Whether you bring work home from the office or have an office in your home, it’s hard to get motivated when your home office is uninspiring. Learn how to freshen up your workspace with these professional designer tips. Soon you may have an office that’ll actually make you look forward to working.
Planning a porch design is more than just structure, columns, and roof lines. Collectively, considerations must be given to lifestyle. How and when will the porch be used. Will the gatherings be intimate or entertaining. Perhaps flexibility of use is key.
Enjoy these porch photos from houzz.com and see how they have been decorated and furnished. Which is your favorite? Which would be serve the needs of your family?
The Design Build Pros can design and develop a porch that makes sense for you, your family, and home. Contact us today and take the first step for a professional remodeling experience.
This beautiful Italian villa is located on the island of Capri, just off the shore from Naples, Italy. An island known for its sapphire blue skies and endless ocean views, it’s hard to think of a more perfect setting for spending a summer.
The Design Build Pros cannot place you and your home on an island, but we can design and develop an outdoor dining space that makes sense for you, your family, and home. Contact us today and take the first step for a professional remodeling experience.
The staff at Design Build Pros will be hosting a free, live webinar on Tuesday, May 15, 2012. From the convenience of your own computer and internet you can view their unique “Remodeling Design and Development Process.” For scheduling convenience, there will be two separate sessions, both covering the same content. The first session will begin at 1:00 PM EDT and the second at 7:00 PM EDT. The webinar will last approximately 90 minutes, including a question and answer session at the end.
This free webinar’s objective is to illustrate the Design Build Pros approach to residential remodeling project design and development. Tips and strategies that pave the way for a pleasant remodeling experience will be offered for both homeowners and remodelers. (more…)
Monday, 4/23/12, at about 5:30 PM Connor, my oldest son, asks me to take him to work with him for “Take Your Child to Work Day”. ”Sure”, I tell him, “What day is it?” ”Thursday”, is his reply. THURSDAY? How am I going to possibly make Thursday work? ”Sure Connor, I’ll take you.” ”OK, but are we going to sit in front of you computer all day? That’s kind of boring.” That, coming from the kid who could glue himself to a DS, but the thought of watching me design makes school look like the better option.
As a part of the design team at Design Build Pros, a good portion of my time is spent in my home office, working on CAD (Computer Aided Designs) for my clients, as well as other DBPros’ clients and clients from our Preferred Remodeler Network. I do meet with homeowners at their homes during design, and visit the active jobsites as they progress. However this week, I have two design projects that must be complete by the end of the week as well as some alterations a homeowner requested to a third plan, on top of my “normal” work load, and was not planning on leaving my desk. On top of it all, rain is in the forecast for most of NJ on Thursday. I’ll just have to make it work.
When it is time for a new kitchen the requests have a common theme: bigger, open, island, and more everything. The Design Build Pros team meets many homeowners seeking to remodel their kitchen seem to have one, unified voice: “We want a larger kitchen, with an open floor plan, dine-at island, more cabinets, more counter space, more storage…more, more, more.” Design-wise, all can be incorporated, but extra home space is required. No one is surprised to hear that kitchens are the most expensive rooms to remodel. Now more space means new space as in an addition. Doubling the space of a kitchen with an addition undoubtedly doubles the cost of the project. After calculating all the items required to fully complete, the homeowner investment most likely well exceed $100,000 for a 200+ square foot kitchen and addition project. (more…)
My brother Neil, 15 years my senior, has raised me since I was 10 years old. At the time, he was the owner of a small general contracting company, Parsons Construction. During the summer, I went to work with him as a form of “babysitting.” That first summer, he had the cleanest truck and jobsites in town. I started to take an interest in the work soon after. (more…)
Jason Parsons
The home remodeling project design and development process is define by the team at Design Build Pros. The staff has diverse experience in the industry including structural and finished carpentry, extreme remodeling on HGTV, design training from the National Association of the Kitchen and Bath industry, and Computer Aided Design drafting training. Recently, Jason Parsons, Design + Build Specialist at DBP won a “Best Design” award from software provider Chief Architect.
The custom design and development process that Design Build Pros offers provides a homeowner with a project reference binder that includes: three design/layout options, detailed floor plan, 3-D color elevation views, overviews, furniture placement, 47-category scope of work, 50-category breakdown of pricing by project phase, plus and minus options for specifically discussed scope options, breakout of product selection items and allowances, and a color-coded calendar showing start, duration, and guaranteed completion dates. (more…)
Below is the discussion at a development meeting regarding this potential project illustration.
Homeowner: My architect friend said your design would be nicer with the entry in the center.
Design Build Pro: Did your friend list all the things that would have to be done to make that happen?
Homeowner: No.
Design Build Pro: Did your friend tell you how much these things would cost? (more…)
