Kitchen Design Trends to Watch
Now more than ever, the kitchen is the heart of the home. While entertaining has been a long-time focus of kitchen remodels — it’s still where our families and friends love to gather — the past 18 months of cooking and working from home has reinforced that a functional kitchen is a priority, too. Keep […]
Best Practices for Bathroom Tile Installation
Whether you’re simply refreshing or completely redesigning your bathroom, there is a right and a wrong way to install the tile. Managing tile installation is a lot like following GPS when you’re on a road trip: If you go rogue, you can end up in place you don’t really want to be. Our team at […]
MEET THE DOVER DESIGNERS: Home Design & Remodeling with Leslie Alton
Meet the Designer: Leslie Alton In this special blog series, you’ll meet Dover Home Remodelers’ talented designers: Enjoy a glimpse at their work, inspirations and beautiful home remodeling project highlights. Blend a trained artist, an interior design junkie and a genuine people-person, and you get the ultimate resource for creating uniquely fabulous living spaces in […]
How to Create the Ideal Laundry Room in Your Home
Laundry rooms have become much more than an area for a washer and dryer. No longer an afterthought, today’s laundry rooms, big or small, offer exceptional multi-tasking opportunities and loads of design potential, too. Design Tips for the Laundry Room If you’re ready to make the most of your workspace while having some fun with home design, follow these laundry room remodeling […]
Bring On Summer! Tips for Choosing Durable Flooring
How to Choose Flooring that Can Survive Summer Entertaining and Beyond Summer is finally here. It’s time for gathering, hosting and enjoying the season — which means more foot traffic in your home. To make your summer days carefree with less time spent on home maintenance, it’s important to think about your flooring. If replacing your home’s flooring is on your to-do list, consider the performance features of […]
Timeless vs. Trendy Home Remodeling
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 To make design choices that won’t look outdated five or ten years from now, approach the design selection process by taking a look around you.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) […]
The Homeowners Guide to Choosing a Kitchen Backsplash
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 […]
How to Add Color to Your Home Remodel for the Most Impact
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 […]
7 Ways to Discover Your Home Design Personality
We’ve all been there—to those “perfect” homes that uniquely and beautifully reflect the owners with a well-curated, seemingly effortless sense of style. How do they do it? If you Google how to identify my home design personality, you’ll find lots of quizzes you can take to help you classify your “look” or style as a […]
Home Remodeling 101: Get What You Want, Stay Within Budget
In our loftiest home-improvement dreams, we all have unlimited project budgets. But for most of us, that’s just not reality. As a designer, I work with homeowners every day to help them balance their wants and needs while keeping the budget in check. Today I want to share my experience and help you design the […]