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Lindal in the News
Lindal Homes is regularly featured in regional, national, and international publications. 2025 *DESIGN MILK: Personal, Practical, Perfectly You: Custom Lindal ...
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Quick Ship Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What is a Lindal Quick Ship Home? A: The Quick Ship program features a collection of best-selling modern and classic house ...
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Wall Street Journal Coverage
Accessory dwelling units are having a moment, as homeowners build miniature houses to use just for themselves Excerpted from the ...
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Wall Street Journal Crystal Springs
Featuring the Frank Lloyd Wright-Inspired Imagine Series Mark Lloyd’s house near Asheville, N.C., is based on Frank Lloyd Wright’s Bachman-Wilson ...
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Evolve Home Collection
The Evolve Home Collection represents a major evolution of the cherished mid-century modern home. It’s a system-built architectural concept that ...
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A Renaissance Woman Masters Net Zero
Laurie Pitman’s Journey to an Eco-Friendly House by Josefin Kannin Growing up in rural Nigeria as the daughter of medical ...
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History of the Lindal A-frame
A Lindal A-frame from a house plan catalog, circa 1960s When we think of unique and distinctive architectural styles, the ...
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Christina Lindal Joins Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Board of Trustees
Seattle, WA – April 24, 2023 – Lindal Homes is proud to announce that its president, Christina Lindal, has joined ...
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A New President at Lindal Homes
First Woman to Head Family-Owned Custom Home Company Founded in 1945 Seattle, WA — Lindal Homes is pleased to announce ...
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Modern Home Design Webinar Recording
Our modern home design webinar recording takes the mystery out of the design/build of your new Lindal home. MIT School ...
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Beach House Plans
A Modern Lindal Home with Traditional Japanese Design Elements By Jos Kannin for Lindal Homes Photo: Kevin Scott Dan Valente’s ...
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Ranch House Plans
Key Features of the American Ranch A ranch house, also known as a rancher or a rambler, is a particularly ...
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A Peaceful Farmhouse
In this beautiful, tranquil spot, life takes on a slower pace. Farm house style is warm, comfortable and welcoming. Natural ...
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Construction
Curious about what it’s like to build your own Lindal post and beam home? We’ve gathered a selection of videos ...
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3D Virtual Home Tours
Tour the Lindal Elements Modern Classic Ash A modern Lindal Elements Ash home, built in Wisconsin. House reference number: #42066 ...
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A Contemporary House Plan Realized
The owner of this contemporary Lindal home built in Washington State is a tech executive in his 40s whose work ...
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Cabin Kits
Lindal Log Homes and Cabin Kits Did you know Lindal has a history as one of the primary suppliers of ...
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Special Offers from Lindal
Ready to Get Started? 1) Take a look at our home styles and floor plans, available to view online. 2) Choose ...
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Home Construction Loan Financing
“Everyone wants me to crunch numbers and see if they qualify. They want to explore options, plan for a year ...
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Christina Lindal Shares Her Vision for the Future
“It’s about the legacy and giving people beautiful homes.” With roots in the family business starting in childhood, Executive Vice ...
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12 Ways to Plan Your Lindal Project From Home
Make progress on your Lindal project without leaving home The Lindal team has put together 12 ways to plan your ...
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How I Did It: Sir Walter Lindal, Founder
Lindal Homes: Built to Last By Sir Walter Lindal (1919-2011) as told to Chris Lydgate of Inc Magazine. First published ...
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A Message From Lindal Homes
Seattle, WA — March 18, 2020 Dear Lindal Friends, We hope you are doing well and staying healthy as we ...
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For a Texas Builder, a Dream Home of His Own
Written by Candace Taylor Most images by Brent Humphreys for the Wall Street Journal. Carport image by Patrick Barta for ...
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The Courtyard House
At their first meeting, Mrs. Yoon and her husband told project designer Sakshi Uomoto of Seattle Cedar Homes that they ...
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A Classic Lindal Home Gets a Makeover
A Classic Home Remodel Shana and Doug Johnson* lived in Kirkland, WA for 20 years, but when Doug got a ...
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Wright’s First Usonian Home On UNESCO’s World Heritage Site List
by Josefin Kannin for Lindal Homes Lindal Homes, a proud partner of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, salutes the Frank ...
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Logo Update
SEATTLE, WA — In 1945, Sir Walter Lindal founded Lindal Homes – the world’s largest designer and manufacturer of custom ...
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Financing Your Lindal Home
There are several different home building loan options for financing your new home. Getting a loan to build a house ...
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The Benefits of Cedar Siding on Your Home
The name Lindal Homes is historically synonymous with the image of post-and-beam cedar siding houses, built with high-pitched roofs and ...
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Eco Friendly Homes
Building an energy efficient house is easy with Lindal. We don’t use fancy technology (though you can install it if ...
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Lindal Homes Review: A Waterfront Cabin in the Woods
A rendering of the waterfront cabin viewed from the lake. A Beloved Summer ...
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A Custom Home Built in Texas
After working for years as a custom home builder in Texas, Jeff Derebery knew exactly what he wanted when he ...
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A Waterfront Custom Home Design
Nancy and Ron are two passionate educators, juried artists, and world travelers. They worked closely with Michael Harris, owner of ...
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Orcas Island Custom Home
A Family Retreat by the Wate Two doctors from Seattle with college-age children contacted Sakshi Uomoto of Lindal Homes’ Seattle ...
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Lindal Homes Canada: Reviews
Lindal Homes Canada Reviews Reviews from clients of independent Canadian Lindal Dealers Douglas Pocha and Barbara Pocha Fine Point Cedar ...
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Lindal Homes Announces Corporate HQ Move to New Office Park
Iconic Seattle Building Slated for Demolition Seattle, WA – Anyone who travels to or from downtown Seattle on the I-5 ...
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Rebuilding After Hurricane Michael
Building a Hurricane-Resistant Home When Gina Covell Maddox lost her home in Hurricane Ivan (2004), she turned to independent Lindal ...
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Lindal Offers Rebuild Discount for Natural Disaster Victims
Lindal Homes Sales Director Jeff Cummings has announced a 10 percent discount on Lindal home packages for those whose homes ...
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Build a Fire-Resistant House
Lindal is currently offering a 10% discount on home packages to people who lost their homes in the Paradise Fire, ...
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Christina Lindal Promoted to Executive VP
SEATTLE , WA JULY 16, 2018 — Lindal Homes, the world’s largest manufacturer of prefabricated post-and-beam kit homes, announced the ...
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Frank Lloyd Wright Homes Inspire Lindal’s New Imagine Series
June 2018, Seattle, WA — Lindal Homes has partnered with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation to launch the Lindal Imagine ...
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Buy a Lindal Imagine Series Home: Get a Vacation
Purchase a Lindal Imagine Home and Get a Vacation to see Frank Lloyd Wright’s Home and Workshop at Taliesin or ...
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A Custom Home Designed for Site, Lifestyle and Budget
The Couple Aeon was a senior art director at Tiffany’s in NYC and lived in the Big Apple for over ...
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Mai Kai House: A Custom Waterfront Home in Seattle
A Contemporary Custom Home Embraces a Japanese Aesthetic with Horizontal Lines and Shou Sugi Ban Siding Modern design, shou sugi ...
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Client Reviews
Atlantic Custom Homes Reviews I went to sleep one night and had the most wonderful dream. I dreamt of working ...
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Lindal Kit Homes
The Enduring Popularity of Lindal Kit Homes A Leader in Custom Kit Home Design and Delivery With hundreds of floor ...
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A Living Legacy
A Wheelchair Accessible Lindal Home in the Texas Hill Country – Blog Image. Art Stephen’s custom Lindal home is a ...
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Surviving the Hurricane
How Secure is Your Lindal Home in a Hurricane? Homes Engineered to Last a Lifetime How safe is your home ...
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5 Modern House Styles You Will Love
These ‘Kit Homes’ Stand Out With Unusual Details From Truly Tiny Backyard Cottages to a Stunning Mansion with Walls of ...
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Warmmodern Living Reviews
Custom Home Design Seattle NYC client reviews I take great pride in the relationships that I develop with my clients. It ...
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A DADU – Or Two
Accessory Dwelling Units and Small Homes Grow in Popularity Across the U.S. and Canada Creative Solutions for Space ...
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Our Dream House Come True
“My husband and I always dreamed of building and owning a Lindal home. So when we moved to the Durango ...
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A Tribute to Desert Modernism
By Josefin Kannin Mid-Century Modern Design and the Desert House The Desert Modernism movement began in the 1950s, as architects ...
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Big in Japan
Written by Josefin Kannin The Lindal Home of the Hayashi family in Karuizawa, Japan. Lindal Houses for Work, Play, and ...
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A Custom Lindal Cedar Home in Virginia
by Josefin Kannin Rustic Style & Modern Amenities in a Rural Retreat After 13 years in New York City, Len ...
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Business Opportunities: Become a Lindal Dealer
Start or Grow Your Business Architects, Custom Builders, Design-Build Firms & Sales Professionals Join forces with the world’s leading systems-built home ...
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Turning Dirt into Gold at Devils Backbone Brewery
Written by Josefin Kannin Twenty years ago, Steve Crandall opened Tectonics, a Lindal dealership located in central Virgina. At the ...
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Thank You for Sticking with the Budget
The Lindal Elements Austrina 2765. A Modern Home for a Young Family Well, I think we’re closing in on the ...
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Elements Home Featured in “Prefabulous” Book
September 20, 2016 — Sheri Koones’ Prefab House Book Release: Prefabulous Small Houses, published today by Taunton Press, features a customized ...
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Bringing a Small Home Dream to Life
Hi Barb and Doug, I just thought I would drop you a note as we sit here overlooking the lake ...
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Dwell Homes Features Architect-Designed Lindal
July 27, 2016 — A black, steel-clad, post-and-beam residence designed by architect David Vandervort is featured on Dwell Homes website this ...
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The Best Prefab Homes
10 Reasons Lindal Offers the Best Prefab Homes
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A Home That Belongs: Building for Beauty, Comfort, and Legacy
Without trying to compose prose, some thoughts on the house and the process of building it……We built in an unusual ...
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Unique features
Carson Cedar Homes Review: When we started planning our home, we felt the two most important things were top-quality materials ...
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Builder Reviews of Lindal Homes
Five Lindal Homes… and Counting As we begin our fifth Lindal Cedar Home, we would like to take time to ...
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Lindal Representative Reviews
Calm and Efficient Dealers My builder was amazed at the quality of the materials; he had never seen framing lumber ...
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Weathering a hurricane
Hawaii Hurricane Leaves Lindal Intact Hurricane winds reached a constant 160 mph, with gusts over 180 mph. These sustained winds ...
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An Off The Grid Home in Colorado
Living off the grid wasn’t part of the original plan for the Marciantes. But that was before their local utility ...
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A Green Home Grows in Seattle
Eco-Friendly Homes by Lindal Image courtesy of Seattle Times The First Green-Certified Home in Washington State Wendy Jans’ home is ...
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An Architect-Designed Lindal in the San Juan Islands
by Josefin Kannin | for Lindal Homes In 1997, Alex and Jens Hanson were given a Lindal Living Dreams plan ...
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A Home in the Heart of Downtown
Written by Josefin Kannin A Contemporary Custom Home in Calgary, AB Michelle Van Raay had a mission: To build a ...
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Growth and Change at Lindal Homes
Founded in 1945, Seattle-based Lindal Homes is a family-owned business specializing in the creation and distribution of high-end prefabricated homes. ...
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Lindal Webinars Inspire Audience and Presenter
Over the course of six years and over 80 live webcasts, Michael Harris has been the voice of the Lindal ...
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Custom Country Classic
Massachusetts Custom Home This magnificent custom Classic Countryside was built by a lovely couple for their children and grandchildren to enjoy. ...
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Rave Review for Majestic Peaks
Majestic Peaks did a fabulous job. It was a truly great experience from start to finish. We recommend Brent and ...
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A Lindal Home Delivery
A beautiful setting, gorgeous view, and perfect weather… what more could you want? How about 97,000 pounds of building materials ...
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The Classic Preeminent Prefab
With all the ballyhoo of “modern,” it is sometimes easy to forget about Lindal’s deep classic roots, and how they, ...
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The Skinny on Building on Small Lots
We receive many queries about building on small lots. People want to know how to achieve openness and a sense ...
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“Prefabulous” Author Sheri Koones Talks Prefab
Author and prefab expert Sheri Koones addressed over two hundred attendees at Lindal’s Annual International Dealer Meeting in Seattle on ...
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Award Winning Lindal Custom Home in Pittsburgh
When Duke and Gisela began planning a replacement for the vintage 1943 home in which they raised their children, their ...
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Accessory Dwelling Units
You may think of Lindals as remote seaside and mountaintop retreats. However, in the spirit of the times and keeping with Lindal's...
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Home Design Services
Your House, Your Choice Image credit: Michael Harris Three Ways to Design Your Custom Lindal Home From initial design to ...
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The What, How and Why of Green Certified Homes
Dan Wise became passionately involved in green building and certification on the local, state and national levels when the National Association of...
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Review of Turkel Design for Lindal Home
Halfway between edgy Montreal and Paris-quaint Quebec City, overlooking Lac Magog and a commanding view of Mount Orfird, is a ...
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A Green Family Homestead
While talking with Will, a radiologist from the Maritimes, and Katarina, a primary grade teacher raised in Sweden, it quickly ...
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A Unique Partnership
A Marmol Radziner exclusive design for Lindal. By Michael Harris Lindal Collaborates with Leading Architectural Firms in the US ...
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Operations Manager Bret Knutson
Leading the Lindal design team are two seasoned professionals, Studio Managers Scott Biles and Bret Knutson.
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Creating an Industrial Buddhist Barn
Maggie’s earliest recollection of Lindal goes back to the 1960s, when, as a young girl, she accompanied her father on weekend outings...
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A Changing Housing Market
For sixty-six years, Lindal's mission has always been to provide the best value in custom housing; we have changed as the world...
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The Modern A-Frame House: A Classic Reborn
See how the Modern A frame building blocks enable every Modern A-frame to adapt to its site conditions: the path of the...
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Sustainable Living in a Lindal Home
With a successful Dwell on Design LA '09 now in the past, it's time to regroup and take a look at some...
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Reviews on the high quality of materials
Lumber We were especially impressed with the quality of materials and the way they were shipped to us. Everything was ...
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Testimonials and Reviews from Lindal Clients
Washington State We have recently completed our Lindal home on Whidbey Island and are so completely satisfied we felt the ...
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Amazing Acoustics!
As you know, we love our beautiful Lindal home. It has turned out to be everything we could have dreamed ...
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A long time dreaming
Exceptional Dealer Support About 16 years ago, I saw my first Lindal Cedar design book. I made up my mind ...
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The Best Vacation Home
Lindal Homes for Recreation and Retreat While many clients choose a Lindal as their primary residence, others build a Lindal ...
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We chose a Lindal for the second time because of the superior quality
We own two Lindal homes and we chose a Lindal for the second time because of the superior quality and ...
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Review: A Unique Experience
Our experience with the design and building process is somewhat unique in that the building site property has been in ...
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We Love our Lindal Home
A Casa Islena Lindal home Kathy and I wanted a house that we would never tire of; one that would ...
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The Best Kit Home
We received the photos of our home and wanted to thank you. They really are beautiful photos. We’ve included them ...
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We liked the open look with lots of windows
The design of our home was a several step process… we hired an architect in New York who drew ...
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I Love This House!
I chose Lindal because I like the look and quality of the homes. I researched other types and came back ...
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Ranch House Plans
When we think of unique and distinctive architectural styles, the A-frame house is one that immediately comes to mind. This simple yet stylish design has been used for centuries, and continues to be popular today.
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In 1945, Lindal started offering popular DIY kit home packages where Sears and Roebuck left off.
