Home Remodeling
Design tips, announcements and answers to frequently asked questions to give you the clarity and direction you need on the path to a more functional, beautiful home.
Top 2025 Renovation Trends Charlotte NC
What We Saw: 2025 Renovation Trends Charlotte NC As 2025 comes to an end, our team at ReVision Charlotte has been reflecting on the patterns, surprises, challenges, and standout design moments that shaped this year’s remodeling projects across the Charlotte region. From Ballantyne to Huntersville and down into South Carolina, homeowners approached renovation with renewed creativity and a strong desire read more →
Sunrooms in Charlotte NC: How They Compare to Screened-In Porches in 2025
Adding a sunroom to your Charlotte home is one of the most effective ways to expand your living space while enjoying natural light throughout the year. At ReVision Charlotte, we design and build custom sunrooms that blend seamlessly with your existing architecture, creating a bright, comfortable extension of your home. But if you’re wondering how a sunroom compares to a read more →
Accessible Home Remodeling: Creating a Safer Space for Aging in Place
More homeowners today are planning to age in place, choosing to remodel their existing homes to meet future needs instead of moving. Accessible home remodeling ensures that a house is not only beautiful but also safe, comfortable, and functional for older adults or family members with mobility challenges. At ReVision Charlotte, we believe accessibility and style should go hand in read more →
Tile Patterns: A Guide to Popular Layouts and How to Choose Yours
Tile has the power to completely transform a room. Beyond choosing the right material, color, or finish, the pattern you lay tile in makes a huge difference in the final look of your kitchen, bathroom, or backsplash. The same tile can look sleek and modern in one pattern and warm and traditional in another. At ReVision Design/Remodeling, we help homeowners read more →
Design Fixes for Awkward Spaces: Creative Solutions for Challenging Floor Plans
Not every home is built with the perfect layout. From odd corners and sloped ceilings to outdated floor plans that don’t suit modern living, many Charlotte homeowners struggle with “awkward spaces” that feel unusable. These imperfections can make a home feel smaller, disjointed, or simply frustrating. The good news? With the right partner, those quirks can be transformed into your read more →
From Car Storage to Custom Spaces: What to Expect from a Charlotte Garage Builder
When most people picture a garage, they think of a simple space to park cars and store tools. But in today’s world of home improvement, garages have become so much more. With the help of professional garage builders in Charlotte, NC, homeowners are discovering that their garages can be versatile extensions of their homes—serving as workshops, home gyms, hobby spaces, read more →
Porch Builders Charlotte NC Turning Sit Time into Showtime
If you’re thinking about remodeling your covered porch in Charlotte, it’s easy to get caught up in choosing furniture, fixtures, and finishes. But before you dive into décor, there’s one design detail that quietly does a lot of heavy lifting: the roof. Yes, the roof. It’s more than just a cover overhead. The right roof design impacts how much light read more →
Laundry Room Remodel in Charlotte NC with Loads to Love
When homeowners think about remodeling, kitchens and bathrooms often top the list. But there’s one hardworking space that often gets overlooked—the laundry room. A laundry room remodel in Charlotte, NC can completely transform your home’s workflow, making everyday chores easier while adding value and style to your space. In today’s busy households, a laundry room should be more than just read more →
What Charlotte Homeowners Should Know About Remodeling Codes in North Carolina
When you start a remodeling project in your Charlotte home, you’re not just picking out tile and cabinetry—you’re making changes that need to meet the safety, energy, and building standards set by the North Carolina Residential Building Code. At ReVision Design/Remodeling, we take care of everything behind the scenes to make sure your renovation is code-compliant from start to finish. read more →
Design-Build vs. Design-Bid-Build: The Ultimate Guide for Charlotte NC Homeowners
If you’re planning a home remodel in Charlotte, one of the biggest decisions you’ll make isn’t just what you want to change—it’s how you want to get there. Many homeowners don’t realize there are two main ways to approach a remodeling project: Design-Build and Design-Bid-Build. At ReVision, we specialize in design-build because we believe it creates a smoother, more collaborative read more →
Why Charlotte NC Homeowners Crave More Than Just General Contractors
When most Charlotte homeowners start dreaming about their home remodel, one of the first searches they type into Google is: “general contractors Charlotte NC.” It’s a great starting point, but it might not lead to the experience or results they truly want. Here’s the thing: while general contractors Charlotte NC absolutely play an important role in the construction world, many read more →
Farmhouse to Modern: Exploring Types of Kitchen Sinks
When it comes to designing a kitchen, the sink might not be the first thing on your mind. However, kitchen sinks play a crucial role not only in functionality but also in the overall aesthetic of your kitchen. They are central to daily kitchen activities, from food preparation to cleanup. With so many styles available, choosing the right sink can read more →
Charlotte Home Additions: Revolutionize Your Home
Adding more space to your home can improve its functionality, increase its value, and enhance your overall lifestyle. The average return on investment for a home addition is 50-75% but in Charlotte where the housing market is ultra-competitive, the increase in property value could be even more. Whether you’re expanding for a growing family, adding modern amenities, or simply creating read more →
Slim Shaker Cabinets: A Modern Twist on a Classic Design
The world of kitchen cabinetry is constantly evolving, but some designs stand the test of time with subtle, modern refinements. One such trend gaining momentum recently is the slim shaker cabinet. This streamlined version of the traditional shaker-style cabinet offers a sleeker, more contemporary aesthetic while maintaining the timeless appeal of its predecessor. It’s a style we’ve noticed our clients read more →
Innovative Smart Home Remodeling Ideas to Elevate Your Space
As our lifestyles evolve, smart home technology is at the forefront of this transformation. For homeowners in Charlotte ready to update their spaces, smart home remodeling offers an exciting opportunity to blend cutting-edge convenience with thoughtful design. Let’s explore some transformative ideas that enhance both functionality and comfort, helping you create a home that adapts to your lifestyle. What Are read more →
Transform Your Space into a Minimalist Bathroom Oasis
Minimalism in interior design is all about simplicity and functionality, making it an ideal approach for bathrooms, especially smaller ones. By embracing minimalism, you can maximize space and reduce visual clutter, creating a serene and efficient environment. A minimalist bathroom design focuses on clean lines, neutral color palettes, and essential features, avoiding unnecessary embellishments. This not only enhances the visual read more →
Top Trends in Charlotte Bathroom Remodeling
In the exciting world of home renovation, bathroom remodeling in Charlotte has become a hot topic for homeowners looking to boost both style and practicality. As we move through 2024 and into 2025, several standout trends are transforming bathroom remodels in Charlotte, NC, providing fantastic opportunities for personalization and creativity. Embracing Minimalism Minimalism is still a big hit in modern read more →
The Ins and Outs of a Mother-in-Law Suite
To understand the role of the mother-in-law suite, we first have to understand its recent resurgence. There’s a paradigm shift in living arrangements in the United States. The 2020s are seeing a revival of the multi-generational, or extended family household, in which three or more generations of a single-family live together under one roof. All over America, homeowners have their read more →
The Ultimate Guide to Kitchen Range Hoods: Custom Range Hood Ideas, Styles & Options
So, it’s time to remodel that outdated kitchen. There are many factors to consider, but the chances are that kitchen range hood ideas and ventilation systems are not what gets you giddy when you think about the design process as a whole. They may not even be on your radar at all, but should you choose to install one, there read more →
Porch vs. Patio: Which One Are You Sitting On?
In the argument of porch vs. patio, who comes out on top? The charm of living in Charlotte is partially due to the amount of time during the year you can enjoy relaxing outside. The question isn’t whether you’ll take advantage of North Carolina’s weather — it’s how. Two things that spring to mind for homeowners are porches and patios. read more →
Built-in China Cabinets: Back and Better Than Ever
There’s a good chance when you think of china cabinets (whether freestanding or built-in china cabinets), you’re conjuring up a hub where your grandmother’s flowery, outdated porcelain sits, sad and neglected on a shelf collecting dust bunnies. We’re here to tell you that those days are long gone. The popularity of built-in china cabinets is seeing a resurgence. They’re no read more →
Reeded Cabinet Doors: 2024’s Emerging Trend
If you’ve been planning to remodel your kitchen, searching for new cabinet doors may be near the top of your to-do list. You may have uncovered a new trend during your search — reeded cabinet doors. These fixtures stand out for their beauty and fine craftsmanship. Reeded cabinet doors are versatile and can enhance any room, creating a robust visual read more →
Waterfall Countertops: Drink in All You Need to Know
Want to give your kitchen the “wow” factor it deserves? (You spend a total of 400 hours there a year, so you totally should!) Nothing makes a splash quite like waterfall countertops. These beauties flow down the sides of your cabinets like a graceful waterfall, creating a seamless and fluid look that’ll make you and any house guests, welcome or read more →
Optimize Your Fireplace Remodel For Ultimate Coziness
Though Charlotte might not often see bitter cold temperatures (perks of being below the equator), many homeowners still crave the opportunity to curl up by their very own fireplace. Coziness is universal, and nothing turns up the cozy factor like a fireplace. Although 2016 was dubbed “The Year of the Hygge,” the Danish obsession with coziness, a warm atmosphere, and read more →
Heated Bathroom Floors: Is Radiant Heating Worth the Hype?
It’s no fun stepping out of a warm shower onto a cold floor. The cool sensation shocks your system, making your morning routine less enjoyable. Or even worse, have you ever rolled out of bed in the middle of the night to head to the bathroom, only to be greeted by chilly porcelain tiles? Yikes! Fortunately, there’s a solution for read more →
From Start to Finish: Navigating a Whole Home Remodel
Setting out to completely overhaul your Charlotte home, but don’t know where to start? You’re right to do your research. Even if you have a design in mind, getting the results you expect in your whole home remodel calls for complex preparation. A detailed plan will help you reduce the number of hiccups and surprises you face along the way. read more →
The Battle of Barn Door vs. Pocket Door
Whether you knew it beforehand or not, there has been an ever-evolving debate in the home remodeling world between two popular door styles: the barn door vs. pocket door. These two distinctive options have gained immense popularity for their unique aesthetics and space-saving features. To decide whether you are truly team pocket door or team barn door, you must take read more →
10 Small Bathroom Design Ideas to Maximize Space and Style
In a city like Charlotte, where everything seems grand and larger than life (we are named after a Queen, afterall), it’s only fitting that your bathroom follows suit. But what if you believe your primary bathroom or powder room is too small or cramped? No worries! ReVision Design is here with small bathroom design ideas to help you create a read more →
Redefining the Heart of the Home: Innovative Kitchen Island Ideas
Kitchen islands have become the holy grail of modern kitchens. And think about it. Can you recall the last time you walked into your neighbor’s kitchen in their Charlotte home and noticed one without this statement piece? They are pretty hard to miss. They’re not just a glorified cutting board to chop veggies, or a backdrop to show-off your culinary read more →
Raising the Roof: A Guide to Vaulted Ceilings
You step into a room and your eyes are drawn upwards, following the graceful arches and lines of a vaulted ceiling that seem to reach for the stars (or lack thereof if you are in downtown Charlotte). It’s a sight that makes your breath hitch and tap your S.O. on the shoulder to say “I want that,” while pointing upwards. read more →
How to Choose: Inset vs Overlay Cabinets
When it comes to budgeting your kitchen remodel, labor will always be the largest expense. But when it comes to material selections: cabinetry, countertops, appliances, and flooring are also big-ticket items that will have a significant influence on the level of investment. Depending on your end goals, you may choose to save or splurge on any of these material items, read more →
Your Comprehensive Guide to Grout: Tips, Tricks, and So Much More!
Ah, grout – the unsung hero of the tile world. It may not be as glamorous as the shiny, colorful tiles it holds in place, but grout plays a crucial role in keeping our floors and walls looking good and lasting longer. And yet, how often do we really give it the attention it deserves? Let’s face it, grout can read more →
6 Custom Laundry Room Ideas to Maximize Space
Thanks to Pinterest and social media platforms like TikTok, custom laundry rooms and mudrooms have grown significantly popular over recent years. As have organizing, cleaning, and restocking ASMR videos so we have more clients than ever requesting updates and renovations to spaces like laundry rooms that once upon a time hardly received any attention. And while doing laundry is not read more →
Basement Finishing: Is it Right For You?
ReVision Design has been around for over 18 years and has worked with many clients in Charlotte and the surrounding areas. We’ve heard it all when it comes to why folks are wanting to add additional square footage to their existing home. Although there have been some crazy and not-so crazy reasons for such, these are the situations we usually read more →
Our Favorite Types of Bathtubs: Which Is Right for You?
A well-designed bathtub can really bring the wow-factor to your bathroom. That’s why this focal point should be one of the first elements you consider when it comes time to remodel your Charlotte bathroom. Even if you were happy with your old tub, this is the ideal time to look at the types of bathtubs on the market today to read more →
Truths and Tips About Subway Tile Backsplash
If you have watched even one home-improvement show in the past few years, you have seen people get excited about their new subway tile backsplash — and you might have found yourself wondering if the enthusiasm on display was worth it. The popularity of subway tile has endured for generations because of its simplicity, versatility and historic appeal. What Is read more →
The Best Basement Remodeling Ideas for 2022
Basements have come a long way over the years. Most homes built prior to the 90s, in Charlotte, NC, and beyond, had basements that often were not meant to be finished for useable living space. They were just the areas of the home that housed mechanical equipment, maybe the laundry, and additional storage space. The space was there but was read more →
How to Spice Up Your Renovation with Molding Styles
Molding is an essential part of any home renovation. It can add character and class to any area and is a relatively simple way to make a significant impact. But with so many different molding styles available, it can be challenging to know where to start. What Is Molding? Molding is trim that’s used to cover the joints and seams read more →
The Best Space-Saving Blind Corner Kitchen Cabinet Ideas
Any time you purchase a new home, chances are you’ll encounter a few things you don’t like. Some pesky something that you’re willing to give into because the benefit of purchasing the house as a whole makes it worth it. Like dated carpeting, or a small closet, or an ugly living room paint color, for example. While your list of read more →
How a Hidden Butler’s Pantry Will Redefine Your Kitchen Storage
The modern home certainly has its conveniences. However, there are some features of old-fashioned homes that you would probably enjoy if they were still around. Luckily, one of those elements is making a comeback, and that’s the hidden butler’s pantry. Modern, walk-in pantries provide ample space for food storage. The butler’s pantry did too, but it was something completely different. read more →
4 Shower Layouts That Will Transform Your Bathroom Into an Oasis
While showers were once a purely functional fixture in the home, today, showers can play a big role in the design of your bathroom. You start and end your day in the bathroom (is that as mind-boggling for you as it is for us?) and there’s a good chance the shower is involved in those bookends, too. Beautiful fixtures, stone, read more →
Types of Light Fixtures that Brighten Your Home
Many factors go into the art of home remodeling, but one of the most important pieces of any home’s aesthetic is its lighting. The vibe and energy of a space can be significantly affected by the room’s brightness, the amount of natural light available, and where the light is coming from. Are you looking to learn more about what types read more →
5 Popular Kitchen Cabinet Hardware Ideas for Your Home Remodel
When it comes to kitchen cabinet hardware ideas, it’s easy to become overwhelmed by the seemingly endless options available. Do you want knobs or pulls, all pulls, a combination of both, or something else entirely? What about finishes and materials? What size and how many? Just like jewelry can make or break an outfit, the look of your cabinetry can read more →
How to Preserve Your Charlotte Historic Home’s Charm During a Remodel
Charlotte may, in many ways, look like a brand new city (we’re not the only ones noticing all those skyscrapers taking over Southend). Still, it has a rich history, with roots in the Old South before the American Revolution. After the Civil War, Charlotte began to thrive as a railroad junction and a cotton mill hub. As Charlotte’s oldest streetcar read more →
Charlotte Architectural Styles and What They Mean for Your Home Remodel
Charlotte’s housing history is rich with a diversity of architectural styles and themes that represent the popular trends of history. The era in which your home was built, as well as the overall architectural style, will greatly influence the types of remodeling projects you may desire, and the best ways of tackling them to create a home that fits the read more →
7 Kitchen Cabinet Organization Ideas for Your Remodel
Besides labor, cabinetry is typically one of the biggest investments you’ll make when remodeling your kitchen. Depending on the options you choose, it’s not unreasonable for your cabinets to make up 30-50% of your overall kitchen budget. With that in mind, you’ll want to make sure that the cabinets you’re investing in are going to serve your organizational needs for read more →
5 Kitchen Drawer Organization Tips
As homeowners continue to invest in materials and storage solutions that make daily life run smoother, we’ve found an increasing interest in kitchen drawer banks. The basic builder grade base cabinets with a half depth shelf and a single drawer above it don’t offer the best storage capacity or access. More drawers mean more organization, if you have the right read more →
5 Inspiring Coffee Station Ideas for Your Home
Home coffee stations and home coffee station ideas have always been high on the “wants” list for our kitchen remodeling clients. Whether you’re a one cup first thing in the morning type of person or you drink it all throughout the day because it’s less of a habit and more of a lifestyle, having a designated in-home coffee station is read more →
6 Design Tips from a Custom Bathroom Contractor
As a design-build custom bathroom contractor, we have the pleasure of helping Charlotte area homeowners transform their dated and dysfunctional bathrooms into luxurious spaces where they begin and end their days. Whether or not you’re a spa-day at home kind of person, you’re going to be in and out of your bathroom often, so it should be a place you read more →
Should I Remodel or Move?
The time has come for big decisions about your Charlotte home – should you remodel or move? Perhaps your kitchen is older than most college kids and is adorned with shades of brown and tan. Or maybe your bathroom is so old that the shower is growing things no amount of toxic chemicals can kill. You just found out that read more →
What’s the Best Kitchen Design for a Growing Family?
A great kitchen design isn’t just about the traditional work triangle. Particularly for a growing family, kitchen design should also be inclusive of the myriad ways your kitchen will be used –for which activities, when and by whom. The traffic flow in, out and through a family-friendly kitchen should be a critical factor in space planning, not just during meal read more →
Welcome To Our South End Home Design Studio
With the completion of our South End home design studio, we’re now able to provide our clients with a more hands-on approach so you can experience the features of your home well before installation day. Whether a simple powder room facelift or a whole home redesign, remodeling your home is an investment in both your time and resources. While curating read more →
The Home Bar: Revealing Wet and Dry Bar Ideas and 5 Reasons Why These Bars are on Charlotte Wish Lists
In evaluating the ebb and flow of ongoing trends the other day, we were discussing the evolution of today’s home bar. Home bars have remained popular for years, but they have undergone an evolution. From simple, compact dry bars to complete entertaining spaces in their own right, home bars still feature prominently on our clients’ wish lists. Here are some read more →
The 6 Most Popular Shower Upgrades
If we polled everyone in Charlotte and asked them to describe their ideal shower set-up, there would be more similarities than differences. We’ve pulled together a list of the six most common requests we get for shower upgrades anytime we remodel a bathroom—whether it’s for the owners or the kids. Many of these upgrades are just expected in modern shower read more →
Consider Wood Look Porcelain Tile for Your Bathroom
Background on tile and wood look porcelain or wood tile bathrooms Tile became a mainstay in American bathrooms about a century ago due to its rugged, sanitary nature. While tile trends have certainly evolved and will continue to do so, one of the more recent innovations we’ve utilized over the last several years is porcelain tile that looks like wood. read more →
A Home Office Design that Works For You
How important is your home office design? At the time of publishing, we, as a nation, will have been in self-quarantine for over a month. There is not a person or business that has gone untouched by this pandemic in some way. Now more than ever, the importance of a well-designed home has become increasingly clear as we are working, read more →
3 Ways to Create a Custom Kitchen Design
Whenever we begin working on a custom kitchen design with a new client, they almost always fall into one of three categories: A) Knowing what they want and relying on us to translate their vision; B) Strong opinions about a couple of crucial areas, but mostly open to any solutions we suggest for their new design; C) Unsure what they read more →
Before & After: How to Makeover Your Master Suite
The importance of a well-functioning master suite cannot be understated. After the kitchen, the main suite is the second most important space in your home. And just like the kitchen, the master suite is critical to a homeowner’s overall health and well-being. To be at our best in a world that demands more from us than ever before, it’s imperative read more →
Ready to Remodel Your Home? The Truth About The Remodel Construction Schedule
Whether you’re moving into a rental property while you remodel your home, or you’re setting up a temporary kitchen in the dining room while your kitchen is being redone, the remodel construction schedule can be disruptive. Our homes are the nucleus of our lives, so it’s only natural to want to know how long your remodeling project will take. While read more →
Tile Design Ideas for Your Kitchen or Bathroom Remodel
Tile design patterns are a great way to add personality to a remodeling project whether via temporary materials (think fabric and wall coverings) or permanent ones such as tile or even hardwood flooring. Patterns have the ability to elevate simple materials. Take subway tile for example. You can’t get much more basic than white 3 x 6″ ceramic tile. Set read more →
Kitchen Appliance Design Ideas for Your Remodel
During the design phase, our clients are always curious about kitchen appliance design ideas for their remodel. While lifestyle factors influence the needs of every household differently, there are a few basic rules that apply to everyone. Kitchen Appliances Everyone Needs At the very least, every kitchen must have a cooking surface with burners, an oven, and a refrigerator. While read more →
How to Choose the Right Countertop
Choosing the right countertop material for your kitchen or bathroom remodeling project can be overwhelming. There are dozens of types, hundreds of brands, and thousands of colors – it’s no wonder people go into “analysis paralysis” when it comes to finding the best countertop for their home. How to Choose a Countertop Before you go down any rabbit holes, take read more →
6 Bright Ideas for Using Bold Colors at Home
No matter how confident you are, if you’ve ever considered remodeling or redesigning your home it’s inevitable that you’ve considered a bold color palette asked yourself, will I still like what I choose today, ten years from now? The truth is, trends will continue to change as product lines and designers continue to innovate. Sure, the classics will continue to read more →
5 Modern Kitchen Design Must Haves
You’ve probably heard the old adage, “the kitchen is the heart of the home.” As cliché as it sounds, we couldn’t agree more. We’d argue it’s the most important room in the house, so we’ve compiled a list of five kitchen design must haves for a successful remodel. As a residential design-build remodeling firm, we see more requests for kitchen read more →
Design Tips for an Open Concept Kitchen
Open concept kitchens are part of a popular remodeling trend that shows no signs of slowing down in Charlotte, despite what some people are speculating. In the past, homes were built with a specific purpose in mind for each room. Modern lifestyles now appreciate multi-purpose spaces that are open to one another for more casual living. Many homeowners with older read more →
Here’s How an Addition as Part of a Remodel Can Change Your Life
House hunting can be a stressful process. The picture in your head and the picture on the brochure almost never match up, and finding what you need — not to mention, where you need it to be — can be just as much of a challenge. As a list of “must-haves” turns into “maybe-somedays”, you start to realize that with read more →