Powering Idea Houses and Dream Homes
Propane Combines Reliability, Efficiency, and Comfort to Power Dream Homes, No Matter Where They’re Built
In the 2024 and 2025 Southern Living Idea Houses, propane has provided safe, reliable, and clean energy to power essential systems like heating, hot water, power, and cooking. Unlike other energy sources, propane is stored on-site and provides resilient power, even when other public utilities aren’t available, bringing the comfort and luxury of gas appliances and giving homeowners the flexibility to build their dream homes – and Idea Houses – almost anywhere.
In the 2024 and 2025 Southern Living Idea Houses, propane has provided safe, reliable energy to power essential systems like heating, hot water, and cooking. Propane is stored on-site and provides resilient power, even when other public utilities aren’t available, bringing the comfort and luxury of gas appliances and the flexibility to build dream homes – and Idea Houses – almost anywhere.
2025 Southern Living Idea House
This year’s Idea House incorporates a number of propane appliances to build a resilient and efficient home, while still upholding the high-end design elements expected from an Idea House.
Tankless Water Heater
Kitchen Range
Generator
Outdoor Grill
Indoor Fireplace
Hydronic Heating Solution
Propane Products
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See How You Can Use Propane In Your Home
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Water Heating
Propane water heaters provide on-demand hot water, ensuring that everyone in your family gets a hot shower.
Learn MoreClothes Drying
Propane clothes dryers are easier on fabrics, tough on wrinkles, and deliver greater energy efficiency compared with electric models.
Learn MoreHome Heating
Propane furnaces offer best-in-class efficiency and provide comfortable, consistent heat during even the coldest weather.
Learn MoreGrill
When you fire up a grill powered by propane, you’re using an energy source that’s good for food and the environment.
Learn MoreOutdoor Living
Create a backyard oasis with propane outdoor living features like patio heaters, fire pits, pool heaters, gas lighting, and more.
Learn MoreFireplace
Propane fireplaces provide six times the heating capacity of wood burning models with no soot or ash – all at the flick of a switch.
Learn MoreRanges, Ovens, and Stoves
Get precise temperature control and even cooking with propane ranges, ovens, and stoves.
Learn MoreHome Heating
Propane furnaces offer best-in-class efficiency and provide comfortable, consistent heat during even the coldest weather.
Learn MoreWater Heating
Propane water heaters are highly efficient and provide on-demand hot water for all household needs.
Learn MoreGenerator
Propane generators provide powerful, reliable energy for homes and families, even when the electric grid fails.
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