Whether you’re adding a new backsplash or installing new flooring throughout your home, choosing tile can be an overwhelming task: Natural stone or porcelain? Diagonal or herringbone installation? Colored grout or no grout line? As a designer at Dover Home Remodelers, my advice to customers is to think it through: Don’t simply choose a tile…
This post picks up where we left off last week… Dover Home Remodelers was recently honored with a NARI Contractor of the Year Award for our work on a quintessential 1950’s bathroom renovation. This is the final blog in the two-part series that featured the project, demonstrating how we brought our customer’s design dreams to…
Dover Home Remodelers was recently honored with a NARI Contractor of the Year Award for our work on a quintessential 1950’s bathroom renovation. This first post in the two-part series details the project with before, during and after photos that demonstrate how we brought our customer’s design dreams to reality. The year was 1950-something, and…
Plus a contractor checklist to review before your next project… We just wrapped up an extensive master bathroom remodel for a customer who had an unfortunate experience with a local contractor that was fraught with health issues and the contractor was ill-prepared and in way over his head as explained by the customer. A project…
I’m having a throwback moment: This blog is a guest post by Dover designer Shelley Bujdos that ran back in June. It’s one that I think is worthy of a second read: Shelley walks us through a dramatic whole-house remodel in Rocky River with serious wow factor. This project not only earned Dover First Place…
Meet GUEST BLOGGER Shelley Bujdos. An award-winning designer, Shelley has spent the past 15 years helping Dover customers create inspired and personal living spaces in their homes. Talented and inventive, Shelley manages the entire design process from redesign and layout, to selecting the right finishes, products and design elements that add personality and wow factor. …
Most of us have a favorite pair of jeans hanging in our closet—the ones that fit just right and are comfortable from the moment we slip them on. The beauty of a go-to staple piece like these jeans is tat they can be fashioned to suit new style trends based on what we pair with…
Today’s new-build home designs feature master baths as part of a master bedroom suite—but that was not the case 70 years ago. In my experience as a designer, I see modern-day homeowners re-interpret space and get creative with remodeling projects to make the most of the good stuff that they have in their older homes.…
Many of us are enamored by the nostalgic charm and character of older homes—I’m one of those people; and as a designer, I’m also attracted to the quality construction built into these homes. However, renovation projects in older homes can often times be an adventure, as you never know quite what you’ll find under the…
Cottage Style is not only a design trend, it’s also a frame of mind. Day after day, we’re connected to smart phones, iPads, and computers. We sit on ergonomic, highly-styled office chairs at work or sleek automobiles with tons of gadgets as we drive from appointment to appointment. Life is hectic and we feel rushed during…
