Hiring full-time designers can not only improve the client experience but give a boost to your bottom line as well. During the last decade, especially as public awareness of the design/build model has continued to grow, many remodelers have decided to make design a major part of their company's...
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Though Don Strobel's company focuses on historic and high-end renovations, he uses 21st-century marketing tactics, in particular a sleek Web site.
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Columns today are not used in quite the same way as they were used by the Greeks and Romans, but we do persist in trying to replicate these symbols of their civilizations.
As these remodelers show, shifting focus away from the business for a time to deal with traumatic personal events doesn't have to derail your company.
This bathroom is one of two that were gutted and remodeled as part of a larger whole-house project by Tibma Design/Build in Needham, Mass. Operations and marketing director Mary Tibma says the homeowners purchased the 1970s house because it had an open layout and a living area on one level, which...
In the beginning, there was light, and that is how it should be. “Lighting design shouldn't be an afterthought,” says Kathy Presciano, a lighting specialist with GE Consumer & Industrial, and a former commercial interior designer.
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One of several unique interiors created for traditional New England-style cottages at an executive resort in Vermont, this one features an Arabian sheik's tent theme. “The idea was to create a bit of a fantasy. The interiors are supposed to surprise you,” says architect Scott Cornelius, who...
Inspired by the combination of organic and mechanical features, designer Eric Kaster created the surreal Calliope chandelier.
It wasn't the size of the 1950s ranch house that proved to be the problem for the new owners. The couple bought the property in the older Milwaukee suburb of Elm Grove, Wis., for its prime location and large lot, wanting the space for their two young children. But the home's dated, dark, cramped...
Perched on a high hill in Greenwich, Conn., this beautiful property finally has a house worthy of its location.The original house was large but lacked presence. Though the architect's first thought at seeing the 1958 house was that it should be torn down, the owner liked the U-shaped floor plan...