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Energy-efficient Home Remodeling
Every remodeling project involves balancing mix of priorities. From choosing the right design and deciding on materials and fixtures to maximizing natural light, there are plenty of decisions to make. Home energy efficiency...
Creative Basement Home Theater Ideas
Bring the thrill of a blockbuster home! Basement home theaters are an excellent way to bring the family together, entertain or kick back in style. If you’re planning to convert your basement into a home theater or media...
Maximizing Small Spaces: Home Remodeling Ideas for Apartments
Living in a small space can be challenging, but with the right design and remodeling strategies, it can also be incredibly rewarding. Small spaces require creative solutions and innovative design ideas to maximize every...
Home Remodeling Design Elements & Tips for a Stunning Space
Home Remodeling Design Elements & Tips for a Stunning Space Design is a critical component of any home remodeling project. Whether you're looking to upgrade your kitchen or create a more functional living space,...
What Is a Pop-top Home Addition?
A pop-top home addition is any renovation project that involves an upstairs addition to a house. Whether expanding the square footage of an existing upper story to match the ground-level footprint or adding an upstairs to a...
Upgrades Worth Doing When Home Remodeling
Remodeling and renovating your home can make it more fun for you to live there and, if done correctly, can also raise the value of your home in the process. However, not all improvements will do this. While certain...
Building A Home Basement Bar to Entertain and Impress
If you’re looking for more entertaining space, redesigning your basement might be your next remodeling project. One of our favorite design elements for these projects is creating a custom-built basement bar to make...
Transforming a Porch Into a Living Space
Converting a patio into a habitable room is a cost-effective way to add year-round living space to your home. This is an attractive option for households needing more room for a growing family, a dedicated working space, or...
Home Renovation Timeline: Planning a Stress-free Remodeling Project
Pursuing a home remodeling project should be an exciting, creative journey. At Daniels Design & Remodeling, we take pride in helping you understand the process from start to finish. As you begin your home remodeling...
Your Complete Home Remodeling Guide
A complete home remodel is more than a financial investment. It also requires your time, attention and energy. It's important to know what you're getting into and consider all the decisions you'll need to make to get the...
Remodeling versus Renovation: What’s the Difference?
In the real estate and interior design worlds, remodeling and renovation are often thrown around as interchangeable terms. But there are many differences between these kinds of home improvement. In this article, we’ll...
Lighting Ideas For Your Living Room
It doesn’t matter what your home’s style is, you need to have the right lighting selections in each space. One of the most important rooms in your home is your living room. It’s where you spend a lot of your time and a...
Planning Your Kitchen Remodel With a Load-Bearing Wall
For many homeowners, opening a load-bearing wall between the kitchen and living room is an effective way to create a more functional space for entertaining, preparing meals and making the most of your home’s footprint....
What Happens at a Pre-Construction Meeting?
Communication is important for any home remodeling project. That’s why we always include a pre-construction meeting as a part of our client experience. Learn what to expect at a pre-construction meeting, what questions to...
What Is a Design-Build Remodeling Project?
The design-build remodeling philosophy centers around an integrated, collaborative approach between designers, contractors, and homeowners from the very start of the project. This vertically integrated approach smooths the...
Remodeling Ideas: Adding a Master Suite to a Split-level Home
Split-level homes were a common architectural choice for more than 30 years in the US. While split-levels offer many advantages, owners often choose to remodel or add on to their split-level homes to improve...
Split-Level House Entryway Remodel Ideas
Split-level homes offer many benefits, especially for those homeowners who want to clearly delineate public and private spaces. In practice, however, split-level entryways can make it feel cramped and uncomfortable while...
4 Reasons A Home Addition Might Be Right For You
Throughout our lives, what you need from your home changes and grows as your family does. Perhaps your family has grown and you need more space for bedrooms. Maybe your parents like to visit periodically, and need more...
Will Open Floor Plans Go Out of Style?
For decades, the open floor plan dominated new home construction and many home remodeling projects. New habits and new priorities, including the increasing number of families with one or more adults working from home, have...
Sunroom vs Screened In Porch: Which Is Right For You?
The best way to enjoy a Northern Virginia summer is outside. If you're considering a sunroom addition or a new screened-in porch, understanding the benefits and drawbacks of both options is essential. Enjoy dinner with...
2022 Guildmaster of The Year
Daniels design and remodeling of fairfax, virginia recognized among the top customer service leaders in the residential construction industry
Five Benefits of Natural Light in Your Home
There are many reasons to consider and incorporate natural lighting in your remodeling or renovation project, including boosting mental health, lowering heating costs, and being more productive. Northern Virginia homeowners...
Does a Finished Basement Add Value?
For homeowners in Northern Virginia looking to increase their property value or the size of their family, adding a bedroom to the basement is often one of the first options on the table. Is it the best home remodeling...
The Perfect Mother-in-Law Suite
While the name suggests that your upcoming addition over the garage is a suite for the in-laws, many homeowners in Northern Virginia create additional space over their garage for other reasons. For multi-generational...
Basement Remodel Ideas: Purpose-First Basement Layout
The true value of any home remodeling project is to add function, enjoyment, and value. When it comes to remodeling your basement, designing a layout that puts purpose first is the best way. By starting with the right...
Sustainable Building Materials: Building a Greener Future
The green building movement began in 1993 with the establishment of LEED certification for buildings and building professionals, but the movement really took off starting about 15 years ago. The emphasis on green...
Are Kitchen Islands a Good Idea?
Today, kitchen islands are an almost ubiquitous component of kitchen designs and renovation projects. There are a number of benefits to incorporating a kitchen island as a part of your next home upgrade, but it’s worth...
Aging in Place Bathroom Design
For most individuals, a house is more than just a home—it’s their family’s gathering place, the center of the memories, and where they’re most comfortable. As we age, it’s often a goal to live at home and to live...
Eco-Friendly Bathroom Renovations: Three Sustainable Bathroom Ideas
When Daniels Design and Remodeling creates a new space for our clients, we take pride in bringing their vision to life. More than ever, our clients seek sustainability. So today we’re sharing how to make a bathroom more...
Designing Your Kitchen | Selecting The Right Style
Thinking about remodeling your kitchen? Be sure to review these popular kitchen design styles before starting.
3 Ways Our Remodeling Company Can Improve Your Home Efficiency
Remodeling any area of your home comes with unique challenges and opportunities. The initial impulse to remodel may stem from the desire for a more beautiful space or an improved interior design that works better for your...
Top 3 Home Renovations You Can Afford
When people think of home renovations, they immediately start to see dollar signs churning in their heads. This is probably due to the proliferation of home makeover shows that turn a not-so-cool bathroom or kitchen into...
Home Office Decorating Tips
We've been talking a lot about home office remodeling here on our blog at Daniels Design & Remodeling. We've offered up reasons for remodeling your living space into a home office, as well as some of our best remodeling...
Home Renovations: To DIY or Not to DIY, That is the Question
If you’re like most savvy homeowners, you probably want to save money on home improvements by doing them yourself. But, it’s important to note that not all home renovations are smart to tackle yourself. In some cases,...
6 Top Uses for Home Additions
If you've lived in your home long enough, there is usually something that crops up that you want redesigned or tweaked to suit your needs, whether you need more space in your kitchen or you want to add a certain feature to...
Best of Virginia 2021 Winner
Daniels Design & Remodeling has been designated Best of Virginia 2021 by Virginia Living. Daniels Design & Remodeling won in three categories: Best Home Builders, Best Kitchen & Bath Design Firms, and Best Interior Design Firms.
4 Reasons to Remodel Your Living Space Into a Home Office
Many of us have living space that we are not using. You know what I'm talking about: those corners where an old chair is sitting or the place where a virtually-empty bookshelf is forlorn. These are areas that could...
Don’t Miss Out On These 2021 Bathroom Design Trends
Are you thinking about refreshing the decor of your bathroom? In this article, you will find the top trends and ideas worth exploring. If you’re thinking about upgrading and renovating your bathroom this year, there are...
2021 Guildmaster with Distinction Award
Daniels design and remodeling of fairfax, va recognized among the top customer service leaders in the residential construction industry.
Our Contractor of the Year Design Project
Here at Daniels Design & Remodeling, we work very hard to bring you the best kitchen, bathroom, and home remodeling services in Northern Virginia. While we don't pour our hearts into our projects for accolades, it is...
Top 4 Remodeling Tips for Your Home Office
With the proliferation of working from home, home offices are quickly becoming a must-have in Northern Virginia homes. New home buyers are looking for homes that have a place for a home office or room to add in one,...
What Kitchen Countertop Color Should You Choose?
Now that you've decided to invest in a kitchen remodel and you've hired a top-rated kitchen and bathroom remodeling contractor, such as Daniels Design & Remodeling in Fairfax, all you have to do is finalize the design...
Top New Year Home Renovation Projects
Almost everyone is looking forward to 2021. For many, the past year was full of hardships and woes, so many are planning to make up for it this year. For some, that is improving their home with home renovation projects....
Unexpected Benefits of a Kitchen Remodel
For most people, remodeling their kitchen is a top priority, and it's no different here in Northern Virginia. After all, besides your bedroom, you use your kitchen the most to cook meals, grab a snack and a drink, and to...
5 Quick Home Remodeling Projects Before the Holidays
With the holidays fast approaching, you may be preparing for a house full of guests. If that's the case, you may also be fretting about your home and some home improvement projects you want to get done. While you may be...
Best Halloween Treats to Cook in Your Remodeled Kitchen
Fall is right around the corner, and with fall comes some of our favorite holidays, the first of which is Halloween. Halloween has definitely taken on a life of its own, rising to become the second-biggest commercial...
Reasons to Add an Enclosed Patio
There are days when you just want to enjoy nature without having to drive a long way or leave your home to go for a hike or a walk. Instead, you'd love to grab a cup of coffee or ice water and sit outside, enjoying the...
Why Your Teens Need a Jack and Jill Bathroom
The most popular home remodeling projects are kitchens and bathrooms. This is because these rooms, outside of your bedroom, are the most used, so they need to be comfortable, organized, and stylish for entertaining and to...
Why Retirement is the Best Time to Renovate Your Home
Aging in place is a buzzword that is gaining steam. With the skyrocketing cost of healthcare, not to mention the impersonal nature of nursing homes and some other types of assisted living facilities, more seniors want to...
Remodel Your Living Space into a Home Gym
With the changes that have been happening in the world around us, more people are staying around their home and town. More people are working from home, teaching their children from home, and even investing in...
Spruce Up Your Bathroom With These 11 Expert Tips
As everyone is spending more time in their homes, there is plenty of time to refresh your bathroom space. You can opt for a full bathroom remodel, replace a few things, or just change up your design, and now is a great time to
do it. Whether you are living in a condo in Miami, FL or are planning on moving to Dallas, TX a bathroom makeover could be exactly what you need to make your space more functional or increase your home equity. We asked experts in the field to share their knowledge and provide us with tips for refreshing any bathroom.
Decorating Tips for Your Bathroom Remodel
Outside of the kitchen and bedroom, you spend a lot of time in the bathroom, from getting ready in the morning to preparing for bed at night. You brush your teeth, comb your hair, and put on your shoes. You shave if you're...
Benefits of Outdoor Spaces
Having a nice outdoor patio or porch, whether enclosed or not, is like having your own mini-oasis to come home to. You can beat the heat on a cool summer evening, sitting outside and watching the stars come out, or you can...
Green Remodeling: Where Construction Meets Eco-Consciousness
There’s no beating around the bush: the Earth is in a precarious state of health, and if we don’t make changes to our daily habits, we may not be able to ensure this planet’s longevity and prosperity for future generations....
Turn Your House Into Your Dream Home In 3 Easy Steps
Turning the house in which you live into your dream home… A lovely sentiment, yes, but in reality? A complex project which stretches well more than your finances, more often than not. It takes vision, time, experience,...
Remodeling Projects That Can Be Finished Quickly
Looking Great In A Hurry Whether you’re wanting to prepare for holiday gatherings, for a family event, or simply have a desire to give your home a facelift in a short time-frame, then Daniels Design & Remodeling in...
5 Ways Your Kitchen Design Can Help You Lose Weight
How Your Kitchen Can Make You Healthier When it comes to eating right and having healthy eating habits, a great place to start is right in your own kitchen. Did you know that the design of your kitchen, and the way in which...
5 Steps To Prepping Your Home For Guests
Around this time of year, many of us will find ourselves playing host to family and friends. Whether you have guests coming in for a couple of days or a couple of weeks, your home likely needs some preparation before it is...
What To Expect From Your Bathroom Remodel
Whether your bathroom needs a complete overhaul or just sprucing up, the prospect of remodeling a bathroom can be a daunting task for most people. For such a small space there are an overwhelming number of factors to take...
Tips for Designing Your Kitchen For Entertaining
The Heart of the Home The kitchen always seems to be the place that everyone in a home congregates. Families come together to smell what is cooking, parties gather around the exquisite array of wines and cocktails being...