Share A recent article on energy efficient windows on Houzz featured one of our projects. The Stone family had a gorgeous backyard but it was only visible from a small window in the butler’s pantry. Although the butler’s pantry connected the outdated kitchen …
Share Tabor Guest Blogger: Anita Howard, senior director of communications and events, National Wood Flooring Association Love wood floors, but confused about which type is right for your home? Hardwood flooring is manufactured in two ways: solid and engineered. Each is ava …
Share John Tabor, owner of Tabor Design Build, put his money where his mouth is when he incorporated green elements into a three-story addition to his own home. Now, after completing the remodel – one of the most complex projects his company has done – Tabor says …
Share Tabor Guest Blogger: Gerald Thompson, Wood Chemist, Bona Hardwood floors are one of the largest investments in your home. Protect them by routinely cleaning to avoid dirt and in turn scratches and a dull finish. Using products that are safe for your floors, family and t …
Share Tabor Guest Blogger: David Maddox, owner, Tuxedo Mosquito Control This is the time of year when we start planning our outdoor activities. Unfortunately you’re not the only living creature who’s thinking about warm weather. Mosquitoes are revving up for summe …
Share Tabor Guest Blogger: Theresa Minkoff, project consultant/interior designer, MODA Floors & Interiors This brief video covers some of the things you need to consider when selecting tile for your home. This includes location, budget, types and shapes. Click here to wa …
Share TABOR Guest Blogger: Jim Burks, founder/owner, Pinnacle Lighting Group Real estate agents say a nicely landscaped and illuminated yard can increase your home’s resale value by 12-14 percent. Although that’s important, most people invest their time and money …
Share By John Tabor If you’re considering remodeling your house, there are two crucial stages you need to understand: planning the project and selecting the company to do the work. Thinking both of them through will help ensure you minimize the issues to be addressed …
Share The picture of the day….my perfect sitting room. Cool, relaxing blues mix with warm and natural greens for my perfect haven. White paneled walls are contrasted with deep rich chocolate. Snuggle into the couch with a cup of tea and a good book….priceless.
Share As the President of Tabor Design Build, Inc., we recently designed and built a three story addition to our own home. This allowed us to extend our two children’s bedrooms, add a bathroom, create a sunny family room and add an indoor pool to the new basement. We …
Share Last week I attended a three day contractor training program for Endless Pools (EPI) at their factory in Aston, Pennsylvania. The training program included the history of EPI and their unique “try it before you buy it” program. At EPI they insist that prospectiv …
Share John Tabor and Tabor Design Build, Inc. are featured in the North Potomac Patch after receiving the 2011 COTY Award for Green Remodeling – Entire House. John Tabor, of Darnestown’s Tabor Design Build, Inc., was named contractor of the year for green remodeli …
Share What if you could make two dreams come true at the same time? Well, that’s exactly what Tabor Design Build and other local supporters of Rebuilding Together Montgomery County are going to do. We are going to build playhouses and the proceeds will be used by Rebuil …
Share Welcome to Spring! Well….we’re getting closer anyway. I just saw this warm and sunny breakfast nook and wanted to share this great color combo with you. It is supposed to hit 60 degrees here today, so it feels like Springtime to me.
Share Red can be more personal than any other color. Red is a stimulant, exciting, creating enthusiasm, full of energy. Red attracts attention, just ask a Matador. Red draws the eye and can be the focus of any room. Using red in a bedroom can have mixed results. Red i …
Share John and Tabor Design Build were featured in today’s North Potomac-Darnestown Patch. The article highlights John’s 3-story addition to his Darnestown, MD home. We are very excited to share details of this project with the local community. Click here to r …
Share In the midst of the holidays, you are reminded of last year’s plans to renovate your home. The kitchen addition to give your family and guests more space to connect during the holiday festivities, was never built. The basement renovation that will add bedrooms for …
Share It is that time of year again! Time to gather up gifts for children that depend on your efforts to experience the holidays. Please bring your new, unwrapped toys to our office and we will take care of the rest. Also, please consider bigger children when buying your gi …
Share Tabor Design Build is extremely passionate about the Veteran community. Over the years we have extended our design build services to wounded Veterans returning home. Whether our efforts were to increase accessibility, or a Veterans overall level of comfort, we are h …
Share Having been a remodeler for over 30 years, I have seen tremendous changes in the industry. As new technology is developed I research and implement its use in our projects. This month I had the honor of being asked to participate in a summit meeting of Dow Building Sol …
Share Energy Leaders Today, a publication dedicated to making the construction and remodeling industries “green”, featured us in it’s magazine this quarter. Tabor Design Build was recognized as an industry leader for it’s green remodeling and charita …
Share I have said many times that the hardest part of my job as a professional remodeling contractor is estimating accurately. Remodeling contractors are not magicians and we don’t have magic pricing wands. The profession of remodeling entails so many facets of construc …
Share On Monday and Tuesday of this week, Tabor Design Build president, John Tabor, is going to Missouri for a DOW Building Products conference called the ‘Vision Voyage’. The conference will bring together builders from across the country to discuss ways to mak …
Share You’ve lived in your home for years. You have witnessed your child’s first steps in the living room, baked cookies with your children in the kitchen, and played countless games of catch in the backyard during family time. These memories, along with count …
Share Just last week I took you inside of the Tabor 3-story addition and this is what it looked like: Now the drywall has been hung and the space is starting to look like an actual home. After hanging the drywall it was taped, blocked, scrapped, skimmed and sanded smoo …
Share Over a dozen inspections down and just two more to go. Things are moving along nicely. John’s three-story addition passed its most recent inspection just last week. The “close-in” inspection checks to make sure structural framing, plumbing, gas, …
Share Nothing like enjoying the weather, eating barbeque, socializing and calling it work! While John was away at a Remodelers Advantage Conference last week, Peggy Card (our in house designer) and I joined TW Perry for a wonderful cookout. On top of being able to enjoy some …
Share John Tabor, president of Tabor Design Build, was featured in an article in Remodeling magazine this month! For those of your following our blog regularly, you are up to speed on the 3-story addition being done at John’s home. Remodeling magazine picked up the stor …
Share Having worked in this industry for more than 25 years I can say that John Tabor’s unique approach to Design Build benefits the Homeowner in so many ways. The three that stand out the most to me are 1) The Trade Day 2)Scheduling and 3)Lack of Change Orders. It wa …
Share Swimming anyone? How about a dip in a bubbly hot tub? Well, the pool is set and the space for the hot tub has been insulated this week at the Tabor addition! If you have been following my blog updates, you were able to see the beginning stages of the pool’s instal …
Share The Tabor Team installed an endless pool at the Tabor Addition! See the video of the work in progress using the link below. Who knows, you may want an endless pool installed during your next remodeling project. Endless Pool Installation (Tabor Design Build)
Share Tabor Design Build recently worked with a family to correct a bit of a dysfunctionality they ‘inherited’ with the purchase of their Bethesda home. The homes in this area were built in the 40s and 50s, and not with the modern family in mind. Like so many fami …
Share You hear about them on the news everyday. You see them in the grocery store or maybe at a ball game. They return to us injured, from Afghanistan and Iraq. They are the men and women who have served our country with dignity and honor. They are our country’s …
Share I make it a point to stay current with remodeling news and trends. After all, how else could I provide beneficial information to potential clients attracted to our blog? Today, while scanning and reading remodeling and home improvement forums, I came across a post …
Share Commuting from the Upper Marlboro area to Rockville everyday has conditioned me to the increased likelihood of running into a traffic nightmare. Once in the Montgomery County area, I am quite comfortable assuming I wont have many traffic delays. Boy was I wrong. Not onl …
Share You have thought about it a million times; you want to remodel a room or rooms in your home. You need more space in the kitchen for the recipes you’ve been dying to try. You would love to extend your dining room area to enjoy more family dinners/events. You have e …
Share The Tabor team had a wonderful time at the Montgomery County Community Home Show this past weekend. It was refreshing to connect face-to-face with the individuals and families in and around Montgomery County. As expected, people came with interesting project ideas, lots …
Share When you read the title of this post, you may have thought the subject matter of our blog had changed. Instead of updates about the Tabor addition, you had somehow stumbled upon a site showcasing recently released horror films. Rest assured you are in the right place, a …
Share The great thing about trends is that you can set them! I read an interesting article from CBS Money Watch this week discussing remodeling trends for 2011, and this ideal was reaffirmed. Homeowners around the nation are setting trends by becoming more proactive in the r …
Share Tabor Design Build will be at the Montgomery County Community Home Show this upcoming weekend! We are eager to meet with you and your families to discuss your remodeling needs. Bring your questions, concerns and imaginations. The Universities at Shady Grove Conferenc …
Share In her normal Monday morning routine, Peggy Card, Tabor Design Build design consultant, scanned the weekends emails. Meeting confirmations, reminders and spam all in their place. Just as Peggy determined nothing was out of the ordinary, she reads, Congratulations …
Share This week we began the well drilling process for the three geo-thermal lines necessary to heat and cool the addition and the rest of the home. Drillers arrived on Monday and began to drill 473 feet into the ground. About 60 feet deep, we hit rock, which is typical in th …
Share The addition is finally under a roof just in time for the biggest snow storm we’ve had this year. Pella windows (www.pella.com) have been hung and sealed, helping to keep the cold weather outdoors. The choice to use these low energy windows was wise considerin …
Share Framing is still going well for my three-story addition. The first and second level walls and floors are set. When the Tabor team began the process of setting the roof trusses, we found that the trusses were not lining up properly with the existing roof. If we used thes …
Share Life is filled with numerous decisions and equally as many reasons not to make them. How true this is within the remodeling industry. The thing I hear from my clients most often; “We haven’t decided to move forward,” followed by a reason why. In recent …
Share I spend a great deal of time trying to understand my clients. What is important to them? How do they rationalize, strategize and ultimately make decisions about remodeling? What reasons serve as roadblocks in the space between conception and completion? I seek t …
Share I wish I could say there was a right or wrong way to decorate, but I can’t. What makes you feel good in your space is the right way, no matter what anyone else thinks. The same is true when decorating for the holidays. No matter the color or style, your holida …
Share Tabor Design Build, Inc. is honored to have one of their project photographs chosen for the cover of the “AARP Guide to Revitalizing Your Home”. The book, written by Rosemary Bakker, details creating beautiful living in your home for the second half of you …
Share autumnal - adj// of, occurring in, or characteristic of autumn My kids will tell you, I love this word. I love autumnal foods like pumpkin, butternut squash, soups and cider. I love autumnal scenery, the changing of the leaves on the trees and early morning fros …
Share With Halloween around the corner and winter not far behind, its important to perform a safety inspection of the front entrance to your home. Closely inspect your walkway and steps for trip hazards. Are your stone pavers/bricks uneven or has your concrete sidewalk …
Share I love glass tile! I love the colors, whether solid, blended or iridescent. I love them all. Glass tiles come in every color of the rainbow, in all shapes and now in lots of sizes. Although we see a lot of glass mosaics, glass tiles come in larger sizes too. So, add …
Share Today was back to school day for Montgomery County. Even though my kids are grown there’s something about the start of school that sets routines in motion. I reorganized my closets and planted mums this weekend in celebration of Autumn. Then one of my friends sent …
Share Used to be if you wanted an addition, you hired an Architect. For a large fee they create your plans to include everything you wish for. You put it out to bid with three contractors. From there several things can happen; 1. You find a contractor with a great price but a …
Share On August 13th and 14th the Tabor Design Build Team is joining forces with TW Perry, Trex Company, Duley & Associates and Carl’s Masonry Unlimited to provide new wheel chair ramps at the Deale, Maryland home of Maureen, a Veteran Nurse who served in Vietna …
Share In which kitchen would you enjoy cooking meals for your family every night? They are both the same kitchen space! Just before and after photos. Remodeling is more than nailing boards together, installing cabinetry and flooring or adding a coat of paint. A remodeli …
Share Happy 4th of July to one and all! It’s time for the all American celebration. Nothing’s better than gathering with family and friends to celebrate our great nation. Hot dogs and hamburgers on the grill with Mom’s potato salad, corn on the cob …
Share While it might seem like a “no-brainer,” when you run the numbers it is typically cheaper to build an addition than to buy a new home that equals the space of your existing house plus an addition. At the very least, the closing and realtor costs involved wi …
Share As a military brat I feel I really understand the true spirit of this day. As a kid we often took part in the celebrations offered at the military bases where we were stationed. But more importantly, whether at home or abroad, we as a family honored those men and women …
Share At a recent Home Show I again found some contractors representing themselves as members of NARI who were not. Consumers need to be aware that not every company who says they are a member of a professional organization really is. Verify membership with NARI, check t …
Share Spring is here again. What a wonderful time of year. All the beautifully colored blossoms are out. This is my favorite time of year. It’s the perfect time to start enjoying the outdoors with a new deck or screened porch. We’d would love to help you m …
Share To help move old man winter along, start planning your spring cleaning. Washing windows and letting in a breeze is only one way to give your home a fresh spring look. Winter’s warm fuzzy fabrics in rich darker tones can be replaced with light airy sheers and …
Share When I look at this picture of the Dunn’s kitchen in Bethesda, that we completed last year, it makes me realize how lucky our company is to have a talented designer like Peggy Card working with us! Look at the way the curves compliment each other, from the arch at …
Share When you think of home remodeling you probably think of updating cabinets in your kitchen or new tile for your bath. But as we age, remodeling can take on a whole new meaning. There is a positive trend in remodeling to renovate your home for “aging in place” …
Share More and more I hear, what kind of deal are you offering or you’re higher than the other guy. Homeowners love our process and the quality of our work but another remodeler comes along and offers them the same end result but for 20% below our estimated budget. …
Share Remodeling horror stories usually start with a great price. Why is that? Unlike when purchasing mass-produced, brand-named products, which are identical to each other, comparing one remodeling firms price with another is near impossible. There are many factors th …
