Live at home longer.

Project: Bathroom remodel

Early in March, we decided we would move Villa, our thirteen year old company, back to a home based business office. The surroundings are familiar, welcoming and warm. Obviously, my commute is terrific.

Most of our homeowner clients are referred to us and many become repeat clients. Although we have in the past, we haven’t been spending money advertising in magazine and newspaper ads. We’ve all but disappeared from the print yellow pages—I was...