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2004
Valencia, California
August 6 – October 10, 2004
Sunset’s 2004 Southern California Idea House, located in a new custom-home community in Valencia, embodies the rich history of a Spanish hacienda-style home while using the latest building materials and finishes.

Magazine Article
Home plans-SSIH-2004-SC

 

2004
Verrado, Arizona
Sept. 10 – Nov. 14, 2004
Sunset Magazine is very excited to present a 2004 Southwest Idea House, in conjunction with the launch of the new Verrado community, located west of Phoenix.

Magazine Article
Home plans-SSIH-2004-SW

 

2003
Cool & Contemporary
Sunset's Cool and Contemporary Idea House is part of the first ever California Collection. This Craftsman Home vividly reflects and redefines the Craftsman-style through its geometric motifs & shapes which are repeated throughout the house. It exemplifies casual indoor-outdoor living space yet focuses on architectural details and unique finishes.

Magazine article
*No home plans available

 

2003
Warm & Colorful
Sunset's Warm and Colorful Idea House is part of the first ever California Collection. This house was built as a design laboratory packed with exciting design ideas and new products you can easily adapt into your own home. The Warm and Colorful house presents fresh, innovative uses of color, paint techniques, materials & "off-the-shelf" design ideas.

Magazine article
*No home plans available

 

2002
Palo Alto, CA
Recalling and reinterpreting Bay Area bungalows, this 100-year-old historic Craftsman home has been completely renovated for contemporary Western living.

Magazine article
*No home plans available

 

2002
California remodel, San Jose, CA
Sunset’s first ever, complete home remodeling project, which is the subject of our editorial series “Diary of a Remodel”.

Magazine article
Home plans--SSIH-2002

 

2001
New gold country, El Dorado Hills, CA
This outdoor-oriented, gold country version of an English Manor-style house answers the needs of modern living with a sense of history. Open house ended Sept. 2001.

Magazine article
Home plans--KPO-2001

 

2001
Tudor revival Idea House, Redmond, WA
Located outside of Seattle, WA, we've added a twist to this tudor-style house, where the outdoors come inside and windows are aplenty.

Magazine article
Home plans--WG-2001

 

2000
Northwest Idea House
Comfort and charisma distinguish our lodge for year-round living, inspired by Timberline Lodge on the slopes of Oregon’s Mt. Hood.

Magazine article
Home plans--GIU-2000-C

 

2000
Rocky Mountain Idea House
Tradition meets the 21st century in our 2000 Rocky Mountain Shingle Style.

Magazine article
Home plans--ABA-2000-A
Home plans--ABA-2000-B

 

1999
Ranch house of the new millenium
Meet the new Western ranch house: It’s expansive, flexible, and gracious, and it embraces the outdoors.

Magazine article
Home plans--SSIH-99

 

1999
Spanish-style Idea House
A smaller, Spanish Style version of our 1999 Ranch Idea House, this home offers spacious, yet informal living.

Home plans--SSIH-99-A

 

1998
Western dream home
Our Dream House celebrates indoor-outdoor living, is practical and flexible, and fits on a one-third acre lot.

Magazine article
Home plans--SSDH-97