Welcoming Wintertime Landscaping Ideas

Welcoming Wintertime Landscaping Ideas

Many people forget curb appeal is important year-round. Just because the weather is cooler is no reason not to add hardy flowers and bushes along with seasonal décor to your home’s exterior. Now is also the time to include routine yard maintenance to help protect lawn...
Adding Natural Light

Adding Natural Light

Science has showed natural sunlight offers a wide range of healing properties. From supplying our bodies with Vitamin D to promoting good mental health, almost all of us recognize how much better we feel when the day is bright and sunny. While it depends on your...
Latest Trend for Updating your Home’s Exterior

Latest Trend for Updating your Home’s Exterior

Once a staple in the Upstate homebuilding community, red brick homes are now part of one of the fastest growing home exterior trends: painted brick. In fact, brick homes of all styles from stunning two-story Colonial Revivals to family friendly one level...
Signature Hardware for Your Kitchen and Bath

Signature Hardware for Your Kitchen and Bath

Looking for an easy and simple way of updating your home? One of the most effortless things you can do is replace your fixtures in the kitchen and bath with signature hardware. From custom knobs, pulls, cups and hinges that have to be custom ordered, to off the shelf...
Maximizing Under Stairs Space

Maximizing Under Stairs Space

For most of us it seems as though no matter how carefully you design your home there comes a time when you could use a bit more room; and homes with stairs offer several creative ways to incorporate additional space options.  Begin by deciding exactly what you...
Considering Adding a Bidet? Keep These Tips in Mind

Considering Adding a Bidet? Keep These Tips in Mind

For many of us the great toilet paper shortage of 2020 is still lurking around in the back of our minds, to the point some of you may be researching a bidet. You don’t need to waste all day checking out dozens of websites when Compass Construction has all the info you...
Property Upgrades That Add Value

Property Upgrades That Add Value

Ever found yourself wanting to, no, be honest here, needing to rejuvenate your home but at a standstill because it seems as though the entire house could benefit from some TLC, and you don’t have any idea on where to start? Then there’s the budget. You might really...
Interior Door Ideas

Interior Door Ideas

It’s time to shake things up! For many years, interior doors, much like interior ceilings, have been a forgotten medium. Content to live in the background and let flooring, wall coverings and furnishings take center stage, it’s time to let interior doors have...
Refresh that Tired Laundry Room

Refresh that Tired Laundry Room

For most homeowners, the washer and dryer are no longer tucked away in a dark dirty basement, surrounded by old boxes full of junk and lite only by a single dim light bulb. But conveniently located doesn’t mean that your laundry room couldn’t use a bit of...
Three Reasons the U.S. is Experiencing a Lumber Shortage

Three Reasons the U.S. is Experiencing a Lumber Shortage

Two years into a global pandemic and supply chain woes are continuing to create international concerns. A lack of Chinese and Taiwanese made semiconductors  are causing American automakers to reduce or halt production. Consumable shortages from exotic...