There are 10 reasons, given by the Home Builders Association of one of our states – Alabama! I’ve listed the short version of each reason given by the HBA of Alabama, with my comments in

There are several effects a blizzard can have on remodeling.  First is, imagine you are stuck in your home or apartment for 3 days.  Normally you would be at work, walking the dog, taking the

Rose Construction Inc will be showing off some of our recent remodel projects at the Whatcom County Home & Garden Show.  The Master Remodeler’s booth will be hosting our company and several other local remodeling

Check out this very creative solution to  needed storage space in a tiny New York apartment. It is on a blog called apartmenttherapy.com  Tiny bedroom viewed from the kitchen You just HAVE to see the

Remember that time you had to remove a light fixture (that hung over a staircase) and replace it with a new fixture? (I had to do this in my home 2 years ago.) Or, how about that time you

I have found that more and more of us are not getting the use out of the formal dining room that our parents generation did.  Families tend to be smaller, or maybe only one person

  I found an excellent website with all the information anyone could want on the topic of renovation and how the EPA’s law affects your renovation project in that 1978 or older structure.  Whether you

We all have something about our living spaces that we would like to either replace entirely or improve.  Such as that wall between the kitchen and the dining area; if you opened that up, it

This time of year flowers are getting pretty scarce, so I guess this little bee thought she’d hit the jackpot with the giant flower on one of our Rose Construction, Inc. vans.   Our vans have

So, as I have been wont to say, we do not all have the option to just snap our fingers and get the kitchen of our dreams.  Some of us have to make our dreams

 When planning your home remodel, whether a one – room effort or a major overhaul, did you remember the importance of getting a guarantee on the workmanship and materials? It’s fun to pick out plumbing

I just read an article about the number of us “baby boomers” that are entering retirement age now and for the near future.  For the most part we are called an “active generation”.  Meaning we

Hey all; I love plumbing trivia, and I’m not sure why!  It may be just that a lot of plumbing is sort of gross, like plugged toilet drains, old pipes buried in the ground and

Lets face it, lots of homes have basements, and a lot of them are unfinished or semi-finished spaces that do not get used a lot due to that!  Basements can be dark due to either

This is a topic I haven’t heard a lot about.  We have done several garage remodels, some more on the inside, others more outside work.  Kathy’s remodeling blog covers garages as well as the more

Coming up with remodeling concepts for your bath or kitchen can be very difficult.  Well, unless you are one of the lucky ones who has seen many kitchens and baths and have an abundance of

I love that word, eclectic; for our purposes it means to select parts and pieces of style and design from various eras, and put it all together in such a way that e it all

We recieved our EPA logo with our companies certification number embedded in it today. Just thought we would show it to you! EPA Lead Safe Certified Firm For information on current rules regarding renovation in

Well here we are, back at kitchens!  I found a neat website with lots of actual remodeled kitchen photos, called “Rate my Kitchen”.    http://http://www.roomzaar.com/rate-my-space/Kitchens/gallery.esi I find that when looking for ideas to makeover a kitchen or

A humerous article I found recently at http://homrerenovations.about.com listed the error of hanging a towel rack using construction glue, instead of drywall mounts.  I can imagine when someone tried to pull a wet towel over

I found a nice blog from a company located in California that has some excellent explanations on why so many of us “feel a need” to change (i.e.: remodel) our bathrooms or kitchens!  I’ve included

So, since I am planing on tearing out my own deck and replacing it, I find decks, decking materials and deck design are on my mind a lot lately.  I know what I want –

Renovation/ remodel – aren’t they the same thing?  I don’t like to get hung up in semantics or jargon peculiar to a trade.  I get in trouble for that, since I then forget what things

I decided to check out some unusual bathroom fixtures, after seeing one that at first glance I thought was a joke.  My apologies to the folks at Caroma, this is a real unit.  As you

Have you heard the joke that you should not have your home remodeled because; “Your kitchen was good enough in 1954, why mess with it?” Understandably, many homeowners are wary of hiring someone to come