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Innovation is at the core of success for most business, and residential construction is no exception.

Parade of Homes featured home builder Legacy Construction and Development specializes in innovative features and technologies that can result in 15-40 percent annual energy savings and...

Spring has sprung and both home builders and prospective buyers are getting ready for Oklahoma City’s favorite metrowide open house event. For the next two weekends, May 13-15 and May 20-22, the spring Parade of Homes will be open from 1 to 7 p.m.

The Parade of Homes will showcase 140...

is more than a bunch of builders talking shop. The nonprofit organization organizes the Parade of Homes, Street of Dreams and other public events each year, and its members are active in community organizations such as Habitat for Humanity and more.

COHBA has represented local home...

When long-time  Oklahoma City builder, Steve Allen realized that there was a demand for luxury, custom-built homes with a smaller footprint, he made a business out of it – AllenStyle Homes.

As a featured builder on the Parade of Homes, the public can check these homes out for two...

If you like the annual Parade of Homes you will love the Street of Dreams, a new event sponsored by the Central Oklahoma Home Builders Association.

“We are extremely excited about this year’s ‘Street of Dreams’ event,” said Rusty Appleton, Executive Director of the Central Oklahoma Home...

The Central Oklahoma Home Builder’s Parade of Homes has been a metro tradition since 1945. This year’s event not only shines with more than 140 fabulous homes for view, but it also stepping it up a few notches in the technology department.

The parade is set for two weekends from May 14...

Proposed solution: Pull furniture away from the walls and “float” it in the...

However, to avoid sowing more than you can reap, it’s always advisable to plot out a long-term gardening plan. It will...

Is it fleur de lys fatigue? Too many Eiffel Towers? Perhaps. As designer Mei Xu notes,...

But as our lives have changed, so have our dining...

It all started when indoor elements such as high-end kitchen appliances, area rugs and upholstered furniture were brought to the outdoors.

Using personal photos can give a special, personal touch to your home

Numbers and letters are hot off the press this season in decorative items, dishware and soft furnishings.

The Central Oklahoma Homes Builders Association's Sales & Marketing Council, which fosters better relationships among builders, sales people and Realtors, selected several categories of award winners last month during the annual Parade of Homes.

One of the best ways to express your personality and add flair to your home is to incorporate a mix of patterns into the decor. Whether you like florals, stripes, geometrics, animal prints, paisleys or textures — they too are patterns — a variety of them can make any room visually more...

Whether it’s a charcoal chaise lounge or a chrome-accented light fixture, this fall’s edgiest color proves that where there’s smoke, there’s fire.

Allenton Custom Homes applies ‘classic’ approach to homebuilding

Opportunities abound locally or online to help consumers become art owner.

As it turned out, it was the right decision at the right time.

“As home prices continued to climb...

What is the definition of high performance? In automobiles it’s speed, precision mechanics, response to the driver. In homes, it’s not much different — precision systems, custom space and comfort and targeted energy use for higher efficiency.

“I started ‘working’ in the home building business at age 6 by picking up trash and scrap lumber. To be honest I mostly played at that...

Whether you are in the market for a new home with the latest multimedia system and energy-efficient design, or just want to browse the market, the Southwest Showcase of Homes in southwest Oklahoma City has you covered.

Trade boring neutrals for gentle splashes of purple to create a kitchen and bathroom spiked with a healthy dose of drama. When it comes to all the different shades of purple that can be used to spice up a room, “shrinking” and “violet” are not a match made in Crayola heaven. Purple speaks up...

Efficiency and convenience rule the kitchen, especially when it comes to the triumvirate of appliances: the refrigerator, range and dishwasher. Here’s what’s cooking

If "nautical motifs" have you thinking "kitsch," think again.

Anyone who has hosted a cocktail party or tried to bake cookies with a toddler underfoot knows that guests and family members tend to gather in the kitchen.

Conjure up an image of vacationers sitting on a verandah at a tropical resort, a ceiling fan rotating overhead and supplementing the cooling effect of the ocean breezes.

Don’t let all that counter space go to waste. Start experimenting with new recipes this weekend

The...

The original 5,000-square-foot home was built in the 1980s by the McCaslin family. In the mid-1990s, the Lew McGinnis family purchased the home and engaged Beverly Hills designer/builder Edward...

“There isn’t a lot nowadays that...

With spring fashion lines by Nanette...

These days, the time-honored pastime of snoozing in the sun...

Virginia-based Bill...

It's the Central Oklahoma Home Builders Association's new headquarters.

Delays slowed the project, the last one a four-month stall for the wintriest winter in...

Kassis, 47, figures she and her husband have spent well over $20,000 for...

SOLAR-POWERED SPEAKERS
SunnySong is a solar-powered...

Neither snow nor rain nor gloom of night nor mud nor traffic jams nor an unexpected logistical nightmare kept the company, a slew of subcontractors and suppliers,...

And Arizona and Florida aren’t the only...

You invest in the pieces you want to last many years and shop for steals on accessories that change with trends.

Victoria Dreste, a St. Louis-based interior designer, recently worked with a client to pull together high-...

1. Plan and de-clutter
First things first: You only have one weekend, so develop a...

These beloved icons of...

Whatever our personal style might look like, a simple, beautiful space “is the design equivalent of comfort food” in tumultuous times,...

Ethan Allen’s Josephine Armchair

Pottery Barn’s Queen Anne chair

Thomas Moser Pasadena Dining Chair

Very Good & Proper Canteen Utility Chair

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