Portland Design Build Remodeling Blog

Polls continue to show that most older Americans want to age in place, preferring to stay in their homes and their communities rather than move to a retirement home, assisted-living facility, or nursing home. To make that possible, Baby Boomer homeowners are turning to remodeling professionals to make their houses safer and easier to occupy as their vision and mobility decline. The 2019 U.S. Houzz Kitchen Trends Study showed that 37 percent of Baby Boomers doing a kitchen remodel address aging-in-place issues. Here are some ways to remodel the kitchen in your Portland, Oregon, home to help you age in place.

There’s no shortage of excuses why we don’t do what we know we should do—such as exercise. So when you’re designing a gym for your Portland, Oregon, home, don’t let bad planning be one of those excuses.

If you’re feeling seriously cramped in your Portland-area home, you might be wondering how much it would cost to add on, rather than go through the upheaval of moving to a larger house. Each year, Remodeling magazine compiles its Cost vs. Value Report, which lists the average prices for certain remodeling jobs in cities across the country. Take a look here at some typical home-addition projects and what the average price would be in the Portland, Oregon, market.

As every Portlander knows, this city has its own style. But that doesn’t mean that its new and remodeled kitchens won’t borrow some ideas from designers in other parts of the world. Here are some kitchen design trends that have been showing up in 2019.

In certain areas of the house, who doesn’t want more storage? As you get ready to remodel your kitchen, plan for maximum storage, limited only by your budget and your square footage. Take a look at these options.

At COOPER Design Builders, we have made many Portland homeowners happy with whole-house remodels that include adding a second story. But before you decide on such a major project, you should think long and hard about all the issues involved, because building a second story isn’t always the best option.

Most home improvements don’t earn you deductions or credits on your federal or Oregon income taxes, although there are some exceptions. Take a look at the home-related spending that you can claim to help reduce your income taxes.