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MEET THE DOVER DESIGNERS:  Home Design & Renovation with Patti Saracusa 

About Dover Home Remodelers, Before & After, Staff and Designers, Uncategorized

Meet the Designer: Patti Saracusa In this special blog series, meet Dover Home Remodelers’ talented designers: Enjoy a glimpse at their work, inspirations and beautiful before-and-after remodeling project highlights.   Her career story would make a hip, design-inspired picture book.  Patti Saracusa graduated with a marketing and art history degree from Loyola University on Chicago’s vibrant north side. She moved home to Cleveland to attend Virginia Marti College of Design, where she earned a degree in visual merchandising. Patti spent the next several years working for Urban Outfitters creating…

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Timeless vs. Trendy Home Remodeling 

Design Styles & Trends, Planning your remodel, Tips & Advice

For many homeowners, design choices can be overwhelming. Selecting surfaces, fixtures, and colors can seem like a daunting task.   But it doesn’t have to be. To make design choices that won’t look outdated five or ten years from now, approach the design selection process by taking a look around you. Which colors and textures in your home do you love? Which pieces (such as furniture and artwork)…

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The Homeowners Guide to Choosing a Kitchen Backsplash

Design Styles & Trends, Kitchen Remodel/Renovation, Planning your remodel, Tile, Tips & Advice

Whether you’re replacing your backsplash as part of a complete kitchen remodel or simply refreshing your above-the-counter space, a new backsplash is a great investment. This update can transform the entire look of your kitchen—and it’s functional, too. The backsplash protects the wall behind the sink and underneath cabinets against water damage from splashing and spills.  Beyond its practicality, the kitchen backsplash is prime real estate for expressing…

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Dover Designer Spotlight

MEET THE DOVER DESIGNERS: Home Design & Remodeling with Shelby Wilkins

About Dover Home Remodelers

Meet the Designer: Shelby Wilkins In this special blog series, we would like to introduce you to Dover Home Remodelers’ talented designers. Enjoy a glimpse at their work, inspirations and beautiful before-and-after remodeling project highlights. If you’re looking for well-balanced interior design perspective, meet Shelby Wilkins. Shelby earned degrees in interior design, business and marketing.…

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How to Add Color to Your Home Remodel for the Most Impact 

Design Styles & Trends, Planning your remodel, Tips & Advice

Spring has sprung. Along with the promise of a new season comes a collective excitement for reviving our homes, fueled by a year spent confined within four walls. If you’re looking for a home refresh, there are few better ways to lift your spirits and express your personality than through color.   Color can create a mood. In home design, color can make a small space…

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How to Transform Your Master Bathroom into a Spa with a Steam Shower

Bathroom Remodel/Renovation, Dover Floor & Tile Center, Master Bathroom, Tile

  Spending more time at home over the past 12 months has sparked in us a new level of love for our abodes. A recent study from Lowe’s reveals that nearly two-thirds of homeowners said that their home means more to them today than it did a year ago.   That fondness has spurred a rush of home improvement projects, from pools to home offices. Among the top (indoor) home updates is the master bathroom shower. The National Kitchen and Bath Association’s…

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Dover’s Jim Orr is Named to Cleveland Magazine’s Cleveland 500

About Dover Home Remodelers, Awards & Recognition, Staff and Designers

Leaders, Doers, Visionaries & Idea Generators Who Help Shape the City C.S. Lewis famously said, “Integrity is doing the right thing even when no one is watching.” That pretty much sums up the way our own Jim Orr, president and founder of Dover Home Remodelers, has approached this family business—including his relationships with his team,…

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Update your lower level. Ideas for basement flooring, walls and more.

Basement Remodel/Renovation, Dover Floor & Tile Center, Planning your remodel, Tile, Tips & Advice

Update your lower level. Ideas for basement flooring, walls and more. Baby, it’s cold outside. This is the time of year when many of us in Northeast Ohio are looking to update our living spaces as we’ll be spending a lot of time indoors for the next few months. I’m getting lots of traffic in…

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