Design Works Studio has designed home remodels from our Cary studio since 1984, and much of that work is right here in town. Cary's established neighborhoods - Preston, Lochmere, MacGregor Downs, and the streets around downtown - are full of well-built homes from the 80s and 90s whose layouts no longer fit the way people live. We are not a contractor: we are the designer who plans the renovation end to end - layout, budget, every selection - and works alongside your contractor so the finished house works as one cohesive home.
A renovation involves thousands of decisions, and the expensive mistakes happen when they are made out of order. We work through the project before demolition begins, then stay involved while the work is underway:
It starts with a walk-through of your home. A designer looks at what is and is not working, talks through how you actually live in the space, and helps you scope what the remodel should include. From there we move into design and selections - typically over several working sessions at our Cary studio, where you can see and touch materials rather than judging them from a screen. Once construction starts, we stay available to your contractor, because even a well-documented project generates questions, and someone should be answering them with the whole design in mind.
If your project is one room that needs new furnishings rather than construction - a living room that never came together, a refresh rather than a remodel - that is a different service and often a faster one. Start with our furnishings services instead.
Our studio is on Executive Circle in Cary, and we have designed homes in this town for over four decades - through every era of its growth. That means we know these floor plans before we walk in the door, we know which Triangle builders and contractors do right by them, and you can sit down with your designer in person a few minutes from home. See our Cary remodel project for work we have completed nearby.
Whether you have a full set of ideas or just the sense that the house no longer fits, the first step is the same. Call (919) 467-1167 or use the form below, and we will set up a time to walk your home.
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