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Remodeling

How and Why to Hire an Architect

by Lindsey on October 5, 2011

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The following post is from Lindsey M. Roberts, a design & décor writer:

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source: Will Scullin

Maybe you’re looking to build, or maybe you’re just looking to build an addition. Either way, hiring an architect is an initial investment that should save you money in the long run. A well-planned design will result in fewer questions and changes during construction, which add to the time and cost of construction. It’s the principle of doing it right the first time.

I recently spoke at a store in Alexandria, Virginia, called Red Barn Mercantile with architect Rachel DeBacker on this topic, and here’s what we put together.

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Being Content With Our Homes

April 25, 2011
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Contentment is something I think about a lot, and I think it’s an important attitude to cultivate in regards to our homes as well. That’s easier said than done sometimes, though. Don’t get me wrong. I love our home. I love the lot our home is built on. We are blessed, and I don’t ever [...]

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Giveaway: $100 Home Depot Gift Card

February 5, 2011
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**This giveaway is now closed.** Congratulations to Kimberly M., you won the $100 Home Depot gift card! A couple weeks ago, I showed you the bathroom projects my parents are currently working on with the help of Home Depot’s Renew & Redo bath event. Next week I’ll show you the progress they’ve made, but today [...]

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Home Improvement Projects That Pay

January 27, 2011
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Owning a home is expensive, in more ways than one, and often the home improvement projects that we want to do aren’t the same ones that pay off in equity. I was a licensed real estate agent in the metropolitan D.C. area in the early 2000s, and we had to break the news to a [...]

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Bathroom Updates and Remodels with The Home Depot

January 22, 2011
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My parents have lived in the same house for 14 years. It’s the house where I lived as a teenager, where I first fell in love with the boy across the street (that boy is now my husband), and where we brought our second daughter home to just hours after her birth. Over the past [...]

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