Explore - Renovation

Architect-author, Dan Maginn of El Dorado Inc., in Kansas City, Missouri, gives us the inside track on one of his favorite subjects: contractors. Learn what makes them tick, how to work with them,...

So you’ve brought home an ebullient new contractor to turn your wreck into the Ritz. How to do it? Read on.

So you’ve brought home a bumbling new contractor who’ll turn your Ritz into a wreck. How to avoid it? Read on.

Though contractors are unusually deft with tools, accidents do happen. SawStop puts an end to that.

What will the future hold for contractors and builders? We asked three industry leaders for their prognostications.

Bid: How much the contractor will charge to build the house. Different than “estimate.” (“Bid” is to “estimate” as “getting wife flowers” is to ...

At least 19 unfinished renovation projects currently reside within the crotchety old puzzle box of a house that I share with my wife, Keri. Together, the 21 of us live in a spirit of communal...

An Architectural Drama in Five Parts