When it comes time for bathroom remodeling, careful planning will yield results one will be happy with for the long term. Our lifestyles need it to be both efficient in function and luxurious in design. Poor layout, lighting, wrong sizing of products, insufficient storage, and lack of planning for aging in place are the main […]
St. Valentine’s Day brings thoughts of giving and receiving love. The kitchen is the heart of the home, an excellent place to prioritize doing a remodel so it facilitates the preparing of nourishing food, entertaining, and making of memories. The following are popular kitchen remodeling improvements homeowners make to enjoy their home more, helping to […]
The New Year is a great time to do a personal inventory and compare the current reality with the desires of the heart. From that, resolutions are generated to improve, and often the greatest needs are about health. People want to take better care of themselves and have better relationships and be of service, but […]
The National Association of REALTORS Research Group together with the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI) surveyed its members in 2002 to get a report on clients who had remodeled in the past year to ascertain of how happy they were when living in their completed project. A Joy Score was calculated considering those […]
Knowing current bathroom remodeling design trends can help you create a look that can stay current for many years. It also can help with decisions of elements you want to make sure are included in yours! The 2023 U.S. Houzz Bathroom Trends study surveyed over 1900 homeowners who are actively planning, working on or completed […]
October is National Kitchen and Bath month to highlight the hub of the home, the kitchen, and the bathroom where homeowners want to experience their own private spa. What is trending in kitchen remodeling design? Houzz is a popular online resource for home renovations recently conducted a 95-question survey of those doing a kitchen remodeling […]
The best construction and home remodeling industry shows are the annual International Building Show (IBS) and the Kitchen and Bath Industry Show (KBIS). They are great forums to share best practices and design trends, and a venue for companies to showcase their products. Both IBS and KBIS have new product award competitions and judge which […]
Houzz is comprehensive online resource for those working on renovating their home. They conducted their largest 12th annual national survey of over 46,000 homeowners who remodeled in 2022 or had plans for a remodel in 2023 to ascertain trends in home remodeling projects and design. Faced with shortages of housing stock and high interest rates, […]
The Insurance Information Institute found the typical homeowners insurance policy jumped up 10% in 2022, and is expected to continue to significantly rise through 2024. Premium increases are based on the rise in cost of supplies and labor to repair or rebuild, the increasing number natural disasters and number of claims the company has to […]
For over 20 years Remodeling Magazine has conducted annual surveys of over 6000 Realtors, giving them 23 home remodeling project specifications and average costs and asking, How much would this project increase the sale price of the home? Typically, each year exterior cosmetic improvements (i.e., garage door, siding, stone veneer, new door) have the highest […]
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