Remodeling a House

Remodeling a house could take a lot of money, tons of preparation, heaps of effort, and a great deal of smarts. You ask, I can start remodeling a house but where do I start? How? What can I do? – A lot, based solely on balancing your needs and wants.

Remodeling a house could mean the simplest things of changing your home’s design-theme, adjusting its color palette, or taking in a more updated shelving. Remodeling could involve changing a room’s entire function, expanding your floor-space, or using up standing spaces. Remodeling a house could even include addition of a totally new area, a swimming pool, spa, fitness room, a porch, breakfast nook, game room, bar, a den, a walk-way, terrace, garage, a garden or a home office. Or, remodeling a house could only be simple maintenance processes such as repainting the roof, replacing old pipes, freshening up the floors. Best and most frequent, home remodeling improvements could comprise of putting into your home those necessities you never had before: waterproof basement, bath tub, more baths, dressing room, nursery, guest room, more rooms, secured doors and windows, needed storage, fire exits, electrical floor warming system, kitchen ventilation, even fire place. As often as the seasons’ changes, your home also needs important changes to accommodate more needs, more people, more activities, more comforts, and more keeping up with the times.

Remodel Modern House Design of Evans House by bittonidesignstudio

Evans House is modern house design remodel by LA based architects bittonidesignstudio. This house has now become an architecturally controlled neighborhood that was originally planned by architects Quincy Jones and Whitney R. Smith. This particular project is a remodel and addition to an existing 1957 Benton + Park home which is situated high above the city with views of the entire LA basin. The project was framed around taking something ‘modern’ and making it more contemporary.








The existing spatial condition of the house was clearly divided between public in the lower level and private at the upper level as well as fixed within a completely horizontal orientation. The major move was to carve out a double high space above the kitchen in order to animate the section vertically and allow for more social interaction.

Stair House Remodeling

Remodeling stair parts is what everybody's talking about these days. Staircase remodeling is often a standalone project, and sometimes part of a larger plan to remodel the entire house. Whatever be the reason, remodeling stair parts is an exciting proposition these days. This is largely because of the wide availability of stair parts of all shapes and sizes.

As one starts to think about it, the urge for home remodeling seems quite natural. It is human nature to seek change, to break boredom and welcome variety into our lives. Home remodeling gives us the unique opportunity to rediscover our abode in a whole new way. It's as good as moving into a new home, without the usual costs associated with it. However, be warned! Home remodeling can be tricky business. The biggest challenge is being able to determine what to remodel and what not to! Sometimes, we tend to overlook important parts of the house that should be remodeled, or worse still, take them for granted. We choose to keep ignoring them, relegating them to the furthest recesses of our consciousness and practically remodel everything but those. What we fail to realize is that they too are in desperate need of remodeling.

If you are wondering what some of those unfortunate entities might be, well, the stairs are one of them. As has been said already, remodeling stairs and stair parts is all the rage these days. Everywhere people are radically improving how their staircases look with selective or complete staircase remodeling. The market today is flooded with products aimed at professional stair builders, stair installers, contractors and DIY homeowners alike to help them completely change the way their stairs look.

Nowadays, using sophisticated computers and advanced designing and manufacturing processes, virtually every kind of wood species can be made into a wood stair tread, stair handrail, box newel, baluster or other matching stair component. Just entrust all your stair remodeling requirements to a reputed home remodeling professional and watch your staircase come alive in an all-new glory. The effect will please you immensely. Flaunt your new staircase to your guests at the next big event.

House Remodel

If you are not keen on putting permanent walls, and your cabinets and shelves are not enough to serve as dividers, you may want to consider room dividers which come in different designs and material to fit your personality and your budget.

Portable room dividers come in foldable, sliding or static designs. You may choose a plain divider and put on stickers as designs. Some are designed as picture frames, where you can insert photos. Glass dividers add elegance, and mirror dividers create an illusion of space.

Your bedroom may also use a divider, especially if you have a work area. You may also use a divider for your closet area, so you can dress up not worrying whether the door is locked or not.

Garage cabinets may be movable or permanent. Frequently used items should be in a more accessible cabinet or shelf. Cleaning and gardening tools such as mops, brooms, rakes and shovels may be stored upright on walls using wall mounted hooks.

The garage door should be checked for repairs and spring replacements. Hire a professional for the repair of garage doors.

If you plan to also use the garage as a workshop, lighting, ventilation and space are important. You may want to consider installing a skylight. If space is not enough, then the garage may be used as a workshop when the car is out, so the work table or work bench may be detachable so it can be stored when the car is in.

Counter tops are usually used in the kitchen when preparing dishes - washing, cutting, mixing ingredients. Ceramic tiles on countertops make it easier to clean, and protects the rest of the cabinet or table from moisture, especially if the countertop is made of wood.

Select your desired tile design and color, and make sure the edges are in line with your countertop layout. Make an outline for the tiles to make sure it will fit in to the curves of the faucet and sink before having it cut. Then check if the cut tiles actually fit the curves before having it installed.

If your home interior is gloomy, it maybe because of lack of windows, in this case, you may consider installing a skylight. It may be because of lack of appropriate lighting. You may install additional light bulbs or lamps, or you may replace yellow light bulbs with compact fluorescent light bulbs which are more energy efficient and are brighter.

Another consideration is changing the color of your wall paint. Preferable colors are light green, light shades of flesh, yellow or pink. Some prefer blue, although it is associated with depression. Neon and flashy colors may also be used for bedrooms and bathrooms. Living rooms, dining area and kitchens look good in nature colors. If you want it simple, paint your walls white, then put up pictures in frames and other wall decors to add life to your walls.

Windows - they let the fresh air in, keep the dust, rain and snow out, welcome the sunshine and give you a sight of the wonderful outside world. It is also instrumental in our energy conservation efforts. Non-tinted windows illuminate the room during the day, and night lights are no longer necessary when the moon is out, or when the streetlights are on. Double glazed windows are special windows with insulating features - it helps maintain the temperature inside the house. So when it is raining hard or the snow is thick, the room is kept warm, and the space heater's machine won't have to consume too much electricity.