Softplan and ProKitchen software offer handy tools for presenting your clients with drawings and 3-D renderings of their project.
Using 3-D images can help clients better understand and experience their remodeling project, making for clearer communication and a smoother process.
A new showroom helps Morrell Builders both redefine the selections process for clients and educate them about design/build, while differentiating the remodeler from competitors.
Remodelers are streamlining their design processes and implementing new technologies to boost efficiency.
An interior designer offers her perspective on what makes a successful partnership with a remodeler.
Working with online retailer Bellacor, remodelers and design professionals can create a Virtual Selection Center on their website and better control the selections process.
Recession leads remodelers to new ways of using a design staff, such as sharing designer subcontractors with other remodleing companies.
When information technology specialist and homeowner Bruce Johnson and his wife remodeled their kitchen a few years ago, the couple’s busy weekday work schedules and family-centric weekends made it difficult for them to meet with the designer.
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Addressing selections early has helped Washtenaw Woodwrights keep projects on schedule.
For Steve Tinter, president of Cook Bros., a design/build remodeling company in Arlington, Va., “Good communication begins with setting realistic expectations.”