Penn Valley Guest Room Reveal: Celebrating Clients’ Hobbies & Passions
The inspiration for this guest room project was the homeowners' love of books and travel. In addition to reading 100+ titles per year, writing reviews, and participating in book clubs,[...]
Split-Level Home Renovation
In 2020, our friend and associate, designer Hannah Dee, called us in to renovate a 1960s split-level ranch in Northeast Philadelphia. This is a great, fun, easy-to-live-in house that is[...]
In the Works: Re-Loving the “Flintstone House”
Our clients affectionately call this home a "Flintstone House," and that really makes us smile. This charming and well-loved home, which features a schist stone exterior with free-form columns and[...]
Updates From the Art Deco Homefront
Many of you will recall our ongoing project for our client's lovely 1930s-era Glenside brick Colonial. As we move through various phases of renovating this home, which the client calls[...]
In the Works: Glenside Colonial Goes Art Deco
One of our clients recently purchased this lovely large brick Colonial in the quaint and eclectic Philadelphia suburb of Glenside. His goal is to restore the home in a way[...]
A Trinity Renovation With Artistic Vision: The Bathroom — Part 2 in a Series
This week, we’re taking a closer look at the another space in our award-winning historic trinity renovation: the bathroom. The main challenge for this space was rethinking the modest footprint[...]
A Trinity Renovation With Artistic Vision: The Kitchen — Part 1 in a Series
We recently took on an exciting whole-home renovation for this lovely historic Trinity in Center City Philadelphia. Originally built in the mid-1800s, the house footprint is just over 17’ x[...]
“Big Picture” Renovations: Pulling Together the Pieces to Make a Grander Whole
Sometimes, we take on project homes where the individual main rooms are in good — or even great — condition, but the house needs an overall upgrade. That was the[...]
In the Works: Condo in the Sky Project Design
For the past couple of weeks, we've been deep into the project design phase for our Fairmount penthouse condo project. As you may recall, our clients are downsizing into this[...]
Condo Reno: Meeting the Unique Challenges of City Projects
We just started a new project for a repeat client, for whom we previously renovated a kitchen, dining room, and added a finished family room with full bath in the[...]