When self-proclaimed “do-it-yourselfers” Brian and Jennifer Doane moved into their 120-year-old, three-story French Victorian home in Soulard, it had not been remodeled since its initial rehab in 1990. And although functional, it was very outdated in a 1980s style and hues of mauve and blue.
The couple began remodeling room by room, beginning with the entryway, [...]
The Rodney Dangerfield of housing is finally getting some respect, in the person of Judy Grundstrom and her Minneapolis design firm, IOTA.
IOTA is carving out a niche by putting a modern touch on ramblers and other “recent past†home designs traditionally thought of as more functional than fashionable.
Last month, however, IOTA (which stands for Inland [...]
With the housing market in disarray, remodeling has usurped new building as the major residential construction activity in Livingston County.
Livingston County resident and Alpha Remodeling President Allan Lutes said major remodeling projects with a value of $50,000 or more have fallen 50-70 percent from where they were two years ago. But the market for remodeling [...]
Newport Beach’s John Laing Homes has been looking to grow beyond its core market of California.
But for its newest line of business the homebuilder is looking to its own backyard.
Make that the yards of some of Orange County’s wealthiest.
John Laing this month is starting a custom homebuilding business that’s seeking to help landowners in some [...]
I’ve been thinking about home and hurricanes lately. I grew up on the Gulf Coast, so the two will be linked forever in my mind. People in hurricane belts take storms in stride. It isn’t that we’re cavalier, or oblivious to the danger and destruction they can cause. But ratherthan live in fear, we stay [...]
Love Valley began as a little boy’s daydream.
Andy Barker recalls standing up in fourth grade when all the other little boys and girls were talking about being nurses, lawyers, teachers or doctors and declaring he wanted to build his own Western-style town and be a cowboy.
Growing up, he kept that image and dream in his [...]
Nothing can upset the peace and tranquility of family life like a home remodeling project. When it’s time to tear out old horsehair plaster walls and pry up ancient linoleum on floors, everybody’s patience grows thin.
Even before the walls come tumbling down, cooperation is a must. The whole family must come to some kind of [...]
County commissioners are considering a plan to spend $7.6 million to add three more floors to the county administration building at 6th Street and Denver Avenue.
Tulsa County Fiscal officer Jim Smith said the cost of three additional floors, the remodeling of new space for the jury room and remodeling of the old jury room, is [...]
Police haven’t identified a specific suspect in connection with the April 7 fire intentionally set at The Stables restaurant.
The fire remains an active arson investigation, and at this point, everybody’s a suspect, said Cold Spring Police Department Chief Ed Burk III.
“Arson’s one of the hardest things to prove,” Burk said. “We don’t have any suspect [...]
Donning a protective mask, Dan Willistein picked up his sledgehammer and gave the wall of his kitchen a good smash. He wanted it down. Drywall, insulation, and large pieces of wood and metal were left in his wake.
More than 35 people smashed, hammered and sawed their way through what used to be the back section [...]