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Pro Remodeler Wins Neal Award for Best Industry Coverage
The editorial team received the award for a trio of features covering current trends and their implications on the future of remodeling. Pro Remodeler Staff | June 09, 2021
Pro Remodeler has won a Neal Award for Best Industry Coverage in the 67th annual Jesse H. Neal Awards, which recognizes excellence in business reporting. The award is not only a testament to the editorial team, but also a nod to the vibrancy of remodeling and the professionals that push the boundaries of design, building science and business operations.
A Trio of 3 Features
For The Money Effect, Managing Editor James F. McClister detailed private equity firms growing involvement in home improvement. He interviewed remodelers whose expansions are being funded by PE and created a timeline of the largest acquisitions, one of the only of its kind.
Hopewell, N.J.
This eclectic red kitchen challenged the remodelers at Baxter Construction to play up the design’s funky factor without making the room look too loud or dated. The project’s lead designer and sales director for Baxter Construction, Candice Smith, mixed textures, sheens, and colors to create a unique showstopper that surprised even their local fabricator. With the bright appliances in San Marzano red and new track lighting on the original wooden beams, Baxter Construction made the otherwise dark room pop. Because of the tongue and groove ceiling that ran through the whole home, recessed lighting was out of the picture. The design team chose unique gold subway tiles for the backsplash and harnessed undercabinet lighting for a glow effect that helped brighten the room. Behind the stove, the team installed another unique backsplash with custom tiles.
The Life, Death, and Future of the Open Concept
The layout has quite a few asterisks next to its title as ‘most popular floor plan.’ We explore its history, controversy, and its fate. James F. McClister | June 02, 2021
That a floor plan could attract controversy is a novel idea. Still, the open concept has a few.
Credible people have called the layout an “exasperating privacy killer,” “a terrible idea,” “rooted in a sexist understanding of labor,” and “trendy because HGTV execs think men crave destruction.” It’s been said that the floor plan is “tyranny” and that it should be put to “death.”
You may have noticed that the name Erika Taylor no longer appears as part of
Pro Remodeler and instead, the editor is Erika Mosse. Many of my friends in the industry have emailed me to ask if I got married or divorced, but the answer is actually more complex. It’s a story I’d like to share.
A number of you who know me also know that I lost my son, Aaron, to addiction in March of 2019. Aaron was brilliant, hilarious, and totally unique. He was my only child. The loss has been terrible. On top of missing Aaron with every breath, I was suddenly no longer a mom, but not not a mom either. The loss of my identity as a parent, as well as all future legacy, was yet another source of grief. I had a great job and a happy marriage, but the engine that drove my life forward, the heart of my heart, was my son.