Kitchen Remodeling

Birmingham Home Remodeling, Renovations

How to Design a Kitchen Made for Entertaining

The kitchen is the heart of a home. From casual family dinners to holidays and special events—the kitchen is the ideal place for loved ones to gather. But if your kitchen is small, outdated, or just not suitable for guests, it can be difficult to entertain. A remodel can serve to create a new kitchen …

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Remodeling Trends in 2016

Another year, another shift in evolving trends. MainStreet Design Build, a luxury design build firm located in Birmingham, solicited advice from its award-winning certified designer, Christine Ramaekers, to identify this year’s hottest remodeling trends, based on current demand from Oakland County homeowners.

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Houzz Kitchen of the Week Features MainStreet Kitchen

To our wonderful surprise, Houzz featured MainStreet Design Build’s recent Birmingham kitchen remodel in a new “Kitchen of the Week” article. This before and after transformation of a 100-year old English farmhouse can be seen here. Check out this fabulous article that details the before and after transformation of an awkward layout turned into a beautiful modern living space.

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Birmingham Home Remodeling, Renovations

MainStreet Catapults a Tired Kitchen into the 21st Century

MainStreet Design Build transforms a drab, dated kitchen into a stunning, contemporary style kitchen, showing us how to make perfect use of clean lines and natural elements. Located in Birmingham, this 1915 home suffered from a dysfunctional first floor layout, which included a poorly placed powder room, cramped space and lack of storage. The SE …

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Exterior Home Remodeling

Understanding Design/Build Remodeling: To Bid or Not to Bid?

The Fundamental Differences Between Design/Build and Design-Bid-Build As a homeowner, you’ll have many choices to make regarding your home remodeling project and your construction partner. Before you begin, it’s important to understand the differences between the two most common construction options: Design Build vs. Design Bid Build. Understanding how design build vs. design-bid-build contracts work may help you better …

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