Custom Home Additions

Reasons to Build a Home Addition

January 20, 2021
Remodeling, Remodeling Process

Reasons to Build a Home Addition

Are you considering building a home addition but are unsure if you are making the right decision? A new home addition may be just what you need to enhance your home’s appearance and market value and create the space that you desire. There are several benefits to be had from building a home addition that you may find worthwhile in the long run. Let’s take a more detailed look at a few reasons to build a home addition.

Kitchen Expansion For Increased Functionality

If your kitchen is truly the heart of your home, it’s a highly interactive place that gets a lot of use. Making a kitchen update is a great way to meet the new demands of your kitchen. Maybe you have a small, efficient kitchen, but realize that you have a more casual lifestyle. You are no longer doing family meals and have streamlined your kitchen needs. A newer kitchen with increased functionality, featuring modern appliances, technological updates, and increased efficiency and convenience is valuable. Expand your kitchen to provide the functionality that you need. 

Master Suite For Personal Comfort

Adding a master bedroom suite is a great way to get the comfort and enjoyment that you desire in your space. You can customize your bathroom features so that it’s tailored to meet your specific needs. Whether it’s an antique clawed bathtub, walk-in shower, or a whirlpool jacuzzi tub that you want in your bathroom, your master suite is for you to design to meet your likes and desires.

Establish an Entertainment Space

Depending on your lifestyle, you may want to build a new addition to accommodate entertainment. Make it a priority to create a space for entertaining family and guests. Consider designing your new addition with state of the art media equipment or game equipment. Showcase your special collections if you have one and make the space unique, warm, and inviting. An entertainment space would make a worthwhile addition that both family and friends could enjoy and make memories there. 

Increase Your Home’s Market Value

Building a new home addition is a solid way of increasing the market value in your home. Remodels, whether large or small, can impact the value of your home and turn out to be a good investment for you. Whether it’s a new deck, veranda, guest house, or bathroom that you are adding, you can expect to see it pay off. Anything that can make your home more appealing, whether in square footage, personalized style, or a unique design, will likely result in a desirable ROI for you. 

Expert professionals can build your home addition plan and on a budget. Convey your vision and goal and let those with the skills and experience transform your home and give you the new home addition that you’ve dreamed about. You don’t have to spend a fortune to build your home addition. Call the experts at Gehman Design Remodeling today.

Top Updates to Make Your Kitchen

December 16, 2020
Blog, Kitchens

Top Updates to Make Your Kitchen

The kitchen truly is the heart of the home, so having a kitchen that you love is important! Thinking about updating your kitchen can quickly become overwhelming. Where should you start? What changes will really make a difference? It’s hard to answer those questions yourself, but at Gehman, we’re here to help! Let’s dig into some of the best updates you can make to transform your kitchen. 

Painting or Replacing Cabinets 

Kitchen cabinets are one of the largest items in your kitchen. Outdated cabinets bring the entire kitchen down, no matter how updated the rest of it may be. If you have sturdy kitchen cabinets that just need a facelift, a professional painter can repaint them, and you’ll be shocked at the difference it makes! For cabinets that are damaged or too old to salvage, replacing them with a more modern design is the best option. 

Updated Countertops 

Your countertops should be just as modern and gorgeous as your cabinets. It’s also important to choose countertops that compliment your cabinet color. Quartz countertops are a wonderful choice for a truly breathtaking and eye-catching kitchen design. They’re also stain and scratch-resistant, so you’ll be able to enjoy them for years to come! 

Modern Fixtures

Changing out small fixtures in your kitchen can have a big impact. Your sink faucet, cabinet, drawer handle, and light switch covers are all simple and very affordable changes that can really improve your kitchen’s aesthetic. This is also a great way to bring your own unique style into the space, since the choices for fixtures are basically endless! 

New Flooring 

Changing your flooring is one of the bigger changes you can make, but it’s definitely worth it. Wood look-alike flooring is the best choice for both overall value and durability. Lighter tones are popular and fit well into the other modern upgrades we’ve discussed. 

Added Functionality 

Creating a functional kitchen will not only make your daily routine a whole lot easier, but it will add tons of appeal to future buyers if you decide to sell your home. Functionality can be achieved by changing the layout and adding more storage to the space. 

At Gehman, we’re experts in giving even the drabbest kitchen an impressive transformation. Rather you’re looking to do a total remodel or just a few statement piece changes. We’re here to help bring your vision to life! Contact us today.

Reasons to Remodel Your Kitchen

October 31, 2020
Kitchens

Reasons to Remodel Your Kitchen

Five Reasons To Remodel Your Kitchen

Increase in Efficiency and Comfort

You can create newer designs or entire structures to make your kitchen a better workspace. You can also add new features or get rid of the outdated ones. Putting up new things will enhance the comfort and ease with which activities are performed while cooking. It will also make cooking tasks easier and more efficient.

Increase in Home Value

A renovation or remodeling of any part of a house affects its other structures. Therefore, switching up the appearance of your kitchen will increase the value of your home. Therefore, consider remodeling the kitchen of any property you intend to put up for sale. Such investments often yield favorable returns.

To Reduce the Risk of Hazards

If cabinets, shelves, or appliances have been in place for too long, you should consider replacing them. Old appliances tend to consume more energy and develop faults. For example, old food processors can bein to disintegrate into meals. It is safer and healthier to have such devices replaced.

To Improve Kitchen Function

You can add special features or remove existing ones to suit your needs. For instance, you may have to reorganize or redecorate to appeal to your children. You can also add special needs’ features such as pathways for wheelchairs in kitchens where there are stairs. 

For a Taste of Modern Décor.

The world is constantly evolving, and so are the people who live in it. You should remodel your kitchen at any time to suit your taste. There are quite a lot of new architectural masterpieces, and trying them out if you can afford to, is good living. 

Conclusion

Remodeling in any part of the house affects the whole house. You should ensure that your cooking space does not look out of place with the rest of your home.

Also, it is better to abstain from changing too many things at once. Transitioning into such changes is best done gradually. All that matters at the end of the day, however, is that you are pleased with your rebranded kitchen. Contact Gehman Remodeling today to start remodeling your kitchen!

Here’s Why You Should Remodel Your Home in the Fall

September 16, 2020
Basements, Bathrooms, Blog, Kitchens

Here’s Why You Should Remodel Your Home in the Fall

There are different reasons why you would feel your home need remodeling. But you may be tempted to do it during winter or during the holidays when everyone is around. In this piece, we will discuss why you should take fall seriously and why you should remodel your home during this period.

Create Ultimate Hosting Space

During the holidays, especially during Christmas parties, you would probably have friends and family over, and a lot of cooking would be done. Do you want to combine that with your home remodeling? Think again!

Your best option is to get the guest room ready, kitchen improved, and bathroom remodeled way before the holidays. And if you start early enough, you can finish up all remodeling activities by November, and that means you can enter December with ease of mind.

Excellent Weather for Work 

It does not matter what kind of remodeling project you have in and around your home, the fall is the perfect time to get them done.

The weather is excellent, and the temperatures are much cooler in the fall. Thankfully, the snowy season is still a few months away, so your contractors can work with having to check the weather forecast every now and then. The cool fall weather will also aid your work if you are working outside with paints and adhesives – something you can’t enjoy during spring and summer.

Effectively Monitor Your Contractor

Don’t be like every other person that remodel their homes during spring and summer. And if you haven’t noticed before, the spring and summer periods are the busiest time of the year for contractors. Should you plan to book them that period, you will have to wait before you are attended to. And after you get your estimate, it will take some more time before the remodeling and installation are done.

To save you all this stress, book contractors during the fall. You will get to see them around and spend time explaining what you want and how you want it to look like when it is done.

Conclusion

Kitchen and bathroom remodeling projects can be done effectively and efficiently when your contractors have the time to deliberate well with you. This is only possible during the fall period. So, shift your remodeling projects to the months between September and November.

Your contractor will able to help you renovate, restore, or add on to erect the structure you desire in your home right to your taste. Contact Gehman Design Remodeling today to learn more about our remodeling services.

Creating Your Dream Bathroom

August 29, 2020
Bathrooms

Creating Your Dream Bathroom

Let’s face it – you spend a lot of time in bathrooms. Whether you’re getting ready in the morning, taking a restroom break, relaxing in the tub, giving your children a bath, or cleaning – you spend a significant number of hours in this room.

This is why it isn’t “silly” to invest in your home’s bathroom. You’re in the room a lot – you should make it a place you love and enjoy. There are 3 key steps you should take when it comes to creating your dream bathroom.

1. Understand your Bathroom’s Existing Structure

When it comes to designing your dream bathroom, you’re probably working with an existing structure in your home. If you’re lucky enough to be building something new from the ground up, then you might be able to skip this step.

While it is possible to move a sink, toilet, or shower – it can add significant expense if the existing structure isn’t designed to work that way. You will want to have a good understanding of where drains and water lines are. If you aren’t sure, ask your contractor. They can explain what is possible and what isn’t within your budget and help you make the right decision.

2. Think about Storage 

You know what turns a bathroom into a nightmare faster than almost anything else? Lots of clutter. If you don’t have adequate storage – clutter is what you will have. While having a huge open floor plan may feel like the right call for your dream oasis, if you are working with limited space, make sure you plan storage even if it means moving things a little closer together.

Think through what you use in your bathroom, what items you use to get ready, and where you’ll store towels and toiletries.

3. Invest in Quality Fixtures

In addition to storage, you’ll want to think about the fixtures in your bathroom. Make sure you choose a quality shower or bathtub. This is where you’ll want to take time to do a lot of research. There are tons of options, so choosing the right one for you will take time.

In addition to the shower or tub, you’ll also want to think about sink faucets and light fixtures as well. You’ll want to choose things that are functional and attractive.

When you’re ready to make your dream bathroom a reality, contact, Gehman Design Remodeling can help you with your bathroom renovation.

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