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The Ultimate Guide to Building a Custom Home in 2025

By Julie@julielaughton.com | April 15, 2025

Building a custom home is one of the most rewarding ventures you can undertake. It offers the freedom to design a space that reflects your personality, supports your lifestyle, and meets your long-term needs. In 2025, custom home construction is trending more than ever, thanks to advances in design technology, sustainability practices, and homeowner demand […]

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National Home Remodeling Month

By Julie@julielaughton.com | May 1, 2023

May Design Build Journal Happy Home Remodeling Month! I am happy to help anyone who is thinking about remodeling or building their new dream home from the ground up. My motto is…“It all starts with a good plan.” When I started working in residential design when I moved to Southern California, I quickly realized the homeowner […]

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Synergy and Stress Awareness

By Julie@julielaughton.com | April 1, 2023

April Design Build Journal I offer a stress-free, seamless 5-Star experience for any homeowner whether they are doing a remodel or building a new home from ground up. As a one-stop shop handling the architecture, design and general contracting, I am the steward of the project working on the client’s behalf at all times. This […]

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Working With Homeowners Directly From Conception to Completion

By Julie@julielaughton.com | March 1, 2023

March Design Build Journal Working With Homeowners Directly From Conception to Completion When I began my career in California as a designer, I realized that becoming a licensed general contractor was the only way to help homeowners solve the issues they were having on their home construction projects. Being both the designer and general contractor, […]

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Loving What You Do Makes Every Day Special

By Julie@julielaughton.com | February 1, 2023

February Design Build Journal Loving What You Do Makes Every Day Special Being a female in the man’s world of construction has proven to be one of the most rewarding things I have ever done. Not only have I proven that women can be in construction, I have also had a very successful career long […]

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