7 Landscaping Tips for a Breathtaking Summer Garden
Ahh…Summer Landscaping: everyone appreciates a bucolic landscape when they see one, but it’s often an overlooked aspect when designing a home. Rather than treating landscape architecture as an afterthought, you want your landscape to live in harmony with the...
Is Your Home Smart Yet? How to Control Your Home with Your iPhone & Other Game-Changing Home Technologies
From our phones to our homes, technology is an intrinsic part of our professional and personal lives, and that’s not stopping anytime soon. Whether its purpose is sustainability, affordability, or simply luxury, these home technology features are in-demand and...
How to Choose the Right Tile for Every Room in Your Home
Choosing the Right Tile The materials you choose to install in your home are a big factor in both the aesthetic and function of the design of your home. Porcelain, glass, natural stone, marble, ceramic, all have different advantages and disadvantages that come into...
5 Dreamy Swimming Pools that Will Take Your Breath Away
Customizing a Mediterranean-Style Pool In this Medditerranean project, we added elements like the pots at the edge and stone coping, to integrate the pool seamlessly with the rest of the home. Generally speaking, the style of the pool should match the architecture of...
Everything You Need to Know Before Building a Cabana or Pergola
Cabanas and Pergolas are great spaces for entertainment. They enhance your patio and can extends the amount of space in your backyard. Cabanas and pergolas create an inviting area for your guests to relax and lounge and make your landscape more attractive. All of...
What Does a General Contractor Do, Exactly? The 8 Steps in the Contractor’s Build Process
What does a contractor do, exactly? From designing to securing permits, ordering building materials, and demolishing to the earliest construction stages and installation of finish materials, we’re always educating our clients on what the design/build process is...
Stop! Ask these Questions Before Hiring a Contractor
You’re about to undertake a HUGE home improvement project and you know you need to hire the right contractor to make it happen. Choosing the right contractor can be a daunting task. It can make or break your design and mistakes can cost lots of time and money. So...
5 Simple Ways to Avoid Construction Nightmares
The emergence of networks like HGTV and DIY have been both a blessing and a curse for the design industry. The regularity of design-centric programming has made design a more prolific and intrinsic part of the everyday lives of people outside the profession, it has...test
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Roy Yerushalmi is CEO of SoCal Contractor, a world class contracting and construction firm with headquarters in West L.A.
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