Janet Cook Having two primary bedrooms (which include an en suite bathroom) started becoming a popular amenity for luxury new builds starting in 2019, and home remodeling additions to create one soon followed. It wasn’t always for guest purposes. Some were for a married couple to have a his and hers bedroom because of different…
Tag: Remodeling
November 2024, Features
The Remodeling Corner
Janet Cook The 2024 Houzz & Home Study is the largest survey (over 32,000 homeowners) on recently done or planned home remodeling projects. Remodeling has surged in the last three years. Although there was a slight dip of homeowners doing projects in 2023 (56% of them, down from 58% in 2022), homeowners are spending more…
Features, October 2024
The Remodeling Corner
Janet Cook In August I wrote about the innovative bathroom product winners at the national Kitchen and Bath Show (KBIS). Companies compete for Gold or Silver in five categories: those that make a design statement, are game changing, are most functional, are standout sustainable, or in the wellness trailblazer category, plus the coveted top award,…
August 2024, Features
The Remodeling Corner
Janet Cook The National Kitchen & Bath Association organizes an annual Kitchen and Bath Show (KBIS), and companies are invited to submit their new, innovative products to compete to win Gold or Silver in five categories. They are products that make a design statement, are game changing, are most functional, are standout sustainable, or in…
June 2024, Generals
The Remodeling Corner
Janet Cook June is a time to appreciate the fathers in our lives. Often men want or have a tricked-out garage as their man cave, but men tend to use and enjoy outdoor remodeled spaces more. Men take pride in ownership—in claiming and defining their territory. Outdoor remodeling can make the yard become an essential…
May 2024, Features
The Remodeling Corner
Janet Cook May is the month when we specially honor moms. They help make a house a home! What factors are important for home remodeling to get a positive daily living experience? The latest survey by American Home Study found from comparing results from the same survey done two years earlier that there were increases…
April 2024, Features
The Remodeling Corner
Janet Cook In April, Earth Day is commemorated—a time to consider how we can take better care of the environment for our benefit and for generations to come. How can we make an impact in our corner of the world? There is the concept of Green Remodeling: to design and build in ways that will…
Features, March 2024
The Remodeling Corner
Janet Cook When it comes time for bathroom remodeling, careful planning will yield results one will be happy with 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…