Author: Hanna

Among the debatable design topics are wall-to-wall carpeting. And whether you’re for or against this controversial trend, there has been a noticeable uptick reported in designs with this floor treatment. Four designers were surveyed The Spruce to find out the status of this trend and overall feelings towards it, and the answers were surprising. According to Microsoft Start, Designers are often able to get a pulse on the popularity of design choices based on what their clients are requesting. Three of the designers we surveyed have noticed their clients asking for…

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Achieving what some see to be impossible, two Chicago designers, Kelsey Haywood and Denise Hauser, recently undertook a gut renovation of a historic 1890s Queen Anne-style home. The clients, akin to mid-century modern aesthetics and vintage furnishings, also wanted to give a nod to the home’s Victorian roots. The two designers were able to bring their clients’ unique style and taste to the home while also keeping true to the home’s original details and character. “Original doors were repurposed, window mullions replicated (existing locations intact demanded by the Evanston Historical…

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Jill and Eric Kalin wanted to create a home where their children could visit comfortably. Now encompassing what they envisioned, the two-story Vero Beach Estates subdivision home’s solid, green double doors open to an elegant, modern floorplan. The Kalins leaned into California contemporary, shares Jill, who was able to complement clean lines and a white palette with rich woods and a variety of dynamic tiles to add warmth to the home and create an overall casual, yet curated style that doesn’t detract from the indoor/outdoor lifestyle. According to Vero News,…

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A recent survey by Adobe, encompassing data taken from more than 1,000 homeowners across the country reported that nearly 63% of respondents would rather remodel their homes than buy new. This is fueled by high interest rates and skyrocketing home prices. The remodel process can seem intimidating for homeowners, with Adobe’s study citing price as the number 1 reason for not wanting to pursue a remodel. This is a valid fear for potential clients, especially as 50% of homeowners who have remodeled their homes exceeded their budget. According to Fox…

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As homeowners invest in renovations and remodels to enhance their living spaces, the home improvement market is experiencing a major boom. Trends fueling this boom are kitchen and bath upgrades, outdoor living space creation and repurposing rooms to function for multiple uses including home offices and media rooms. According to Yonkers Times, Kitchen and Bathroom Upgrades: Kitchen and bathroom remodels remain the most popular home improvement projects. Upgrading these spaces improves functionality and adds significant value to the property. Outdoor Living Spaces: The trend of creating outdoor living spaces continues to grow.…

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Berkeley-based architect, founder of Rangr Studio, and a lecturer in architecture at the UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design, Jasmit Singh Rangr is one piece to the team that built his family’s stylish, minimal, cost-conscious home near the Grizzly Peak summit in the Berkeley Hills. His wife, Abigail Dillen, president of Earthjustice, a nonprofit, public interest environmental law firm, is the one who truly made it possible. According to Sunet, The challenge began in 2014 when the couple and their young son, Sher, moved from Manhattan to the Bay Area after…

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Many adult ages 50 and above would prefer to stay in their current home as long as possible according to an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll. Some baby boomers and older members of Generation X are locked into low mortgage rates too good to give up, thus meaning the choice of moving has been relinquished. Skyrocketing housing prices fueled by lean supply further complicate the calculations of moving house. According to Daily Herald, Despite feeling tied down, a subset of these older adults have enough extra cash to splurge on upgrades…

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After a flooded basement plagued her house South Dakota homeowner Maria Schaffhauser approached interior designer Patricia Thoms and began talking about long term plans. “I was just there looking for flooring, but I said eventually I want to do a home remodel,” Schaffhauser said. “She didn’t know where to start,” Thoms said. “So I said, we have a free consultation, and I can go to your house and measure and make a project for you, and she thought that was great. So I went to Aberdeen and measured and took…

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Online self-storage finder SpareFoot, analyzed 50 different search terms related to remodels, such as ‘bathroom remodel’ and ‘kitchen remodel’ over the last 12 months revealing the states most eager to fix up their homes. It was found that Georgia residents are most likely to remodel their homes. The state’s average searches were 31% higher than the national average, making Georgians searching 401 times per 100,000 people each month as compared to 306 searches per 100,000 residents when searching terms such as ‘bathroom remodel’ and ‘kitchen remodel’ over the last 12…

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