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The homeowner didn't like the visibility of the laundry machines upon entering the home; she wanted them accessible but unseen. Designer Shawn Sweeney created open “lockers” for each family member along with shelving for shoes and drawers for miscellaneous items.
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It all began when an interior designer friend asked architect Stephen Muse whether an interior wall could be moved to increase the size of a wet bar in this 1970s home.
Driven by the clients' passion for gardening and art, this home is the dazzling synthesis of a big idea and a modest slice of mid-century architecture.
Remodelers, by virtue of experience, can look at a two-dimensional floor plan and envision what a given space will look like at its completion. But when most homeowners look at a floor plan, they see little more than lines on a page.
There was a time when a broom-swept jobsite and a few drop cloths snaking from entry to addition were about all that was expected of a remodeler. After all, his job was tearing down, breaking up, and building anew with dust-generating power tools and materials that had to be shaved, cut, and...
The expression "a picture is worth a thousand words" is not quite right for the remodeling industry. It's more like, "a picture can be used a thousand ways."
The most valuable technological solutions are not necessarily the most cutting-edge. Often, they are simply the ones that solve a specific problem in the most convenient manner. GoToMeeting (www.gotomeeting.com), an online meeting program from Citrix, is one such product.
For Joe Sciamarelli, it began 20 years ago when a client asked him to build a wine cellar.
The homeowners of this 18,000-square-foot addition and remodel outside Baltimore wanted to include an aquarium as part of their high-end project. Ilex Construction & Development president Delbert Adams worked with project manager Kent Darrell on the design concept, a large acrylic tube inside a...
Basements, with their lack of natural light and low ceilings, can be difficult to renovate into warm and welcoming spaces. But the team at Trace Ventures succeeded in transforming this Nashville, Tenn., brick basement into a guest suite that matches the Mission style of the 1920s bungalow.