I'm planning on starting a combination warrior-mage soon. Magic will be fire-oriented destruction and necromantic summoning for the most part. Warrior skills will be heavy armor and one-handed. Smithing and enchanting will be the other primary skills.

So basically, think of the guy as Sauron Jr. Eventually I want to outfit him in Daedric armor, swinging maybe a one-handed mace. I've http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=1002 and gotten lots of good advice, so that angle is covered. Now I'm looking for something to enhance the magic end of things. My previous character was my first: a Nord warrior, so I have really no experience with the magic in the game beyond the basic healing spell. What sorts of magic mods do you guys recommend to help me turn my character into a flame-spewing, undead-minion-commanding Lord of E-VIL? I definitely DO NOT want anything ridiculously overpowered, but I'm interested in balanced mods that add depth to the game.

I also eventually would like to find a mod that adds a home appropriate for this character. Something suitable for a Necromancer of Flaming Doom, but something relatively small (odd as that may seem) because I admit that I really just want it to be a cool place to stash loot and trophies, rest, and smith and enchant stuff. Something with the appropriate aesthetics, but I don't really need anything huge, and some of the player homes I've seen on the Nexus look like they're bigger than any castle in the Vanilla game.

So basically, this time I'm asking for good magic mods and a character-appropriate home. Any idears?

You can't go wrong with Middas magic. He has the most amazing magic mods since Oblivion

Especially for a Warrior Mage, I really think you want to look into my mod. Follow any of the links in my signature.

Outside of my biased personal advertisemant, I am a fan of Apocalypse Spell Package for the most part. Stay very far away from Phenderix: Magic Evolved.