Joy Design + Build Wins Best of Houzz 2021
Despite the pandemic, 2021 is off to a great start for yours truly! Houzz, the leading online platform for home renovation, building and design, has awarded Joy Design + Build a 2021 Best of Houzz [...]
Meet the Designer: Erin Paige Pitts
Nationally recognized interior designer Erin Paige Pitts has offices in Annapolis, Maryland and Delray Beach, Florida. A specialist in the design of coastal homes for families, Erin is also known for her intelligent integration [...]
Joy Design + Build Wins Best Of Houzz 2020 Customer Service Award
Joy Design + Build is honored to have won a “Best Of Houzz” award for Customer Service on Houzz®, the leading platform for home renovation and design. Building dream homes since 2003, our McLean, Virginia-based [...]
Surviving a Home Renovation
Thinking about a home renovation? First thing you’ll want to do is decide what you want to accomplish. Is it to increase the value of your property for resale, restore an historic property or [...]
Home Remodeling Part 2: Outside
Within one tenth of a second of meeting, people judge you. Yes, that’s what Alexander Todorov, one of the world’s leading experts on first impressions says in a Princeton University study. So, how long [...]
Home Remodeling I: Inside
You love your home but it’s in need of a makeover. You’re ready to move and want to increase your property value. You want to assure that your home continues to adapt to your [...]
Knock Knock
“Shut the front door” didn’t always mean that. Remember when it was a call to keeping the dog in and the elements out? Dutch. Double. Pivot. From solid and flush to glass-paneled and arched [...]
The Windows On Your World
“Set wide the window. Let me drink the day.” Edith Wharton Contemporary, transitional, cottage or coastal. You know what your dream home should look like. You know your style. But what about all those [...]
Why Choose a Design-Build Firm?
Looking for one point of contact to build your dream home? Want someone you trust to manage everything from estimation, assessments, schematics, design, engineering, subcontracting, construction, vendors, and post-construction? A design-build firm may be [...]
Living in Color
Asubdued dove grey was recently named 2019 Color of the Year by Benjamin Moore. Pantone predicts a palette of “Classico” for interiors: “camel-colored tan, swan white, caviar black, burgundy red, gray flannel, gold, and [...]
