by Mim | Feb 26, 2021 | Basements, Bathrooms, Bedrooms, Contractors, Home Improvement, Homeowner Tips, Our First Home, Remodel
Story #19 In the month between getting our offer accepted and closing on the purchase of our first home, we thought a lot about how we wanted to remodel it. We already shared stories about how moving the stairs and removing walls gave us new floor plan options on the...
by Mim | Feb 20, 2021 | Beams, Contractors, Doors, Floors, Home Improvement, Kitchens, Our First Home, Remodel
Story #18 Like many homeowners, we wanted an open floor plan, so we needed to remove several walls in our 1970s ranch home. The living room had full and partial walls that separated it from the kitchen and entryway, blocking the abundant natural light from the...
by Mim | Feb 7, 2021 | Basements, Bedrooms, Contractors, Featured, Floors, Home Improvement, Homeowner Tips, Our First Home, Remodel
Story #17 By far, the most significant change we made to the layout of our first home was moving the stairs. Originally, they were in the middle of the main floor of the house, accessed by 1 of 5 doors in the hallway with the bottom landing only 2 feet from the...
by Mim | Jan 27, 2021 | Basements, Bedrooms, Contractors, Featured, Home Improvement, Homeowner Tips, Our First Home, Remodel
Story #16 With “Basements” in our company name and window installation as an expertise, we are asked to add egress windows a lot. Let’s dig into what an egress window is and why it matters. Then, we’ll share about the 2 new egress windows we had installed at our first...
by Mim | Dec 16, 2020 | Basements, Contractors, Floors, Home Improvement, Homeowner Tips, Our First Home, Remodel
Story #15 One benefit of remodeling our whole house is that we can rebuild it to our top-notch quality standards. We moved nearly every wall on the main level and are replacing all of the flooring. With an unfinished basement ceiling below, we took the opportunity to...
