Editor's Page: Living the Dream - Our awards program helps us recognize the best designed and crafted custom work going on across the country. This task is even more important in our tough economic conditions.

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Calendar: Current listing of home building events.

20 After 20 - Our year-long, 20th anniversary series focuses on 20 builders who've survived and thrived for 20 years or more. In this issue: Craig Denman, Paul and Matt Oliver, Richard Marks, and Joseph McKinstry.

2010 CUSTOM HOME Design Awards
Introducing the winners of our annual design competition.

Custom Home of the Year
Connors House, Westwood, Mass.

Grand Award: Custom Home / Less Than 3,000 Square Feet
RainShine House, Decatur, Ga.

Merit Award: Custom Home / Less Than 3,000 Square Feet
Private Residence, Sebastopol, Calif.

Grand Award: Custom Home / 3,000 to 5,000 Square Feet
Private Residence, Atherton, Calif.

Merit Award: Custom Home / 3,000 to 5,000 Square Feet
Sugar Mill, Chilmark, Mass.

Grand Award: Custom Home / More Than 5,000 Square Feet
Private Residence, Greenwich, Conn.

Merit Award: Custom Home / More Than 5,000 Square Feet
Hunt Country Hilltop House, Fauquier County, Va.

Grand Award: Custom Kitchen
Fairfield House, Austin, Texas

Merit Award: Custom Kitchen
Linden Hills Cottage, Minneapolis

Grand Award: Renovation
Kettle Hole House, East Hampton, N.Y.

Merit Award: Renovation
Overall House, Concord, Mass.

Merit Award: Renovation
Residence e2, Washington, D.C.

Grand Award: Accessory Building
Tea Houses, Silicon Valley, Calif.

Merit Award: Accessory Building
Floating Guest House, Portland, Ore.

Merit Award: Accessory Building
Rappahannock Bend Summer House/Guest House, King Georges, Va.

Grand Award: Custom Detail
Kit of Parts, Washington, D.C.

Merit Award: Custom Detail
Lagoon Pond Pavilion, Vineyard Haven, Mass.

Grand Award: Outdoor Spaces
Play Yard at the Winter Residence, Tucson, Ariz.

Wilson Builders, Tucson, Ariz. - Custom builders share their latest product finds.

Flanders & Co., Meredith, N.H. - Custom builders share their latest product finds.