addition. This is an instance when a picture is truly worth a thousand words, so take a peek at our before-and-after photos and get a “fly-on-the-wall” perspective of how Highlight Homes can take a space from Ho-Hum to HOLY MOLY!

Kitchen - Before
Kitchen - Before
Kitchen - Before
Kitchen - Before
Kitchen Renovation - After; Image Credit: Never the Rock Photography
Kitchen Renovation - After; Image Credit: Never the Rock Photography
Kitchen Renovation - After; Image Credit: Never the Rock Photography
Kitchen Renovation - After; Image Credit: Never the Rock Photography
Kitchen Renovation - After: Image Credit: Never the Rock Photography
Kitchen Renovation - After: Image Credit: Never the Rock Photography
Outdoor Living Space - Before
Outdoor Living Space - Before
Outdoor Living Space - Before
Outdoor Living Space - Before
Outdoor Living Space and Addition - During
Outdoor Living Space and Addition - During
Outdoor Living Space - After; Image - Never the Rock Photography
Outdoor Living Space - After; Image Credit: Never the Rock Photography

Now, take a good look around your own home. Do you think it falls into the Ho-Hum category? Would you like to transform it into your own vision of Holy Moly? If so, contact the experienced Design-Build Team at Highlight Homes TODAY! We serve the entire Metro Atlanta area and outlying suburbs, and we specialize in the following categories:

  • Room Additions
  • Kitchen Renovations
  • Bath Remodels
  • Deck, Patio and Sunroom Enclosures
  • Basement Finishing
  • Window and Door Replacement
  • Landscaping and Water Features
  • Outdoor Kitchen and Hearths
  • And MORE!

Schedule a no-obligation consultation with Highlight Homes’ designers and renovators by calling 678-873-9234, e-mailing info@highlighthomesga.com, or filling out our convenient online contact form. To learn more about Highlight Homes and our Custom Home Construction division, visit us online at www.highlighthomesga.com.

Special thanks go out to the Dennis Family for entrusting Highlight Homes with the beautification of your home and to Sarina Roth of Never the Rock Photography for capturing the transformation so beautifully!