The 2021 Custom Home Builder Photo Blog
Get inspired with this luxury photo blog showcasing our top custom renovation work in Westchester and Fairfield counties.
Get inspired with this luxury photo blog showcasing our top custom renovation work in Westchester and Fairfield counties.
Get inspired by these interior home renovation ideas that can take your home to the next level this winter.
One of the biggest home design trends we’ve seen this year is the rise of contemporary rustic chic. Repurposed exposed wooden beams, refined mahogany decks, and post-beam style timber frame homes have become increasingly popular among homeowners.
Many wine connoisseur blogs focus solely on wine, not the wine cellar. Our focus is on building a cellar that will ensure that your wine is perfectly preserved based on the individual needs of each wine type.
I was thinking about home remodeling today and realized that some of our most beautiful remodeling projects included elements of custom carpentry. Custom woodwork brings a room to life like nothing else can. You simply can’t buy that kind of workmanship from your local hardware. As I flip through our online portfolio and the custom carpentry gallery, I’m impressed all over again by the imagination of our clients and the talent of our in-house carpenters.
Kitchen Remodel with Custom Cabinets
Custom kitchen cabinets lost popularity with the big McMansion boom. Why purchase more expensive, albeit better quality, cabinetry when you could mass produce homes using materials easily available from the local hardware or home store? Today’s builders and homeowners are going back to custom elements like kitchen cabinets when remodeling an existing kitchen or building a new custom home.
Wine Cellar Design and Build with Custom Elements
Not every home houses a wine cellar. I love working on custom wine cellars because of the custom woodwork involved. All wine connoisseurs have two things in common – a love of wine and high quality workmanship. Some of the wine cellars we’ve built have display space for thousands of bottles while others are more intimate.
Built-in Bookshelves
Built-in bookshelves are another design element that lost popularity during the big building phase. There was no reason to take your time to build custom elements when you had potential homeowners hanging on your every move. Now, however, home buyers are on the lookout for specialty items such as custom woodwork.
Built-to-Fit Storage
Custom designed, built-to-fit storage is quickly gaining popularity in today’s housing market. Many homes are built with odd angles throughout the home. These spaces, like the space below the staircase, may be used for storage, bookshelves, or even pet houses.
Custom closets offer homeowners the ability to store more clothing more efficiently than a standard closet with only hanging space. Closet customization isn’t difficult at all when you stand back and look for the opportunity to build custom storage options based on the homeowner’s use of the closet. Adding shelves and drawer space, and expanding hanging space offers the homeowner a much more usable closet area.
Custom Porch Posts
Anyone can go to the local home store to buy porch railing, there’s nothing special about it. Simply install it, paint it, and you’re good to go. Custom porch railing, on the other hand, draws immediate attention because other homeowners stop to take a good look.
Custom Woodwork Throughout the Home
Don’t settle for ordinary when you can shoot for extraordinary. Yes, you can go to your local home store and purchase a pressboard bookshelf system that will serve a function. Next year you can go to the same store and buy a similar bookshelf because the last one fell apart under the load of books and breakables. Oops.
Custom woodwork built by Gerety’s master carpenters is high quality and built to last a lifetime. We don’t skimp on materials or use cheap alternatives to save money. We build, for example, a bed frame or a desk that will grow with your child through childhood, teen years, and into adulthood. We focus on quality workmanship that can eventually become an heirloom piece, passed from generation to generation.
Dear Keith,
We wanted to express our appreciation for your fine work on the building of our wine cellar. The entire process from the initial consultation to the final completion was extremely smooth and the results dramatic.
We knew that we wanted to build a cellar, but had only a general idea of how it should be built. You provided a number of positive suggestions which helped us better envision the proper size, design, and finishes. The building process went smoothly and your crew a pleasure. The quality of the woodworking with the cedar interior was outstanding, especially with the fine detail that was required. All of your specialists, including electrical, HVAC, and painting, were highly skilled and great to work with. The vineyard painting by Tim which shows so dramatically when you enter the room, was a great finish.
The finished product is spectacular. Guests that we have entertained have been overwhelming in their praise upon first entering the room. It is now one of the centerpieces of our home.
Thanks again for your great work and I would eagerly recommend your services to anyone interested in building a wine cellar.
Best regards,
Gary and Michele Dienst
Learn more about our custom wine cellar services or view our portfolio here.
Most people think of spring and summer as the perfect time to undertake a remodeling project. It is quite true that warmer temperatures and sunny days are beneficial when it comes to working outside – or rather hiring other people to work outside – but temperature is far from the only consideration when deciding when is the right time to begin your remodeling project.
In many cases, knowing when to remodel is likely to save you money as well as time during your project. Spring and summer may be the most popular times to call in a contractor but they may not be the right option for you.
Avoiding Contractors’ Busy Times
If you go to your favorite restaurant when they are very busy you are unlikely to get the same careful level of attention as you would at off peak hours and you are far less likely to get the extra side portion of salad dressing or any other extras you want the first time you ask for it. The staff are simply going to be too busy to give you all the attention they probably should.
The same can often hold true for renovation or remodeling contractors of all kinds. If they are juggling several projects at once they may simply not have the resources or time to pay as much attention to yours, especially if it a smaller project, as they usually would if they were less pressed for time.
Additionally, when every contractor within a ten mile radius is putting in orders for hardwood flooring, paint, lumber and all kinds of other building supplies there is a much greater chance that orders will suffer stock shortages, get delayed, or even mixed up, causing everyone involved extra headaches. Remodeling projects are already a bit of a hassle anyway so these types of extra delays can become a real annoyance.
By working with remodeling contractors in their “off season” you may also get a more favorable to you price estimate as when they have less projects on their books.
The best possible scenario for many remodeling and home maintenance projects is to schedule them a few months earlier than everyone else is likely to be doing.
Wine Cellars are a great addition to your home. With the integration of technology, Wine Cellars today are able to effortlessly monitor the atmospheric condition, and even provide important informations directly to a computer of cell phone. Here is an example of a Custom Wine Cellar Gerety Building and Restoration recently completed.
Some features of this project included:
Learn more about our custom wine cellar design and installation services here.
We have just completed a custom wine cellar for a client in Cross River, NY. Some project details include:
A custom wine cellar is a special and unique addition to your home. With Gerety Building & Restoration you can be assured that great care will be taken in every step of your home wine cellar’s design and construction. We can all raise a glass to that.
We invite you to view our custom wine cellar portfolio here.
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