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Room Addition in Chesapeake, Virginia

Air Conditioning, Carpentry, Design: Interior, Fans, Flooring, Remodel, Room Addition, Trim Work, Windows / By Jim Hicks / March 23, 2015 / 2 minutes of reading

Chesapeake Room Addition (6) — Finished Picture of Custom Room Addition Jim Hicks Home Improvement Designed & Built in Chesapeake, Virginia

Our clients came to us with a dream for a sunroom addition where they could be comfortable and look out upon their gardens in which they enjoyed investing many hours and much care.

Chesapeake Room Addition (7) — Custom Made Windows and PVC trim ensure the beautiful details of the room addition will not suffer rot or deterioration over the years to come.

Chesapeake Room Addition (5) — Interior finished pictures of the room addition. The large windows bring in the gardens to the home.

Chesapeake Room Addition (4) — The cased opening in the background was once a kitchen window. The brick is the original exterior wall of the home. The mini-split air conditioner over the cased opening heats and cools the entire room.

Chesapeake Room Addition (1) — The interior lighting is provided by sconces and ceiling fans with light kits.

Chesapeake Room Addition (3) — The floors are tile

Chesapeake Room Addition (2) — The sizes, locations and numbers of the windows were very important to our clients. They wanted everything to have balance and symmetry.

But how did it all come together? How did our clients progresss from concept to finished product? When we first met our clients they had clipped pictures from different magazines for inspiration. Each picture had a detail or an element they wanted included in their project. The pictures were very helpful in understanding the vision our clients had.

These are pictures I took of the magazine clips.

The rear of the house when we first saw it looked like this:

We commissioned Dave Dispirito from Homesite, Inc. for the design. Dave did a fantastic job of putting to paper the images our clients had in their heads. After several revisions to get it just right, work began on the room addition. (If you liked this room addition, you might also like this one: Family Room in Seaford)

First the footers were dug and poured:

Chesapeake Room Addition in Progress pix (5) — The block foundation in progress

Chesapeake Room Addition in Progress pix (6) — The driveway became the staging area for all the materials that would be needed for the new room addition

Chesapeake Room Addition in progress pictures (3) — The floor was framed

Chesapeake Room Addition in Progress pix (14) — The walls were framed. The large openings are for the huge windows, that will bring the outside into the new room.

Chesapeake Room Addition in Progress pix (7) — House wrap is what keeps the water out of the house. No matter what kind of exterior cladding is used: siding, trim, or brick – it will all leak. House Wrap keeps the framing dry and the water outside.

Chesapeake Room Addition in Progress pix (24) — The foundation’s brick veneer, designed to match the house, is almost done!

Chesapeake Room Addition in progress pictures (4) — Windows are in!

Chesapeake Room Addition in Progress (1) — Our clients wanted a flat roof detail but were concerned about it’s reliability. Thankfully, we have a strong background in roofing! We installed a tapered self adhered two ply modified system.

Chesapeake Room Addition (8) — All done! The trim details were custom designed by our Production Director and our Client and made on site from PVC. They will never rot or suffer insect damage.

The windows were custom made from Custom Vinyl Products with Low E/Argon energy efficient glass. The room was conditioned with a new mini-split air conditioner. The floor was tile. Interior lighting included sconces and ceiling fans with light kits.

Learn more about room additions in this article: Room Addition Interiors

Built In Cabinetry for Window Seat

Carpentry, Design: Interior, Kitchen, Trim Work / By Jim Hicks / May 18, 2014 / 2 minutes of reading

This picture was the most popular picture on our Facebook Page this month!

This picture is of a window seat that was certainly done well, but this time it’s not our work. We would love to know whose work it is to give full credit where it is due!

We have a lot of fun on our Facebook Page. Our fans are not shy about expressing their opinions both positive and negative on the various pictures and design ideas that we share of our work and other’s work. To see what the Buzz is about, Like us here: https://www.facebook.com/JimHicksHomePro.

What is it about built in cabinetry that makes it so popular? Is it the growing popularity of the kitchen becoming the social hub of the home? Is it because it’s a great place to sit and watch the weather outside or perhaps just read a book or enjoy a cup of coffee to start your day or glass of wine to end it? Is it the fact that built-ins such as these in the picture above make an efficient use of space with drawers under the seat that add to the storage space of the kitchen cabinets?

Built-in cabinetry can be done by a trim carpenter onsite or if matching the kitchen cabinets is desired, the cabinets can be built offsite at the same cabinet shop with the cabinets themselves and then installed at the same time as the cabinets. This allows for the use of the same species of wood as the cabinets as well as the same applied finish.

But built-in cabinetry isn’t just for the kitchen! All areas of the house can enjoy it’s craftsmanship and charm! Bathrooms, bedrooms, dens, hallways and even landings on stairways have benefited from the design of built-in cabinetry and seats. Design is key as the built-ins can be seamlessly integrated with the architecture and style of the home. We recently posted a picture of a well done window seat surrounded by book shelves that was very popular on the page as well. See it here: Window Seat with Built In Bookcase

Another well done window seat:

Custom Mantel and Bookcases

Trim Work / By Jim Hicks / December 1, 2013 / 1 minute of reading

Custom Kitchen Remodel with Island, Hardwood Floors, Custom Cabinets with Glass Panels and Pendant Lighting

Backsplash, Countertops, Flooring, Kitchen, Lightning, Remodel, Trim Work / By Jim Hicks / December 1, 2013 / 1 minute of reading

Beautiful Custom Trimwork, Marble Floor and Paint

Trim Work / By Jim Hicks / December 1, 2013 / 1 minute of reading

Window Seat with Books!

Carpentry, Remodel, Trim Work, Windows / By Jim Hicks / November 12, 2012 / 1 minute of reading

We have a lot of fun on our Facebook Page reposting home remodeling pictures that we find and enjoying the feedback that our fans give us. It’s always amazing to read the divergence of opinions on each picture!

Most of our Facebook Fans are from our local area of Hampton Roads, VA – which is made up of the cities of Yorktown, Virginia Beach, Newport News, Williamsburg, Chesapeake, Norfolk, Hampton, Suffolk, Portsmouth, but their opinions are hardly homogeneous!

What’s really interesting is when we receive an overwhelming response, either positive or negative, on a home improvement or remodeling picture. That’s when I enjoy sharing those pictures here.

This picture of a window seat surrounded by bookcasing received the most positive feedback of the past week. What did you notice first about it?

This post authored by
Jim Hicks.

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Beadboard On Bathroom Walls

Bathrooms, Remodel, Trim Work, Vanities / By Jim Hicks / August 11, 2012 / 1 minute of reading

We hear our clients are asking us more often for beadboard on bathroom walls, as opposed to tile, for their bathroom remodels. This is a definite shift in what we’ve heard requested over the last several years.

There are many ways to install and finish beadboard on a wall: different heights, different trim details at the top and bottom and different color selections. Each adds a distinctive personalized signature to the area that makes it your own.

Here are a few ideas that I was looking at with a client the other day for a bathroom remodel in Newport News and I thought I’d share them with you.

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