Big Focus on Small Projects

From our perspective here at Mark Schwartz & Associates, we view a home as, potentially, a very dynamic environment full of possibilities — something that can be evolved, rather than simply sold off. As many people have come to realize, there’s so much more to being satisfied with where you live than simply the structure itself. Instead, elements such as the setting, the neighborhood, light, proximity to favorite places – these and more are factors that strongly contribute to the sense and value one has of one’s ‘home’.

With that in mind, we often find clients who want to change some aspect – large or small – of their homes, instead of simply putting them on the market and starting again elsewhere. An increasing portion of our of work these days is centered on retaining the loved and appreciated details of their existing homes, while evolving them into a new state through carefully planned renovation.

We approach the renovation process in much the same way as we do for any of our projects, regardless of scope: meticulous attention to detail is not reserved only for high-end new construction, but also for smaller-scale additions and alterations where it is aesthetically imperative that new and existing elements are come together to retain both a visual and habitable flow, inside and out.

“I really enjoy the challenge of working to improve existing structures,” says Mr. Schwartz. “From an architectural and aesthetic standpoint, it’s important that new elements work seamlessly with the original – but when clients want to branch out stylistically within the same footprint, that’s fun too.”