Category: Home Design
What to Know When Renovating a Philadelphia Rowhouse
From challenges and solutions to expanding square footage and tips on preparing for the process With your Philadelphia rowhouse, you’re part of Philly’s unique personality with restaurants, friends, and schools
Read MoreMy Sweeten Story: A Bronx Rowhouse Steps Up to Live/Work Duty
This pre-war Bronx remodel gives a work-downstairs space for its artist owner “After” photos by Kate Glicksberg for Sweeten Homeowners: Steve and Lewis posted their gut renovation project on Sweeten.Where: South
Read MoreRedesigned Master Bedrooms Reveal Color, Pattern, or Calm
These master bedrooms ideas from Sweeten renovators showcase unique design trends that produce a serene space While most home renovations focus on the kitchen and bath, the bedroom is arguably
Read MoreQ&A With Joy Moyler: Design Tips on Trends and Budget
Joy Moyler on how to work with an interior designer and budgeting for one, to the best materials for kitchens and bathrooms (Above) Interior designer Joy Moyler Sweeten’s founder and
Read MoreThe Customer is Queen, right?
Like most home remodelers I’m spending more money on my remodel than I’ve ever spent on anything except the home itself. Kitchen appliances, bathroom fixtures, cabinetry, countertops, and wall and
Read MoreSweetening the Kitchen: It’s All About the Cabinets
When I began the design for my kitchen the only thing I knew for certain was that it would have dark wood cabinets. This was in part a nostalgia for
Read MoreYou Mean You Do This for a Living?
When I manage a construction project in an architecture office I am terrifically, annoyingly organized. I respond to phone calls and emails immediately. I keep and file printed copies of
Read MoreThe “maid’s” room
Maid’s Room 2007, stairs down to kitchen on right. This was what our entire house looked like when we purchased it. No, it was not finished to our standards but
Read MoreWhich Shade of White?
Architects tend to be perfectionists and also indecisive, which is a dangerous combination. In the architecture offices where I worked I spent hours locked in conference rooms with colleagues agonizing
Read MoreMy Sweeten Story: A Mint Bathtub Leads a Vintage Bathroom Remodel
Hudson County vintage bathroom remodel highlights a mint green palette and higher ceilings “After” photos by Curious Lens for Sweeten Homeowners: Homeowners posted their vintage bathroom remodelon SweetenWhere:Hudson County, New
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