Creative Design Construction & Remodeling Wins Remodeling Awards

July 20, 2020- Continuing to set new standards of professionalism, 79 companies from across the United States were named winners at the 2020 Chrysalis Awards for Remodeling Excellence. The [...]

Creative Design Construction & Remodeling of Northvale, NJ Awarded Best of Houzz 2020

Awarded by Community of Over 40 Million Monthly Users, Annual BOH Badge Highlights Home Remodeling & Design Professionals with Top Ratings and Most Popular Home Designs February 13, [...]

Creative Design Construction & Remodeling of Northvale, NJ Awarded Best Of Houzz 2019

Awarded by Community of Over 40 Million Monthly Users, Annual BOH Badge Highlights Home Remodeling & Design Professionals with Top Ratings and Most Popular Home Designs NORTHVALE, NJ- January [...]

Creative Design Construction & Remodeling of Northvale, NJ Awarded Best of Houzz 2018

Over 40 Million Monthly Unique Users Nominated Best Home Building, Remodeling and Design Professionals in North America and Around the World Northvale, NJ – January 17, 2018– Houzz Inc., the [...]

The Family Basement You’ve Been Looking For

The Family Basement You’ve Been Looking For Creative Design Construction Inc. is excited to announce a feature they received in the latest issue of Design NJ about a multipurpose basement they [...]

A Bottle of Red, A Bottle of White: An Allendale Basement Suits Whatever Kind of Mood You’re In Tonight – Design NJ – Aug/Sept 2017

A Bottle of Red, A Bottle of White An Allendale Basement Suits Whatever Kind of Mood You’re In Tonight John and Ariane Canavan wanted a lot from their Allendale basement. The goal for the [...]

Top 5 Reasons to Remodel Your Kitchen

It’s finally fall, which means cooler weather, more time spent indoors, and visiting family and friends for holidays. Are you embarrassed to host a gathering because of your outdated kitchen? It [...]

5 Benefits to Finishing Your Basement

Basements are one of the most overlooked potential for extra space in the home. Chances are your house has a basement that is unfinished. Maybe when you bought the house you had plans for a [...]

Is a Home Addition Right for You?

It’s Monday morning and your family is running around to get ready for work and school. You are one bathroom short and have a ton of things scattered around the house. Is this your reality? It [...]

Top 5 Reasons to Remodel Your Kitchen

It’s finally fall, which means cooler weather, more time spent indoors, and visiting family and friends for holidays. Are you embarrassed to host a gathering because of your outdated kitchen? It [...]

5 Questions to Ask Before Doing an Addition

Are you constantly dreaming about a home that isn’t cluttered, a morning routine that isn’t hectic, and a space to relax in or hang out with your family? A home addition might be the answer for [...]

Bathroom Remodel Levels

So you’re planning to remodel your bathroom – updating the look, adding some value, more functionality, maybe more storage and amenities. Sounds simple enough? The scope of your project [...]

4 Benefits to Remodeling Your Home

Is your home stuck in the 80s? Are you living in a space that doesn’t reflect your personality? It might be time to consider remodeling your home. There are many benefits to renovating here are [...]

Top 7 Ways to Expand Your House

After living in your home for a few years, you might start to find that it is not big enough for your growing needs. It’s not as though you hate the space, you are just frustrated with the lack [...]

What Makes a Successful Design/Build Project?

The Design Build approach to project delivery uses win-win solutions, including those of having the best balance of cost, function, efficiency, maintainability, and delivery for projects. For [...]

Making A Big Splash – March 2017

An Old Tappan pool house is a hit all year long, proving that the fun doesn’t end when you leave the water. A Tennessee flagstone path leads to the covered lounge area of this Old Tappan pool [...]

Creative Design Construction & Remodeling of Northvale, NJ Awarded Best of Houzz 2017

Creative Design Construction & Remodeling of Northvale, NJ Awarded Best of Houzz 2017   Over 40 Million Monthly Unique Users Nominated Best Home Building, Remodeling and Design Professionals [...]

Benefits of Using Houzz

Houzz began in June of 2008 as a side project for founders Adi and Alon. They had just completed a home remodel and after struggling with organizing recommendations from friends and inspiration [...]

Best of Bergen 2017 Awards

It’s that time of year again! Creative Design Construction & Remodeling is proud to be nominated for the Best of Bergen Awards for contractor and kitchen remodeling. The Best of Bergen Awards [...]

Walk-In Closet Ideas

Is a walk-in closet part of your remodeling package? Or are you just dreaming of the day when you will finally get to have the space to store all of your shoes, clothes, and accessories? We’ve [...]

Benefits of Design-Build

There are many added value benefits to design-build. Take a look at some of the benefits below. Singular Responsibility Design-build places both design and construction in the hands of a single [...]

Five Remodeling Lessons

Remodeling a home is exciting and a bit stressful. Once your home remodel is complete, you most likely will not want to deal with construction noise in your house for a long time. Here are five [...]

Kitchen Remodel Tips – Part One

Have you been dreaming of remodeling your kitchen? Are you unsure about where to start? Check out our two-part guide to kitchen remodels. Be patient. If you are hoping of completing a phased [...]

Kitchen Remodel Tips – Part Two

After you have planned and designed your kitchen, now comes the fun part! Detailing the project and creating a budget for it. You will need to be extremely organized during this stage of the [...]

Why Design-Build is So Good?

Many ask about the advantages of design-build systems over the conventional architect and general contractor system. Below are just a few reasons why the design-build system is so good: One Team [...]

What is Design-Build?

Also known as design/construct, or single source responsibility, “Design Build” is a method of project delivery where one entity (the design-build team) works under a single contract with the [...]

Bergen Magazine – October 2016

From a 1990s-style foyer to garish bathroom hardware, everything inside this Upper Saddle River home begged for a renovation—and the project was tops on Glen Lumia’s to-do list. Though the [...]

Bergen Magazine – September 2016

THE FACE OF CONSTRUCTION & REMODELING GLEN LUMIA | CREATIVE DESIGN CONSTRUCTION & REMODELING 204 Livingston St., Northvale, NJ 07647 | 201.768.5813 | creativedesignconstruction.com [...]

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Fresh and Focused Construction & Design: Glen Lumia, CGR, GMB, CAPS Creative Design Construction & Remodeling Photography Courtesy of John Martinelli A major renovation of a traditional [...]

(201) Home Spring 2016

Addressing The Essentials Builders and designers: Glen Lumia and Sarah Roy, Creative Design Construction & Remodeling, Northvale photographs courtesy of John Martinelli Photography [...]

(201) Home Fall 2015

Eclectic Style Gothic beauty meets avant-garde sophistication in this newly renovated kitchen in Old Tappan. Glen Lumia, owner of Creative Design Construction, effortlessly paired principles of [...]

Creative Design Construction, Inc. Receives Two Best of Houzz 2016 Awards

Northvale, NJ – January 12, 2016 – Creative Design Construction, Inc. of Northvale, NJ has been awarded “Best Of Houzz” 2016 by Houzz, the leading online platform for residential remodeling and [...]

29th Annual Sales and Marketing (SAM) Awards Honors Creative Excellence

Atlantic City, NJ – March 31,2016 – The New Jersey Builders Association (NJBA) honored the industry’s most creative and successful sales and marketing professionals at the 29th Annual [...]

28th Annual Sales and Marketing (SAM) Awards Honors Creative Excellence, Industry Achievement

Atlantic City, NJ – March 26, 2015 – The New Jersey Builders Association (NJBA) honored the industry’s most creative and successful sales and marketing professionals at the 28th Annual [...]

Creative Design Construction, Inc. Receives Two Best of Houzz 2015 Awards

Northvale, NJ – January 19, 2015 – Creative Design Construction, Inc. of Northvale, NJ has been awarded “Best Of Houzz” 2015 by Houzz, the leading online platform for residential remodeling and [...]

201 Home Fall 2014

Masculine Makeover Glen Lumia of Creative Design Construction & Remodeling, Inc. kicked off a multi-phase update of this classic Old Tappan center hall colonial with the kitchen before moving [...]

27TH ANNUAL SALES AND MARKETING (SAM) AWARDS HONORS CREATIVE EXCELLENCE, INDUSTRY ACHIEVEMENT

March 27, 2014 – The New Jersey Builders Association (NJBA) honored the industry’s most creative and successful sales and marketing initiatives at the 27th Annual Sales and Marketing (SAM) Awards [...]

201 Home Fall 2013

Tuscan Traditional in Mahwah Builder: Glen Lumia, Creative Design Construction and Remodeling Inc., Northvale A three phase renovation of this Mahwah home culminated with this beautifully [...]

New York Spaces

Winner of Ramapo Wholesaler’s Bathroom Design Contest: Creative Design & Construction in Northvale (creativedesignconstruction.net)

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Bergen county-based Design & Build firm wins prestigious national industry awards Creative Design Construction & Remodeling presents to home-owners at Mahwah home show Both professional [...]

Remodeling News

Best Bathroom Over $30,000 + Design Creative Design Construction & Remodeling Glen Lumia Northvale, NJ The homeowners wanted to relocate the cluttered fixtures, opening more space for [...]

Kitchen & Bath Design News

Best Showroom Design: National and East Regional Winner Craved from space previously used as an office, Creative Design Construction and Remodeling’s new, 1,500-sq.-ft. showroom in [...]

Green Business Quarterly

Design-build firm leads by example by bringing sustainability to its office By: Kelsey Higginbotham Since 1988, Creative Design Construction & Remodeling has been providing customers with [...]

Pascack Valley

LARGE PHOTO: This 450-square-foot, light-filled kitchen in Harrington park is more than triple its original size as a result of an award-winning renovation by Creative Design of Northvale [...]

Remodeling

“Decora Just what my client needed for his doubled-in-size, open-design, gourmet superpowered, traditional/transitional, don’t want to blow-his-budget dream kitchen.” – [...]

Pascack Valley

Worth The Two Experiences In Kitchen Remodeling By Julia Osellame Glen Dennis, a homeowner in River Vale, had a pleasant experience remodeling his kitchen with Glen Lumia, president of Creative [...]

Garden Plate

Eastern Kitchens – Timeless and Tasteful While modern kitchens are often the choice for upscale city loft dwellers, traditional kitchens still dominate in the East, but with a decidedly different [...]

Remodeling

The Place to Be What’s your “sweet spot” job? By: Stacey Freed, Senior Editor An addition with a kitchen or bath? A sunroom with a deck? A complicated roof? Taking on one of [...]

Remodeling

Remodeling: Big 50 For the 21st consecutive year, the REMODELING editors searched the country for 50 companies that exemplify best practices in business systems, customer service, workmanship, [...]

Pascack Valley

Must Have Spaces Designers Mix Functionality with a Heaping Helping of “Welcome” BY LIS KING Big, bountiful kitchens and luxurious baths are must haves for homeowners in the Pascack [...]

Englewood

Traditional Elegance Old-world elements and details abound in this elegant kitchen (facing page) designed by the talented design team at Creative Design Construction & Remodeling. They [...]

Decora

A Kitchen Fit for a King…and a Crowd So maybe this kitchen wasn’t designed for royalty. But with the sparkling marble floors and rich Decora cabinetry, it may well have been. The owners of [...]

K+BB

Sight Seeing A New Jersey couple now enjoys Old-World Europe from the comfort of their master bath By Stephanie Herzfeld Looking at the sophisticated layout and elegant materials, it’s hard [...]

Bergen Health & Life

A Dash of Contrast Cinnamon and sugar are the sweet hues that dominate this Englewood kitchen. Glen Lumia and his design team created detailed cabinetry in off-white to complement a cherry hood [...]

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Modern Muse Designed By: Creative Design Construction and Remodeling Modern harmony best describes this Franklin Lakes kitchen, says Glen Lumia of Creative Design Construction and Remodeling. [...]

North Jersey Homes

Workshops prove useful to homeowners By Eileen Watkins The design/build firm Creative Design & Construction Remodeling will hold three more free Home Remodeling Workshops this fall at its [...]

Decora

Avignon Light-filled and Livable. Equipped for the gourmet cook, this welcoming kitchen is warmed by the glowing Wheatfield finish and Bronze glaze of Avignon maple cabinetry. The Plaza cherry [...]

The Record

Remodeling Firms Look for Spark Worried homeowners delay projects By Mary Amoroso SPECIAL TO THE RECORD Allan and Elizabeth Rosenstein began talking to a remodeling company a year ago about [...]

Builder Architect

Striking the Perfect Balance By Jessica Klarp In this year alone, Creative Design Construction & Remodeling won five national design awards — Best Remodeled Kitchen over $100,000; Best [...]

North Jersey Homes

Home renovations are on the increase The Builders & Remodelers Association of Northern New Jersey (BRANNJ) has released figures that indicate an upward trend for home remodeling in the area. [...]

Decora

The Heart of an Active Home Harmony Cherry Wheatfield Selected for its straight-forward style, Decorá’s Harmony Cherry cabinetry with a Wheatfield finish is a perfect complement to [...]

Design NJ

Outside In The owners of the Allendale home had grown weary of their 1980s white formica kitchen. When Glen Lumia, president of Creative Design Construction, suggested drawing inspiration from [...]

Northern Valley Suburbanite

Design firm wins prestigious awards March 12, 2009 Northvale- Professional Remodeler magazine has awarded its 2008 best of the best design awards, recognizing outstanding design, craftsmanship [...]

K+BB

All in the Family From guests to kids, meals to homework, this traditional kitchen has room for it all By Christina Trauthwein Merit Award/Kitchen “As in most homes, the kitchen is the [...]

The Hook

Neighborhood Creative Toys – Toys for Tots Collection Creative Design Construction Remodeling Glen Lumia — Jobs well done, for everyone. Story by Paul Clark Photography by Peter Rymwid For [...]

The Hook

Neighborhood Creative Toys – Toys for Tots Collection Site in Northvale, NJ Drop off a new toy to benefit children in your area through the TOYS FOR TOTS program. Stop by any time on [...]

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Cooking Up Something Green Simply stunning eco-friendly areas of the home By Pam Wyne Natural Setting Creative Design, Northvale Designer: Glen Lumia Looking to incorporate the architectural [...]

North Jersey Homes

Prepare meals in the outdoor kitchen By Karen DeMasters With the advent of summer, it’s time to move life outside. That includes not only picnics and barbecues, but entire meals prepared in [...]

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Black and White Beauty By: Brooke Perry Striking a perfect balance between glamour and functionality, this Old Tappan kitchen pairs the classic combination of black and white with elegance and [...]

201 Home fall 2012

Edgy and Contemporary in Edgewater Kitchen Design: Glen Lumia, Creative Design Construction & Remodeling Inc., Northvale. Thinking “out of the box” gave this stylish and [...]

Home renovations are on the increase

Courtesy of northjersey.com. The Builders & Remodelers Association of Northern New Jersey (BRANNJ) has released figures that indicate an upward trend for home remodeling in the area. While [...]

Foundation for Housing Awards Two $10,000 Grants Supporting Accessibility, Energy Efficiency Projects in New Jersey

Courtesy of NJBA.org Hamilton, NJ – The Foundation for Housing (FFH) announces the award of two $10,000 grants for projects that will help fulfill the Foundation’s mission of supporting [...]

A Simple Act of Kindness in Old Tappan Brings New Meaning to the Phrase “PTA”

The 2010-2011 school year budget that failed to pass, no federal funding for our district, as well as other unsettling events left many of the Old Tappan teachers discontented and dissatisfied, [...]

Kitchens

Family life revolves around the kitchen, and there‘s nothing better than a fabulously designed space that is both aesthetically pleasing and functional.

Bathrooms

Bathrooms are very personal spaces with endless possibilities that are truly limited only by imagination.

Creative Design Construction, Inc. Receives Houzz’s 2013 ‘Best Of Houzz’ Award

January 31, 2013 – Creative Design Construction, Inc. of Northvale, NJ has been awarded “Best Of Houzz” 2013 by Houzz, the leading online platform for residential remodeling and design. The [...]

2013 Awards of Excellence

June 13, 2013-Creative Design Construction, Inc. a design/build company in Northvale, NJ, today announced that it has received five 2013 Awards of Excellence from the Community Builders & [...]

Remodeling Questions & Answers

Our Resident Expert Glen Lumia, President of Creative Design Construction & Remodeling has been featured many times as an expert on construction and remodeling. Enjoy one of the radio shows [...]

201 Home Fall 2012

Edgy and Contemporary in Edgewater Kitchen Design: Glen Lumia, Creative Design Construction & Remodeling Inc., Northvale. Thinking “out of the box” gave this stylish and [...]

Decora

A Kitchen Fit for a King…and a Crowd So maybe this kitchen wasn’t designed for royalty. But with the sparkling marble floors and rich Decora cabinetry, it may well have been. The owners of [...]

Design NJ

Outside In The owners of the Allendale home had grown weary of their 1980s white formica kitchen. When Glen Lumia, president of Creative Design Construction, suggested drawing inspiration from [...]

Englewood

Traditional Elegance Old-world elements and details abound in this elegant kitchen (facing page) designed by the talented design team at Creative Design Construction & Remodeling. They [...]

Bergen Health & Life

A Dash of Contrast Cinnamon and sugar are the sweet hues that dominate this Englewood kitchen. Glen Lumia and his design team created detailed cabinetry in off-white to complement a cherry hood [...]

K+BB

Sight Seeing A New Jersey couple now enjoys Old-World Europe from the comfort of their master bath By Stephanie Herzfeld Looking at the sophisticated layout and elegant materials, it’s hard [...]

Construction & Remodeling News

Creative Design Construction, Inc. Receives Houzz’s 2013 ‘Best Of Houzz’ Award Northvale, NJ— January 31, 2013 – Creative Design Construction, Inc. of Northvale, NJ has been awarded “Best [...]