Neil Judges Qualified Remodeler Master Design Awards

Neil recently spent two days in downtown Chicago where he was one of five judges from around the US to judge the 2010 Master Design Awards from Qualified Remodeler magazine. While helicopters and movie cameras whirled outside the hotel filming the new Transformers 3 movie the panel slaved over 300+ entries in 22 categories.

It is quite an honor to be selected as a judge for this competition.  Neil took the job very seriously and did his best to give each entry the respect it deserved.  Projects entered in the competition ranged from construction details such as a floating stairway to a $28 million whole house renovation of a 40,000 square foot home!  Some of the highlights included a 75 foot curved pergola to a complete restoration of a Greene and Greene home in California.

It wasn’t easy, but in the end they had to pick one project as best in show.  The results will be revealed in the October issue of Qualified Remodeler.

Joel Is Mentioned In A Daily Herald Article

Joel got a nice mention in a recent article from the Daily Herald.  The story chronicles a charity project that the Chicago chapter of the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI) took on earlier this year for a family in Elk Grove Village.  Find the complete article here.  Thanks to all of those at NARI that allowed us to be a part of this important project.

Neil Quoted In Recent Outdoor Remodeling Article

Recently Neil was quoted in the Daily Herald as part of a story on outdoor living.  Writer Arlene Miles explores the reasons and solutions for outdoor living space.  She also explores the recent trends in outdoor spaces and why someone would want to tackle an exterior renovation.  Find the entire article here.

Neil & Joel Attend Remodeling Roundtable In New Hampshire

Neil & Joel recently attended another remodeling roundtable in Concord, New Hampshire.  While there they toured Cedar Mill Group and learned more about how Geoff Martin runs his remodeling company.  In turn they made suggestions to Geoff on how he could increase the quality of his company.  As you can see from the photo things got pretty heated!  All the energy in the hotel conference room set off the alarms and the Concord fire department was sent in to check out the situation!  Actually the second floor of the hotel was being remodeled (can’t seem to get away from it no matter where we go) and the dust set off the alarms.

Thanks to Geoff for sharing his company and hospitality with us.

Crimson Wins 2010 Guildmaster Award

Guild Quality announced the winners of their annual Guildmaster Awards and we are proud to say that we made the list!   Guildmaster awards are given to top remodeling companies from around the country that demonstrate that they have the ability to consistently deliver an exceptional customer experience. We work hard to deliver an exceptional remodeling experience and are proud that our clients recognize our efforts.

Guild Quality is an independent resource to measure client satisfaction.  Each of our clients are contacted twice by Guild Quality after the completion of their project and asked about their experience and how Crimson may improve  our service, product or experience.  We take all these comments to heart and use them in the future management of our company.  These interactions have offered us great insight into our process and have led to many refinements over the years.

This was our second consecutive Guildmaster Award.

Naperville Home Show A Success

Thanks to all of you that braved a less-than-springlike weekend to come out and see us at The Naperville Home Show.  We met some great people over the last two days!

Being the first home show we have ever done, it was quite a learning experience for us.  We learned some things to do (wear VERY comfortable shoes) and some things not to do (don’t wait until 3 days before to order your banners).  All-in-all it was a great experience and we are thinking about doing it again sometime soon.  If we do we’ll keep you updated.

Naperville Home Show March 19-21

This weekend we will be at the Naperville Home Show.

Be sure to stop by and see us.

Bring your remodeling ideas with you!

The details:

Where:   North Central College Recreation Center (Crimson is in booth #313)
When:   Fri 4-8pm   Sat 10am-6pm   Sun 10am-5pm
Admission: $5      Get a $1 off coupon

Casual for a Cause

Crimson participated in ‘Casual for a Cause’ on September 21, 2009, in honor of World Alzheimer’s Day.  Employees could purchase a sticker to don casual attire for a suggested donation of $5 – $10.  We are proud to announce that our entire team participated in this event!

Crimson was able to show our commitment to the fight against Alzheimer’s by dressing down in jeans and purple tees.  Our company donation helps provide funding for the care, support and research efforts of the Alzheimer’s Association.

35 million people worldwide have dementia.  Crimson is proud to have been a part of this wonderful cause.  For more information on Alzheimer’s Disease go to www.alz.org.

Remodeling The Oswego Landscape

My wife, Jennine, and I spent the morning renovating the landscape.  We, along with other volunteers of the Oswegoland Park District, spent the morning planting native prairie plants in the Waubonsie Wetlands.  This watershed connects the Waubonsie Creek to the Fox River.  Over decades of development the natural topsoil has been removed and replaced with clay, sand and gravel.  The park district is attempting to return this area to its natural environment.

We spent the morning in 80+ degrees weather digging holes in the rock-hard clay for new plants. The plants include: liatris, prairie dropseed grass, black-eyed susan and prairie geranium.

Dave Margolis, Oswegoland Park District’s Natural Resource Manager, was very pleased with the progress we made this morning.  We planted over 200 plants!  Not bad for a hot day.  Dave hopes that by next year the roots have taken hold and the plants are multiplying to fill the entire area.

Updating CrimsonDC.com

Currently we are working on updating our website to bring you fresh new content on an ongoing basis.  Please be patient will we work out all the bugs.  In the meantime, if you need to contact us please email info@crimsondc.com.

Thank you.  And check back soon

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