8 Design Trends in Luxury Kitchen Remodeling
Whether your kitchen style is traditional or more modern, a few common trends carry throughout the new luxury kitchen. The kitchen continues to be everyone’s favorite room to makeover! It’s a central hang-out spot in the home, frequently used, and a good kitchen...
Hack Your Home: 10 Unconventional Ways to Increase Your Home’s Resale Value
Have Your Home Inspected for the Hidden Projects This first tip isn’t glamorous, but it is super important: You’re going to want to work with a pro to have your home inspected. Not all improvements you make to your real estate are going to be fun and cosmetic, some...
5 Design Tips to Makeover Your Fireplace
1. Accents Around a Fireplace Some of the tips we’ll give you will be more time consuming and involve construction or more intense design efforts to implement. This first one, though, is easy: accessorize the space around your fireplace –maybe even with items...
Help! Is My Contractor Overcharging Me?
Are you being overcharged? Or shopping around for the ‘best deal’ but don’t really know what to look for? We certainly don’t advocate handing over your costly design/build project to the lowest builder-bider, but we do want you to do your research before hiring your...
Flooring Guide: Wood Vs. Porcelain Tile Vs. Stone
One of the topics we get questions about all the time is Flooring: What’s the difference between actual wood flooring and engineered veneer? Stone vs Porcelain? What type of flooring is best for pets and children? How much maintenance is necessary? And so on.. Today,...
15 Ways to Add Instant Curb Appeal to Your Home
Ready to sell your home or just ready to upgrade? Starting with the first things people see when they drive by your home or walk up to your house you’ll find there are plenty of ways to instantly increase the curb appeal of your home, and the good news is: none of...How to Choose the Best Building Materials for Kitchen and Bathroom Countertops
We’re excited about this week’s post because we’re discussing building materials for some of our favorite rooms in the house to design: kitchens and baths! This post is going to be a bit more technical than most. We’re really getting into the...
How to Light Every Room in Your Home
Lighting in Layers Lighting is decorative, yes, but it’s also a practical necessity in every home. When you’re picking out lighting for your home, you’ll want to think like a designer: think of lighting a room in three layers: The first layer is your general or...
Roy Yerushalmi is CEO of SoCal Contractor, a world class contracting and construction firm with headquarters in West L.A.
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