If you need additional living space and your home has a porch, you’re in luck! Enclosing that exterior porch could be a simple, cost-effective way to gain the space you want. Transform Your Porch With Our Team! Benefits of Enclosing an Exterior Porch You can gain space without eliminating the yard and often, …
5 Benefits of Using an EPA Lead-Safe Certified Remodeling Firm
If you live in a home built before 1978 (before lead-based paints were outlawed), there is a good chance your home contains lead-based paints and plumbing, unfortunately. The older a home is, the higher the risk of lead being present and posing potential harms, particularly during the dusty, messy business of remodeling. So, if you’ve …
10 Things to Consider When Building a Mudroom
As the Boston Globe reported, “The mudroom is the new foyer,” one senior architect recently quipped. Today’s mudroom can be a truly functional space—a place to store things you need in easy reach, but still out of the way of the main living space. The mudroom serves a dual purpose. First, it must be built …
How to Read and Understand Reviews
Leveraging Online Reviews to Find a Home Remodeling Firm that Is Right for You The onset of the world-wide-web ushered in a whole new way of doing business for both buyers and sellers of goods and services. From ordering milk to planning a family vacation, we rely on the Internet to help us in almost …
A 1960’s Ranch Style Home Gets a New Room Addition in Bloomfield Hills
The owners of this 1960’s Bloomfield Hills ranch love their new neighborhood and the single-level design of their home. However, the layout and flow of the home just didn’t work for their lifestyle. The very small kitchen and nook up in the front of the home as well as the tight living quarters in the …
Before and After: A Beautiful Craftsman Home Restored to Its Early 20th-Century Charm
When Alicia and Christian purchased their 1920s Pleasant Ridge bungalow, they did so specifically with the intention of restoring this beautiful Craftsman home. They wanted to remain architecturally faithful to its original early 20th-century charm. The Homeowner’s Vision Alicia and Christian’s vision included protecting the front porch from the elements by adding an enclosed porch, …
The Luxury of Custom Built-Ins for Any Room in Your Home
Hardly any aspect of a home accomplishes more in terms of functionality and aesthetics than custom built-in cabinets and shelves. You likely have seen plenty of creative built-in design ideas by pouring through magazines, on Pinterest, HGTV, or community sites like Houzz. One thing is for certain built-ins add style and personality, and even a …