Choosing Art For Your Home
January 6, 2013
Well to begin with, let’s define art: The nature of art has been described as, “One of the most elusive of the traditional problems of human culture”. Art has been defined as a vehicle for the expression or communication of emotions and ideas, a means for exploring and appreciating formal elements for their own…
New Year, New Look
December 28, 2012
Remodeling has never been easy (just ask anyone who has ever lived through it), but what better time to think about it than after the holidays. If you’re like most of us, by the time your tree is dragged out to the curb, it already feels as though you’ve added an additional 500 sq. feet…
Gardening in Small Spaces with Pat Hasbrook
December 11, 2012
Pat Hasbrook of Hasbrook Interiors was for many years the premier Interior Designer in and around the Phoenix/Scottsdale area. When the time came to slow down from her work in interior design, she and husband Dan did what many of us only dream of doing; they bought a farm and moved to Woodstock, Vermont. During…
The Edison’s and the Griswold’s
November 29, 2012
It’s coming on Christmas, they’re cutting down trees, they’re putting up reindeer and singing songs of joy and peace, oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on…~Joni Mitchell It’s that magical time of year again, when we deck our halls with boughs of holly. Just the mere mention of Christmas brings…
Gratitude
November 20, 2012
Thanksgiving is a time for us all to focus on what we are grateful for (unless you are a guy, then it’s all about focusing on football!). For the rest of us, we take this one special day to join together with our families to appreciate the things that bind us together. Thanksgiving is more about cooking…
The Symphony of Home Building
November 11, 2012
In pondering a way to describe what goes into building a house such as our newly completed Verandah home at Silverleaf, what comes to mind are words like organization, timing and teamwork. Building a home is actually a bit like creating a symphony. As anyone familiar with the symphony understands, the music created and the…
Is It Something In The Water?
October 30, 2012
Employee turnover is a normal part of the business cycle. Regardless of how happy you make the people who work for you, or how enjoyable your company may be to work for, from time to time people will leave, whether to retire or relocate, or just in response to changing circumstances in their lives. At…
Design Trends We Love
October 17, 2012
At Camelot Homes, our architectural style has always been classically influenced, but we are continually looking into what is new and fresh; design trends that will complement our homes and are conducive to luxury living in the desert cities in which we build. One of our signature features is a focus on outdoor living spaces….
#1 In A Small Niche
October 3, 2012
When J.W Hancock began building homes in the late 1950’s his goal wasn’t to be the biggest luxury home builder. He was simply doing what he loved with an unmatched sense of pride and a belief that his attention to detail would inevitably make for happy homeowners. In carrying out his goal of building quality…
What Goes Around, Comes Around
September 26, 2012
It’s so disheartening when something you remember wearing as though it was yesterday, is currently considered “retro.” Very similar to the way it feels when you realize that the songs from your youth can easily be found on the “oldies” station. But it’s the law of the universe really; there are cyclical patterns in weather,…
Chaos Theory
September 19, 2012
Years ago while standing outside of what would become the entrance gate to a home we were building, we asked the stonemason if he could create a pattern of randomness. We laughed about the idea for a moment, not realizing that there really is something to this idea. It’s called Chaos Theory, and it’s not…
Everyone Deserves a Mulligan
September 8, 2012
It’s not uncommon during a game of “friendly golf” to give your playing partner a mulligan. It’s a beautiful day out, everyone’s playing ok, and BAM, you’re out of bounds. It’s a gentleman’s game so your friend offers you a do-over. That’s the comparison that Camelot Homes President Mark Hancock used to describe the new…
