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Remodel of the Week - Week #4
A transitional kitchen in a 100 year old home - Showcased in Marvin's Remodelers Gallery
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Remodel of the Week - Week #3
A transformation of a classic shingle style home - Showcased in Marvin's Remodelers Gallery
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Rock House, Springdale, Arkansas
Constructed in 1913, later abandoned and left for dead for many years, this Arkansas country residence has received new life by renovating both the interior and exterior. Included in the renovation...
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Remodel of the Week - Week #2
Opening up a Lakeside home to bring in the natural light and scenery - Showcased in Marvin's Remodelers Gallery
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Westridge Residence
While also capturing 270-degree views of downtown Los Angeles and the Pacific Ocean, this massive foundation-up renovation and second-story addition floods the once-dark interior with natural light...
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California Colonial Renovation & Addition
This ca. 1890-95 Colonial Revival home was a "fixer upper." The house was raised to create a family room and bedrooms in the basement. The scope of work eventually expanded to include kitchen and...
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Remodel of the Week - Week #1
1 commentLate 19th century schoolhouse remodeled as a residence - Showcased in Marvin's Remodelers Gallery
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beach cottage remodel
we began an extensive remodel project on a small 1950's beach cottage in South Ponte Vedra Beach in 2008. thinking we would just "freshen it up" we ended up expanding the foot print and taking it...
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Energy-Efficient San Francisco Remodel
1 commentThe Kumar Residence, nestled in the hills of Belmont, CA is an 1100 square foot addition and remodel of an existing 1950′s mid-century modern ranch house that needed updating, and more living...
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3 Reasons to Choose Spray Foam Insulation for a Remodel
Remodeling presents special challenges for the insulation choices. In this 1 minute video I'll show you the three reason's I almost always choose spray foam insulation for my remodel projects.
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The Art of Reverse Renovation
2 commentsRenovation is the art of whatever works. Sometimes that means reversing the normal order of construction—or deconstruction.
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Haugerud Home
This St. Paul, Minnesota home started out as modest (and very original) 1950s rambler. The homeowner loved the location, but needed a larger home. She wanted to save as much of the home as possible...
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Waterfront Retreat
Waterfront Retreat Before: The original 1970's waterfront house and its accompanying guesthouse was primarily a summer getaway for the owners who lived in New York City. The desire to use it as a...
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Completely new Kitchen and Full Bath in former space that was kitchen and casual dinning area.
Two years ago we decided that I needed a first floor full bath because of my spinal disability. We wanted to change the existing space without adding sq. footage. Our new bath is our former small...
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front porch remodel
we wanted to go with a kind of country feel with the front of the house that was inviting, friendly and open to the surroundings. the front porch before was in bad shape, the home was built in 1901...
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A Screen Porch that Grew
The original modest goal was a screen porch. The problems were many: !) The rear of the house faced southwest, was completely unshaded. and the roofline, combined with the custom-height doors into...
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Historic St. Louis Shaw Neighborhood Restoration
Our mission was to develop and restore a derelict home in a historic district of St. Louis to its former beauty while incorporating modern lifestyle requirements of new home buyers at an affordable...
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Dooley Residence
The task was to transform a forclosed, run-down, poorly built country ranch-house into a contemporary Napa wine country vacation home. This house was poorly built in 1973 with scrap lumber, the...
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Town house remodeling in Sunnyvale, CA
1 commentI am long time subscriber of FH magazine and I'd like to participate in 2013 house awards.I am owner of very small remodeling company (me and helper) and provide full remodeling and design servicesI...
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East Bay Remodel & Addition: A Study in Contrast
Our clients needed to expand. The couple and their 4 children owned a small split-level house in the dense residential city of Albany CA. While the street frontage of the 1930's era structure was...
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How to Paint Fiber-Cement Siding
Painter Jim Lacey shares some tips for caulking and painting fiber-cement siding. read more
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