Your Guide to Exposed Beam Ceilings: Styles, Cost & Design Ideas
A flat ceiling is a blank ceiling. Exposed beams give a room depth, structure, and a reason to actually notice what’s above your head. If you’ve been eyeing rooms like these wondering whether an exposed beam ceiling could work in your own house, here’s what you need to know. What Are Exposed Beam Ceilings? An […]
How Much Does a Kitchen Remodel Cost? Everything You Should Know
Let’s save you some time and answer the question you actually came here for. A kitchen remodel in Seattle runs anywhere from $30,000 (for a cosmetic refresh) to $150,000+ (for a complete remodel with custom everything). Where you land depends on what decisions you make. We’ve walked enough people through this room to know that […]
What Exterior Home Finishes Actually Hold Up in Seattle?
Written by Katie Sanchez, Director of Production & Co-Founder Exterior finishes are the one design decision you can’t hide behind landscaping. They set the character of the house from the sidewalk, they take the full brunt of Seattle’s weather, and they are incredibly expensive to redo when they fail. That’s a lot riding on […]
How Do You Choose the Right Design + Build Firm for Your Project?
Written by Katie Sanchez, Director of Production & Co-Founder Here’s the truth nobody in our industry wants to say out loud: most remodels don’t go sideways because of bad materials or bad luck. That might be the case sometimes, but the majority of the time, these things go sideways because the team running them wasn’t […]
What Is a Floor Plan? (And Why It’s the Most Important Drawing in Your Whole Project)
Written by Jamie Smugeresky, Principal Remodel Designer & Co-Founder Before a single wall comes down, before a single cabinet gets ordered, and before anyone picks up a paintbrush, there’s a floor plan. It’s the document the whole project hangs on. Get it right and everything downstream gets easier. Get it wrong and you’ll be living […]
How to Select Tiles for Your Home (Without Losing Your Mind in the Showroom)
Written by Sophorn Hernandez, Principal Designer & Co-Founder Tile shopping looks simple until you’re standing in a showroom under fluorescent lights, holding two beige squares that look identical, wondering which one is going to make or break your bathroom (and your sanity). Here’s the thing about tile. It’s permanent, it’s expensive to redo, and it […]
So, You’re Thinking About Cabinets? Here’s How to Remodel Kitchen Cabinets the Right Way.
Written by Jamie Smugeresky, Principal Remodel Designer & Co-Founder Cabinets are the backbone of your kitchen. They take up the most visual real estate, hold every dish you own, and get touched, opened, and slammed thousands of times a year. They also eat up the biggest chunk of your kitchen remodel budget. (According to HomeAdvisor […]