Add Warmth to Modern Homes with Traditional Wood Walls
Wood interior walls bring nature inside your home, adding a warmth few can emulate. The stylish appearance and attractive grains were once commonplace in New England homes. But as increasingly inexpensive products came into the market, home builders reduced the cost of new construction with modern materials. Today, interior décor is trending back to wooden […]
Increase Living Space by Adding a Second Story to Your Home
Growing families who need more living space are tasked with making significant decisions. They can purchase a larger home, build out, or add a second story. Given rising interest rates and a volatile housing market, increasing your usable square footage may be the best course of action. Although building out or up accomplish the same […]
Improve Your Home with an Attached Garage
A surprising number of homeowners do not consider adding an attached garage to their upgrade list. Kitchen renovation and expansive bathrooms are often on top of priority lists because they have a significant influence on the quality of life and property values. Truth be told, adding a garage can dramatically change the peaceful enjoyment of […]
What to Consider When Building a Home Addition
As your family grows, it’s natural to want to add on to your existing home rather than move house. When staying in your current home is a priority, building a home addition makes good sense. It’s also a smart financial move. The more living space you add to your home, the higher the value. Even […]
The Return of Walls: Are Open Concept Designs Still On-Trend?
Watch any home renovation show produced in the past decade, and you’ll notice a common practice. The design team invariably knocks down a wall or two to “open up the space.” Indeed, the open-concept design has become one of the most popular floor plans in the U.S. It’s preferred by many families who want to create […]
Adding a Home Office to Your Home? 6 Must-Have Features
If you’ve been working at your dining room table for the last year, then you’re overdue to add a home office to your home. A home office addition can make working from home comfortable and sustainable as a long-term arrangement. Although you could get away with making your home office just one more room, adding some […]
Is It Time for a Home Addition?
People sometimes consider a home addition for years before they sit down with a contractor to discuss the possibilities. The hesitation can occur for many reasons, such as not having a realistic budget for the home addition or not clearly defining the reasons for wanting to add to the home. The benefit of taking the […]
Home Office Inspiration
One of the great benefits of so many people spending the last few months working from home is that we know it’s doable. Many businesses have even discussed the possibility of operating remotely as a permanent option. While you may have chosen your dining room table or moved a desk into a spare room to […]
Designing A Home For Your Growing Family
Buying or building a house is a major commitment. Starting, or expanding, a family is an even bigger one. How do you balance designing a home for your growing family while only two or three people are currently living in it? Here are our best tips to balance your comfort now with function for when […]
Top Five Reasons to Build a Home Addition
If you’re considering an addition to your home, chances are you already love your house and love where you live. Adding an addition is worth the time and the investment to expand your living space to further satisfy your needs. Over the years, and based on countless conversations with clients, we’ve found these are the […]