Adding an outdoor shower to your home is a great way to blend practicality with creative design, taking your shower experience to a new level. With a shower in your backyard, you can wash off after a busy day working in your garden or rinse off the chlorine or saltwater from your pool. And if…
If you’re living in your dream home today and plan to remain there through your retirement years, you want a place you can not just live in but live comfortably for life. Adding universal design amenities to your home makes it future-proof, transforming it in ways you may not have thought of today — but…
We’re spending more time at home these days and know you are, too. We’re managing through the current crisis as best we can. (Having enough toilet paper on-hand is something we never gave much thought to before!) Even though living and enjoying life at home is something we think about every day, given what we…
As we prepare to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day (April 22, 2020) while sheltering in place from COVID-19 (coronavirus), Jones Pierce Studios Project Delivery Director Frank Wickstead has designed and is in the process of building a sustainable home for his family, believing every day should be Earth Day. Wickstead’s sustainable home, designed…
Jones Pierce Studios of Atlanta is thrilled to announce it was recently recognized with a “Best of Houzz” award for Design on Houzz®, the foremost platform for home renovation and design. The custom design and construction management company was selected by the millions of homeowners that encompass the Houzz community from amongst more than 2.5…
Truck & Tap, one of our most recent projects, is an unique restaurant concept offering wide selection of draft beers and street food served out of a “permanent” mobile kitchen with rotating food trucks in Duluth, GA. Outdoor Dining The guests’ experience begins when they approach the restaurant through a spacious outdoor patio area. The…
As the City of Atlanta has grown and matured, its zoning ordinances have become more complicated. Throughout my career, I’ve seen first-hand how these ordinances have shifted projects, especially when the owner does not know what can be done with the lot. Surprisingly, these ordinances are often unknown. The simple act of expanding a house…
Atlanta’s re-surging in-town development has led to higher property values and inflated construction costs. Coupled together, these two factors cause concern for affordable housing. In-town growth can also encourage the bulldozing of existing small homes, only to be replaced by larger, higher priced homes. However, when there are less properties available, developers resort to denser…
When most people think about rebranding, they think about product marketing. They certainly do not think about architecture. But why not? Rebranding is more than just corporate colors. It is: The perception of the firm or company; aka its personality. What experience do you want your customers to have when they walk in? How do…
One of the (many) unavoidable truths of construction and home improvement is that the budget is always finite, and the desires will outweigh what is possible within that budget. In the residential world, the client’s dreams have typically gone on for a very long time. The project is the culmination of years of making good…