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Winter Water Damage to a Home’s Foundation and Basement

Most people worry about water damage during spring and summer, when powerful rainstorms increase the risk of flooding. However, winter can be the most problematic time of the year for water intrusion into a home’s foundation and basement. If you have winter moisture problems in your basement, you are not alone. With 60% of homes […]

How to Avoid Frozen Pipes This Winter

Winter is upon us here in Peoria, Illinois. With the beauty of the season comes frigid cold temperatures that can wreak havoc on your plumbing system if you are not properly prepared. Cold temperatures can cause the water in your pipes to freeze, allowing the water to expand and create excess pressure inside the pipes. […]

Remodel Your Kitchen Before the Holidays

Does seeing remodeled kitchens in magazines and on home improvement TV shows give you the itch to remodel your own kitchen? If you’ve been hesitating on the project because it seems like an expensive, daunting task – you don’t have to go it alone! A kitchen remodel from Kelley Construction is a structured process. Beginning […]

The Answer Is Right Below You: Expanding into the Livable Space in your Basement

Need more space in your home? The answer may be right below you. Basements often are the great underused space in many people’s homes. Too often, they are only used for laundry rooms, outdoor furniture storage, tools, and work saws. But basement spaces have the potential to be so much more. Increasingly, people are reclaiming […]

Damage Control: Storm Damage to Expect in the Midwest

The midwest has a reputation for a few reasons. Everyone is so friendly, Wisconsin makes great cheese, Michigan is so beautiful, Indiana is so flat, and Illinois hosts the third largest city in the country where you can find the best deep dish pizza around. However, the midwest also has a reputation for other, less […]

Things to Consider Before a Sun Room Addition

Oftentimes, when property owners think of home additions they think, sunroom. On average, sunrooms cost less than full-scale room additions, and yet still provide just as much square footage. Not only can an addition of a sunroom increase a home’s value, they are an energy-efficient way to transform and beautify a home while adding natural sunlight […]

DYI—When is it Time to Bring in the Professionals?

There is nothing more satisfying than completing a home improvement job on your own. There are many excellent jobs that homeowners can easily take on themselves and then step back and beam with pride after a job well-done. But how do you know when you can tackle a project on your own and when it […]