Breaking into a wall during renovation is like opening a present from a distant aunt. Your house has had good intentions to hold itself together and protect you from what lurks behind…but once you open the walls up, you MIGHT find something horrendous. Any renovation will come up against the unknown. As demolition begins, walls
If you say you want to cook, is your home designed to support that? If you want to entertain more often, will the common areas in your home help or hurt that? The life you want to live can be helped or hurt by how your home is set up. That might come down to
The steps you take before a major renovation are one of the two factors determining whether your project will be a success or a total nightmare. (The other factor is what kind of contractor you hire.) No renovation will be without surprises, but minimizing your discomfort is easy to do if you think ahead. Maybe
This question can mean one of two things. Maybe you don’t know the answer to either… Which renovation projects should you prioritize first? What do you prioritize IN one specific renovation? Starting a renovation can inspire a lot of feelings…excitement…inspiration…overwhelm…It’s different for different people. What is universal, though, is that NO ONE wants a half-baked
We all view cost differently. For some people, the emotional cost or the time cost are more important than the number of dollars and cents we spend. But not in all things! Really, if we had unlimited time and resources, we could study WHATEVER we needed and then never hire anyone for anything. We could
Many homes built before 1960 have original built-in furniture. When you say “built-ins” today, most people think of cabinetry that’s built to fit into a space. These custom pieces are often set right into the wall of a room. While these are the most common, today’s upswing in custom built-ins includes hiding away whole appliances
