We're back with more insights & inspiration for your home building projects! In season five, host Kim Hibbs & producer Melody Meiners focus on the personalized, unique aspects of home building and design that make a living space truly unique.  To kick off the season, we're talking with Dale & Scott Hendrickson from Sport Court West about the growing demand for at home sport courts. From who is building them to how to design them, The Art of Custom gives you a floor seat to some...

In this episode, we hear from president Kim Hibbs about the journey he and wife/vice president Jan Hibbs have been on since founding the company is 2004. Hear about why we build the way we do and why we love this industry!

This week we have a current custom home client joining us in studio, Lisa Valenti. Lisa’s design background and her amazing home design made her a perfect fit for this discussion. We’re also bringing back friend of the show Brenda Gage from Seattle-area builder JayMarc Homes with some very cutting edge custom spaces that integrate the outdoors and in.

If you’re in the process of building or renovating a home, you’ve likely been thinking about what to do with this space. We have Paul Hamtil of Hamtil Construction and Tony Pratte from The Sound Room joining up to talk about all of the different ways we can use the lower level and how to approach building and designing to make it feel like a natural extension of those above grade living areas that get most of the design love.

From work to play, many of the rooms in our homes have started to pull double duty. Creative and productive spaces are taking center-stage in today's episode. We're bringing back one of our premiere Utah home building partners, Lydia Huffman of LH Designs, to discuss home offices and flex spaces. We will go through a variety of unique and practical design considerations and help you get the most of the those productive spaces in your home. Get inspired! Check out our floor plan library at...

Whether it is indexing by the colors or the rainbow or defining your organization style using a bug, home organization is a huge trend right now. An “Instagrammable” pantry doesn’t happen in a day, and many of our custom home clients are planning ahead and building their organization strategy right into their homes.  To help prepare you to build an organized home we are talking to Lindsey Wolski, a recent client of ours who has taken her custom home organization to social media and is...

With the holiday season quickly approaching, many of us are thinking about those spaces where we will gather with friends and family to connect and celebrate. Many of our clients who are in design right now are planning intentional spaces in their homes where they can spend time with their guests, so we wanted to bring in some experts on creating gathering spaces. We are welcoming Amie and Kory Hannah to the show to talk about their experience in designing Air BnB spaces and to share...

If the kitchen is the heart of the home, the great room is the brains of the operation. The open great room is here to stay, and it is the true center of a home's design. A thoughtful design for the great room starts with a great designer and a great builder. Two of our Utah building partners, Jason Ledyard and Bill Van Sickle, sat down with Kim Hibbs to talk about all of the pieces and parts that make a great room, well, great! Get Inspired! Check out our floorplans and more at...

In the quest for a good night’s sleep there is one essential element that will predict your success and that is the design of your bedroom! Everything from the materials on the floor to the layout of the space to the windows are important components to creating a cozy space that is as inviting at the end of the day as it is invigorating at the start. And in today’s episode we talk to some of the experts in creating the best bedrooms. Joining us in studio again are Ann Fritz and Anna...

It is one of the few places some parents can get complete solitude and it is the one room where anyone can unleash their inner Pavarotti. Today we're talking about the art of bathroom design. From powder rooms to en suites, the basic designs of bathrooms have become anything but basic. There are a lot of important elements that come togegther to make an oustanding bathroom that is as functional as it is relaxing and inspiring. To help us deconstruct this important space, we have Hibbs...

Your kitchen is one of the most important areas of your home, and sometimes our clients design an entire home around having a spectacular kitchen. Whether you’re a professional chef or professional at ordering carry-out, you won’t want to miss this episode where we take a deep dive into the fundamentals of kitchen design. You’ll hear from the experts on how to make the most of your kitchen and make it work for you. See more inspiring kitchen designs and start planning your dream home at...

We are back for season four of The Art of Custom! This season, we are going to take a deep dive into the details and decisions that elevate any home's design. In this season, we are going to go room by room to discuss the elements that make your home functional, comfortable, and beautiful. To get things started, we are going to start with exteriors. We will talk about the architecture, windows, materials, colors, and more that make your home a stand out. Listen along as we discuss the art...

You've heard about the home building process from experts from around the country. So we wanted to turn the tables a bit, and share with you what it is like to build your dream home. In today's episode, we go through the home building process step-by-step and share with you what some of our past clients had to say about turning their vision into their forever home. We would like to give a final thank you to our sponsors this season, Pella Windows and Doors and Ferguson Bath, Kitchen, and...

Planning a home that will be comfortable no matter where life takes you doesn't require a crystal ball. In fact, you don't have to drastically alter your design vision to make your home more accessible at all stages of life, it just requires a little bit of design know-how and a building team who can help you finesse your plans. Today, we're speaking with two of those universal design experts and sharing one story about how adaptive home design can make a world of difference.

Almost every home has a smart device of some type, but what makes a home truly “smart”?   Today, we are talking with the smart home technology experts about how to make your home more convenient, accessible. And safe using connected smart home technology! Learn what the industry does to help keep your home from aging out as new technology comes along and how custom home builders work with low-voltage electrical, sound, and AV equipment suppliers to create a high-tech home.

Details are at the heart of custom home building, and sometimes the details can be a little intimidating for our clients. Today we're talking about all the the finishing touches that make your custom home one-of-a-kind. Joining us are in-house designer Anna Entringer and one of our design partners from Utah, Kiley Blackwell.  Later, Stephen Landcaster from Pella Windows and Doors talks to us about windows and doors and their impact on your home's efficiency and design.

In part two of our series focusing on everything between the studs in your custom home, we talk to experts who weigh in on green construction techniques, benefits, and ways you can measure just how well your home is built. Listen now toyour primer on high-performance home building.

It's time to get down to business and start turning some dirt! Today we're talking all about construction and all of the challenges and opportunities that come along with building a home that has never been built before!  Our Director of Construction, Chris Pedigo, and Marketing Director, Melody Meiners, join Kim in the studio to get into the details, expectations, and some of the unexpected parts of building a custom home.

For most of us, our homes are the most significant investment we will make in our lifetime. Building a custom home is one of the best ways to get the most out of your time living there, and we want to make sure you get the most financial value from your home. Today, Kim talks to a few experts who can help you figure out how to make sense out of the dollars and cents in your construction budget. Drew Padgett, our senior estimator at Hibbs Homes will start things off by talking about how to...

You've found your land, you have your builder - now it's time to start putting pen to paper to turn your vision into a design. Working with an architect to design your dream home is one of the most exciting parts of the custom home building process. And today we're talking to two of our architect partners about how that process works. Jeff Day, a leading high-performance architect in St Louis, and Jamie Walker, a leading designer and architect in the Northern Utah region, join us on today's...

Finding the perfect piece of land to call home can be one of the more challenging steps in building a custom home. But having the right home building team in place can simplify the process and, more importantly, help to ensure you buy the right piece of land for your goals. In this episode, we talk to Jan Hibbs of Coldwell Banker Gundaker in St Louis, MO, and JanaLee Jacobson from Berkshire Hathaway in Park City, UT about the land search and how to find the right land to build on. Jan,...

Season Three Premiere  Did you outgrow your home in 2020? We did too! So much has changed in the home building industry in the last year, so we knew we needed to start fresh with Season Three! This season we are going to take you through each step of the custom home design & building process. Updated with the latest information about home building and with insights from around the country, season three kicks off with a builder's roundtable discussion with Brenda Gage from JayMarc...

In this final episode of Season 2, Kim and Danni sit down with the Schaper family in their brand new custom home. They reflect on the home building journey and share what life is like now that they are living with the home they helped design.  See pictures of the finished home at https://www.hibbshomesusa.com/art-of-custom-podcast Kim and Danni talk about the impacts of COVID on construction - and why this time may be the perfect time to consider moving forward with your home building project.

All season long, we've followed along as Rick and Meredith Schaper of Dogtown Pizza went through the process of designing and building their dream home in the historic Dogtown neighborhood in St. Louis. Currently, our team is working through the final touches on the home and in just a few days, the Schapers will be moved in. We thought this would be the perfect time to turn back the clock on this design-build project, review the timeline, and listen in as the project took shape.

In today's podcast, we're spotlighting another incredible custom home builder - Jason Ledyard of Ledyard Homes in Salt Lake City, Utah - but not before Kim and Danni go off on a food-related tangent inspired by our build for the Dogtown Pizza Family! Tune in to hear about the evolution of style - and what's next - in the Southwest, particularly in mountain homes.