Build an Addition or Build a New Home?
Should You Add On to Your Existing Home or Build a New, Bigger House? As families grow and lifestyles evolve, the need for more space becomes inevitable. When faced with the challenge of accommodating these changes, many homeowners find themselves at a crossroads:...
The Varied Benefits of Remodeling Your Kitchen
How a Kitchen Remodel Enhances Your Quality of Living The kitchen is often referred to as the heart of the home, and for good reason. It’s where meals are prepared, family gatherings occur, and memories are made. For homeowners considering a renovation, a kitchen...
Basement Remodel Bliss with New Egress Window
This client wanted to add an egress window in their basement bedroom. This not only adds value to the resale of their home, but also provides security in case an emergency would arise. With new painted drywall and flooring throughout, and a refinished bathroom, now...
Useable Spaces: A Basement Remodel & 4 Season Porch Addition
The addition and finished basement added much needed useable space to this smaller home. Now family can come visit and have a place to play, sleep and enjoy the four seasons. This was a repeat client who already had us out to finish her deck and siding. We were...
Basement Remodel: A Recreational Escape
This basement remodel provides plenty of space for the family to run around, play and even a home gym for working out. The kitchenette is large enough to host a party, but keeps the existing recreational area open for the family to hang out with friends.PROJECT...
Mixing Business with Pleasure: A Large Basement Renovation
This large home had a walkout basement that had plenty of space requiring finishing. A combination of work and play, the clients needed space for relaxing, entertaining, working and working out. One room was even transformed into a comfortable library to inspire...
Home Evolution: Unlocking Potential with a Whole Home Expansion Remodel
This outdated home needed not only an update but also some some accessible modifications for a family member. We converted the existing garage into an open-concept living room, dining room and kitchen. The second bathroom was modified with a wheelchair accessible...
From Foundation to Facade: A Total Home Renovation Inside and Out
This home required expansion for their growing family. The house originally had only 640 sq. ft and when the project was completed it had a total of 1,370 sq. ft with an open living, dining and kitchen floor plan. PROJECT BEFORE/AFTER PHOTOS:HOME EXPANSION/PROJECT...
Beneath the Surface: Building a Bedroom in Your Basement
This family needed more space for their growing family. They decided on remodeling their basement by adding a finished bedroom complete with ceiling, lighting, finishing their already installed egress window, flooring, painted drywall and a large closet. PROJECT...
New Addition: Master Suite Comfort over Garage
This family was looking to add onto their existing home by demolishing their existing garage, expanding for a new garage adding a Master Suite on the second floor.PROJECT BEFORE/AFTER PHOTOS:GARAGE ADDITION / PROJECT DETAILS:-Expand kitchen with new foundation and...
Crafting Dreams: A Two-Story Addition Project
14' x 36' Addition with Walk-Out Basement-Dining Room, Kitchen, bedroom and finished basement -New master bathroom and laundry closet -Water heater, furnace, AC and electrical upgrade -New concrete barn approach and patio slab -New water & gas lines -New...
Elevating Your Grand Rapids Home with Curb Appeal
In the vibrant city of Grand Rapids, MI, where the perfect blend of history and modernity meets, homeowners are presented with a unique opportunity to enhance their living experience. One often overlooked aspect that plays a pivotal role in this enhancement is the...
10 Ways You’ll Love Your Home More After An Open Concept Remodel
Open floor plans are a beloved and endlessly popular option for modern home designs. And countless West Michigan home remodels, including whole home remodels here in Grand Rapids, are launched each year with the goal of expanding living spaces through kitchens, dining...
Your Guide To Choosing Paint Colors in the Home
Choosing the right paint colors for your home can be stressful. We’ve all been there, staring out at a hardware store display filled with thousands of different swatches, hundreds of options for each color. Or standing in a room trying to wrap our heads around its...
Storm Damage Restoration FAQs
While West Michigan rarely faces large scale wildfires, earthquakes, hurricanes, or flooding, we do sometimes experience severe storms that can directly damage your home through hail, water, wind, lightning, and falling trees or branches. And although there are some...
Why Fall Is The Perfect Time To Build A Deck In Michigan
Why wait until Spring when Autumn is the perfect time for deck construction here in the Wolverine State? Decks don’t have to be a spring or summer project. Building during Autumn, and the transition from summer to fall in particular, offers some real advantages that...
West Michigan Basement Remodeling FAQs
The height of summer is here and when we aren’t out enjoying the sunshine we’re hiding out in the coolest spots we can find. And this makes a finished basement an incredible investment for a busy West Michigan home. But, despite the obvious benefits, West...
Seven Lessons Homeowners & Contractors Learned During Covid-19
We’ve reached the midpoint of 2023 and the social distancing, masking, and lockdowns of Covid-19 have been left in the past. But some changes that grew out of the difficult days of 2020 and 2021 are sticking around, as are many of the lessons homeowners and...
How to Remodel an Out-of-Date Kitchen With A Professional Home Contractor
Tired of your old and outdated kitchen, but not sure if you’re ready to take the plunge and start a remodel? We get it. Remodeling can be a tough process, and it can be hard to know how to get started or how to come up with a concept (let alone a design) that you’ll...
The Hidden Dangers Of Home Storm Damage
Spring is here in West Michigan and that means we’ll all soon be facing April and May storms, high winds, heavy rainfall, and the potential for hail storms and falling trees and tree branches. And for many each year in the Grand Rapids area, all this turbulence leads...
Farmhouse? Contemporary? Modern? Understanding Home Design Styles
You don’t have to be an industry insider to appreciate the character and influence of a kitchen or living space with a clear, well-developed design identity. But, as beautiful as Instagram-worthy homes can be, in a much deeper sense home designs aren’t about the home...
5 Reasons You Really Do Need To Remodel Your Kitchen
Suppose you have a kitchen that feels dated, or cluttered, or dysfunctional, or that just doesn’t work for you. And yet you’ve been hesitating to pull the trigger and dive into a remodel. We understand. Remodeling can be a stressful and expensive process, especially...
5 Ways To Make Your Updated Kitchen Design Feel Timeless
In light of the holiday season and the dawning of a brand-new year, the team here at Amber Valley Construction would like to invite you to give yourself and your loved ones one of the best gifts out there: a brand-new kitchen that works hard and that will keep looking...
The Benefits of Natural Materials For Your Home Remodel
There’s no one right way to remodel a home. From layouts to finishes, fixtures, colors, and décor, you can take any project in countless directions. Each unique and each with its own flavor, advantages, and disadvantages. But no matter your style or theme, there are...
5 Ways To Maximize Your Space From a Home Addition
Like renovations and remodels, home additions are significant investments and large-scale house projects that can absolutely improve the character, usability, flow, and value of your home as a whole. But unlike a remodel, a home addition doesn’t just give your...
Is A Home Addition The Right Choice For You?
If your homestead is feeling increasingly cramped cozy as the months go by, and you’ve begun to feel a distinct need for more elbow room, you have some options you’ll need to think through. Decluttering, redecorating, and remodeling are all potentially great ways to...