Before & After: You Won’t Even Recognize Thi...

Wow. The amazing Emily Cassee shared photos of her completed kitchen renovation , and truly, the finished product is out of this world. Check it out. Before After Before After Incredible job, Emily! For pricing & assistance with a kitchen remodel of your own, click here . Continued here: Before & After: You Won’t Even Recognize This...

10 Totally Tranquil Bathrooms...

Our contractors never cease to amaze me. The diversity these pros bring to bathroom design is simply astonishing. From modern bathrooms to eclectic and transitional bathrooms as well, they’re keeping homeowners happy with quality remodeling. Take a look at some of their recent bathroom remodels below. You can find more in our Ideas Gallery , or get in touch with CalFinder contractors directly to talk pricing...

Sunshiny Window Pictures and Inspiration...

In honor of spring sunshine, longer daylight hours and the official start of remodeling season , I’d like to share a round-up of beautiful window replacement pictures and inspiration. Check them out, and if you’d like more where that came from, visit our Window Gallery . Window Replacement Pictures Replacement windows in a recently remodeled kitchen Living room sliding doors and picture windows Double...

Modern Meets Medieval in This Spanish Abode...

On a beautiful property in Girona, Spain, the old world meets new. Overlooking the Placa de Sant Domenec lays a dwelling brilliantly renovated by architect Anna Noguera , merging 16th-century roots with sleek modern living. Working with raw materials and sleek white throughout, Noguera has successfully blended the rough with the smooth into one unique and cohesive living space. And wait, wait: this beauty can be rented ....

Stellar Contemporary Kitchen Remodel...

We’ve mentioned how renovating the kitchen can bring the largest return on investment. Not to mention that such renovations improve this high-trafficked room and make your home more personalized in the process. Well, one couple took their renovations a step further, tightly merging highly individualized functionality with a beautiful contemporary style. Before renovation; the kitchen had remained mostly untouched...

Why Green Roofs are Taking Home Design by Storm...

Planted to insulate homes and cut energy bills, green roofs are sprouting up all over the world When I moved to Salt Lake City , I was pleased to see environmental efforts popping up in surprising places, such as the roof of the downtown public library, pictured below. Atop a beautifully modern building with various green elements, the roof offers seating and a plethora of natural elements, including trees. And Salt Lake...

High-Contrast Makeover for Your Bathroom...

While whites evoke a spa-like calm , bright colors and high contrasts can add drama to your bathroom, an opulent look at me effect for anyone walking into what is first thought of as a boring, utilitarian space. No. Not your bathroom. You’re going for functionality, but also: you’re going for drama. Bold but not bright, this is a powder room masculine enough for a man, svelte enough for a woman. Bold and...

Architectural Freshness with Alex Scott Porter Des...

When we recently featured Bruce Porter’s Tiny Green Hideaway in the Woods , we couldn’t say enough about the awesomeness of his architect daughter’s involvement. Alex Scott Porter Design , a design and furnishings firm based in New York City —and featured in Dwell magazine—is all about balance. Their online profile claims commitment to making spaces both raw and refined, both aesthetic and functional,...

Tiny Green Hideaway in the Woods...

You hear “writer’s hut” and you think perhaps of Thoreau on Walden Pond—or Tolstoy, in the latter years. But this writer’s hut featured on Dwell is anything but antiquated. On a 0.7-square-mile island 20 miles off the coast of Maine, Bruce Porter and his architect daughter Alex Scott Porter built a green and modern haven. When the Porters first came to the area in 1971, Bruce was already harboring...

Year’s Top 10 Most Cost-Effective Home Remodels...

It’s here! Remodeling Magazine’s Cost vs. Value Report for 2010 just hit the web. But because the report is tough to sift through, I’ve broken down the top 10 most cost-effective projects below. Get out your pen, folks. Research starts here! 1. Deck Addition (Wood) Deck additions are mid-range projects with huge returns on investment. Spend about $10,500 on your new wooden deck , and expect to earn at...