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2021 Kitchen Trend Watcher
As we close out 2020 we look forward to a fresh start. Each year designers put out lists of trends that are up and coming. You may be seeing some of these trends popping up on your newsfeeds and magazines or you have been pinning them to your Pinterest inspiration...

Getting Past Three-Bid Thinking
It’s conventional wisdom we’ve all heard: “Get three bids on your home improvement project to be sure you’re getting the lowest price.” Ever wonder why three bids? More to the point, ever wonder why people assume the best value is automatically found in the lowest...

Falling into Fall Home Maintenance
The air is crisp and the leaves will soon start to change colors. Fall is a beautiful time of the year and a time where spending time outdoors is most enjoyable, but after the leaves are raked and yard work slows down for the year it’s time to focus on preparing your...

Contractors: how to chose wisely
If you’re old enough, you may remember Eldin the painter from the TV show Murphy Brown in the 1990s. For ten years, Eldin worked on Murphy Brown’s apartment and never seemed to finish the job—he was always there, coveralls and quips, a constant fixture. While that’s...

Learning From Home Spaces
Since March families have adjusted their work life and school life due to Covid 19. As we enter into the 2020-2021 school year things look much the same as many adults are still working from home and many children are going to a homeschool or distance learning...

We don’t build for everyone. We build for you.
It’s more than just a tagline for company. It’s how we do business. We don’t use the same set of plans for all our projects. We don’t build what we think your space should look like. We build for you; your lifestyle, your home and your future. It is important to us...

As Seen on TV: Renovation estimates and their shaky relationship with reality
If you’ve ever watched a home renovation reality TV show – and let’s face it, we all have – you know that every episode always has the dramatic moment where the contractor gives the homeowners the bad news – unforeseen problems have pushed the renovation’s cost over...

The First Appointment: Why we like all homeowners present
Yes, we know that you are capable of making decisions on behalf of your household. Yes, we know that you will communicate to your significant other what we discussed with you. No, we aren’t going to pressure you into signing anything – in fact, we don’t bring any...

Design Build vs. Design, Bid, Build: Straightening the path from concept to completion
Like everything else in life, there’s a catchy name for the process most renovation and construction projects go through in order to deliver a final product. It’s called Design, Bid, Build (sometimes shortened to D/B/B or just DBB), and it works like this: The...

Designing Your Bathroom
It may be the smallest room in the house, but the details are almost endless in planning your bathroom renovation. When you are in the beginning phases of planning your renovation, you need to communicate with your builder and designer why you are remodeling. There...