Building a Pergola for Your Maryland or Washington, DC, Home

A pergola features vertical posts supporting an open lattice of wooden cross beams. Instead of a full roof, pergolas are covered by horizontal wooden slats, allowing rays of afternoon sunshine to [...]

Rate Your Railings: Which Should You Choose?

The stair railing doesn’t get a lot of glory when it comes to home design. Yes, it’s functional; it serves its purpose, but most of the time, we don’t pay it much attention. But that doesn’t have [...]

Aging Into Your Empty Nest

More and more adults today choose to age in place, electing to stick with their family homes rather than downsize. It seems like there’s an expectation for so-called ‘empty nesters’ to downsize [...]

Activities for the Whole Family to Enjoy

2020 was the year of spending time indoors. But just because we’re inside doesn’t mean we can’t have fun! Entertain yourself and your kids with these fun and family-friendly pastimes.  Indoor [...]

Split-Level Architecture in Maryland and Washington, DC

Neither bungalow nor traditional two-story structure, the split-level home combines elements of the two, effectively creating a category of its own. Made popular during the mid-century era, [...]

Let It Snow: Calculating Your Roof’s Snow Load

When you’re a kid, snow is simply magical. Cold white fluff descends from the sky, and when it gathers on the ground, you can make a snow fort with it. Snow days from school, sledding on the [...]

Solve for X: Gen X Remodeling in Maryland and Washington, DC

Exactly who or what is Gen X? Generation X falls between Baby Boomers and Millennials. If you think of America as a family unit, Gen Z’ers are the youngest sibling, millennials the eldest, and [...]

The Cost of Building a New Home in Maryland and Washington, DC

Building a new home from the ground up may sound like a promising endeavor. It will give you the house you’ve always dreamed of without having to compromise – and it certainly can, but there’s [...]

How Remodeling Can Help You Sell Your Maryland or DC Home Faster

Putting your home up for sale can be exciting, stressful, and busy. It means you’re moving on up in the world! Of course, before you move on to the newest phase of your life, you have to go [...]

Adapting Your Home Office

2020 has been a year of changes, big and small. Now, as 2021 approaches, it’s out with the old and in with the new—and that goes for your home office setup as well. In March, the world found [...]