Category: Holistic Design (Universal Design)

It’s in the Process: Collaboration Takes a Vision Further
Entering a New Stage in Life Rex and Patti had been living in their Fairfax County home for the past sixteen years before it became time to acknowledge the lifestyle changes that their family was both experiencing and predicting. Both are working professionals with three children, some of whom were off to college, while one…
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5 Reasons to Add Onto Your Home
Home additions allow you to transform your home’s function and beauty without the hassle of moving. In this post, we’ll outline 5 reasons why home additions are a great way to improve your home and transform your lifestyle. #1: You Need More Space The biggest reason we see clients opt for a home addition…
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5 Essential Guidelines to Designing With Purpose
Build vs Design Approach Why approach the design with purpose? Often a remodel starts when something breaks, doesn’t work quite right, or you want to improve something (whether it’s a specific function or cosmetics). If you were looking to remodel a kitchen, for instance, from what I refer to as a “build” approach it may…
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10 Tips: Incorporating Holistic Design to Your Remodel
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To learn firsthand the benefits of incorporating holistic design to your remodel, join us Saturday, March 7 at our Remodeling + Design Seminars event! For years people have bought a house based on a number of bedrooms, school district, commute to work, or a price point. All logical reasons to include when purchasing a house.…
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Understanding Holistic Design
For years, the majority of folks have been obsessed with how a space looks and functions. We are pivoting to a time where we want to live in spaces that support us not just from a functional and visually appealing way but to a space that can also support our inspirational desires. We want to…
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Design Layout: “We were only living in two rooms…”
Seasoned remodelers, BJ and his wife Jodi weren’t planning on purchasing another home. It wasn’t until their realtor introduced them to the quaint 1939 Cape Cod style home a few miles away that they decided to make the move. They knew it needed work, but fell in love with the neighborhood, the lot, and the…
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Design: Relocating a Kitchen to Connect Family Spaces
Disconnected family space is a complaint we hear over and over again in the Metro DC Area. Having separate spaces for formal cooking, living and dining are no longer a priority or requirement. Instead, most families require connected space where they can spend tie together while doing homework, preparing meals, and sharing the ins and…
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Design: Creating a Basement Floorplan for Changing Family Needs
The beauty of working with a design-build firm is the ability to customize each home to family needs. When this family from Clifton, VA came to Sun Design seeking a basement remodel they had very specific requirements for their space. The Situation: A Multi-Use Basement in Need of Updates When the homeowners met with us,…
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Designing for Entertainment and Future Outdoor Needs
When Bryan, his wife Tracy, and their two girls moved into their new home, they set to work searching for a remodeler who could match their kitchen space to their lifestyle. Surrounded by acres of land, the homes interior was as vast and welcoming as the space around it, apart from the small dark cramped kitchen…
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Design Layout: Using a Kitchen Addition to Bring People Together
There is no greater joy for Alice than the joy of cooking in a kitchen surrounded by friends and family. An avid canner, baker, and cook, Alice hosts a book club at her home monthly. Her kitchen area, however, was small in her Herndon home; preparation space limited and space for easy conversation between her…
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Virtual Remodeling + Design Seminar
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Don’t Rush into Remodeling Solutions too Quickly
Shelley and Ed lived in their North Arlington, VA home for 18 years before needing a change to how their home functions. Despite being “almost” empty nesters, they wanted to create a more open environment for those precious moments when their adult children came home to visit or if they had friends in town. The…
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It’s in the Process: Collaboration Takes a Vision Further
Entering a New Stage in Life Rex and Patti had been living in their Fairfax County home for the past sixteen years before it became time to acknowledge the lifestyle changes that their family was both experiencing and predicting. Both are working professionals with three children, some of whom were off to college, while one…
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Coronavirus Precautions
Check out our Coronavirus Precaution videos! Job Site Precaution VIDEO – We have been very busy preparing the job sites to take proper precautions as it relates to COVID-19 and thought we would share what the protocols are/will be on all job sites during this time. For as exciting as a job site precautions video…
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Award Winning Design
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”We looked at a number of firms. We chose them because of their overall demeanor, and their presentation stood out from everyone else.”
Deborah and Bill
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