Home Remodeling and Design Blog

We recently wrote about ways to increase your property value, but it's also a good idea to be aware of things that can bring down the value of your home. As a homeowner, the way you remodel and maintain your home can dramatically impact your home's value. Knowing which problems could reduce your home's value and what you can do to alleviate them will help to protect your investment. Here are five things to keep in mind if you want to maintain, and possibly even increase, the value of your home. 

Attic conversions are more popular than ever because they're a great way to maximize living space and increase home value. Below are some considerations to help you strategically plan your attic conversion. 

If you're planning a large-scale remodeling project, you're probably doing a lot of research. You've likely seen the words "design-build" and "design-bid-build" on various websites or in contractor brochures. These terms are important to understand, especially as you try to decide how to tackle your project and whom to hire. Below we unpack what both terms mean and look at pros and cons. 

Remodeling a kitchen can be a fun and challenging task in any situation. But when you're remodeling a kitchen in a historic home, it's an even more challenging (and often more rewarding) experience! The good news is that it can be done! And when it works out right, the results are fantastic!

When you think about the unfinished basement in your Atlanta-area home, it can be hard to envision what it can be. Your basement, however, can be one of the great untapped sources of highly usable space in your home. It’s one way you can add space to your home without actually adding to your house’s footprint. What are some of the options? Here’s a look at four fantastic finished basement designs that can offer inspiration.

Little in life spreads cheer as well as a delicious libation shared among family and friends, and as any host or hostess knows, presentation is half the experience. Here’s how you can easily incorporate a wine cellar into your Atlanta house renovation.

Whether you plan to live your retirement years in your own home, you expect to have parents or in-laws living with you, or you are merely hoping to up your home’s value for eventual resale, implementing an Atlanta home design conducive to aging in place is a project you should undertake before the need is upon you.

If you’re simply dying to get your old bathroom out and something new and fresh installed, you’ve got to start with the obvious: “How much is this going to cost?”