Cooking up the Latest Kitchen Trends
Kitchens have always been the center of a house. It's where everyone congregates at a party, regardless of the host's intentions. It's where the mail, the keys and the family news are dropped on the way in. The kitchen is so important to most people that it is the feature most likely to make or break the purchase of a home. Read More...

Let the Sunshine In
While gas prices have jumped over the $4 level and consumers have become aware of "green building" advantages, solar energy for residential use has emerged from the shadows. Read More...

E-Newsletter
The construction of a new home has a particular rhythm, fluctuating from dynamic progress in the early stages, to a natural and expected ebb of activity as the house nears completion. Our clients find it useful to understand this tempo. They know what to expect and they can appreciate their new home as it takes shape. Read more...

Art Elliott: Art and the science of building
Art Elliott was green before green was cool. The owner/president of Shelter Associates has been building homes for nearly four decades, and was among the first to embrace the concepts of energy efficiency that are now popularly known by the most prevalent color in nature. Read more...

If you build it well, it will sell
Trails Edge condos sell out on Mullan Avenue
COEUR d'ALENE — With prices starting at $429,000, they weren't cheap. But builder Art Elliott credits good design and quality materials for the fast sellout of the Trails Edge condominiums on Mullan Avenue . Buyers agree. "They look different. They are not cookie-cutter design," Read more...

How green do you want to be?
(North Idaho Business Journal) - Before energy efficiency became a fad, before high heating and cooling prices became astounding, Art Elliott, of Coeur d’Alene’s Shelter Associates, adhered to efficiency principles. Read more...

Building Friendships, Constructing Homes
(Building Magazine) - At a birthday party for his wife, Art Elliott looked at the gathered crowd and realized half the guests were clients of his. Read more...