HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
The secret for success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
Benjamin Disraeli
As the year closes we take a moment and look back at some of Merlin Custom Home Builders’s 2011 highlights. We completed a 22,872 sq. ft. custom home in 22 months and-most importantly-in time for Christmas. Located at the top of MacDonald Highlands, this stunningly elegant and contemporary home, hosts one of the valley’s best views of Las Vegas.
Lee Canyon has a new 5,081 sq. ft. custom mountain retreat which Merlin Custom Home Builders also completed just in time for their white Christmas. This Lee Canyon home relies entirely on solar power, a backup generator, propane and well water.
We also completed several remodeling project which included kitchens, bathrooms and entire homes. These simple to complex renovations met our homeowners’ varied lifestyles and interior design goals. High rise condominium renovations were another focus for us in 2011.
We are thrilled to be “leaping” into 2012 starting new custom homes, remodels and high rise condo build-outs. We envision the New Year as busy, creative and prosperous.
The Merlin Custom Home Builders Team wishes everyone a Happy New Year!!!
One of the by-products of a consumer-based society is that we all collect “stuff,” from sports equipment and garden tools to holiday decorations, craft and hobby gear, and clothing. In some cases, people have so much stuff that it commandeers their closets, outdoor sheds, and garages to the point of overflow and disorganization.
Homebuyers want relief from their storage woes. To that end, a variety of products and organizational ideas that can add convenient capacity have cropped up for every nook and cranny of the house.
Overall, the most popular trend in storage is the use of modular, adjustable systems that can easily be manipulated to accommodate changing storage needs. In any storage setting, be it a garage or a walk-in master suite closet, these systems employ a simple backbone of tracks or channels secured to the walls on which you can hang a wide variety of components without any penetrating fasteners.
In a clothes closet, for example, the system can include open shelves, door and drawer cabinets, tilted shoe racks, hanger poles, hooks, and laundry hampers. These pieces and parts can be arranged based on a homeowner’s particular needs; as those needs change, the components can be moved, replaced, or supplemented.
The garage is another area well suited to these storage systems. There are now wall-hung cabinets, shelving, hooks, and other handy components with the ability to be moved to any point along tracks or channels secured to the wall. Garage storage systems feature cabinets and work surfaces with lock-in-place castors that allow owners to easily bring those elements out into the open, or even to the outside, for better, safer, and more convenient access to their “stuff.”
In both of these settings, the storage system typically raises the wall-hung components above the floor, making it easier to vacuum the carpet or sweep out the garage. Doing so reduces the perception (or reality) of clutter.
In the kitchen, cabinet and appliance manufacturers offer several options to increase storage capacity. In addition to handy drop-down drawers and roll-out shelves, many of the latest cabinet companies provide in-drawer organizers, dedicated trash and recycling bins, and adjustable shelving to suit a variety of needs.
In the laundry room, pedestal drawers set underneath the washer and dryer provide additional and convenient storage while raising the height of the washer and dryer, making them easier to use, as well.
Today’s modular storage systems are available in a wide variety of styles and price points, from luxurious, all-wood components that enhance any master suite to ventilated coated wire sections that make sense for kids’ rooms and utility areas. Even if there is enough land and ample budget to build a large custom home with plenty of closets and space for stuff, it’s only smart to make those areas, and the entire house, as space-efficient and valuable as possible.
Warm Regards,
Steve Jones & Bart Jones
Merlin Custom Home Builders
6408 S. Arville Street
Las Vegas, NV 89118
702.257.8102 – Phone