While staircases and fireplaces are an integral part of your home, there are ways to dress them up and make them more friendly and functional:
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Interior stairs can be opened up to the rooms around them to add visual space to your home.
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If there’s space, some homes have a slide for the kids running alongside the stairs.
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Custom cabinets and bookcases wrapping around the fireplace … or just a special new mantel.
Don’t Forget Stairs & Fireplaces
Built-ins are features attached to your home, so they’ll remain when you sell the house. Storage ideas are practical because who doesn’t need (want) more storage and it will help you get a higher price for your home. The most popular built-ins include:
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Cabinets and shelving to display special collections. These are most common in living/family rooms but also practical in bedrooms and even hallways.
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Seating in the kitchen, in bedrooms, entryways and window seats are extremely popular to create a reading nook in otherwise, unused space.
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Desks are gaining popularity, in a home office or along a wall in the family room for homework.
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Entertainment centers are often built-in to integrate your television, game consoles and more onto one wall of the family room.
Custom Built-Ins
We tend to focus on outdoor porches, decks, patios and great landscaping. It’s also possible to personalize your home with decorative trim similar to what you might do indoors. You can dress up your doors, windows and trim just below the roof line, similar in concept to crown molding, is also popular.
Here are the most common outdoor carpentry projects:
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Decks and other outdoor living spaces for enjoy eating and entertaining outdoors.
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Some homeowners will enclose their decks or add a sun room to extend the time they can spend outdoors.
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While we’ve had backyard storage sheds for years, today we’re seeing more outbuildings for home offices.
Exterior Trim & More
Every house includes basic trim around doors, windows and baseboard which hides the gaps between flooring and the walls. Decorative trim is a great way to personalize your home by creating an elegant look with crown molding, chair rails, wainscoting, columns and more … here are some options:
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Decorative ceiling trim that pops works especially well with today’s taller ceilings.
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There are amazing custom carpentry choices for your walls beyond the traditional chair rails and wainscoting.
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Decorative columns are popular and room dividers (think floating bookshelves) are a fun way to define different living areas within an open floor plan.
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Alcoves and shelving to showcase your artwork and collectibles.
Interior Carpentry
When you want to personalize your house, custom carpentry is the perfect solution to highlight your home’s best features. We’re happy to discuss the many custom trim options for your home, both inside and outside. You can also make unused spaces functional with built-ins under windows, along hallways and more.
