Revealing Hidden Costs of Remodeling Story #25 When we decided to completely remodel our first house, we knew Josh’s skills and knowledge as a master carpenter and general contractor were great advantages to completing the renovations successfully. However, as...
Reuse As Much As Possible When Remodeling Story #24 There are many good reasons to reuse as many of the existing materials as possible, especially when doing a full-home remodel like we did on our first home. Obviously, we saved time, money, and/or energy on...
What the Heck are Floating Floors? Story #22 Continuing the last story’s What the Heck are Floating (something)? theme, let’s talk about flooring. There are so many products out there and the vocabulary can get confusing. For example, I learned that “laminate” is not...
Some Things Didn’t Go Smoothly Story #20 We created this blog to share our experiences as the owners and general contractors remodeling our first home. Just because we regularly work with subcontractors on clients’ projects doesn’t mean that we didn’t run into issues...
The Best-Laid Plans… 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...
Moving the Stairs Maximized Our Space 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...
