Experienced travelers know the best place to eat in Chicago, the best hotel to stay at in New York, the best place to watch the sunset over the Rocky Mountains, the best beach on the East Coast — you get the picture. But what about moving somewhere new? This requires a different set of criteria. Vacation
Building a green home and being conscientious consumers of our natural resources is more important now than ever. But you can go green and still have all the luxury and comfort that drove you to custom-build in the first place. When you hear the phrase “green home,” maybe you picture domed earth ships and bamboo
Considering relocating to Greenville and looking for a South Carolina contractor to build your dream home? Residential real estate in Greenville, South Carolina is appreciating quickly. Greenville home prices were up 17 percent in March of 2021, from March of 2020. Local newspapers have reported houses selling well over the asking price, due to the
Building a custom Asheville home starts with purchasing the perfect piece of Asheville property. There are many reasons to custom build a luxury home in Asheville, North Carolina. But though we all want to live near this amazing city, with mountains and rich culture, we don’t all want the same thing from the Asheville real
You’re ready to build a new home and want to know about all of it, from home decor to house architecture. Where do you go for the best home design and architectural styles inspiration? Ten Design Resources For Building Your Dream Home 1. Pinterest Pinterest is an amazing tool for design and home decor, but
It’s 2021, but the building and design awards for 2020 keep coming! We are delighted to announce recent awards for two North Carolina projects. And we’re grateful to the architects, engineers, and subcontractors we partnered with to create these amazing custom homes. Most of all, we’re grateful to the clients, who trusted us with their
After a 4 day photo shoot with luxury fashion brand Peter Millar at our client’s rustic custom home for their fall/ holiday luxury men’s apparel catalog, we got some fun aerial and ground shots of our own thanks to Carl Amoth. Very impressive to see what goes into all of the amazing photographs a brand
We are so delighted to win another award for this stunning custom home in Fairview, North Carolina. The work we do represents the best of the best in design, materials, and talent. We thank everyone who helped put this project together. It is always a collaborative creative process that leaves us grateful and satisfied standing
Spending most of your time at home clarifies what works and what doesn’t about your space. We’re all stuck at home, which means that aspects of our space that seemed like mild annoyances a few weeks ago now feel like major inconveniences. Maybe your kitchen felt small when you were eating out multiple times a
Bluestone founder Kevin Reed was recently featured on Houzz, in an article about how the novel coronavirus is affecting the home building industry and the extra hygiene precautions his teams are taking. Read the entire story here.
Greenville is the fastest growing metro-area in South Carolina and, according to US 2016 census data, the fourth-fastest growing city in the US. In recent years it’s been named the 10th Best Place to Live in the US and listed among the Top Ten Best Downtowns in the country by Livability. Greenville was named the
Asheville’s Kevin Reed wasn’t always a custom-home builder. A few decades ago, he was about 15 years into a mechanical engineering and project managing career. Then he took his family to Disney World. He walked into the Wilderness Lodge, one of Disney’s trademarked resorts, and had a epiphany. He wanted to build something like that—something
We’re so excited that our founder Kevin Reed was recently featured in an article on Houzz, explaining what a Preconstruction Services Contract is. Read the whole article here. And if you’re curious about how Asheville’s premiere custom homebuilder approaches a Preconstruction Services Agreement, we discussed this on our blog a few months back.
Classic cars deserve fancy digs. People use their garages for many different things. A garage may be where you store your landscaping tools, where you keep your carpenter’s workshop, or where you hole up for beer and the game. Your garage may be the first space you see when you arrive home and the last
Last month Bluestone Construction won three 2019 STARS Awards, as selected by the North Carolina Home Builders Association, for a total renovation on a custom-built mountaintop residence in Fairview. Builders from all over the state compete for these prestigious awards, so the fact that Bluestone walked away with three of them—Best Whole House Remodel, Best
Your exterior house style communicates something about who you think you are to the world at large, while your interior home style gives a more nuanced picture to anyone lucky enough to be invited in. You chose the perfect lot, where you want to build your legacy home. It’s wooded, with a gorgeous view. Now
You’re looking for a contractor to guide you through the process of building in Asheville. Where do you start? You love the North Carolina Mountains and are ready to start building in Asheville. You’ve picked out the most amazing lot. You’ve done your research and know what type of design you love. Now it’s time
Building Science combines knowledge from the architecture and design fields, as well as of building materials, home systems, engineering and more. Kurt Kvandal, Project Manager for Bluestone Construction, thinks of building science as “trying to build the most efficient house, as efficiently as possible.” Kurt grew up doing construction projects with his father and grandfather,
Tudor Revival home are plentiful in upscale Asheville neighborhoods. Where does this architectural style come from, and what are its trademarks? Since the early 20th century, Tudor Revival has been a popular style of residential architecture in the US. Marked by dark timber and textured facades, natural materials and palettes, tall windows, pitched roofs, and
After building luxury custom homes for nearly 20 years, Kevin’s philosophy remains the same: build clients’ homes as if they were your own, and build them to last for generations. His many clients appreciate his attention to detail, his creative approach and his solid integrity. Kevin enjoys traveling with his sons to see extraordinary architecture, and working on his 1967 Corvette convertible, for the same reason he loves building homes—because good design, well-built, elevates the human experience.
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