Magnolia Restorations

Magnolia’s additions to this classic colonial home allowed for grander scaled interiors, an expanded kitchen, new family room and “mother’s office”, and greatly enhanced outdoor living.

About Magnolia Restorations

At Magnolia Restorations we assist our homeowner clients with any home restoration, renovation or small remodeling project – be it a simple fireplace mantel makeover, a dream new kitchen or grand master bath, or a multi-story major addition, we help you make wise decisions every step of the way.

We provide clients with outstanding resources for products and service providers, along with detailed plans, budgets, timelines and project management to ensure that architectural congruence, the best prices and highest quality construction materials and methods are achieved.

Magnolia Restorations embraces the resurgence of interest in beautiful old houses. We restore the former elegance of historic and vintage homes while making them viable for 21st century living. We know North Shores Homes, and we know how you want to live in them.

Wise Buying Tip
Be smart about your home improvement project: Hire Magnolia Restorations as your owner’s agent as your best insurance for home improvement results you will love, and a process that protects you every step of the way.

Call us at 1.847.881.2630 to schedule your free in-home consultation to find out how Magnolia can help you ensure that architectural congruence, best prices and highest quality are achieved on your home improvement project – large or small we’ve seen it all and can help you avoid recreating the wheel!
Why hire Magnolia? - Top Ten Reasons Why People Retain Magnolia Restorations
1. Lack of time to manage the project on their own.

2. Lack of expertise to manage the project and ensure it stays within budget.

3. Lack of knowledge about how to prevent the horror stories they have heard from neighbors, etc.

4. Unsure of their own ability to determine architecturally congruent design choices.

5. Desire for choices and options throughout the process with ease of decision-making.

6. Desire for true custom design (not just selecting among upgrade options from a builder).

7. Desire for attention to detail, but without having to do all of the research and legwork themselves.

8. Ensure highest quality construction materials and methods are used throughout the project.

9. Ensure competitive pricing.

10. Minimize time out of their home and disruption of their daily life.
If I Wanted to Do this Work Myself, What Skills and/or Tools Would I Need?
- Design visioning capabilities.
- Bid assessment and contract negotiation capabilities.
- Financial budgeting and job cost accounting experience.
- Construction project management experience (completeness and quality of work).
- Timelines with details by service provider and product supplier along with critical path identification and management.
- Inventory Lists (fixtures, furniture, electronics, appliances).
- Interior and Exterior Product and Materials Lists.
- Construction Industry administrative and legal expertise (financial background checks, insurance, lien waivers and processes, bill payment processes, etc.).
- Change Order management (assess validity of requests and reasonableness of pricing).
- Conflict management skills.