Whether you are building your custom home or renovating an existing space, each year brings with it new and exciting options. When building or renovating, you need to know what these options are and weigh them against the tried and true and what works best for your family. With that in mind, here are some of the home trends for the coming year.

The kitchen. The center of a home. Where families gather. Let’s make it perfect for you and those you love.

Renovating your kitchen can be a daunting task. This is why it is important to carefully plan out every element before you begin. From the planning to the execution, transforming the vision of a dream kitchen into reality takes multiple steps.

Are you considering creating your home from scratch instead of buying an existing property? Choosing a home requires careful consideration, and that often includes making decisions about what you want versus what is available on the market. But why should you have to choose between a home that is exactly what your heart desires and one that is simply adequate?

There truly is no place like home for the holidays. While it’s cold outside and the snow is falling, inside we’re toasty warm with fires crackling, cookies baking and memories being shared. Many of our Christmas memories are tied to not only who we celebrate with but also the where and how we celebrate. Walking through the front door and smelling cinnamon sticks and gingerbread. Watching sticky little fingers making cookies on the kitchen island. Hanging the family’s stockings one by one on the mantle. And dancing down the stairs in our new Christmas jammies freshly opened on Christmas Eve.

You’ve put a lot of thought into how you want your dream home to look – size, style, the floorplan and the decor – but there are a few things you might have forgotten about. Here are five commonly overlooked factors that all homeowners should consider before building their dream home.

I recently wrote about home renovations that add value to your home. That’s a question I get all the time. It’s quickly followed by “If I do this, how much will my house be worth?”