Home Remodeling Blog

A new year is a fresh start. Is a home improvement project on your to-do list?

If you’re ready to update your home, but don’t know where to start, we’re here to help. Think of us as the personal trainers of the design-build industry. We will work with you to make your goals a reality!

What home design trends will last through and well past 2016?

Our in house design team discusses ten of the hottest design trends for your home.

1. Open Floor Plans. Homes with open floor plans will continue to be popular in 2016. The lack of dividing walls makes the kitchen-living space feel larger.

2. Hardworking Kitchen Islands. The cornerstone of the open layout is a kitchen island. An island enhances style and serves many functions: food prep, storage, gathering place, and dining spot.

3. White or Gray Cabinetry. White is the most popular color for kitchen cabinets followed by gray. They brighten up the space and provide a neutral backdrop for accents.

When the temperature outside drops and snow begins to fall, your entryway clutter inevitably increases. Are you tired of searching for that missing mitten or tripping over a bulky bag of rock salt? The solution is a mudroom designed to meet your family’s needs.

Regardless of the size of your space, a little organization can make a huge impact on your home’s efficiency. A well-designed entryway keeps winter gear close-at-hand but neatly stored out of the way, ensuring your wintertime comings and goings are a breeze.

The driveway gets installed today. We are finally done with the mud patch- well, most of it since the final grading and landscaping is yet to be completed.

There are always things that no amount of planning can account for in construction. Damage to product during delivery is one of them- it's frustrating! Two previous butcher block tops arrived with damage and had to be refused leading to 3 months of delay. The finish island arrived today without incident and the last interior trim detail can be checked off the list.

We've been so busy recently that the time to blog is hampered!

We are wrapping up some final details on the inside and prepared for final inspection. The before and after pictures really show how much the house has changed in the last 5 months but still retains the period character. 

The Garage trim is almost complete with only a few decorative brackets left.

Well its rained 35 of the last 30 days so let's continue to focus on the inside...

The dust has settled (actually it was controlled with HEPA filter air-scrubbers. Thanks BuildClean!) and a coat of primer has gone on all the new and patched drywall. Everything glows with the new bright white coating and we are ready to install the new furnace and drop the hardwood flooring off.

One of the really fun parts of remodeling old homes is the stuff you find in the walls. Today for instance we opened up one of the original plaster areas on the underside of the staircase. Our home was originally build in 1929 so this has had some time to collect. Here is a collection of the best pieces found (note the date of the postage on the letter...):