Author Archives: Karen Zieba

Zieba Builders Awarded “Best of Houzz 2012”

Zieba Builders has been awarded “Best Of Houzz 2012” by Houzz.com in the Design category.  The work of the Design Award winners was the most popular among the 1.2 million members, also known as “Houzzers,” who saved more than 16.5 million professional images to their personal ideabooks via the Houzz site and iPad/iPhone app. The […]

Client’s Green Home Featured on Home Design Blog

One of the greatest rewards for doing what we do is when a client’s vision comes to life in a way that inspires others.  Such was the case for our clients Heather Morrison and Neil Navin, Heather and Neil approached us to look at a major addition they had designed by architect John Trautmann. The […]

Saving Money on your Home Addition

A BIG NAME TILE COMPANY, with gorgeous showrooms and full-page ads in Architectural Digest, had a tile my client loved for her Moroccan inspired home addition.  The tile captured the essence of the Moorish architecture with colors and shapes used elsewhere in the home’s addition.  We could see why she loved it. The sticking point was […]

Welcome!

  Joe and Karen Zieba Welcome to Zieba Builders’ blog site.  We know remodeling and home construction can be very stressful.  Much of this stress is due to lack of honest information about design, construction, project costs, and contractors.  Our goal here is to provide news and information about our team, our projects, related community […]

New Faces: Kelly Bogdanoff

We have a new face at Zieba Builders! Welcome Kelly Bogdanoff, Design Assistant.  Kelly is a CAD Designer, Graphic Designer and Uber-Can-Do Girl Extraordinaire. Kelly graduated cum laude from CSU Long Beach in 2009 with a Bachelor of Arts in Design and an emphasis in interior design.  Before joining Zieba Builders, Kelly worked as a […]

The New Rules of Remodeling

Text By M.P. MCQUEEN of the Wall Street Journal Online A Client’s Recent Outdoor Remodel – Design-Build Partner: Mitch Kalamian, Solena Landscape You may have noticed the lines at home-improvement stores getting longer or heard the whirring of buzz saws in your neighborhood. After years of economic recession and housing-market malaise, people are starting to […]