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Notes from remodels and additions around Middle Tennessee: what the walls hid, what changed the schedule, and what we would do again.
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Remodeling notes from Middle Tennessee houses
Written by Michael Blair, owner of Nashville's Remodeling, from the trade’s own practice.
October 8, 2026
Adding a Primary Suite to a Nashville House
A primary suite can go out the back, up a story, over the garage or into rooms you already have. Each one changes the house differently, and the code and the lot set limits on all four.
Read itSeptember 28, 2026
Starting a Remodel in the Fall, Into Winter
A project started in October runs straight into frost, wet winter weeks and the holidays. Some of the work cares about the temperature and most of it does not.
Read itSeptember 21, 2026
Converting a Garage Into Living Space in Nashville
The garage already has a roof, a floor and walls, which makes the conversion look easy. What it does not have is a floor at the right height, insulation, or a permit.
Read itSeptember 14, 2026
Adding a Bathroom Where There Is No Plumbing
Supply water goes anywhere. The drain has to run downhill to the stack, and that one fact decides where a bathroom can go and what it costs to put it there.
Read itSeptember 7, 2026
Lead Paint and Asbestos in Older Nashville Homes
Neither is dangerous sitting undisturbed on a wall. Renovation is precisely the activity that makes both of them dangerous.
Read itSeptember 1, 2026
Taking Out a Wall That Might Be Structural
Almost every open-plan renovation runs into a wall that is carrying something, and that is an engineering job rather than a demolition one.
Read itSeptember 1, 2026
The Order a Renovation Has to Happen In
Almost every expensive renovation mistake is a sequencing mistake — something done before the thing it depended on.
Read itSeptember 1, 2026
Adding On or Reworking What You Have
Most people who want more space actually want better-arranged space, and that is a much cheaper project.
Read itSeptember 1, 2026
Living in the House During a Renovation
Staying in the house is normal for most projects and genuinely difficult for two of them.
Read itSeptember 1, 2026
Which Renovations Return Their Cost
The highest-returning projects are consistently the least glamorous ones.
Read itSeptember 1, 2026
What to Expect Renovating a Pre-War House
Old houses are built better and to different rules. Almost nothing in them is standard-sized or square.
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Remodels and additions from Nashville outward
Our remodels happen in Nashville and 64 other towns spread over 12 counties. A house anywhere in Middle Tennessee, about an hour out from Nashville or closer, is ours to build.
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