September/October 2024

This folding glass wall brings the outdoors inside.

My brother bought his first home last year (you may remember my column about his kitchen remodel that garnered some very strong opinions). The backyard was a nondescript, weedy...

Why one home improvement leader switched his company's approach from traditional media to face-to-face marketing.

Each year, the National Association of Home Builders conducts a census of its members, and the 2023 results show that 21% of NAHB members report residential remodeling as their...

A recent offering from the Energy Star program can help homeowners and remodelers leverage increased federal incentives. Under the Inflation Reduction Act, homeowners can receive...

Raise the drama in your next remodeling project by focusing on the ceiling design.

The most successful teams have leaders who know the right ways to connect and exchange information.

More and more remodeling company owners are getting older and looking to transition out of their businesses. This transition requires a great deal of thought and planning. In ...

I recently joined an NAHB delegation that met with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and other members of the Fed’s Board of Governors. Several of us shared our perspectives...

Contractors must recognize how and where thermal bridging occurs so they can employ methods to eliminate it.

This CEO regularly found himself back at zero, but starting over again (and again) paid off.

PUSH! PUSH!Kelly Parker is inside her car in the middle of winter in Cleveland, and paramedics are yelling for her to push. She’s giving birth to her daughter on the side of the...