You need the best bathroom details to help you avoid confusion and frustration, to make great decisions for a safe, functional, and relaxing personal retreat. Information included in this podcast: Toilets, Lavatories-Sinks, Cabinets, Tubs/Showers, Plumbing Fittings, Countertops, Finishes (Backsplash, Floor, Walls).MISSION: I hope my podcasts and blogs help you make informed decisions about all of the important details for your remodeling or building projects, to reduce stress, limit confusion and frustration. My goal is to help you achieve a personal haven of tranquility and safety that reflects your lifestyle and priorities within a reasonable budget.

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Best Bathroom Details Help To Make Great Decisions

Essential details are important for your new kitchen. They are crucial to achieve the best function and safety, to fulfill your desire for an ideal environment. Details to think about include: Style, appliance placement, product selection, and lighting. 

Today's Home: 10-17-19 Essential Details Are Crucial For Your New Kitchen

In 35 years, I've heard and read about building and remodeling horror stories. The really sad thing is, most of the disasters could have been avoided if homeowners had  reliable information before starting a project. D. P. Design is here to help you avoid construction horror stories. Listen to this podcast, and read my blog: https://www.dp-design.com/blog. Contact me to find out how I can help you! 

How To Avoid Construction Horror Stories

Recent topics on "Today's Home" included appliances and paint. The astounding topic "mashup" includes: An update about Whirlpool's new "Sunset Bronze" appliances, and Dacor's "Modernist" collection; homeowner remodeling problems and how you can avoid them; and why hire a professional kitchen designer. More information about Behr, Sherwin-Williams, and Miller Paint collections for 2020.  

Recent Topics -- An Astounding Mashup for Homeowners!

Ten awesome remodeling products for 2019 are featured from 100 products selected by Pro Remodeler,  to help homeowners make good decisions about building and remodeling projects. Products featured include appliances, plumbing fixtures, bamboo flooring, deck water management, and structural connectors for pergolas.

Today's Home: 10 Awesome Remodeling Products

Music is a profound and powerful influence on our lives. Music comforts, inspires, and motivates us at every stage of our life, a personal expression, a gift. Diane and Jay Plesset discuss music's influence and home audio systems

Today's Home: Music: Profound, Powerful Influence In Our Lives

The Exciting World Of Color RevealedColor: we’re surrounded by it every waking moment. Sometimes we dream in color. As I sit here, looking out the window, I see hundreds, maybe thousands of different green hues, and a beautiful blue sky with cotton-ball clouds. Color is something we take for granted, unless we lose our sight.

Todays Home 8-20-19 All About Color

LED lighting has the highest impact on you and your life other than sunlight. I’m going to expose you to facts that you may not know. Are you aware that:Insufficient lighting has been found to contribute to seasonal depression (seasonal affective disorder) and vitamin D deficiencies. Up to 90% of vitamin D comes from exposure to sun – diet alone isn’t a good enough source. Vitamin D, can prevent or slow down the growth of tumours and even boost survival rates for cancer patients. . . .

Todays Home 8-13-19 LED Lighting

Kitchen remodeling expectations is a subject I talk about with homeowners at every first meeting with them. It’s not uncommon to hear this comment, “We’ve called several contractors about our kitchen, but they’re all busy right now.” The logical follow-up question is, “When do you want to start your project, and when do you want it finished?”

Todays Home: Kitchen Remodeling Expectations

Interview with one of the best contractors I know.

Todays Home 7-30-19-Interview With Larry Mock

Amazing Home Products is the theme for this week’s blog and podcast. Last week, I covered 11 of 21 top home products that got attention at this year’s Kitchen and Bath Industry Show, the International Builders’ Show, and magazines for construction professionals. This week, I’m going to cover the last 10 of the group. It’s been a lot of fun, exploring and discovering these products that I’m sharing with you. Hope that you have found several that are interesting enough to incorporate into your home, or recommend to someone else. The “Today’s Home” logo (and mascot, “Homer”) seemed to be a perfect fit for these two segments. Two thumbs up!

Todays Home 7-23-19 Great Home Products, pt 2

Great home products is a subject I love to talk and write about. This week’s blog features 11 of the over 20 great home products I discovered in the past several weeks. Some of them are meant for remodeling and new construction, while others don’t require major changes to your existing home. A couple of the products easily qualify for D-I-Y projects.

7/16/19 Podcast: Great Home Products (1 of 2)

There are many things you can do to prepare for your home remodeling project. In this podcast, I’m going to focus on what you can do before you call contractors and design professional.

6/18/19 Podcast: “How To Prepare For Home Remodeling”

Two important remodeling questions happen during first meetings with homeowners. They’re great questions!

Remodeling Questions and Answers

Trends are an important part of our life, 24/7/365. It was fun to investigate the history of trends and read expert opinions about how trends change our lives. Research is fun, and gives me an opportunity to learn!

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