From Texture to Taste: Creating Contrast in Your Kitchen Design
We normally associate texture with food, clothes, and even sound. In reality, it is a part of every aspect of our lives. In our Grand Junction, Appleton, Fruita, Palisade, and Redlands, Colorado homes, texture lives on everything from our walls to washcloths. It isn’t...
Exploring Western Colorado: The Best Locations for Your Custom Home
An Interview with the Colorado Grand Valley’s Top Real Estate Group Christi Reece began her career in real estate in 1992 and now has over 30 years of experience selling homes in Western Colorado. She grew up in Lake City, CO, and began to explore the benefits of...
Essentials for Your Dream Colorado Home: A Custom Build Checklist
When building your Colorado custom home, we go through a design process that helps us to get to the heart of what you are trying to achieve. After we sort through the basics of size, layout, and budget, we start to have fun with figuring out your ‘Must...
Building Your Dream Home: How to Establish a Smart Budget
Putting together a new home budget should be your first step when custom building. As you start to think about building your dream home or remodeling your current home, the most daunting variable is usually the budget. Before we even lay pen to paper we need to talk...
The Art of Custom Home Design: Integrating Steel, Concrete, and Wood
Bespoke details are what gives life to a custom home. During the design process we are always looking for new opportunities to integrate custom details into the plan for your home. No matter how big or small, our clients appreciate the time and handcrafted elements...
Building in the Grand Valley: How Nature Inspires Custom Home Design
We have been building homes in the Grand Valley for over a decade. At the heart of our design process is site location. We take into consideration the landscape, topography, and naturally-occurring features and views. The Grand Valley contains the towns of Palisade,...
Crafting Your Dream Home: Choosing the Perfect Floor Plan for Your Unique Lifestyle
An open floor plan is a popular choice, but there are some advantages to more traditional floor plans. Either way, nothing beats a custom floor plan, if you want to build the house that perfectly meets your family’s needs. One of the most common questions we...
Ryan Cowan:
CEO I Owner
RG COWAN DESIGN BUILD crafts dynamic custom homes in Grand Junction, Redlands, Palisade, and Fruita, Colorado
We believe that good design is born of inspiration, iteration, and collaboration. It is born out of a process of idea making with a goal of creating beautiful spaces for people. It happens through the interaction with our clients, our collaborators, and our consultants, while always respecting constraints and the natural world. The process is Fluid, founded in the spirit of engagement, while adapting to the needs of a changing world. We think, we design, we build.
These building resources will help you navigate the process of building a custom home in and around Grand Junction, Colorado.