HOMECORP EARNS BEST OF HOUZZ FOR SECOND YEAR IN A ROW

HOMECORP EARNS BEST OF HOUZZ FOR SECOND YEAR IN A ROW

Best Of Houzz 2016 Winners
Annual Survey and Analysis of Community of Over 35 Million Monthly Users Reveals the Top-Rated Home Remodeling Professionals and Most Popular Home Designs

Houzz Inc., the leading platform for home renovation and design, today announced the community’s picks for Best Of Houzz 2016 in North America, a homeowner-to-homeowner guide to the top home builders, architects, interior designers, landscape pros and other residential remodeling professionals on Houzz from cabinetry or roofing pros to painters.

“Anyone building, remodeling or decorating looks to Houzz for the most talented, competent and service-oriented professionals,” said Liza Hausman, vice president of Industry Marketing for Houzz. “We’re delighted to join our community of homeowners and design enthusiasts in recognizing our “Best Of Houzz” professionals around the world.”

The Best Of Houzz is awarded annually in three categories: Design, Customer Service and Photography. Design award winners’ work was the most popular among the more than 35 million monthly users on Houzz. Customer Service honors are based on several factors, including the number and quality of recent client reviews. Architecture and interior design photographers whose images were most popular are recognized with the Photography award.

A “Best Of Houzz 2016” badge appears on winners’ profiles, as a sign of their commitment to excellence. These badges help homeowners identify popular and top-rated home professionals in every metro area on Houzz. Winners will be announced globally throughout the month. 

Houzz is the easiest way for people to find inspiration, get advice, buy products and hire the professionals they need to help turn their ideas into re. For more information, visit houzz.com.

Winter fixes for your home

New Year Resolutions for Your Home!

A few tips from us to you ... for 2016!

Lose Weight – De-Clutter and Organize your Home

• Don’t try to do too much in too little time...   Organizing takes effort, and it’s not the most exciting task you can take on for a weekend. Make sure you’re giving yourself enough time and not pushing yourself to finish in an unreasonable amount of time. You’re more likely to get burnt out.

• Don’t procrastinate donating  Do you have a donation pile? Or maybe you have a few things in your closets that you know are going to be donated eventually, you just haven’t gotten there yet. Don’t procrastinate boxing them up and donating them. You can always go in shifts to your local Goodwill – don’t feel like you have to donate everything in one go.

• Organize first, buy organizational materials second  Many individuals buy boxes and tubs, hoping it will help them get organized, but they end up not fitting their needs. Get organized first, and then determine what you need to purchase after. You’ll save money and have a better system.

Get Fit!  Keep your appliances running 

• Use Energy Efficient Appliances Even doing something as simple as changing your light bulbs to compact fluorescents can help you to save 75% of the energy you were burning earlier. Upgrading your larger appliances, like your washer, dryer or oven can save you even more money and energy.

• Clean and Maintain your Appliances The more you clean your appliances, the better they run. For example, if you change our your HVAC filters regularly (like every 1-3 months) your system will be able to push that air through the system easier, making sure the motor doesn’t work too hard.

• Make sure Air isn’t Escaping  Warm air in the winter and cool air in the summer can escape through less insulated doors, windows and ducts. Make sure you’re caulking and repairing any places that could become drafts.

Spend Less, Save More: Get a home warranty

You can spend less money on your home’s systems and appliances, and save thousands of dollars with a home warranty. A home warranty covers repairs and replacements on your home’s systems and appliances (such as the HVAC system, oven, dishwasher, electrical and plumbing systems, etc.) for a $60 service call fee. So if you have a system or appliance in your home fail from normal wear and tear, all you have to do is pay $60 to have it repaired or replaced. Not only would you save money, but you’d also spend a lot less money. Most homeowners spend 1-4% of their home’s value on repairs and replacements per year. With a home warranty, you can reduce that percentage significantly.

PRESS RELEASE

Homecorp LLC of Dallas Receives

Best Of Houzz 2015 Award

Over 25 Million Monthly Unique Users Rated Top-Rated Home Building, 

Remodeling and Design Professionals in the United States and Around the World

[Dallas, TX], December 31, 2015 – Homecorp of Dallas has been awarded “Best Of Houzz” for Customer Satisfaction by Houzz, the leading platform for home remodeling and design. The 10 year old custom home builder and remodeler was chosen by the more than 25 million monthly unique users that comprise the Houzz community from among more than 500,000 active home building, remodeling and design industry professionals.

The Best Of Houzz award is given in two categories: Design and Customer Satisfaction. Design award winners’ work was the most popular among the more than 25 million monthly users on Houzz, known as “Houzzers.” Customer Satisfaction honors are determined by a variety of factors, including the number and quality of client reviews a professional received in 2014. Winners will receive a “Best Of Houzz 2015” badge on their profiles, helping Houzz users around the world who discover and love a professional’s work to learn even more about that business’ popularity and satisfaction rating among their peers in the Houzz community.  

“Homecorp is at the forefront of design and construction with excellent service.  It is our goal to provide all three in a manner that clients feel confident, happy and excited to live in their updated or new homes.”

“Houzz provides homeowners with a 360 degree view of home building, remodeling and design industry professionals, empowering them to engage the right people and products for their project,” said Liza Hausman, vice president of industry marketing for Houzz. “We’re delighted to recognize Homecorp among our “Best Of” professionals as judged by our community of homeowners and design enthusiasts who are actively remodeling and decorating their homes.”

Follow Homecorp on Houzz http://www.houzz.com/pro/homecorp/homecorp-sandy-tabacinic

About Homecorp

Sandy Tabacinic is the President and CEO of Homecorp LLC, based in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. 

Homecorp provides construction, remodeling, architectural, and interior design services to wide range of client across North Texas. Sandy tapped into her entrepreneurial instincts in 2009, when she launched Homecorp.  

She made the decision to start her own business after many years working under some of the most highly regarded leaders in the construction industry. Sandy is an expert in contract negotiations, expense control, and operations management. She has led residential projects up to $4-million-dollars on properties up to 15,000 square feet.  Sandy holds an associate degree in graphic design from the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale. Her creative background gives her a special eye for home design.  She also studied at Tel Aviv University in Israel and the University of Miami. Born and raised in  Colombia, Sandy is fluent in Spanish and English. 

She is a member of the Regional Hispanic Contractors Association, the Dallas Builders Association and the Dallas chapter of the National Association of the Remodeling Industry. 

Sandy is a single mom to three teenagers. She and her family live in Plano, Texas.

About Houzz

Houzz is the leading platform for home remodeling and design, providing people with everything they need to improve their homes from start to finish - online or from a mobile device. From decorating a room to building a custom home, Houzz connects millions of homeowners, home design enthusiasts and home improvement professionals across the country and around the world. With the largest residential design database in the world and a vibrant community powered by social tools, Houzz is the easiest way for people to find inspiration, get advice, buy products and hire the professionals they need to help turn their ideas into reality. Headquartered in Palo Alto, CA, Houzz also has international offices in London, Berlin and Sydney. For more information, visit www.houzz.com

Trends that have staying power 

Open kitchens seem to be in that category.

“Due to the lifestyle of a family today, I think open floor plans are certainly here to stay. Generalizing a bit, new footprints of homes are getting a bit smaller, so we need to use space in a multipurpose sense. The kitchen is a room where most gravitate towards naturally, so it makes sense for the open plan.”

Open kitchen plans....

 We’ll see more walk-in pantries, butler’s pantries and small, secondary kitchens being incorporated into homes. “This will solve a lot of storage and clutter concerns.”

Tips for designing a new kitchen.

1. Start with the right flooring.

“Pick the floor first, because it will affect the height of appliances, and you will want to make sure the new floor runs under all the appliances, such as the dishwasher, range, etc.”

Choose items in this order: appliances, cabinets, countertops.

2. Layout should focus on function.

“The key to space planning is good function and keeping things in relation to one another,” Is the fridge going to open into a major walkway? Can you reach the dishwasher from the sink?

3. Frozen with indecision? Get a designer.

Neutral Debates: Grey vs Beige in Your Decor

Neutral Debates: Grey vs Beige in Your Decor

Whether you embrace color, or hide from the wilder hues, neutrals are essential to any design: they form the backdrop to the boldest colour palettes and the airiest atmospheres, keeping us from feeling overwhelmed and tying disparate hues together. However, there are two major sides one has to choose from when selecting a neutral: beige vs. grey. To help settle the Great Neutral Debate (at least in your own home), here's some advice on the best both grey and beige have to offer.

Pros and Cons
-Beige: Fans of beige find its warmth inviting, lending a natural quality and adding a human touch not found in colder colours like silver or stark white. However, some find it offputtingly traditional, with a less clean look than crisp greys. Ultimately, the fact that it does contain some undertone will result in more contrast when paired with stronger hues, creating a sense of a more colourful space.

-Grey: Those who love grey appreciate the utter simplicity of a colourless colour, while those who don't share this passion will find it often find it cold or dreary. Greys with minimal undertones are the most truly neutral hue possible, so they can pair well with literally anything else -- the "value" (darkness or lightness) becoming the important factor for creating contrast or harmony.


-Ultimately, one of the best ways to use either grey or beige is by actually mixing them together, allowing the contrast between them to highlight the beauty of both. Add warm pillows to a silvery sofa, layer a sandy jute rug on a cold stone floor, or even use two different tones on the walls: the mix is guaranteed to be relaxing but not boring, and sophisticated without feeling too serious. Or, if you really love the combination, you can take the Grey+Beige formula a bit more literally...

The Best of Both Worlds

-Because contemporary design is all about mixing, today we often see a favourite new colour, a hybrid of grey and beige called "greige." Whether you see it as a toned-down beige or a warmed-up grey, greige takes on the sophisticated simplicity of grey, adds the softness of beige, and creates an atmosphere of liveable, demure elegance.
-While the subtlety of greige may not translate into a small accessory, it makes an excellent shade for wall treatments, drapery, and other large canvases that let its hidden depths speak (while forming the perfect accompaniment to virtually any colour scheme). This is why Benjamin Moore's OC23 Classic gray is my ultimate go-to wall paint: it can hold its own, or play second fiddle, allowing it to run throughout a entire space without ever feeling out of place.

If you prefer to choose sides, here are some of my favourite Benjamin Moore hues from each side of the neutral battlefield:
Beige:
white: CC-70 Dune White
midtone: CC-90 Natural Line
dark: CC-510 Buckhorn

Grey:
white: 2121-70 Chantilly Lace
midtone: OC-26 Silver Satin
dark: 2121-10 Gray

Here in Texas, we have a lot of beige … and travertine ... and warm neutrals.  Not that there’s anything wrong with warm neutrals, but, if you WANT to go gray, if you want a cooler palette, if you want a change in your look... How do you do it without the clash?

Chances are you have warm neutrals everywhere - most people around here do.

  

If you have travertine or travertine-like tile on floors, backsplashes, bathrooms, etc., then warm neutrals will follow: warm neutral granite counters, carpet, paint, window treatments, furniture, etc.If you don’t have the luxury of being able to redo everything in your beige interior but want some grey, I’ve got just the thing for you -

Paint.

I’m working on several projects where we’ve done just that. For instance:

One interior had beige everywhere, mouldings, doors, and a travertine-like tile in the entry/reception area. Overall, the entire office had quite a yellowed look.

The client wanted to go grey, so we did. We just painted the walls and ceilings, making the paint job much easier and cost effective.

Before

After

A cool, grey color instead of that yellowish tone provides such a nice contrast that it looks amazing. Rich. Dramatic. Cool...

And no longer yellow ;-)

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