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Central Oklahoma Home Builders Association (COHBA) is a not-for-profit trade association representing home builders in Oklahoma City and beyond. For over half a century, COHBA has provided leadership for the home building industry and is the most energetic and effective trade association in the southwest.
Show MoreInnovation, quality, design are guiding principles for featured Parade of Homes builder
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 Parade of Homes showcases diversity of Oklahoma home builders
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...
COHBA has championed quality home building in Oklahoma for 73 years
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...
Home building trends: Oklahomans still love building with touch of luxury, but prefer smaller footprint living
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...
COHBA introduces Street of Dreams to Oklahoma City
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...
Long-time metro open house goes high tech, adding technology innovation
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...
Anchor the family room with a ‘floating’ furniture arrangement
5 ways to ensure a full summer of garden goodness
Decor comes alive with a British vibe
Today's dining room A place where people want to linger
The ties that bind
It all started when indoor elements such as high-end kitchen appliances, area rugs and upholstered furniture were brought to the outdoors.
Picture Perfect - Decorating with personal photos
Using personal photos can give a special, personal touch to your home
Typography hits the right key in home decor
Numbers and letters are hot off the press this season in decorative items, dishware and soft furnishings.
Parade of Homes winners announced
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.
Mixing patterns is easier than you think in decor
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...
The gray badge of courage
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.
Going urban
Timeless and always appropriate
Allenton Custom Homes applies ‘classic’ approach to homebuilding
A space that lives and remembers
AllenStyle Homes
58th annual Parade of Homes making big changes in 2010
Baby boomers comprise large portion of condo market
Art investment
Opportunities abound locally or online to help consumers become art owner.
A look at some clever gadgets
Welcome fall with new accents, colors at home
Ask a Designer: tips on bookcases, other built-ins
Jeff Click Homes: Luxury urban-modern meets resourceful design
Red Rock Builders
Jeff Click Homes
Edmond-based Red Rock Builders creates high performance homes with aesthetics, efficiency and comfort
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.
McCaleb Homes: The Real Thing
Mark Methvin Homes builds on family
Oklahoma City home tour highlights building innovations
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
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...
Not all cabinetry trends are expensive Follow the ones that won’t break the bank
Materials, design and history give voice to a home’s front door
Refrigerator, range, dishwasher:
Efficiency and convenience rule the kitchen
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
High-style nautical motifs get edgy makeover
If "nautical motifs" have you thinking "kitsch," think again.
Bigger no longer means betterSay hello to the cozy, live-in kitchen
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.
Ceiling fans reduce energy costs summer and winter
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.
Bookshelf: Dig In
Don’t let all that counter space go to waste. Start experimenting with new recipes this weekend
All hands on deck
A room with a view
Mansion on the Lake
The 5 rules of backyard tech
Persimmon granted
Lounge lizards
Craftsmen give wood a second life
Progress evident on home for builders association
Bookshelf: The Simple Life
by Emily Anderson
(Skipstone Press , 2010) $21.95
The Joy of Home
by Naomi Cleaver
(Conran, 2010) $39.99
Cheap Chic: Affordable Ideas for a Relaxed Home
by...
Dog mansions come with whole range of amenities
Living green is no longer a lesson in deprivation.
SunnySong is a solar-powered...
Counter Culture
Extreme Makeover
Get cookin'
by George Varozza
(Harvest House Publishers, 2010)
The Farm to Table Cookbook: The Art of Eating Locally
by Ivy Manning
(Sasquatch Books, 2010) $19.95
...
Economy forces changes in thinking about retirement homes
Mix and Match
Mission Kitchen
First things first: You only have one weekend, so develop a...
So vane
Comfort rooms
Musical chairs
Spring sings
The Tropicalia nest swing from Moroso features cheery and recyclable thermoplastic polymer threads. For more information, visit www.moroso.it.
Go-Go Gadget
Color by number no more
Mixing old and new is a great design strategy
Back in Black
The Great Cover-Up
Turquoise is top decor shade for 2010
HomeStyle Bookshelf: Just do it
by Fernando de Haro & Omar Fuentes
(AM Editores, 2009) $11.95
150 Best Kitchen Ideas
by Montse Borrs & Aitana Lleonart
(Collins Design, 2009) $29.99
The Making of a House
by Janne Faulkner &...