Secrets of the Young Leaders An inside look at the favorites, personalities and opinions of the 2009 Professional Remodeler Young Leaders
Basic Survival Tactics for the Remodeler Remodeling expenditures are down more than 10 percent, and most remodelers are struggling to maintain sales volumes and margins. Survival has become a major issue for many companies.
2008 Best of the Best Design Awards In this year's Best of the Best Design Award entries, the majority of projects featured at least some form of green building practices and products.
2008 Best of the Best Design Awards: THE BEST Professional Remodelers' overall winner of the Best of the Best Design Awards was a Historic Restoration project by Gardner/Fox Associates of Bryn Mawr, Pa.
Platinum Winner: Whole-House Green Remodel Reuse is one of the most important tenets of green remodeling. With that in mind, this reclaimed barn turned retreat seems the very embodiment of green.
Platinum Winner: Outdoor Living Lewis Aquatech created an incredible outdoor space and enhanced a stunning view of the Potomac River.
Platinum Winner: Exterior Magee Construction Co.'s biggest challenges in expanding a historic home was making sure the new addition blends with the existing exterior.
Platinum Winner: Kitchen $75,000 - $150,000 Janice Donald has been remodeling other people's homes as the owner of Eren Design and Remodel. She wanted to improve the kitchen in her 1955 ranch home but had never gotten around to it. This was her opportunity.
Platinum Winner: Bath Over $50,000 The clients for this master suite remodel by Lee Kimball were frequent travelers and wanted to recreate the spa-like feel they had encountered in the luxury hotels and resorts they frequent.
Platinum Winner: Commercial Remodel Creative Contracting was hired to transform this 1950s-style theater to a modern venue for live performances. The owner wanted to update the theater's lobby while at the same time preserving the historic character of the building, parts that dated back to the stables originally built on the site in 1894.
Taking Over the Family Business It was 25 years ago that Scott Mosby bought a $1,300 workers’ comp credit from his father, effectively taking over the two-man family construction business.