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Year – 2013

Renovation Solutions: Considering gathering spaces in your home

One of the joys of the holiday season is getting together with family and friends. Determining where to hold the holiday party usually consists of evaluating the potential hosts’ gathering space. What makes a good gathering space? Architecturally speaking, the

rdgDecember 28, 2013 Family, Living, & Great Rooms, Kitchens, Remodeling Tips & Advice, Year - 2013 Read more

Renovation Solutions: Remodeling the split-level house

Split-level homes have made a comeback in recent years. Drive around some of the new “starter-home” neighborhoods around the Wasatch Front and you’ll find many variations on the split-level theme. You’ll also find split-level homes in many older, established neighborhoods.

rdgDecember 6, 2013 Home Styles, Year - 2013 Read more

Renovation Solutions: Consider small, creative additions

When we say addition, what do you think of? Do you think of an additional structure off the back of the house, a full room? Do you think of the “big box” addition? Well, we are here to say home

rdgNovember 22, 2013 Additions, Kitchens, Year - 2013 Read more

Renovation Solutions: Converting your garage to living space

Finding existing space in your home to repurpose, convert into living space or reconfigure may take some creativity. We started our series on creatively remodeling existing space by discussing attic conversions. This week we are going to consider converting the

rdgNovember 8, 2013 Additions, Basements & Attics, Family, Living, & Great Rooms, Interior Remodeling, Year - 2013 Read more

Renovation Solutions: Basements can be remodeled, no matter how scary

For the past few weeks, we have been discussing how to creatively use or repurpose existing space in your home. Whether it be the attic or your garage, there may be space within your home just waiting to be used.

rdgNovember 5, 2013 Basements & Attics, Year - 2013 Read more

Renovation Solutions: Find more space in the attic to enhance your house

Space is like the wind: You can’t see it, but you can feel it. People tend to look at the space in a home in terms of quantity — either there is too much space or, more likely, not enough.

rdgOctober 18, 2013 Basements & Attics, Year - 2013 Read more

Exterior remodels continued: Gutters

Ah, autumn. ’Tis the season for pumpkin shakes, cozy sweaters, the first fire of the season, and — oh, yeah — raking leaves and cleaning out your gutters. No one likes climbing on the roof to clean out the leaves

rdgOctober 11, 2013 Exterior Updating, Materials, Finishes, Appliances & Fixtures, Year - 2013 Read more

Remodeling for curb appeal

A lot of our clients come to us with requests for more curb appeal. Even if the remodel is staying within the home’s original footprint, many clients want to see what they can do to enhance their home’s exterior. Exterior

rdgOctober 4, 2013 Exterior Updating, Year - 2013 Read more

Remodel to better multitask your space

Remodeling doesn’t have to mean expensive additions; it can be more about creatively using the space you have. Multitasking rooms is a great way to use your existing space to its full potential. How do you multitask rooms? Well, you

rdgSeptember 27, 2013 Designing Principals, Interior Remodeling, Year - 2013 Read more

Renovation Solutions: Roofing material choice impacts a remodel

Everyone has seen a bad remodel. You’ve seen the house where the new addition looks like a big shed bumped up against the house, or the second story that looks as if it could have fallen from space and just

rdgSeptember 20, 2013 Materials, Finishes, Appliances & Fixtures, Year - 2013 Read more

Renovation Solutions: Laundry made easier with redesign

By Ann Robinson & Annie V. Schwemmer Does it seem like your laundry piles are more like mountains than molehills? Is getting family members to pitch in and do laundry harder than getting out grape juice stains? If so, it

rdgSeptember 13, 2013 Bathrooms, Laundry & Mudrooms, Year - 2013 Read more

Renovation Solutions: As school nears, it may be time to remodel kids’ bedrooms

By Ann Robinson & Annie V. Schwemmer   For a child’s bedroom remodel, consider the lighting, shelving and bed choices carefully. Kevin Bunnell, Renovation Solutions Summer is winding down, and it is almost time to send those little darlings back

rdgAugust 16, 2013 Master Suites & Bedrooms, Year - 2013 Read more

Renovation Solutions: Quick makeover for your home

  Even small changes to your house (a quick off-the-street makeover) can make your home more beautiful. Often when you work to create or uncover extra space and functionality in your home, you will find more beauty, too. What makes

rdgAugust 9, 2013 Exterior Updating, Year - 2013 Read more

Renovation Solutions: Liven up your home with color

The sea of ivory-colored homes with white walls and beige carpet is evidence that people are generally afraid of color. But really they shouldn’t be — at least not for architecture’s sake. The soothing and relaxing tones in this room

rdgAugust 2, 2013 Designing Principals, Family, Living, & Great Rooms, Interior Remodeling, Year - 2013 Read more

Carefully consider design for bathroom remodel

Clearly, if you survive the stress and strain of a home remodeling project, the results should enhance your life. Your home should be easier to live in. A bathroom addition or remodel is a project that will have a definite

rdgJuly 26, 2013 Bathrooms, Laundry & Mudrooms, Year - 2013 Read more

Renovation Solutions: Well-detailed remodeling project will pay off

Architect Mies van der Rohe said, “God is in the details.” Others have said, “The devil is in the details.” We suppose it’s all in the perspective. Certainly when it comes to a home renovation, you can feel very inspired

rdgJuly 12, 2013 Designing Principals, Remodeling Tips & Advice, Year - 2013 Read more

Renovation Solutions: Remodeling opens up possibilities

With the Fourth of July, we’ve got freedom on our minds. A very different kind of freedom is found in the process of remodeling when clients become aware that there are many options available to address their particular issues. For

rdgJuly 5, 2013 Interior Remodeling, Kitchens, New Homes, Remodeling Tips & Advice, Year - 2013 Read more

The question: Remodel or move?

By Annie Schwemmer and Ann Robinson For the Deseret News   If there is something about your location like a great view that would be hard to duplicate, then remodeling may be the right solution for you. Deciding to remodel

rdgJune 28, 2013 Miscellaneous, New Homes, Remodeling Tips & Advice, Year - 2013 Read more

Renovation Solutions: How to solve common remodeling problems

By Ann Robinson & Annie V. Schwemmer Adding more curb appeal to a house is one of the top client requests when they are considering a remodel. While some issues of deferred maintenance need to be addressed on a practical

rdgJune 14, 2013 Exterior Updating, Front Porches, Home Styles, Remodeling Tips & Advice, Year - 2013 Read more

Renovation Solutions: Finding the best remodeling contractors for your project

By Ann Robinson & Annie V. Schwemmer  This entry remodel shows the dramatic impact a remodel can have on a house with the help of a well-selected group of professionals. (Annie Schwemmer, Renovation Design Group) Many of our clients come

rdgJune 4, 2013 Family, Living, & Great Rooms, Interior Remodeling, Remodeling Tips & Advice, Year - 2013 Read more

Kitchens serve as the life of the family, home

By Annie Schwemmer and Ann Robinson For the Deseret News We recently heard a statement from a woman who was planning a new custom home, and something she said resonated with us: “The kitchen to me is the life of

rdgMay 24, 2013 Interior Remodeling, Kitchens, Year - 2013 Read more

Renovating the mother-in-law suite

By Annie Schwemmer and Ann Robinson For the Deseret News Thinking of moms recently, this week we will discuss a mother-inspired renovation: the mother-in-law suite. The number of multi-generational households is growing in the U.S. The Census Bureau says they

rdgMay 17, 2013 Master Suites & Bedrooms, Remodeling Tips & Advice, Year - 2013 Read more

Tips for surviving home remodeling

By Annie Schwemmer and Ann Robinson For the Deseret News “Renovating is an intense personal experience shared with large numbers of total strangers — not much different than surviving a plane crash.” — an anonymous homeowner Even with the grim

rdgMay 10, 2013 Bathrooms, Laundry & Mudrooms, Year - 2013 Read more

Remodeling for seismic upgrades

Last time we introduced you to Bob and Char Nelson’s remodeled 1927 Tudor-style home in the Harvard-Yale area of Salt Lake City. The remodel stayed within the floor plan of the historic home and was initially focused on energy efficiency

rdgApril 29, 2013 Energy Efficiency & Green Design, Exterior Updating, Materials, Finishes, Appliances & Fixtures, Remodeling Tips & Advice, Year - 2013 Read more

Remodeling for energy efficiency

When Bob and Char Nelson relocated from Provo to the Harvard-Yale area in Salt Lake City, they knew it was only a matter of time before they would remodel their new, old house. Right after they moved in, they finished

rdgApril 19, 2013 Energy Efficiency & Green Design, Year - 2013 Read more

Outdoor kitchens are gaining popularity

People enjoy a good old-fashioned barbecue. On a beautiful sunny day, people just love to cook and eat outside. For some reason, food cooked outside just tastes better. It might have something to do with the mouth-watering scent filling the

rdgApril 12, 2013 Exterior Updating, Kitchens, Year - 2013 Read more

Renovation Solutions: Planning the details of your patio design

By Ann Robinson & Annie V. Schwemmer   Last week we discussed planning a patio remodel. Now that the basics of function, location and size are out of the way, it’s time to talk about details. The more attention you

rdgApril 5, 2013 Exterior Updating, Year - 2013 Read more

Time to plan the patio project

By Annie Schwemmer and Ann Robinson For the Deseret News We are sure your spring project priority list is filling up fast. No doubt many of your lists include some overhaul to or addition of an outdoor space. Though Mother

rdgMarch 8, 2013 Exterior Updating, Remodeling Tips & Advice, Year - 2013 Read more

Tricks to front porch additions

If you follow this column, you know that for the past month we have been covering house styles. We broke down the history, traditional elements, remodeling challenges and solutions for the Craftsman Bungalow, the Tudor Revival, the Cape Cod and

rdgMarch 1, 2013 Additions, Designing Principals, Front Porches, Remodeling Tips & Advice, Year - 2013 Read more

Remodeling the California Ranch

For the past few weeks we have been discussing home styles in our column. Last we talked about the challenges and solutions in remodeling the Cape Cod-style house. This week we are focusing on another favorite house style from the

rdgFebruary 23, 2013 Exterior Updating, Home Styles, Year - 2013 Read more

Ways to enhance your Cape Cod-style home

Understanding the history, style and architecture of your home — and the other homes in your neighborhood — is crucial in designing an addition or renovation. Ignore this principle, and you’ll end up spending a lot of money to decrease

rdgFebruary 15, 2013 Exterior Updating, Home Styles, Year - 2013 Read more

Renovation Solutions: Dealing with the challenges of remodeling Tudor style homes

Several predominant home styles have evolved over the past century in the United States. You’ve seen them as you drive the streets of Salt Lake City’s classic neighborhoods: the fairy-tale Tudor revival, the classic craftsman bungalow, the charming Cape Cod

rdgFebruary 8, 2013 Exterior Updating, Home Styles, Year - 2013 Read more

Homeowners dodge awkward basement remodel

Finishing the basement may not be a project that most people think would need an architect. Whether or not there is a “need” depends on a variety of factors.  once dreaded, partially finished space in the house is now a

rdgJanuary 18, 2013 Basements & Attics, Family, Living, & Great Rooms, Interior Remodeling, Remodeling Tips & Advice, Year - 2013 Read more

10 years later, architects reflect on their story

Annie V. Schwemmer, Jared Bulloch, and Ann Robinson reflect back on the beginning of Renovation Design Group as they celebrate its 10-year anniversary this year. Daniel Barton, Renovation Design Group   The year 2013 marks the 10-year anniversary of Renovation

rdgJanuary 5, 2013 Additions, Exterior Updating, Family, Living, & Great Rooms, Home Styles, Interior Remodeling, Miscellaneous, Remodeling Tips & Advice, Year - 2013 Read more

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