Second only to kitchens, bathrooms are the next most popular rooms on a homeowner’s remodeling wish list. Although they are the smallest room in the house, bath makeovers can provide an excellent return on investment

  Details add a sense of personal style to your bathroom; select items that stand out and make a statement! Light fixtures, mirrors, pulls & knobs, robe hooks, faucets and towel racks are not just

Meals get made much faster when you can quickly find the ingredients you need. A well designed pantry storage puts all your kitchen supplies in instant view. It is much easier to have almost all

Tile in kitchens is used primarily for flooring and for a countertop backsplash. The purpose of said backsplash is more than just functional. Sure, it will protect the wall and provide an easy-to-clean surface that

How do you use your kitchen? Think about that and then decide where task lighting should be. When designing lighting for cooking, be sure to have adequate brightness as well as a good distribution of

You might think this is a simple selection; one basin or two? But oh, no, this is a far more complex decision than that! Issues involve: Material selection Drop-in or undermount Farmhouse style or apron

If your kitchen is small, designing the best layout to maximize your small kitchen makeovers can be a challenge. Knocking out a wall is not always do-able in a smaller or older home. If your

If you have an older home, your toilets may be the old 3.5 gallon per flush (gpf) type. These waste a lot of water, and cost you on your water/sewer bill. Think about how many

Budget and lot sizes may keep you from adding square footage onto your home, but that doesn’t mean you can’t improve the way you use your home. Many homes have basements that are notoriously under-used.

Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies published a report this month titled “Housing America’s older adults – meeting the needs of an aging population”.  It is interesting from several viewpoints; one, confirming that in the next

If your home is not up to what it could be, and you shudder at the idea of having workers sawing, painting and nailing for months at a time, consider remodeling on an incremental basis.

When it comes to remodeling, you really don’t want to be doing it during the holidays. Since it takes a lot of planning ordering of materials, getting started well ahead of vacations and family gatherings

In recent years households have been moving toward more flexible uses of space. This includes an open space layout, often with informal family space integrated into kitchen space. Informality in home layouts also has become

Basements can be dark, unpleasant spaces, but a thoughtful remodel can create an attractive space for both recreational activities and storage. Who couldn’t use more storage? Speaking of great ideas like organized storage (where you

Upgrading your kitchen is one of the most noticeable – and enjoyable – changes you can make to your home. To start, do your research! A kitchen has many features and functions, and there are

If you have ever wanted more than a BBQ on the deck, consider having an outdoor kitchen built. Today’s outdoor kitchens are increasingly a mirror of their indoor counterparts, with a variety of amenities that

Countertops wear out, as they are heavily used, and don’t get me started on what teen-agers with kitchen knives and block of cheese will do to the countertop. Cutting boards? Who needs those? So you

Do you love to soak in the bathtub? Many people are so busy they are all about the shower; even a spa-like steam shower probably does not take us as much time a relaxing soak

A beautiful tiled shower tends to be a centerpiece of a bathroom. While a tub is often still included, an eye-catching shower will become the focal point and often sets the tone of your design.

Everyone can use more space. Just look at garages with doors open, as you drive down a residential street this summer. It’s not just the concept of better storage; a house can feel too small,

This is one of the goals for most of us when considering our ideal kitchen. Who wants to spend half their time in the kitchen cleaning? So, let us consider what would make a kitchen

Think about your bathroom and how you use it? Don’t get weird now, the questions are: Do you mostly take quick showers and run off to work? Or do you like to have long soaks

Topping the annual ROI list in 2014 has been, surprisingly, a new steel front door; up to as much as 96.6 percent return on investment when the home is sold. A less expensive option if

Universal Design (UD) is the design of products and environments to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design. You might think of it as

When people say that the devil is in the details, they mean that small things in plans and schemes that are sometimes overlooked can cause serious problems later on. There is no place where this