With flooring material choices, the consistency, continuity, and overall sameness of the selections allows the eye to travel unimpeded and gives the impression of spaciousness – it is a passive approach. Less visual restriction lends itself to more space perception. Expanding space with wall treatments is more aggressive; it relies on manipulating depth perception. While...Read More

Your home has a specific number of square feet of living space – that is definite. Interior walls may be either modified or removed, but, unless exterior walls are demolished for expansion, you will still have the same number of square feet of living space. What is not definite is the visual perception of the...Read More

The housing crash of 1990-91 was as devastating to me as it was to anyone affiliated with the industry. New home construction dropped from 1.8 million to 1 million with sales plummeting a staggering 42%, the largest drop since World War II. “Recession” was no longer an allusion in the press, it was THE topic...Read More