Summer 2010 Issue

Orlando New Homes and Communities Magazine and Guide

Central Florida is the tourism capital of the world, but it is also a family-friendly place with cozy neighborhoods, excellent schools and an emerging high-tech employment base. Lakes and parks abound and there are an array of cultural venues to enjoy. Orlando also boasts the state's newest medical school as well as a burgeoning medical research complex. Sports fans cheer for the Orlando Magic.

FEATURE
Tricks of the Trade
How designers combine the various elements in a home with such beautiful results.

Al Fresco Living, Florida Style
These days, accessorizing a Florida pool can involve a mini kitchen, ab outdoor bar, an open-air game room, a fireplace and a flat-screen television.

Goodbye, McMansions
America's love affair with the McMansion is over, but that doesn't mean buyers are willing to sacrifice luxury.

Wood, Stone and Steel
Wood, stone and steel have long played roles in the construction of our homes!

FROM THE PUBLISHER
McMansions Are Giving Way to Jewel Boxes
From trends in interior design to trends in home design, this issue of Florida Homebuyer Orlando covers both.

NEWCOMER'S GUIDE
Paradise Found
Central Florida is urban and rural, wealthy and middle class, bustling and laid back, traditional and edgy, conservative and liberal, sophisticated and naive. But for all their contradictions, the communities known collectively as Orlando are unabashedly welcoming to newcomers.