Matrix Home Solutions Blog: remodel

According to the American Association of Retired Persons, nearly 80 percent of adults ages 50 and older have a desire to remain in their home for the long term - and it's expected that this trend won't subside anytime soon. In fact, it's been trending upwards for the better part of a decade now.

Kids' bathrooms are much more fun than boring adult bathrooms. You can make a kid’s bathroom as fun and colorful as you like, and you can customize the decor to match your children’s personalities! Of course, you also have to remember safety and include age-appropriate features, too.

Do you have an unfinished, mostly unused basement in your home? Basements are extremely common throughout the Midwest, and far too many of them never get used for anything beyond storage.

Traditionally, basements are simply designed to serve as storage spaces for some of the home's essential appliances. However, more and more people have begun converting them into functional living spaces - and the walkout basement tends to be the style that lends itself best to such purposes.

Your basement can be a simple place to store extra household items and to do your laundry, or it can be a totally functional extra living space. The main thing that separates these two concepts is whether there's a bathroom.

If you’re considering a home remodel, the bathroom is a great place to start. While a bathroom remodel is moderately expensive, your return on investment is substantial. In fact, the bathroom is one of the best rooms to remodel from a financial standpoint.

The basement is probably the most common catch-all storage space in a home, right after the garage. Even in finished basements, storage is still a priority - everything from holiday decorations to workshop tools and items for next spring's garage sale.

Everyone loves a shower - it's a great place to get clean quickly or just relax away the stress of the day. Unfortunately, a lot of bathrooms are only equipped with tubs, leaving the homeowner thinking they can't install a shower without a complete remodel.

Moving into a forever home is as pure an example of putting down roots as it gets. “Forever” is a powerful word, so buying or building the place you plan to live in for the rest of your life is one of the biggest decisions anyone will ever make.

In any family home, free space tends to quickly fill up. Looking outside the main structure of the home can help you expand your living space without the need for expensive and complicated additions. The garage is a great place to start.