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Spring has sprung and it’s the perfect time to get a head start on home organization! Not sure where to begin? We’ve got you covered with some of our best home organization tips. With these home organization tips, your home will be neat and orderly in no time!

Mudroom Organization

Mudrooms are becoming commonplace in most homes, and for good reason! A mudroom is your home’s first line of defense when it comes to keeping tidy. A built-in bench with shoe storage, hooks, and cubbies provides plenty of space to hang outdoor gear and store purses and backpacks. Another great option is built-in lockers, which provide each member of the family with their own designated space. Baskets pair well with open shelving because they keep small items together and out of sight.

Laundry Room Organization

Laundry can be a time-consuming process but one thing that makes it easier is a well-organized laundry room. Adding cabinets or shelving in the laundry room ensures items like laundry detergent, stain remover, and dryer sheets are easy to find. Folding clothes and treating stains is a breeze with plenty of counter space, too. Once clothes are clean, a built-in rack provides the perfect place to hang items to try or keep them wrinkle-free. Is your laundry room on the smaller side? Place a piece of butcher block or inexpensive laminate countertop over the top of a front loading washer and dryer to create counter space, then add shelving or cabinets above. Or, stack a front loading washer and dry to create enough space for shelving and a hanging rack next to them.

Master Closet Organization

There’s nothing quite as overwhelming as an overcrowded, unorganized master closet. Luckily, there are a few solutions that will keep your closet looking tidy. To make the most of your master closet’s available space, utilize a mix of shelving and hanging space. Next, invest in quality hangers. Opting for a slimmer hanger lets you maximize your closet’s space. Also consider hangers for pants, ties, and scarves. To keep smaller items organized and easy to find, use baskets. For watches and jewelry, consider placing trays on shelves or in drawers.

Don’t forget to do a seasonal purge, either! For example, as you transition your winter wardrobe to spring/summer, remove any items you didn’t wear. Sorting through and donating clothing and shoes you didn’t wear will keep your closet free of clutter and allows you to give back to the community.

Pantry Organization

Keeping your pantry organized means ingredients and snacks are easier to find. A simple place to start is to sort items by category. For example, group baking items, snacks, and breakfast foods together into their own basket or separate part of the pantry. Clear containers are also helpful to keep your pantry uniform, make it easy to see what they hold, and can be stacked depending on their style. If your pantry has deeper shelves, place less used ingredients and items at the back. Then, place a basket filled with everyday items in front of or on top of them. When you need to access the items in the back, simply remove the basket.

For homes with small children, place kid’s snacks on the bottom pantry shelf. This will make it easier for kids to reach them and reduce the chance they’ll accidentally bump other items off the shelf in the process. To get the most out of a small pantry, add an over the door shelf for spices or food storage items. Removing unnecessary bulky packaging can also help to save space.

Office Organization

Keeping your home office organized and clutter free is key to enhancing your productivity. The first step to a clean office is sorting through and purging unnecessary paperwork cluttering your desk. While sorting through paperwork, separate documents into three piles: shred/recycle, file, and needs action. For the items you file, consider a color-coded filing system. Assign a color to each category and use coordinating colored hanging folders. Next, sort items like writing utensils and sticky notes into categories and organize them in drawers, baskets, containers, and bins to make it easier to find them when you need them.

Spring has officially arrived and it’s time to get outside and enjoy that fresh, springtime air. Living in the Midwest means enduring the cold and snow so when spring and summer finally make an appearance, you can bet we make the most of it! From backyard barbeques to quiet nights, decks and porches are the perfect way to take advantage of warmer weather.

Many homeowners are opting to add covered porches leading out to a deck in their new home’s design and we can’t blame them! They’re the perfect way to seamlessly blend indoor and outdoor living, while easily transitioning from one season to the next. Take a look at some of our favorite outdoor spaces below.

At Custom One Homes, our goal is to build our clients a home that suits their unique personality, specific needs, and lifestyle. From start to finish, our team works with you to design every aspect of your home from the smallest of details to the biggest. Handing you the keys to your dream home is the driving force behind why we do what we do.

Throughout the past year, we’ve begun sharing more of our client’s stories by providing a behind the scenes peek of what it’s like to build with Custom One Homes. We’ve loved sharing these looks into our building process and are excited to continue to do so with our newest video series in collaboration with the Rippentrop family.

In the first video of the series we met the Rippentrops and learned about their family and why they chose to work with Custom One Homes. Darin and Erin are successful business professionals with two elementary school-aged kids. With a busy professional and family life, Darin and Erin are in the process of creating a home that reflects their personalities while doubling as a relaxing retreat.

Now, follow along as the Rippentrops begin the design process in the second video of this series. You’ll find out more about the style they envision for their new home and see how our team guides them through the design process. From picking floor coverings to light fixtures and everything in between, you’ll get an inside look at what it’s like to design a home with Custom One Homes.

Interested in learning more about how we can create a home that reflects your unique personality? We’d love to answer any questions you may have, so don’t hesitate to contact our team.

As we look toward 2019, we’re thinking a lot about the past year in the life of our business. 2018 has been busy and filled with beautiful client building projects, meaningful moments shared with our community, and other fun highlights for our team.

We are so grateful for the many clients, friends, and industry partners that supported us this past year. All of you enable us to do what we love every day. You also empower us through Custom One Charities to help countless local families, schools, and philanthropic organizations.

Want to take a virtual stroll with us down memory lane? Scroll below to see some of our highlights from 2018!

New Woodbury Lifestyle Community: Autumn Bluff

2018 Luxury Home Tour

2018 Fall Parade of Homes

Annual Summer Golf Tournament Fundraiser

2018 BATC Reggie Award

Make-A-Wish: Kelly’s Murder Mystery Luau

Premiere Lake Elmo Lifestyle Community: The Royal Club

New Woodbury Office Grand Opening

2018 Spring Parade of Homes

Thanks again to everyone who supported Custom One in 2018, we wish each of you a happy, healthy, and hopeful 2019!

And last but certainly not least, we want to acknowledge our fantastic, kind, and talented team. They’re the best in the business, and we’d be lost without them!

We are so proud to announce that this lovely Autumn Ridge traditional home recently won a 2018 Reggie Award from BATC Housing First Minnesota! Thank you to BATC for the recognition – we love seeing our team’s hard work get acknowledged, they’re the best in the business!

Building any home is a group effort, and we’d be remiss if we didn’t recognize all of our talented partners. Thank you to our architectural and interior design collaborators, David Charlez Designs and Design Creatif, and all the Trillium winners who support our crew: All, Inc., Andersen Windows + Doors, Cambria, Contract Interiors, Inc., Glowing Hearth & Home Inc, In-Focus Systems, LLC, James Hardie, Scherer Bros. Lumber Co., and Southern Lights!

Want a closer glimpse of this award-winning home? We’ve pulled together a quick virtual tour of our favorite spaces and design details to browse below. Thanks again to everyone at BATC for this incredible honor!

Our team had the distinct pleasure of hosting our annual golf tournament fundraiser in July. It was a beautiful summer afternoon for a little healthy competition and team bonding for a good cause!

We’re thrilled to report that alongside our dedicated crew of volunteers, fantastic trade partners, and generous presenting sponsors, Contract Interiors, and Twin City Fireplace & Stone Co, we raised $45,000 for Custom One Charities in support of Make-A-Wish!

So far, we’ve helped grant wishes for four wonderful young people and their families in our community. We’ve had the true honor of meeting and surprising Andy, Caden, Matt, and Kelly.

From the bottom of our hearts, thank you to every sponsor, volunteer, raffle and silent auction donator, and golfer who supported this event. Our team is deeply grateful to work for a company that values giving back to our community – thank you for joining us.

Want to see another glimpse of the day or grab a photo of your golf group? Scroll below to see each crew of golfers!

Our team is excited to share some big news: we’re moving! By the end of March, you can find us at our new office, 652 Bielenberg Drive, Woodbury. Builders to the core, we’re probably most thrilled to create a new, custom space for our team. What can we say? Materials selection, design plans, and fresh starts get us pumped. (Get a glimpse of what we’re going for in the photo above.)

In other recent news, we received a Best of Houzz Award in Design for 2018! We want to sincerely thank all of our fantastic clients, friends, and colleagues for supporting us. And thank you to the lovely people at Houzz for providing us builders with the opportunity to share and showcase our work.

Finally, we’d be remiss not to mention that the Spring Parade of Homes kicks off this weekend. Our talented team worked tirelessly to bring these beautiful models together. We cannot thank them and our building partners enough for all that they do to pull off this event each spring and fall. Want to know more about visiting hours or our specific models? Head to our last blog to get all of the information you’ll need!

Working from home has become the norm for many of our clients. As offices and careers are increasingly flexible interior plans have had to follow suit.

The typical home office needs of our clients range from those who work exclusively at home to family-friendly command centers.

We’ve created traditional studies that project formal professionalism to open, casual offices to tucked away desk nooks suited for everything from studying to crafty projects  – we’ve designed it all!

Our favorite ways to customize home offices with a more distinct style are bold paint, graphic wallpaper, accents lights, floating shelves, and sophisticated statement furniture.

When it comes down to it, just like any other part of your home the office should reflect your specific lifestyle. If you’re looking for office inspiration, take a peek below at a few of our favorite client’s offices.

One of our team’s perennial favorite topics of discussion is design trends. We love talking about what’s new in our industry, and what styles we’re seeing our clients pursue. Our favorite interior trend on the rise? Accent lighting!

The era of lifeless fixtures that merely blend into each room is long gone. Lighting now is all about adding a big or bold flash of style. We like to think of lights as the jewelry of the home; they’re a fun, standout accessory that lends a sense of personality to any room.

Overall, we’re seeing more and more homeowners select large-scale, glitzy, and dramatic light fixtures. However, beyond making a statement, lights are also an excellent way to balance spaces.

Whether it’s a different texture, color, pattern, or material that’s needed, accent lights are the perfect solution. Like the punctuation that structures a sentence, lighting can guide your eyes through a room or floorplan, seamlessly connecting separate design ideas.

Scroll through the images below to see our how our designers approach lighting throughout various projects. We think you’ll find their choices interesting and informative!

Building a new home from the ground up is an all-encompassing experience. No matter which side you may be on, contractor or homeowner, there are endless choices to make and details to process.

When Custom One’s president, Todd, began crafting a home for his own family, he knew he had a rare opportunity: experiencing his company as a client. The decision was a no-brainer, Todd jumped at the chance to create his new home with Custom One!

As an expert in the remodeling industry, Todd had an idea of what current materials and trends interested him most. However, as a father and husband, he also weighed which features and finishes most suited his family.

From the separate “wing” designed as the perfect hangout for his teenage sons to the security and shower systems with customized settings for him and his wife, Todd had a blast building their modern Woodbury home!

Want to dive deeper into Todd’s design process and see more photos of his breathtaking home? Click on the PDF links below the gallery to read the full article from our friends at Spaces Magazine – they did a fantastic job!