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Residential remodeling and additions, Before and After, Living Large in a Small Footprint, The “Not So Big House”

I got a question recently on a post about Remodeling Price Drivers asking: “When is a bump out no longer a bump out but rather an addition?  And when doing a cost estimate, is the cost of a bump out the same as an addition, approximately $200 per square foot?” The short answer is that, [...]

How to avoid financial pitfalls in home remodeling – part 1

When you’re remodeling your bath, it’s a great time to build-in lots of storage!

See one approach to opening up a 1930’s Brick Cape. The clients want to take advantage of wonderful park-like views – opening their home to the back-yard. Also on their wish-list is opening the kitchen to the rest of the house and creating a study.

Learn how to shave thousands of dollars off your upcoming kitchen remodel and still get the kitchen of your dreams.

Here are some of the areas that are sometimes overlooked but that make a big difference in the efficiency of your remodeled kitchen.

This project is an example of good kitchen lighting on a budget.

In this kitchen project, all lighting – ambient, task and accent — use exclusively fluorescent or LED lamps.

All rooms should have 3 types of lighting – ambient, task, and accent.

Looking at the pattern of snow melt can help you diagnose inadequate insulation and poorly sealed spaces between the conditioned living areas and the wall & roof cavities in your home.