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Our prefabricated home build FAQ answers common questions about modular and panel home builds and prepares you to meet your builders.

In this podcast, architect Laura discusses designing a modular home with a very special guest. This is the first in a series on modular and panel builds.

In this podcast, Laura and Holly discuss protecting your current home from freezing temperatures as well as designing a new build to survive extreme weather.

The holidays and our New Year’s resolutions are distant memories. Spring Break is still a month away. It’s too cold to go outside, and we need a distraction from eating Girl Scout Cookies. So, let’s make the best of it and refresh your home for spring. By embracing the moment now to make your home look and feel its best, all will be completed by the time the tulips peek their sunny little heads out of the soil. Let’s take a look at twenty excellent ways to refresh your home for spring: Refresh Your Home: Happy Rearrange furniture to work better for your lifestyle. Believe it or not, it makes a huge difference in your productivity and peace of mind. Clean out kitchen cabinets and only put back items you use and love. Still have some holiday serving dishes to store? This is the perfect time to clean out your cabinets as well. Purge old linens. Look for kitchen dish towels that have seen better days; bath towels that should be downgraded to cleaning rags; and bed sheet sets that are mismatched and well-worn. Donate clothes, toys, and furniture that do not bring you or your family joy. Print and frame those family pictures that have been living on your phone. Refresh Your Home: Healthy Steam clean your carpets and rugs. And if you have pets or children, you might want to deep clean the upholstery on your furniture, too. Deep clean bathrooms and wipe down doorknobs, light switches and other “germy” surfaces, like the remote control. Get your air ducts professionally cleaned. Can’t remember the last time you did this? Then it’s definitely time. Install smoke detectors, if you don’t already have them. Place inside each bedroom and in the hall outside the bedrooms. Plus, add a carbon monoxide detector. Add a water filter to your kitchen sink and change the internal filter in your refrigerator. Refresh Your Home: Efficient Change the air filter in your furnace. Switch to LED light bulbs. Look for Warm White (2700K-3000K) color temperature. Install a programmable thermostat. Install new energy efficient windows. Increase the insulation in the attic. Refresh Your Home: Beautiful Re-paint the walls in the rooms where you spend the most time. Either freshen up your current color or try something totally new. Remember to choose low or no-VOC paint formulas. Add new accessories for a pop of color. Think pillows, a rug, art or stack of coffee table books. Add green plants or cut flowers to freshen your rooms. Power wash the exterior (but save this for the spring or a warm winter day if you are in a cold climate). Update light fixtures and cabinet hardware to be more current. They’re like jewelry for the home! Even if you simply choose to do one thing from each category, it will go a long way to making a more happy, healthy, efficient and beautiful home. After all, home is where the heart is. Why not make it the best it can be?

Listen to our podcast about how might coronavirus change home design and adapting the way we live and planning for the new normal.

Home design budget considerations as well as understanding the difference between your home design needs and things you want but don't really need.

So you are thinking of designing a new home but you don't know where to start? These 7 essential tips will set you off on the right path.

Residential architects in Dallas, Texas, Laura Davis and Holly Hall share the best time of year to buy things for your home.

Dallas architects, Laura Davis and Holly Hall talk about ways you can help your home be more healthy, better organized, and budget-smart in the new year!

Front porch design involved style, hospitality, and security. In Episode 86 of The Architecture Happy Hour podcast, co-hosts and architects, Laura Davis and Holly Hall talk about front porch design and what steps you can take to turn your porch from outdated to updated.

In this home design podcast we talk about how designing a home based on where you are designing it and what style you like?

In Episode 84 of The Architecture Happy Hour podcast, host and architect, Laura Davis shares her favorite trends in home decor.

We are so saddened by the Notre Dame fire. In this podcast we express support the millions of people around the world who love this building.

Is it time to change your bachelor pad into a family home? Here are some tips for decorating and remodeling that will help you make that transition.

Podcast: Saving the Oldest Church in Paris interviews David Sheppe, President of the American Friends for the Preservation of Saint Germain des Prés Church.

Can regular homeowners expect to succeed in Tidying Up with Marie Kondo's KonMarie Method - what are the expectations and realities?

Dallas Architects Laura Davis and Holly Hall share great ideas for the best gifts for future architects.

In architectural podcast: Property Secrets You Need to Know, host Laura Davis will walk you through how to research a property for deal breakers.

Is your stuff stressing you out more than it brings you joy? In this podcast, Laura Davis shares tips on how to start decluttering to re-imagine your home.

Saving Alexander Mansion, Laura and Holly walk you through the steps they are following in the restoration in association with the Dallas Woman's Forum.

If you are about to start a home renovation project, how do you know if you need an architect? This podcast has the answer.

Husband and wife Laura and Bob Davis discuss the differences and similarities between a commercial architecture vs. residential architect.

This episode of The Architecture Happy Hour podcast covers trends in millenial home decor, shaking up any preconceived notions we had on the subject.

Here are 7 tips to update your kitchen. In this podcast you will learn how to break down a kitchen renovation into parts to make your selections easier.

Laura and Holly recap the recent meetup of The Architecture Happy Hour networking group at the Kohler Signature Store. Laura shares an interview she did at The Kitchen Source with Shylo Preston, a Kitchen & Bath Sales Designer.

Laura and Holly share ideas on ways to refresh your home for Spring by making it more happy, healthy, efficient, and beautiful.

Holly shares stories about growing up around architecture and going from a journalism major in college to being one of only a few women in the architecture program at the University of Texas.

Join Laura and Larry for Larry’s last happy hour podcast as they look back on what started it all, what they’ve learned, and the next adventure as Holly Hall joins Laura as co-host.

Larry and Laura discuss recent soccer goals, listening to Michelle Obama speak about life outside the White House, and the cruise ship architecture.

Laura and Larry of HPD Architecture chat with architects Stanley Felderman and Nancy Keatinge of Felderman Keatinge in California.

Laura and Larry discuss the challenges surrounding talking money with clients and how sometimes the best solution is to just rip off the band aid.

Larry and Laura kick off their ninth season of The Architecture Happy Hour and 2017 discussing recent their recent experiences with the city permit office. And having to break bad news to their respective clients.

Laura and Larry share the year-end madness since the last podcast! Clients, cookies, and Christmas!

A podcast discussion of a recent listener's e-mail regarding starting architecture school later in life and navigating both family and career.

Laura and Larry respond to a listener’s questions about how designing a custom home in the US works.

Are we missing something important by no longer drawing by hand? Laura and Larry discuss Larry’s recent experience with a client’s reaction to a hand drawing of their home.

Laura and Larry discuss the escalating cost to build commercial property in Dallas and its surrounding areas, and if the market has reached a point where costs outweigh return.

As Summer heats up, Larry and Laura discuss contractor round table groups and how knowing about other architects’ businesses could be beneficial for the profession.

Larry’s on the countdown clock to finding a new job. And Laura shares her recent experience speaking at Career Day at her son’s school.

Larry’s bidding farewell to HPD, and “Love It or List It” finds themselves in some hot water. Laura and Larry share their thoughts about the recent lawsuit against the producers and hosts of “Love It or List It”, then talk about Larry’s imminent departure from HPD and everyone’s future plans.

Iconic architect Zaha Hadid passes unexpectedly, leaving a gap in the architecture world.

Spring is here which means wacky weather for Texas. With an unexpected tornado last December and several hail storms since the start of 2016, the contractors are rolling in.

Is getting your architecture license really worth it? Larry’s niece wants to know the good and the bad of having a license, as well as what you can and cannot do with or without one.

Business networking can result in multiple referral sources. So who gets the business?

The new year couldn’t get far before Laura and Larry have their annual discussion about construction costs, the unreality of HGTV, and the new challenge posed by Consumer Reports.

They’re back!! Laura and Larry return to talk about how to work with challenging architecture clients in a busy work environment.

Larry and Laura talk about the benefits of adding video to your website as well as their own recent foray into the world of video. Stay tuned!

Laura and Larry have returned from baby hiatus!! And 2015 is off to a busy start for everyone.

It’s Laura’s last podcast before baby number two!! Larry and Laura talk about the little things you discover you need whether getting ready for a new baby or getting ready for finishing a new home.

Is it time for a new job? Laura and Larry share some subtle clues about when it’s time to start searching for a different employer.