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The Ultimate Guide to Choosing the Perfect Color Palette
Your custom home is a reflection of you: your taste and style, including the building materials you choose – glass, wood, brick, stone – as well as the colors you choose. Interior design is one of the last things many people consider, but considering the final look of...
Sweet Mother’s Day Gifts for Your Designer or Architect Mom
She’s “Mom” to you, but to her clients, she’s the one who has breathed life into their dream home. Home designers, architects, interior designers, and contractors come in all shapes, sizes, colors, and backgrounds, including moms. Mom loves getting any gift from their...
How to Choose the Right Contractor for Your Project
You’ve finally saved enough money to start building your dream home. You may have looked at various house types and floor plans online, looked at fixtures and finishes, and built the home in your head. Now it’s time to start looking for the perfect person to work with...
How to with an Architect to Design Your Dream Home
You’ve finally saved enough money to start building your dream home. You may have looked at various house types and floor plans online, looked at fixtures and finishes, and built the home in your head. Now it’s time to start looking for the perfect person to work with...
The Role of Lighting in Interior Design (And Some Tips & Tricks for Making the Most of It)
When building a custom home, you can customize everything down to the type of light switches and electrical outlet covers. But did you know the way you plan your lighting scheme can have a major impact on the feel of each room? We’ve spoken before about the role of...
How to Incorporate Smart Technology in Your Home Design
We’ve come a long way since 1945. That’s when the first fully-programmable electronic general-purpose computer was completed. ENIAC weighed over 27 tons and was a modular machine composed of individual panels that served different functions. I write this article on...
How to Plan a Home Renovation
Whether you built a custom home in the past or bought an existing property, you want to continue to make it your own as your needs and style changes. The term “renovation” could mean anything from changing the light fixtures or sink faucets throughout the home to...
How to Design a Home Theater
There’s a lot to think about when designing a custom home. How many square feet? How big should each bedroom be? How much attention do you want to focus on the kitchen or living room? What kind of finishes and fixtures do you want? It’s easy to get caught up in...
How to Budget for a Custom Home
Congratulations on deciding to build a custom home! You may be eager to jump in and start working with an architect or designer on floor plan, size, materials, and finishes so you can move in and start living in your dream home. We’re excited to help you with it all,...
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Disclaimer: Owner, Acipe Design LLC, and Arid Design LLC is a designer and design firms, not a registered architect or engineer or a registered architecture or engineering firm in any jurisdiction. Owner and company does not imply they or the company is. We contract or engage with architects and engineers as required.
Areas served: We serve customers primarily in Michigan and Arizona (as Arid Design LLC) but we are open to the possibilities of other locations.