Background To This Series In this series of blog posts, we are using the design patterns found in the book Patterns of Home: The Ten Essentials of Enduring Design by the authors Max Jacobson, Murray Silverstein, and Barbara Winslow. All three of…
Continue ReadingWe built this shower in one of our new homes on the Peninsula area near the Lake of Egypt. This shower has a clean, modern look, with white subway tiles accented by small hexagonal tiles in the shower shelf and…
Continue ReadingBackground To This Series In this series of blog posts, we are using the design patterns found in the book Patterns of Home: The Ten Essentials of Enduring Design by the authors Max Jacobson, Murray Silverstein, and Barbara Winslow. All three of…
Continue ReadingSpring is here and summer is around the corner! Maybe you’re thinking about building that deck you always wanted. But what type of wood should you choose for your deck? The type of wood you choose can have an affect…
Continue ReadingBackground To This Series In this series of blog posts, we are using the design patterns found in the book Patterns of Home: The Ten Essentials of Enduring Design by the authors Max Jacobson, Murray Silverstein, and Barbara Winslow. All three of…
Continue ReadingSince we at Jack Home Construction have a combined interest in both architecture and in the history of Southern Illinois, we’d like to take a look with you at another historical building of Southern Illinois. Thebes Courthouse was the original…
Continue ReadingBackground To This Series In this series of blog posts, we are using the design patterns found in the book Patterns of Home: The Ten Essentials of Enduring Design by the authors Max Jacobson, Murray Silverstein, and Barbara Winslow. All three of…
Continue Reading[Update: See the finished house in this post here!] This is a home we are currently building in the Peninsula at the Lake of Egypt. It is a three bedroom house with three baths, a mud room, and a utility…
Continue ReadingThese are pictures of the finished kitchen of a home that we completed in 2020. It is an open layout where the kitchen, dining table, and family areas are all in one large room. The can lights are strategically placed…
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