Issue Contents

September 2008

Column

3 Strategies for Positioning Your Remodeling Firm

Professional Remodeler Columnist Doug Dwyer gives insight to three strategic areas of focus that create value for your customers. And remodelers know that satisfied customers often lead to their next job. These are the strategies.

50 Most Innovative New Products

Groundbreaking products that change the way we approach, bid and execute remodeling jobs.

Balance: The Key to the Sales and Marketing Budgeting Process

Sales and marketing don't always go hand in hand. How does a remodeler balance the two when it comes to budget?

Creating a Work-Life Balance

Trying to find a balance between your remodeling work and your real life can be a challenge.

Q&A With the Curmudgeon

Carl Seville, the well-informed guru of green addresses the issue of how a remodeling company can get started on the path to fame and fortune on the green superhighway.

This List Will Blow Your Mind

Change. There’s a whole generation of remodelers (and doctors and lawyers ... and, yes, editors too) who fight it at every turn. I’m going to share something with you that has helped me adjust my thinking over many years of rapid change...

Feature

Historic Remodel

Allegro Builders restores a once-grand 1910 home that had been seemingly ruined by years of neglect and abuse as it went from owner to owner before ending up as a halfway house for the homeless.

Iris Harrell Stepping Back

Many remodelers don’t have a succession plan in place. Iris Harrell was no different. What happens to your remodeling company if something happens to you?

Kitchen Remodel

While the kitchen remodel was just one element of the ambitious whole-house makeover of this 1920s lakeside cottage in Minneapolis, it was this part of the project that really made the difference when it came to transforming the home's character...

Making the Tough Decisions on Layoffs

It's a position no remodeler wants to be in, but with a slipping economy and work dropping off, many owners are having to make the tough decision to lay off employees.

News

Trade Secrets

Trade secrets from the remodeling industry

Product Review

50 Most Innovative New Products: Exterior Products

Innovative new products for the remodeling and building industries

50 Most Innovative New Products: Interior Products

Innovative products for the remodeling and building industries

Product Preview

New products for remodelers and the remodeling industry

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Professional Remodeler's 2013 Market Leaders

Professional Remodeler’s annual Market Leaders list, which identifies the top...

15 design trends for kitchens & baths

With demand for custom design, remodeling, and renovations at its highest level since 2005, ...

Project Spotlight: Kitchen countered

Normandy Remodeling converts confined kitchen into sprawling galley.

5 bathroom design trends for 2013

Each year, the National Kitchen and Bath Association surveys its members to identify the latest...

6 kitchen design trends for 2013

Each year, the National Kitchen and Bath Association surveys its members to identify the latest...

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