Understanding Modern Home Design

Modern home design is an interior design approach that focuses on being minimalistic, functional, and practical whilst still aesthetically pleasing. It is a design characterized by monochrome color palettes, natural materials, and the use of natural light.

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Why Choose a Modern Home Design?

There are many reasons why you should choose a modern design for your custom home. And these reasons highlight the advantages you can enjoy once you start living in one of our custom homes. If being minimalistic and stylish are not good enough reasons to get a modern home design, then here are five reasons you should consider.

Custom Design

As a design approach, a modern design offers plenty of options that can be tailored to your specific needs. There are many designs to choose from when creating a home and G.A. Custom Homes promises to be there every step of the way to help.

Balanced Design

Every element of a modern home contributes to the overall design of your home, from the materials to the shape of the structures. At the same time, these elements add to the function and form of your home.

Space Efficient

A part of modern home design is making sure not a single inch of space is wasted. This makes sure that every available space has a purpose, whether to hold furniture or connect one part of the house to another.

Energy Efficient

One of the core fundamentals of a modern home is to be energy efficient. Thus, a modern home is built so that you won’t have to rely too much on your appliances to keep your home cool or well lit.

Environmentally-Friendly

Most custom homes have a large carbon footprint because of the materials they are built with. A modern design seeks ways to reduce this by using more environmentally-friendly materials and design choices.

Characteristics of Modern Custom Homes

As different as they can be, all modern homes share the same design characteristics that make them easy to identify. If it’s your first time hearing about a modern design and you would like to learn more, keep the following in mind.

Open Interior
Spaces

The core characteristic of any modern house design. The inside spaces of your home are mostly open and well-connected thanks to there being very few walls which create sections.

Joined Exterior
Spaces

The outside spaces, another core characteristic, are made to integrate with the interior spaces. This allows the outdoor areas and nature to be part of your home.

Flat
Roofing

Flat roofing gives a modern house design a more sleek look. But there are designs where a flat roof can have a very slight slope, which allows for better draining of water.

Striking
Contrasts

Although a modern house uses monochrome colors, that doesn’t mean you can't enjoy striking contrasts. We achieve this by using different shades and colored materials.

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If you desire a custom-built modern home, G.A. Custom Homes would be more than happy to take your project. Please give us a call or fill out the contact form today.

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