Kitchen and Bath Industry Show Recap

GHA shares its thoughts on the 2017 Kitchen and Bath Industry Show.

Architecture Ideas: Making Your Walls Into Art

Instead of covering your walls with art, why not make the walls themselves a part of your home’s artwork? At Gelotte Hommas Architecture, we take an artistic approach to every home design, and we have designed many homes in which the choice of materials, placement, and shape of walls have played vital roles in the …

Ideas for Adding an Artful Wine Cellar to Your Home

If you love sipping on a glass of vino at the end of a long day, than your new home simply must feature a wine cellar. When designing a home, you have many wine cellar options. Here is a look at some of the more artful choices: Mediterranean Wine Cellar by Bellevue Architects & Designers …

Home Design Considerations: Light or Dark Wood?

You’re designing a home, and you’ve decided that you love the look of wood. Should you go with light or dark wood? This is a common question that comes up, and there is no correct answer. Both light and dark wood have their merits and drawbacks, and you must consider these carefully when making your …

Architecture with Pets in Mind: Designing a Cat-Friendly Home

Cats are not so much pets as they are roommates, and their attitude about your home – and your things – shows that. That’s why you should design your new home or remodel with your cat in mind; give them his or her space and he or she will (hopefully) give you yours. Here are …

Fall Post Round Up: Celebrate Our Favorite Fall Blog Posts

The Gelotte Hommas Blog has been up and thriving for over a year now, and by looking back, you can gain a lot of perspective on where we’ve been and where we’re going as architects. We have know showcased over 200 blog posts for you, sharing our tricks of the trade, showing you our recent …

Take a Look at Northwest Perspective, a Current Gelotte Hommas Project

On our new website, you can see both completed and in progress Gelotte Hommas projects. While looking over the photos, it’s important to remember that these aren’t just spaces that are designed for the sake of beauty and having a place to rest your head or to go to work–They’re spaces that our team works to …

Functional Architecture: The Beauty and the Brawn

When people look at homes in shelter magazines, they discuss how beautiful a space is, and how much they would love to have aspects A, B, and C in their soon to be constructed space. Yet, when you sit down with someone to discuss what features they would like in their home, they’re likely to …

Upcoming Events For Gelotte Hommas, Including the Built Green Conference

Architects are an active, engaging group that thrive on interaction, creativity, and the exchange of ideas. Any given month, there’s usually at least one big event in the world of architecture, but September is looking to be an intensely busy month. To keep you up to date on the happenings at Gelotte Hommas, we’ve included …

Green Design: The Longevity of Your Home

If you have noticed from our blog posts, Gelotte Hommas puts great emphasis on the power and principle of green living and design. By creating sustainable homes, we ensure that each of our creative and inspired spaces puts as little burden on the environment as possible, while ensuring that its occupants enjoy their space. While we’ve talked …