I am going to try using a blog to post information about our remodel. Who knows? Maybe somebody will find this useful.Our home is in the Rock Creek neighborhood on the west side of Portland, Oregon.
After discussions with several contractors and designers, we have chosen a full-service design/build firm, Mosaik Design.What started as a kitchen remodel has expanded into a rework of nearly the entire first floor.
So far we have
- Bought a home that we knew could use a kitchen remodel; that was our plan from the beginning (April-May)
- Moved in and made a mess of the place (June)
- Assembled a bunch of ideas by looking through remodeling magazines (July-September)
- Gone to a home show, surfed countless remodeling Web sites, and talked to a bunch of contractors and design/build firms
- Bought a bunch of appliances (all summer)
- Laid out all kinds of trial designs in Visio (all summer)
- Had a very pleasant initial discovery discussion at our home with Arlene, Erin, and Scott at Mosaik to show them our ideas and needs - also talked to Stephanie on the phone. She's nice, too! (August)
- Looked at some of Mosaik's work in person (September)
- Decided that we like them lots (September)
- Reviewed a breathtaking design that we instantly fell in love with, BUT that also ended up being a redesign of the entire main floor. Not exactly what we budgeted. (October)
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