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How to Ensure Your Remodel or Addition is Seamless with Your Current Home
It may sound obvious, but you don’t want to just tack on remodeling work or a new addition to your existing home. You want to integrate. Whether you’re hosting guests or looking to resell your home, you don’t want remodeling work to be glaringly obvious to people as they walk in because that would mean the rest of the space remains outdated or looks odd in conjunction with the new design. Remodeling the Exterior of a House When it comes to making updates to your home’s exterior, it’s all about materials. Rare-colored bricks can be very hard to match. In … Read more
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2022 Remodeling Ideas
Remodeling is almost always a good idea. Your home’s layout, aesthetic, and features should not only be functional but also enjoyable. Even smaller, lower-cost updates can make a positive impact on your experience of your home. In real estate markets where options are few and fiercely competitive, a large-scale remodel of your home may be worthwhile. If you’ve been considering this, here are 4 remodeling ideas we recommend. Several of our clients have requested these designs lately. 1. Design a Spa Bathroom Updating your bathroom is a primary way to enhance the atmosphere of your home and increase its value … Read more
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5 Facts on Remodeling Contractors You Should Know
Not all contractors are created equal. If you’ve never remodeled or you worked with a contractor on a project that left a bad taste in your mouth, we consider these 5 facts important to know before you begin working with a remodeling contractor. #1 – A Contractor Should Offer Clear Cost Estimates We always give our clients extremely clear pricing before we ever begin construction. Our advanced estimating system allows us to pinpoint costs and show customers how changes before and during the construction process can alter the price – whether in a good way or a bad way. For … Read more
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How a Design-Build Benefits Commercial Construction
If you’re looking to start a commercial building or remodeling project, there are plenty of options out there for you. Today, however, we’re going to talk about how a design-build firm is set apart from the rest. If you’ve been frustrated by a commercial construction project or your stakeholders have concerns about beginning one right now, a design-build process could be exactly the right method for you. What is Design-Build? Design-build is a method of construction in which the building owner works with one entity under one contract! This system is an increasingly popular method of building where architects, head … Read more
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3 Things You Should Focus on with Your New Building
Gearing up to start a new construction project is an exciting time, but there are few considerations you have to make before even thinking about talking to a builder. Here are three things that you need to consider for your new building, and once you have a handle on these points, you’re ready to get started! Design Around your Budget Designing your building around your budget is the best way to actually accomplish it. Starting with your design ideas alone could mean you end up with a dream project that isn’t feasible. Going in with a clear budget and a … Read more
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Some of our Exciting Commercial Building Projects
Some of our Exciting Commercial Building Projects While you may recognize us for our work building custom homes, that’s not all the P.L. Lyons team excels at! We’re very excited about some of our recent commercial building projects, as well. Just like with a home, a lot of thought and care goes into commercial building projects. Here are three project examples we’ve had the pleasure of working on: Stansbury Electric Stansbury Electric, trusted electricians in the Louisville-area, found themselves in need of a new warehouse and conference room. While you might think warehouses are pretty easy to construct and design … Read more
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Winston Remodel Reveal!
We recently took on a full remodel in the Highlands. It was a very traditional home for the area and we couldn’t be more excited about the results. Take a look at this video to see the final project! For this home, we really wanted to focus on light and space. We opened it up to create a more popular and functional floor plan. Light is everywhere in this home, especially with the white furnishing and light wood flooring. It makes the rooms look even bigger. We wanted space and light to be the resounding theme of this home, and you … Read more
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Beautiful Tables for Family Gatherings
It’s not hard to admit that one of the biggest factors driving the value of a home is a pleasant aesthetic of a major area in the home like the kitchen, dining, or bathroom. Obviously, curb appeal sells too. We not only know about the technical side of constructing a home. We know good design makes all the difference. One of our partners has years of experience in architecture and design. That’s actually one of our differentiators from other building companies. We also believe in the importance of family. It’s the time of year to gather. So we want to … Read more
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6 Tips to Winterize Your Home
The varying temperatures we experience during a year can have quite an effect on your home, especially if you’re not keeping everything properly maintained. With colder weather right around the corner, we want you to stay warm and your house to stay in great condition. The best way to avoid freezing pipes and other winter damage is to take a few precautionary steps to winterize a house. Here are our six tips for the coming winter: 1. Inspect Your Fireplace Everyone wants to be able to curl up in front of the fire during the winter but not at the … Read more
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How House Trusses Work & Why They Benefit Your Home
At P.L. Lyons we prefer to use trusses, rather than traditional stick-framing, when building roofs for our homes. Our priority is building the best houses for our homeowners, and using trusses in our roof construction is one way we accomplish that goal. How House Trusses Work If you’re more of an admirer of a beautiful home facade but fairly unfamiliar with the process of home construction, let us define trusses for you. House trusses are used to direct the weight of your roof to the load-bearing walls. They are constructed to span longer distances without relying on interior partitions for … Read more
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Best Remodeling Advice Ever
Whether you’re remodeling your home yourself or getting professional help, one thing is certain: it’s never as easy as it looks on TV. Remodeling can be a fun experience for the whole family, but it’s going to come with some challenges, too. At P.L. Lyons, we want you to go into your remodeling project with confidence and get the results you want and deserve. That’s why we’re giving you our best remodeling advice. Ready for it? Read below. Our Best Remodeling Advice Here is the best remodeling advice we could ever give you. It may sound cliche, but expecting the … Read more
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New Home Reveal for a Happy Client
The Spring Farm Lake house is complete and we couldn’t be more excited about the final result. We started working on this house at the very beginning of 2020. You can imagine some of the challenges we faced with the pandemic going on. We were still able to get some filming in during the first few weeks, though. In fact, you can see in this video how we put in all the roofs, which were built using trusses! We were also able to capture move-in day, so you can see the full 360. From barebones to finishing touches. The move-in video also … Read more
