Remodeling

Returning Home (and Garden, and Lifestyle)! Home, Garden & Lifestyle Show FREE March 19-20 2022

Jim Acheson welcomes visitors at Acheson Builders booth, Home, Garden and Lifestyle Show 2022.

The SHOW is back! After two years offline, come back to the local Greater Ann Arbor two-day festival of all things remodeling, re-gardening, and re-lifestyling . . . ! Tickets are free and so is the chance to talk to a home builder/remodeler with over 45 years experience: Acheson Builders.

Ann Arbor Old West Side Whole-House Remodel Succeeds with Style – Part One

photo of full glass double doors leading from kitchen to rear deck, custom triangular glass light panel above doors

Remodeling for a New Era (Part One of a Two-Part series —go to Part Two here) This most fascinating older home on Ann Arbor’s “Old West Side” embodied several eras of style: A Greek Revival settlement-era original from the 1840s, combined with a mid 19th century (1860s or 1870s) practical-but-poorly-built addition, a showy 1890s Victorian

Old West Side House Remodel: Bringing Together Four Eras

photo of full glass double doors leading from kitchen to rear deck, custom triangular glass light panel above doors

Part Two of a Two-Part Series (see Part One of this series here )   Design Challenges In undertaking this very large remodeling project, Acheson Builders had many challenges. One good example: we didn’t want to block a feature window that is at the front of the house while adding a new staircase to replace