Morning Star Builders was recognized in the Houston Chronicle for our significant contribution to helping the homeless of Houston and supporting HomeAid.

The Builder of the Year awards are chosen by a panel of judges comprised of winners from the previous five years. Criteria for winning builders include, first and foremost, that they provide a quality product and maintain an exemplary reputation in the community. In addition, their support of the communities in which they live and build and their service to the local and national builder associations are also considered.

Morning Star Builders’ high quality work and caring attitude toward the community made them a natural choice for this award. Earlier this year, Morning Star Builders built a Southern Living Showcase Home and conducted tours of the home and awarded a portion of the proceeds to HomeAid. HomeAid Houston targets homeless care providers in need of additional capacity and pairs them with GHBA builders, vendors and suppliers who donate time, materials and labor to build transitional homeless shelters.

The Southern Living Custom Builder Program is an invitation-only program which selects custom builders acclaimed for their detailed craftsmanship, excellence in customer service, financial stability, and use of quality building materials in their homes. Morning Star Builders’ Southern Living Home, located in the Hidden Falls subdivision in Cypress, features master brickwork throughout the home, including soaring brick barrel ceiling and coordinating brick accents. The sumptuous master bath melds high-tech conveniences and old world opulence to create the perfect at-home spa experience.  In addition, the house incorporated many green building practices as well as high-tech security and convenience features.

Morning Star works to create a home that is not only unique, but includes thoughtful details that work in harmony  that allow its owners – or future owners- to ‘age in place’ without making design changes to accommodate changes in mobility status.

Morning Star Builders, a design/build firm, has been a Preferred Builder in High Meadow Ranch in Magnolia since 2002 and in Hidden Falls in Cypress since 2007.

For more information on Morning Star Builders, visit www.homesbymorningstar.com.

Contact:

Yvonne Cummins

yvonne@homesbymorningstar.com

713.249.1680

The event began with a ribbon-cutting and photos and was designed to thank everyone who made the project possible including Morning Star Builder’s staff, vendors and charities supported by Morning Star – HomeAid Houston and Be An Angel.

Among the vendors in attendance were Absolutely Outdoors, Pactiv Building Products, Forsyth Floors, Forefront Innovation, LoneStar HVAC, RT Tile, By Design Interiors, Ferguson, Lighting Inc., Thorntree, DWP Architects, Texas Treads and many others.

Forefront Innovation supplied the bulk of the electronic entertainment components including all of the audio-visual elements and a mounted Ipad in the living area, which controls the lighting, cameras, heating and cooling as well as audio-visual.

“We’ve done work with Ted in the past so when it came up it was ‘how to make the house energy efficient? How do we want to do lighting control?’ We did all the lighting control, climate control, all the audio video, all the speakers, the TV behind the sliding cabinet in the living room. Pretty much all the audio-visual components. It’s extremely fun working with Ted and Eric. They’re not against technology, they embrace it so that makes it an adventure,” said Forefront Innovation Operations Manager Zach Campbell.

People who supplied the other components were in attendance as well. Robert Barker of Texas Treads, the company that manufactured the wood used in the countertops and floors, was thrilled with how the house came together.

“What else is there to say? The house speaks for itself. It’s well done, tastefully done, great layout, not more house than a family could use. It’s very functional and it’s not too spread out. It feels livable. ” Barker said.

The home will be open for tours Oct. 20 – 23 on Thursday at noon – 8:00 p.m. and Friday through Sunday at noon – 6:00 p.m. Admission is $10 and will benefit HomeAid Houston. From November 3-20^th the home will be open for the Holiday Tour with the house decorated for Christmas. The Holiday tour will benefit Be An Angel. Find out more at www.homesbymorningstar.com