WOW-Factor: Just as we did in the entrance to the Master Suite, we add a little “holllah!” to the
to the first view of the bathroom.

Lighten Up: Lighting is the “bling” of a house, and should make a statement, but never neglect
attention to good lighting function.  Ladies need it for perfecting their look, and bros need it
to insure a crisis-free shave.  Natural light enhances it all the more during the day.

Blush & Brush: While we strongly encourage as much fun as possible in the Master Bath, let’s remember
it’s a place for work, too.  Good counter top space, adequate storage, and a place
for the Princess to pretty up, are all essential.

Bathing Beauties: A romantic bathroom isn’t so without a roomy bath for two.

Showered With Love: So maybe the bath tub isn’t an every day affair, but we hope a shower is. A
roomy shower is a must for any steamy encounters…
or just to get ready for the day.

There are a few other niceties that we like to throw into our Master Bathrooms in all of our new homes in Edmond and Oklahoma City.  One of the more popular amenities is our proximity-sensing light control, which detects your presence and turns on your lights for you for an adjustable period of time.  We also include a heat lamp and vent light combo, which provides a boost of heat for those chilly mornings, as well as helps better ventilate the room should things get a little too steamy, so to speak (which we strongly encourage!).  Jeff Click Homes also tiles all shower walls and bath tub backsplashes for added style and longevity.

To see our unique, modern home designs that have amazing master baths, might we suggest The Numbers Plan, The Daniel Plan, The Psalm Plan, and The Romans Plan.

Up next: The Master Closet.

The Master Suite: One of the most romantic spaces in a home.

So what makes a great Master Suite?  Not to be coy, but aside from a few rules of thumb, the answer is simply “it depends.”  Let’s start by being honest; unless you’re a single guy, it’s usually the women that call the shots when it comes to decisions about the home.  If you ask any group of women, you’ll probably receive some common answers and as opinions and preferences on what makes the perfect Master Suite as what goes into the Perfect Man.

Check out a few important aspects of a well-designed Master Suite, as demonstrated by our furnished new home model in Silverhawk.  By implementing a few of these key aspects of design, your new home‘s master suite will be sure to arouse the senses.

First Impressions: The entrance to the Suite needs to be impactful.  Use of natural light, color,
and ceiling heights all play a role in making a statement.

Size Matters: The room need not be huge, but it does need to be spacious enough to remain functional
once furnishings are in place.  This master suite maintains adequate walkways between a low-profile
dresser and a queen sized bed with average-sized nightstands.

Next, we’ll explore another aspect of the Master Suite: The Master Bathroom.

OK, so maybe not exactly that fast, but here’s a crash-course tutorial on how to properly clear a driveway from snow and ice. The team from Jeff Click Homes has a little bit of fun demonstrating this at the 2010 Jeff Click Homes Furnished Model Home in the Silverhawk Addition in Edmond, Oklahoma.

The great room view of the entry of our Parade Home at 2412 NW 174th St in Silverhawk

As announced by the Parade Committee, The Oklahoman, and NewsOK, the Jeff Click Homes Parade Home, based on a newly redesigned version of our Daniel Plan, picked up three Parade of Homes Awards in the $200,000 - $400,000 price point in the Edmond Area:

• Best Overall Design - Considers plan layout, usability, and general design ideas
• Best Kitchen* - Considers layout, usability, and arrangement of work space. *We tied with Adams Kirby Homes on this one.
• Best Decorating - Considers furnishing, accessories, and staging of the home.

The super sleek, and now award-winning kitchen of the JCH Parade Home, which included
stainless appliances, glass backsplash, and stainless built-in table and bar.

Complete information on the home in Silverhawk at 2412 NW 174th, including pricing, photo tours, and our new NewSpin360 Virtual Tour is available for you to check out anytime here at our site.

If you didn’t get a chance to see it during the Parade, no worries!  We’ll be modelling out of this one while our new Furnished Model Home in Silverhawk is getting wrapped up.  We’ll be open daily (except Tuesdays) from 1-6.  Stop by and see it and us!

The sexy master bathroom of the JCH Parade Home, with 3D mirror
arrangement, raised Euro cabinets, modern lighting, and lots of surprises.

The spacious, undivided great room at Jeff Click Homes’ 2009 Parade Home.

Striking balance of bold red accents, urban-influenced, authentic brick masonry peppered throughout the interior, and exposed-joist ceilings for an added feel of loft-style living are just a few of the surprises awaiting visitors of the home, at 2412 NW 174th St, in our Silverhawk addition.

Come check us out, among the 124 homes on showcase for the Central Oklahoma Home Builders Association‘s 2009 Parade of Homes.  There are four featured area neighborhoods throughout the Oklahoma City Metro, including Edmond.  Parade of Homes magazines are available at all Oklahoma City metro Lowe’s stores, and are free of charge.  Homes, including ours, will be open daily for the Parade, September 26 through October 4th from 1-7pm daily,

Vote For Jeff Click Homes!

Anyone can vote once daily through June 22 at NewsOK.com’s 2009 Readers Choice Online Ballot, and we hope you’ll make us your choice for the 2009 Readers Choice for Best New Home Builder in North Oklahoma City!

It’s really nerve-racking to see this hovering over your development project.

One power outage, 3 rounds of storms, and multiple trips in and out of the storm shelter later, I head out to check my projects in the neighborhood, then a mile south down Penn to my commercial project, the Main Street Business District.  This was what I found…

The view facing south at NW158th & Pennsylvania after the storm in Edmond.

The officer blockading Penn was cool enough to let me through.  Surprisingly, we had minimal damage despite numerous large power line poles snapped in two around us.

A large power pole snapped from its easement on the south property line of our development.

What an afternoon and evening it was.  We were fortunate that power was restored by a little after 6, and aside from not being able to attend the scheduled closing, I was most disappointed by not getting to be a part of the ULI Real Estate Roulette.

So yes, I had an exciting afternoon and evening planned, and while it was still exciting, it was not as planned.  Perhaps the next one will be scheduled on a less eventful night by my new friends at the ULI. (Sorry, guys, I had to check my projects and I couldn’t leave my girls for the evening without power.)

A few entry lights now need some adjustment.

I’ve posted a Flickr set of all the photos I took from storm damage in NW Oklahoma City / Edmond.

The Great Room of the 2008 Parade Home for Jeff Click Homes

If you have an iPhone, just hit our site on your phone and our special iPhone version of the site will provide you with a link to our integrated Google-mapping to help you navigate to come check out the home in person.

You can access all Parade listings at the official Parade site at ParadeOfHomesOK.com.

Segment 1 (Feature): Coming Home To Technology
Segment 2 (Supplemental): Builder sells with iPhone
Segment 3 (Supplemental): ‘Smart homes’ top trend

The home is at 17412 White Hawk Drive in Silverhawk, and will be open daily through September 21st.

“Oh, sure, they’re good for graphics,” they’d say, looking down their noses, often through black, thick-rimmed glasses as they snorted and nearly hyperventilated with that trademark laugh of the early geek-era.

I’m a wounded, but recovered survivor of that geek-bullying, and I’m proud to say I’ve been an Apple fan boy before it was cool to be one, and I have proof.  I started my software company from my dorm room my freshman year at OBU, and I committed to develop exclusively for what was known back then as “Macintosh” computers.  My minor was in Computer Scicence, and I was the only Mac-using student in the department.  While I don’t think I got any wedgies because if it, I took my share of abuse.  But no one had as much RAM as I did in that Power Mac 6100.  Nope, I had upped that bad-boy from its standard 8MB to 80MB, and no one could touch it because that was back in the day when you actually had to worry about how much RAM a computer came with, and it cost a small fortune.  I had a secret source where I landed those sacred chips for a heck of a deal.  All for the graphics.

It wasn’t until years later when the iPod hit that people started recognizing that maybe there was something of substance behind the passion so many die-hard Mac fans possessed for their computers.  Often compared to the love Harley riders have for their bikes, Mac users would dang near die before being forced to use Windows.  Tens of millions of iPods were sold, most of which were to non-Mac users.  Once everyone with access to clean drinking water had their first iPod, Apple did it again, and introduced the iPhone.

Now look at all the Apple fan boys and girls. 

I don’t want to waste time waxing about all the I-told-you-sos to my old friends and past classmates, as my faith requires of me my best effort at grace and forgiveness.  So rather than rubbing it in, I’d just like to say to everyone who recently acquired their first Apple product, the iPhone:

“Welcome to coolness.”

I’d also like to announce a special treat just for you iPhone users.  Consider it my welcoming gift to you for having joined the coolness club…the new iPhone version of JeffClickHomes.com, among the first of any builder web sites developed specifically for the iPhone.

From the site, you can access a list of Jeff Click Homes’ available homes on your iPhone, as well as all “coming soon” homes just getting started, and complete information on each of our floorplans and communities.  Additionally, you can tap the map-button from any page to launch a Google-map to that community right there on the iPhone.  Need to call or email a question?  Buttons for that, too.

So grab your iPhone and check it out.  No need to key-in any special address from your iPhone…just go to www.JeffClickHomes.com and we’ll handle the rest.  Our site knows coolness when it sees it.

I recently succumbed to the temptation of waiting with anticipation for Mr. UPS Guy.  While I didn’t scream like a school girl, I did probably rival the giddiness of a certain beloved man I won’t mention when my latest gadget arrived: the OmniPro II integrated home control system that Home Automation Inc. has donated for Jeff Click Homes’ 2008 Parade Of Homes entry.

We’re just weeks away from completion, and while the infrastructure for all of the technological amenities was built and pre-wired in it months ago, the fun is about to begin, as we install everything from this system, to the several zones of audio, five plasma TVs, and numerous other geek surprises.

For you fellow geeks out there, we took a few snapshots of the un-boxing of God’s gift to home technology.  I give you the OmniPro II…

The OmniPro II by Home Automation Inc., an advanced integrated home control system, arrives for the
Jeff Click Homes entry in the 2008 Parade Of Homes.

The main components of the system, including the primary board, a zone expander, thermostat,
outdoor temperature and humidity sensor, and other components.

The current OmniPro II System, installed at the Jeff Click Homes Furnished Model Home in Silverhawk.

The “brain” of the home, an HAI OmniPro II System, complete with HAI’s HiFi Zoned Audio System,
irrigation control, video surveilance, and more.