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Kitchen, Bath & Home Projects
View our recent kitchen remodels, bathroom renovations, custom homes, and home additions in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Every project delivered on time and on budget. No exceptions.
The Gilbert-Hester Historic Restoration
A meticulous historic restoration preserving architectural heritage while bringing modern performance standards to a home with irreplaceable character. Featured in Bowling Green Home & Lifestyle magazine.
The Kino Road Custom Masterpiece
A ground-up custom home built with architectural precision, LIDAR-verified measurements, and the structural integrity that defines Design Builders quality. Recently completed and photographed.
Custom New Construction
The Tabor High-Performance Farmhouse
A ground-up custom farmhouse built on a multi-generational homestead — incorporating reclaimed chestnut hardwood floors, salvaged shiplap, stone foundation, wraparound porches, and state-of-the-art building science. Winner of Best of Show and People's Choice at the 2018 Parade of Homes. Featured in Bowling Green Home & Lifestyle magazine.
Kitchen Remodel
The Hixson Kitchen Transformation
A complete kitchen transformation featuring custom cabinetry, natural stone countertops, herringbone backsplash, and professional-grade appliances. What started as a small water leak ended up being a dream home remodel — delivered exactly on schedule and on budget.
Kitchen Remodel
The Barmen Kitchen Remodel
A modern kitchen remodel delivering a dramatic transformation — every detail planned in pre-construction and delivered exactly on schedule and on budget.
Home Addition
The Anderson Lake House Addition
A sweeping addition to a beloved A-frame lake property — adding a cathedral-ceiling great room with exposed timber beams, tongue-and-groove wood ceiling, open loft, hardwood floors, and a covered outdoor living deck. Featured in Bowling Green Home & Lifestyle magazine, January/February 2020.
Home Addition
The Richards Outdoor Living Project
An expansive outdoor living addition featuring a screened porch, covered entertaining area with painted wood ceiling, brick detailing, stone fireplace, and seamless indoor-outdoor flow. A complete transformation of the back of the home.
Home Addition
The Sanders Screened Porch & Deck
A beautiful outdoor living addition combining a screened porch with ceiling fan and swing, plus an open deck with white railings — creating a seamless transition from indoors to the backyard. Delivered on time and on budget.
Home Addition
The Harmon Covered Porch
A covered outdoor living addition featuring a full-height stone fireplace with reclaimed wood mantel, exposed timber ceiling, screened walls, and composite decking — a year-round outdoor room built to last.
Custom New Construction
The Graham Home
Tim Graham's own home — a showcase of the craftsmanship and attention to detail that defines Design Builders. Featured in Bowling Green Home & Lifestyle magazine in 2007. Every room reflects the exacting standards Tim brings to every client project.
Bathroom Remodel
The Haycraft-McKee Bathroom
A primary bathroom remodel that opened up a cramped layout into an open-plan retreat — glass-enclosed walk-in shower with white herringbone subway tile and an aqua-glass mosaic niche, matching vanities in Galapagos Turquoise on separate walls, a custom Western cedar sauna in the former water-closet space, and St. John Blue walls throughout. Featured in Bowling Green Home & Lifestyle magazine, November/December 2022.
Custom New Construction
The Skidmore Forever Home
A 4,200-square-foot custom country home on 13 acres near Smith's Grove, designed as a forever home with aging-in-place principles and the kind of low-maintenance infrastructure that lets retirement be retirement. Double-stud 12-inch exterior walls with nearly triple the R-value of conventional construction, geothermal smart-zone HVAC, brick exterior with a standing-seam copper porch roof, and a separately-designed working barn that became an integral part of the property. Featured in Bowling Green Home & Lifestyle magazine, December 2016.
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