Small Bath – Smart Remodel The integrated design build approach to remodeling promotes lively collaboration. That results in a win/win experience for all involved. Take this condo bath remodel for example…… Architect Chris Doyle and interior designer Ellen Gilday Witts recently completed the design for a condo bath remodeling project on a two bedroom...
Learn MoreDesign Build = Collaboration Continuing from the previous post (“Why Integrated Design Build Works“) we explore further how an integrated design build approach to kitchen remodeling benefits from the lively collaboration it provokes among all the players. That is, the architect, the kitchen designer, the client and (later on) the carpentry staff. Kitchen...
Learn MoreHere is a perfect example of the very high quality of collaboration that occurs daily in a truly integrated design build remodeling firm. Kitchen designer Ellen Gilday Witts and architect Dan Morales are developing plans for a kitchen addition to a Washington DC home located in Cleveland Park. In this particular project, the homeowners want to explore all the options...
Learn MoreClassy Cleveland Park Victorian In the previous post (The Architect In Design Build Remodeling) we took a peek at architect Dan Morales’ process as he prepared to design a family room addition for an 1895 Victorian in the Cleveland Park neighborhood of Washington DC. Surveying the mass of formal elements at the front elevation, we wondered what features Dan might...
Learn MoreJust as an actor studies all aspects of a character in preparation for the role, an architect studies the character of a home he is about to renovate. For an architect working in the context of residential design build firm, this study is at the core of every project. Such was the process for architect Dan Morales as he prepared to design a kitchen and family room...
Learn MoreKitchen Remodeling Means Thinking Inside the Box In kitchen remodeling, size does not matter. Large space or small, the design process is the same. The kitchen designer has to has to make an assessment as to which attributes of the space can be changed and which are fixed. Creativity must take place within boundaries. If there aren’t any obvious...
Learn MoreThe Great Outdoors -or- The Great After-Thought Gilday Renovations completed a two-story addition to a Washington DC residence several years ago. We squeezed the budget in this ambitious design build remodeling project to achieve all of the things our clients so passionately desired. The homeowners were thrilled with their larger kitchen, new sitting room, and...
Learn MoreChoosing Countertops for the Modern Kitchen There are now many more types of kitchen countertop materials to choose from. And yet, most of our clients still choose natural stone. One slight change we have seen in the past two years is that granite is no longer the rock of choice. We’ve been installing the more “risky” choices of marble and...
Learn MoreWe do that. When you are the client in a Gilday Renovations design build remodeling project, we stand by you. Why its that? Because our work and our client relationships are based on fairness and good will. Because of our unspoken extended warranty. Eight years later even. Here’s a story. I Want It To Look Built In Our client David O told us “I...
Learn MoreThe Finishing Touch Choosing your paint colors–that truly puts the finishing touch on a home remodeling project. Do not under estimate the importance of this choice. After an intense design and remodeling process, particularly one that involves a kitchen or bath, you may feel a bit burned out having made so, so many selections. You may be tempted to just blow...
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