We often receive phone calls from folks who think they need us to build them an addition for their home. I wanted to share my perspective as a design/build remodeler with you about this: you shouldn’t build that addition before you maximize the space you already have!
Now don’t get me wrong. We like nothing better than to build stuff. The bigger the home-remodeling project, the better!
Here are two chairs I recently had reupholstered for use in my sunny living room.
I got the two tatty blue, but underneath it all, very good chairs from my neighbors who were moving to Florida.
You can see that these were from the 1970’s. The fabric was a faded indigo velvet. We kept the welts and general tailored look but deleted the skirt.
I’m delighted with the results.
Explanation of a thermal fin and why you need radiation breaks in buildings: link.
Check out this cute story of a village school in India.
Myers Constructs, Inc. staff were recently interviewed by the following:
Wall Street Journal – on the perception that remodeling projects are cheaper now.
Construction Media – on the subject of remodelers investing in rental and flip properties.
Lowes Media – on the subject of sustainable flooring.
Hanley Wood – on the subject of 203K home improvement loans.
The time to prepare your home for winter is now, before winter arrives and while your service providers still have open schedules.
Cost for energy will likely go up another 15% this year. So any energy savings you make mean you will save money as well as do a good thing for the Earth!
There are many simple low cost things you can do, or you can call us to get them done for you.
I saw this solar panel awning in Indianapolis a couple of weeks ago. Its a simple application, though bulky. This building is in a nice little commercial area near high rises condos, restaurants and a supermarket.
We can get solar into your project easily too.
Thanks to Kirsty Halliday of SCA Americas for being such a great friend of the company!