You know The Golden Rule, right?   He who has the gold makes the rules.     On the jobsite today, there is an inverse to The Golden Rule: He who has…

It has been long been said that “homebuilding is a local business” and as much as I’d like to think that Lean always transcends locality, that is not…

Like Reese Witherspoon in a romantic comedy, this house flat out exudes charm. It’s a simple ranch that hits all the key marketing hot spots for…

Active-adult communities sure have come a long way. We all know that the massive numbers of baby boomers hitting retirement age want to remain active…

M. Night Shyamalan, the director of The 6th Sense, was opposed to including what has become one of the most memorable movie lines of all-time “I see…

Seattle architect Ross Chapin has been designing and writing about small homes for 30 years. Examples of Chapin’s work can be found in various parts…

Working at my second office yesterday (Starbucks), two latino twenty-somethings and their language choices caught my attention.   They were jumping…

Professional Remodeler’s 40 Under 40 program is open to remodeling professionals in North America. Professional Remodeler is currently accepting…

There’s an interesting article in the March 25 issue of Time magazine called “10 Big Ideas” (read the digital version here). Some of the ideas are…

Professional Remodeler wants to hear about remodeling companies who thrived in 2012. In the May issue of Professional Remodeler, we will be listing…