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Now Available! Our first issue of the year features the 2025 Lead-Gen & Marketing Report, award-winning projects, decking trends and more. Read the Digital Edition now — https://bit.ly/42GVeyw On the Cover: Feldman Architecture — Master Design Awards 2024, Whole House More Than $1 Million (Silver) / Photo: David Tsay

Kyle Powers brand leader for Apex Energy Solutions, part of Great Day Improvements, LLC, one of the largest companies on the TOP 500 list, joined Tim and Pat for episode 28 of the Talking TOP 500 podcast! Listen now — https://bit.ly/41Gwfck Kyle will be a featured speaker at the fourth annual FAST Remodeler Live, a technology for remodeling and home improvement professionals event, which will be held at the Hyatt Regency Baltimore Inner Harbor, May 20-21, 2025. Learn more about FAST 2025 — fastremodelerlive.com

"This looked like a project where the original architecture got in its way." — David Webber, founder and principle, Webber + Studio, Architects ?? The design team successfully maximized natural lighting and balanced the use of traditional materials with modern, sustainable alternatives. ?? No-VOC finishes and repurposed materials helped maintain 100 percent of the recovered, mid-century existing structure. See this MDA-winning project featured in QR's Design Solutions — https://bit.ly/4guaLVA ... Master Design Awards 2024: Whole House More Than $1 Million | Bronze Webber + Studio, Architects Builder/contractor: Capital Construction Company Photos: CASEY DUNN

New Product Spotlight! Qualified Remodeler's editors selected 10 new products to showcase in the January/February 2025 issue. Here's what's catching their eyes: https://bit.ly/42JVSuU Featured here... 1 | New porcelain slab collections by Nemo Tile + Stone 2 | UltraFoil Collections by Genesis Products 3 | Unlacquered Brass architectural hardware by Ashley Norton Inc.

Harrell Design + Build | 2024 Master Design Awards Light Commercial — GOLD When the employee-owners of Harrell Design + Build decided to move from their rented space and purchase their own building, they turned it into an office with a warehouse, storage for custom materials, a small projects division office and a separate showroom. Designed as an educational experience for its clients, everything that they need to make decisions regarding cabinets, tile, countertops and the multitude of other decisions are all illustrated within the new facility. Keep reading + see more photos: https://bit.ly/4091U5B … Harrell Design + Build, Mountain View, California Photos: Agnieszka Jakubowicz Photography

"For an industry that is about creating physical realities, about improving the built environment, about the tactile—sticks and bricks—it’s almost head-spinning how dependent the business of remodeling and home improvement is on new and emerging digital technologies." Read Patrick O'Toole's January/February 2025 Editor's Note here: https://bit.ly/40UkQFI

Bonnie J. Lewis Design | 2024 Master Design Awards Universal Design — GOLD To accommodate future age-related needs and to be comfortable, functional and safe, a new ADA-compliant floor plan in this primary bathroom provides a larger shower and water closet within a footprint that was expanded by 20 square feet after capturing closet and garage space. A curbless shower entry; slip-resistant floor tile; handheld shower; ADA-compliant toilet; attractive support bars, including a toilet paper holder/grab bar and a towel bar/grab bar; a wall-mounted shower seat; and an abundance of ambient and task lighting discretely provide safety, support and wheelchair accessibility. Keep reading + see more photos: https://bit.ly/4fLK4eH … Bonnie J. Lewis Design, Scottsdale, Arizona Photos: Marlon DeCastro Photography

Bruce Case and Bill Millholland dive into the topic of uncertainty in the remodeling industry in the newest episode of Design-Build Central. Listen Now: https://bit.ly/40G6Ij4

TEW Design Studio | 2024 Master Design Awards Residential Interior Less Than $150,000 — GOLD This family bought their home more than a decade ago, yet it remained untouched, with certain areas no longer serving their intended purposes. For the kitchen, aesthetically they yearned for a mix of transitional and contemporary styles. Functionally, they love to cook and entertain, and the existing layout was cramped and separated from the living room, making conversations difficult. For their dining room, they wanted to intersperse more personality and create a more cohesive, well-intentioned design. Keep reading + see more photos: https://bit.ly/3W8mfGN … TEW Design Studio, Raleigh, North Carolina Photos: Courtesy of TEW

"He was always fascinated with how you get the best craftspeople, architects and designers, the field and the office, working together, because they all think about things differently," says Bruce, Fred's son and CEO of Case Design/Remodeling. https://bit.ly/3WODIV8