ARLT HOMES — 18 East Plains Drive — Sage Creek
DIFFERENT STROKES — Cont’d from page 27
Cotroneo says the challenge facing builders is coming up with different ways of approaching various rooms or elements within those rooms that homeowners take for granted, or wouldn’t think of changing. Take a fireplace, for example. It’s a great thing to have in Winnipeg, particularly if you like your house nice and cozy in the winter and you enjoy the crackle of burning wood or the convenience of gas. But a fireplace is a fireplace, right?
“You don’t see a vertical fireplace very often. We just thought it was awesome when we saw it. It’s a challenge but we’re able to express our artistic side. We’re able to plan the house around the scenery and the lot that we have,” he says. KDR Homes’ show home at 22 Willow Brook Rd. is bringing the drama, with a red kitchen island and a glass stairwell feature that runs from the basement to the second floor. Another KDR show home in Sage Creek has little touches like deck access off the master bedroom and unobstructed lake views from both the great room and the huge galley kitchen, and a South Pointe entry boasts a home gym, spice kitchen and bar, so you never have to leave the house.
Wrong.
One of Cotroneo's designers wanted to make the space in a new Bridgwater Lakes show home at 40 Willow Brook Rd. unique, so he turned the gas fireplace on its side.
Cont’d on page 32
THE CHALLENGE FACING BUILDERS IS COMING UP WITH DIFFERENT WAYS OF APPROACHING VARIOUS ROOMS OR ELEMENTS WITHIN THOSE ROOMS.
ARLT HOMES — 18 East Plains Drive — Sage Creek
28 Parade of Homes FALL 2017
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