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A brick ceiling provides a more architecturally interesting treatment than, say, plaster.

Photo: Doug Merriam
This is Steve Thomas' story about following your passion to become a successful builder

The family room off the kitchen in Rotell(e) Studio(e)’s Augusta-Cape Cod offers open-plan living for multigenerational households (Photo: Courtesy Rotell(e) Studio(e)).
Rotelle Development gets its brand out there by positioning staff as a resource

Cristina Casañas-Judd and General Judd of Me and General Design speak with Custom Builder about their roots and their take on current housing design.

The Up Studio used cedar—a familiar material—in unfamiliar ways for the exterior of this Sag Harbor, N.Y., custom home, giving it a factory-applied double-coat of black stain and installing it in a vertical orientation (Photo: Alan Tansey).
Custom homes that meld context with forward-thinking design