Add Pet-Friendly Nooks to Your Home

A popular spin-off of room additions is creating specially designated spaces for your pet companions. It's the step up from everything else we provide for our dogs and cats, from the travel gear they get for road trips, to extra snuggly carriers and accessories they get for accompanying us on errands and cuddling with us at home. In the hands of a Nashville general contractor, you can create creative built-in shelving for cats to recline upon, or a tucked away resting nook that your pup will adore.

Here are some ideas from Clayton Construction on how to turn your home into a more pet-friendly oasis:

• Mud room and adjoining wash area: Nevermind a season room for your own relaxation as part of the residential construction plans, but a mud room for active pups is a great way to contain dirty paws. Putting in an area where you can also conveniently clean them up makes their bouncy energy easy on everyone.

• Outdoor shower: As an alternative to the interior bathing room, consider an outside shower nook for a building addition. This may make it more comfortable for dogs to shake off excess water or soak up sun to dry.

• Catwalks: Here's where your imagination can go wild as you add funky touches to the walls, along stairs, and wherever else you think your cats may appreciate. Linear tunnels, diagonal stepping squares, and mazes that resemble cinema scenes make remodeling fun.

• Platform feeding stations: Eliminate messy floors, and store large bags of food in an adjacent drawer.

• Sleeping niche: Take advantage of odd corners and watch Nashville home improvement ideas turn recessed areas into walls or closets that your pets can call their own.

Share your thoughts with Clayton Construction, and contact us to give your pets the special spots they deserve!

Is A Room Addition Right for You?

Changing times have meant that generations are staying together under one roof, and the home office is becoming more and more common. Rooms are designated exclusively for guests, and even just for pets. Many desire an entertainment rooms or the proverbial “man or woman cave,” where you can retreat and indulge into personal space. Here are some things to consider about room additions:

Aesthetic Appeal: Although you may fall in love with a online or print remodeling idea, make sure that it really does work for you. Aesthetics are just as important as the financial and size aspects of adding a space, so you should be confident that the design is really how you want your house to look. This can also be a deciding factor in Nashville curb appeal, should you decide to rent out or sell.

Practical Purpose and Longevity: Coinciding with the aesthetic appeal is the long term practicality of having such an addition. Is it part of a multi-unit construction project to increase living space and how will it affect rent? Is it something like a basement apartment that can be utilized as something else if the person leaves, or will it become dead space? Will the construction work be within an already existing framework, or affect roofing or walls? Discuss with your Nashville general contractor if it's part of storm damage repair, how you're spending a financial windfall, something that's been planned for a long time, or the solution to a sudden change in circumstances.

Affect on Neighbors: If it's an outside addition, will the neighbors be affected? Will it change the scenic views, or dim or obstruct natural lighting?

Clayton Construction has over 60 years of experience with home improvements, repairs, and renovations. Contact us today to see what the best plan is for adding on to your home!