Features

Business How-To

  • Hire Education

    As your company grows, you will need to hire staff. We offer some tips from the pros on how to start that process.

     

Remodeling Design Awards

  • Well Connected

    A cramped kitchen becomes a spacious new addition in a 1920s Dutch Colonial.

     

  • Gable Setting

    Several small gable additions and a tower combine to create a more dynamic roofline and open up the house to ocean views.

     

Remodeling Design Awards Introduction

Additions

  • Making an Entrance

    A few small additions, including a tower, add curb appeal and improve ocean views.

     

Bathroom Remodeling

  • Simple Salvation

    A neutral palette and bold design in a 1950s style transform a bathroom on a budget.

     

Commercial Remodeling

  • Dynamic Direction

    Updating a warehouse, using green building techniques, to reflect the creativity of its occupants

     

  • Heavenly Metal

    Architect Marlon Blackwell has created a whimsical and iconic house of worship from a former work shed.

     

Design/Build

  • Open Sesame

    A guest suite tucks neatly into an under-garage crawlspace.

     

Historically Sensitive Renovation

  • Character Restored

    Architect David Jones brings this Queen Anne into the 21st century while maintaining its roots.

     

  • Seaside Gem

    Returning a coastal bed and breakfast dating back to the 1880s to a single-family home while remaining faithful to the home's original design.

     

  • Fresh Foursquare

    Updating a century-old house with modern amenities while respecting its history.

     

  • Dormer Adornment

    Keeping with the era of the house, Mountainwood Homes added a shed-style dormer for the new bathroom space. The materials used for the dormer match those of the existing space to maintain balance between new and old.

     

  • True Grit

    A gut rehab of an 1891 homesteadh in Texas hill country brings out the beauty in an old farmstead.

     

Whole-House Remodeling

  • Estate of the Arts

    Architect Michael Lee creates an astounding show place for art and ocean views in a home that was once two three-story apartments.

     

  • Family Affair

    What was once a dark, cramped ranch home in the Hollywood Hills has become a stunning showplace.

     

  • A Shed Spread

    Architect Nick Deaver turns an abandoned, forgotten shed into a modern Texas marvel.

     

  • Watergate Revisited

    A dated apartment in Washington, D.C.'s Watergate gets a new look and feel.

     

  • Rowhouse Redux

    Division1 Architects renovates a Washington, D.C., rowhouse in a modern, sculptural style.

     

  • Artful Reconciliation

    Architect Charles Moore's design reconciles the interior parts of a 1960s split level home in Falls Church, Va.

     

Other Articles

  • Hit the Deck

    Bright Ideas by Martinec improved the lake view and increased the outdoor living space of this Hammondsport, N.Y., home.

     

  • Entertaining Ideas

    A neglected rowhouse deck gets a winning makeover using low-maintenance materials.

     

First Word

  • Finger-Pointing

    There are technologies available that prevent table-saw accidents. Yes, they add to the cost of the tool. But having the technology makes far more sense than not having it.

     

Opinion

Guest Columnist

  • Is It Time to Hire?

    Victoria Downing describes the decisions that go into choosing whether and when you should add staff to your company.

     

  • Alignment Isn’t Optional

    ED VOYTOVICH tells the whole story on an insulation project in northern New York. The ice dams, the insulation, the lot.

     

  • Mutual Benefits: Working With Real Estate Agents

    Steve Gray on how pursuing connections with real estate agents can pay off by providing remodelers with lead opportunities.

     

  • Tastes Will Change

    CLINT HOWES writes about how his company considers future owners and uses when designing a project.

     

  • NARI & NAHBR on RRP Opt-Out Provision

    DEAN HERRIGES & GEORGE MOORE respond to Michael Anschel's August 2012 column in REMODELING about the ethics of the lead paint rule's opt-out provision.

     

  • Referrals by Design

    JOHN JANTSCH knows that referral generation is a key part of a marketing program. That's why, he says, you need a documented system for referral generation.

     

  • Be Like Oscar

    BRUCE CASE asks: What's your core focus? Once you decide on your path and stick to it, you'll find you can win in business every day.

     

Your Business

  • At Your Service: Going the Extra Mile

    A Charleston, S.C., firm's designer put over 400 miles on her car just to make sure the clients were satisfied with material choices.

     

  • Maine Attraction

    How one North Carolina remodeler is thinking ahead and expanding his business to Maine, where he wants to retire.

     

  • Software to Order

    When one remodeler failed to find an off-the-shelf program to suit his company's needs, he opted to invest in tailor-made software to manage all aspects of his remodeling business.

     

  • Marketing: Strategic Shift

    For one North Carolina remodeler, creating a fresh, cohesive marketing plan helps counteract the loss of leads that occurred during the recession.

     

  • Talk of the Town

    As a way to get established, a young remodeling company found that the work it did with a local charity not only brought it accolades in the press, but new clients as well.

     

  • Mine the Gap

    Using Construction Monitor, an online service, to find leads through permits pulled by others.

     

Tech@Work

  • Paperless Pro

    JOE STODDARD outlines some of the best and least expensive tools if you're going paperless.

     

Benchmark

  • Ratiocination

    JUDITH MILLER defines and explains five key ratios that can be used to indicate your company's financial health.

     

ByLaw

  • You Know You Need It

    Your company's customer service may be great -- for jobs that go smoothly -- but it's important to have an effective plan for resolving issues on those jobs that don't.

     

Your Clients

Your Team

  • Say Thanks to Your Trades

    Fostered and sponsored by Irwin Tools, the second annual National Tradesmen Day takes place Sept. 21, 2012.

     

Your Projects

  • Visualize More Leads

    Clients are more committed when they participate in their own project designs. Engage them on your website using VisApp to garner stronger leads.

     

K+B

  • Subway Style

    Remodelers talk about the different ways in which they are using subway tile.

     

Design Clinic

  • One of a Kind

    An in-house millwork and cabinet shop means Titis Built can create unique details for its clients.

     

Spec Book

Home Performance

  • Attic Air Sealing

    A tight attic not only reduces a home's energy costs, it also improves indoor air quality and comfort. The DOE offers some tips.

     

Products

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