Whether you like clean, modern lines, ornate traditional details, or something in between, having a clear idea of your personal style is important to every remodeling project. This Princeton first floor remodel has a transitional look with the perfect blend of traditional and modern elements. Let’s explore how our team used tones and textures for a home that mixes cozy neutrals with pops of color and unexpected flare. 

Crafting Defined Seating Areas

The newly open space provides a plethora of seating options — each one with its own unique look and function. Whether they’re chatting in the cozy blue armchairs or enjoying a meal in the sophisticated dining chairs, the homeowners will have no shortage of places to sit. Taking down the dining room walls gave these homeowners the open-concept area they needed. We then installed support beams that not only serve a functional purpose, but also contribute to the texture of the room and add visual interest. 

Balancing with Contrast

This sitting area in the living room offers homeowners and guests soft, plush couches and sophisticated leather chairs. The coffee table and accent table are works of art; with textured lines and spindled legs, they are great examples of how two very different pieces of furniture can work together to bring balance and character to a room.

Creating Functional Beauty

A gorgeous bay window provides storage space, extra seating, and a cozy nook to curl up with a book or just gaze outside. The surrounding Crestwood cabinetry features raised-panel Dakota-style doors that bring in elegant texture. These convenient cubbies could store anything from shoes to extra blankets to board games, and the shelving above is perfect for displaying a potted plant or treasured keepsake. A row of alternating textured cloth and smooth leather pillows draws the eye in and invites visitors to take a seat.

We’re so happy that the young family living in this house not only loves the way their new space looks but are also pleased with the open, spacious layout that can accommodate the family gatherings they love to host. Ready to start planning your next project? We can help you transform your home to fit your style and needs. Contact us to get started today!

Fully 85% of the nation’s homes were built prior to 1980 and are in need of home improvement. If you’re living in an older home, the time may have come when you are considering how to improve your home’s value. Home improvement can be found in many forms, but many homeowners have found that one of the best ways to do this is by building residential home additions, such as adding a sunroom, an extra guest space, or converting their unused garage space. Residential home additions vary widely, but one thing they are almost always guaranteed to do is improve a home’s value and curb appeal. The following list will describe just some of the more common resident home additions that are often added to older homes for a homeowner to consider.

The Traditional

The traditional home addition, or conventional house addition, is a structure that is built onto the existing home and that is open to the entire house. This space is considered to be multifunctional and may even have more than one designated room within it. When these are well-built, the addition blends into the rest of the house.

The Bump Out

A room addition or “bump-out” is a single-purpose room that is added onto an existing structure, such as a guest room, nursery, or bathroom. Often, this can be creating a space within a space (like enlarging a closet to make room for a small half-bathroom). Unlike a traditional home addition, bump-outs are relatively smaller (perhaps adding 50 to 75 extra feet).

The Sunroom

A sunroom is just that — a sun-filled space that is meant to be relaxed in. Unlike the previous two additions mentioned, sunrooms are often not opened up to the entire home and tend to be added to the back or side of a home and closed off from the rest of the house. Sunrooms are often made from pre-fabricated materials and the walls of the room are glass. They are also not as big as a traditional addition, though they may be bigger than a bump-out.

The Conversion

A conversion typically is made to a garage. When the garage is a two-car space, then usually one space gets walled in, central air and heat vents get added, and flooring is put in. Usually, garage conversions are to create a spare bedroom or office space. Homeowners will also convert an unused garage if necessary. Unlike other home additions, however, garage conversions have difficulty blending into the rest of the home, and they don’t increase a home’s value near as much as other types of additions.

If you’re considering a home remodeling project, you may have come across the term “design-build remodeling contractor.” While the name may imply exactly what this is, some people are still confused as to why they may consider a design-build remodeling contractor instead of doing a remodel project in the traditional way. There are numerous benefits, however, to hiring a design-build remodeling contractor, but highlighted here are three of the key benefits.

One-Stop-Shop

A design-build remodeling contractor can be likened to a “one-stop-shop” for remodeling. Remodeling projects can be very overwhelming, but what can make the process even more difficult is having to find so many different contractors to work on different and important parts of the project, such as someone for electricity, someone for plumbing, someone for painting, and so on. A design-build remodeling contractor becomes your single point of contact, who then handles the rest of the job so you don’t have to worry about finding all the right people.

Seamless Process

A design-build remodeling firm streamlines the very multilayered process involved in any home remodeling project. Because the remodeling industry is expected to continue to grow 2% annually through 2025, having a more streamlined process can streamline the process. From project design, product selection, through full construction, the design-build remodeling contractor handles it all for you and with you.

Quality Communication

When you forgo hiring just one design-build remodeling firm, you’re left juggling multiple contractors and numerous channels of ongoing communication. This can look like talking with the plumber about the problems found in the sewage system, then immediately picking up the phone to hear from the electrician that a part will cost more than previously estimated. Handling all these queries and requests for input can make an already overwhelming process become too much. The more overwhelmed the customer becomes, the more likely that mistakes will be made due to miscommunication. However, by hiring a design-build remodeling firm, the contractor becomes the homeowner’s main and only point of communication. This will streamline not just the building of the project, but also the communication of the wants and needs of the client. Better communication equals fewer mistakes in the remodeling project.

At Flansburg Construction, we take the drama out of home renovations and will handle every step of your project from design to completion. Schedule a consultation with us today.