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We Need Another Bathroom – Home Décor and Renovations Magazine
Second only to the renovation request of "we would like a larger kitchen, let's take down this wall and open the space up and lose the nonfunctioning dining room," comes ... Read More
Home Renovation During COVID – Home Décor and Renovations Magazine
Believe it or not, in the middle of this pandemic the building and renovation market in Winnipeg is booming! Inquiries and new project bookings are way up for ... Read More
Searching Online for Contractors – Home Décor and Renovations Magazine
The first step for many is to search online for designers and builders. I agree that this is a wise route to follow, but I also must inform you that this system is flawed ... Read More
Are Home Builders Able to Operate? – Home Décor and Renovations Magazine
Are the good qualified professional renovators and builders out there working and able to operate?' The good news for you is, 'yes, we are!' ... Read More
Home Maintenance – Home Décor and Renovations Magazine
This is the perfect time to look at some of those home maintenance issues that perhaps get put on hold or forgotten about as we go through the ... Read More
Renovation Team Building – Home Décor and Renovations Magazine
Great team management had been put into place in order to win. Developing my company has been along the same lines ... Read More
Renovation Project Price – Home Décor and Renovations Magazine
When it comes to the price for your renovation project, how do you really know what you're getting ... Read More
Project Managers or Custom Builders? – Home Décor and Renovations Magazine
On any given week, I typically visit at least five potential project meetings. Basically, the meet and greet is to determine if we as the builder and you as the client are ... Read More
Unscrupulous Reno Firms – Home Décor and Renovations Magazine
Wayne Sage points out some of the "too good to be true flags" you should look for to avoid the following tragic situation ... Read More
River's Edge Revival – Canadian Contractor Magazine
This project in Winnipeg started out as an interior renovation of a 1960s era bungalow. It ended up being a major structural rebuild ... Read More
Winnipeg Custom Builder - Looking to Next Year – Home Décor and Renovations Magazine
The time to start planning is now! It may seem like there's lot of time and you can put it off longer, but fall is the perfect time for planning any renovations you may want to do in 2019 ... Read More
Credit to Interior Designers – Home Décor and Renovations Magazine
Although we are the builders of these outstanding spaces, in the end we are merely facilitators of the incredible vision of a professional interior designer ... Read More
Home Exterior Finishes – Home Décor and Renovations Magazine
As we now move into spring and the outdoor season it's time to take a look at the exterior of our homes from a maintenance perspective, and just as important, is it time to ... Read More
Where to Begin Your Reno Project – Home Décor and Renovations Magazine
If you are like many of my clients, you spent some time over holidays discussing the renovation you would like to do to some or all of your home, and many of you may have even decided to ... Read More
Taking Time to Plan Your Kitchen – Home Décor and Renovations Magazine
Looking back on their newly renovated kitchen and mudroom in their century old Crescentwood home, Elizabeth and Allan are glad they took their time in the planning and research stage ... Read More
Ask the Right Renovation Questions – Home Décor and Renovations Magazine
With the growth in popularity of the home renovation market, I'm very happy to see that today's consumer is much better educated and involved with their projects. Great work has been done by ... Read More
The Bathroom Reno – Home Décor and Renovations Magazine
Second only to the kitchen renovation for most popular project in the home and falling in line with the old saying, 'kitchens and bathrooms sell houses,' the bathroom reno is ... Read More
How to Select the Right Contractor – Home Décor and Renovations Magazine
The process of building a new home is quite straightforward when compared to the renovation process. The complexities of a major renovation require a vast amount of knowledge and ... Read More
Home Renovation Timelines – Home Décor and Renovations Magazine
After 'how much will it cost' and 'do you do free estimates' (which we will address in future articles), the next biggest questions I am asked are 'how long will it take' and 'when can you start?' ... Read More
The Cash Deal Contractor – Home Décor and Renovations Magazine
We hear about this all the time in the renovation industry and after 40 years of being in the business I still don't understand what the attraction of the cash deal is to the consumer ... Read More
Proper Project Planning – Home Décor and Renovations Magazine
Someone Recently asked me how long I had been a builder and doing home renovations and when the answer came out at forty years, I think it shocked me more than anyone else ... Read More
Award Winning and Life Enhancing – Home Décor and Renovations Magazine
Harwood Design Builders continues to rack up industry awards for excellence in home renovations bestowed by the Manitoba Home Builders Association. For 2015, among its other three ... Read MoreReturn from Harwood News and Articles to Home Renovation Company Winnipeg
