Mattern & Fitzgerald Receives 2022 Best of San Antonio Award
Just because your custom home is small, doesn't mean it has to be boring...
Stained Glass Dome
Stained glass can add timeless character to any home
Small house-great finish out
Just because your custom home is small, doesn't mean it has to be boring...
How to Install Thin Brick
Dressing up the interior of your custom home with thin brick gives a room instant character...
Media Room Part III
If you have the means, and the right custom builder, you deserve a room like this...
PAWS for Purple Hearts
Meet Noah. He's just 13 weeks young but getting ready a fascinating mission helping America's Warriors facing mobility challenges...
Courtyards
I heard an architectural comment one time that stuck with me. It was called "discovering your home as you approach it"...
Media Room Part II
Nothing but the best quality finish out for this custom media room...
The Post-Build Invite from Home Owners
Custom home building is like a marriage between the home owners and the builder...
Travertine Pool Deck Topping
Swimming pools are awesome but they can get concrete heavy with the decking that surrounds it. Here you have a travertine topped porch area...
Before you get to enjoy the media room…
There are lots of details in custom home building that we worry about so you don't have to...
Using technology to help serve better
We are constantly looking for ways to disrupt the industry and get an edge for our custom home clients...
The Night Before
This is a special time when as a custom home builder we get to appreciate our work: the night before when it's quiet, clean, the noise and dust has settled...
Merry Christmas
All of us have the capacity to enlighten others with some sort of skill or resource that we possess...
Garage Makeover Before and After
The key to starting a project like this is to have a plan, a budget and milestones to hit so it doesn't drag out...
Flagstone Turned Sideways
What you are looking at is a painstaking construction process where we took a flagstone Oklahoma blend stone, all very thinly cut and flipped them horizontally in a dry stack pattern...
Passing it On
I hope you are enjoying your kids to the fullest and that you are passing on your family legacy and values...
Setting up a Driveway
Here is a shot of a recent driveway setup just prior to pour and I want to give you just a few construction tips to think about because it can make a big difference on your family's experience...
Creating Something out of Nothing
At Mattern and FitzGerald I always tell people up front that your custom home for us will be a "one and done" meaning we will never build anything quite like it again...
What is Your Ministry?
My wife and I do have a passion for kids and one of the comments I continuously hear when people view my home is how kid-friendly it is...
From Concept to Completion- Building a Gate
My theory of home building is "one and done" meaning we'll never do this again, and each time we come up with a concept for a family it is unique and meaningful to them...
3D Printing
This 3D rendering of a Million dollar project that the architect presented to us at a meeting recently gave us the ability to view the home in a way that I've never seen before...
Where to Start When Building a New Home?
Paying attention to little things prevent potential headaches and is often eye-opening for both clients and the custom home builder...
Giving Back- Interns
I met Jake a couple of years ago at a UTSA internship seminar and he stood out amongst the 200 other kids that I met...
Evaluating a builder- It’s 5 o’clock somewhere
To be a good custom home builder there are so many things that are important, but what I find invaluable is a sympathetic ear to listen and problem-solve so that my homeowners can sleep at night...