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Design Guidance
Indoor/Outdoor Connection: How Can You Create the Perfect Fall Gathering Space at Home?
When autumn arrives in Northern Virginia, it brings crisp air, golden light, and a renewed desire to spend time outdoors. Fall...
Designing Kitchens That Work with Adjacent Spaces
At Sun Design Remodeling, we understand that a kitchen isn’t just a standalone room – it’s the heart of the home and often a...
10 Tips: Incorporating Holistic Design To Your Remodel
For years people have bought a house based on a number of bedrooms, school district, commute to work, or a price point. All...
Designing a Home to Grow with Your Family
Jessica and Todd envisioned their dream home to be a place where their three children would grow up safely and family could all...
5 Essential Guidelines to Designing With Purpose
A Build vs. Design Approach Why approach the design with purpose? Often a remodel starts when something breaks, doesn’t work...
Why We Love Open Floor Plans… And You Will, Too!
Open floor plans are a trend we love. In fact, we wouldn’t even consider them a trend anymore. They’re a staple in modern home...
Creative Problem Solving: More Than A “Kitchen Remodel”
Christopher and Cynthia Heimann purchased their 1950s home over 15 years ago. Like so many of our clients they love where...
Design: Discovering Potential in a 1950’s Mid-Century Modern Home
Clients, Kelly and Mike, who wanted to live within the Lake Barcroft community of Falls Church, had been looking for a lake...
Design: The Goal to Create an Award-Winning Project
Homeowners Andy Smith & Maddie McCarthy came to Sun Design with a goal in mind. To create an award-winning kitchen. Not...
Design: Opening a Load Bearing Wall
It’s surprisingly not uncommon to find yourself and your family spending all your time in specific areas of your home as other...
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...
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...
Design Process: 3D Visualization for a Most Unique Kitchen
As owner of a successful drywall company, Tom spends a lot of time at his Clifton home along with his wife. Working from his...
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...
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...
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,...
Choosing the Best Floor Plan for Your Family
When we think about remodeling our home, often what comes to mind is a classic image of a plain room transforming into a...
Negative Space – The Process to Getting to Your Desired Results
Negative space is described as the space around and between the subject(s) of an image.* In a home, negative space could be...
Kitchen & Bath Trends: Technology in the Bathroom
Technology has enabled a great deal of automated amenities for a more comfortable and efficient bath experience. This includes...
Kitchen & Bath Trends: Transitional Kitchens
Transitional kitchens are taking over, as they merge a traditional look with a contemporary feel. This includes simpler details...
Kitchen & Bath Trends: The Commercial Look
The Commercial Look The commercial look has become very popular in Kitchens, giving homeowners the look and feel of a commercial...
Kitchen & Bath Trends: Lighting & Technology
Lighting in Your Kitchen Lighting in your kitchen is often a main focal point, given the many shapes, sizes, and colors they...
Kitchen & Bath Trends: The Spa Feel
A spa-like atmosphere has serenely slipped it’s way to the top of wanted bath trends, giving homeowners a place to retreat to...
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