INSIGHTS

When designing for modern living, sustainability, efficiency and cost-effectiveness is at the core of the process. Now more than ever, families are spending more time at home where separate spaces away from the main abode are a necessity.

Modern Mill named to fast company’s annual list of the world’s most innovative companies for 2023

Modern Mill is a Environment + Energy Leader's Top Product of the Year. The award honors ACRE as a powerful tool to help companies and individuals achieve their energy and sustainability management goals.

Modern Mill wins the Mid-Sized Company category and is a finalist in the Architecture, General Excellence, Consumer Products and the North America categories. Modern Mill is also an honorable mention in the Climate category.

Creating a stronger connection to the outdoors continues to be a Top 10 design feature for home design. Today’s homeowners want more than a big back yard. They want options, flexible designs and multifunctional spaces.

Crisp spring days are ideal for planning outdoor living spaces for the summer months ahead. A little planning goes a long way to help you understand how you will use your outdoor areas whether for remote work, entertaining, games or sports, relaxing, and more.

This spring, fall in love with your deck all over again with these fresh ideas to accessorize and make your deck sparkle and perform like you want it to.

Winter has its way of showcasing its beauty and its destruction. As warmer temperatures approach, it’s time to brush off the winter’s debris to spend more time outdoors. It’s an excellent time to work with homeowners on their plans to expand, repair, or enhance their outdoor living area, and that includes decking.

The past two years have made it clear: we all want outdoor living spaces that maximize our staycation fun. We expect traditional fun like pickleball, grilling and cocktails but trends point to unexpected outdoor potential as exercise spaces and home offices move outdoors. Could our backyards be the new “bonus room”? While many homeowners have planned their outdoor living spaces this spring we anticipate a focus on how they finish those spaces.

This year’s selections represent today’s most innovative products that make our homes more resilient, intelligent, efficient, healthy, and safe.

The 2022 International Builders’ Show proved that live events are back. Estimates of the number of number of attendees ranged from 45,000 to 70,000 (though I’m guessing it might be closer to the lower number, it was still impressive), with some 1,500 exhibitors spread across 600,000 square feet. It’s a daunting show floor to cover and we can hardly say we covered it all, so this is an incomplete list, to say the least. But of everything our team saw, these were the favorites.

International Builder’s Show 2022 | Hour 2
Dean shares his list of ‘best of’ products that come out of this week’s International Builder’s Show! Find out what’s hot this year!