Build & Design Stories from Kannapolis
Build & design stories cover renovating established homes, planning interiors, building custom or spec homes and wiring technology before walls close. They're practical checklists, not showcases — we don't present renderings as finished projects.
You'll find sequencing advice — what to decide before demolition, when to bring in a designer, which wiring to run before drywall — and honest notes on budgets and contingency. Links to design, construction and home-technology businesses are affiliated with our network and labeled that way. A new journal story is published every week, and older stories are reviewed and updated when the facts change. Every story links to the guides and official sources behind it.
- Renovating an Older Kannapolis Home: A Practical Checklist
Permits, structure, systems and scope — a checklist for renovating an established Kannapolis home.
- Interior Design for an Established Home
How to design within an older Kannapolis house — working with its proportions, light and materials.
- Planning Home Technology Before a Renovation
Wire for networking, audio and media while walls are open — a planning guide.
Related guides
- Build & DesignFrom the parcel to the paint color — practical guides for building, renovating and designing a home here.
- RenovationsGood renovations start with what's actually behind the walls.
- Interior DesignDesign that respects a house's age and its owners' lives.
- Home TechnologyThe cheapest time to run wire is before the drywall goes up.