The National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI) named DiFabion Remodeling a 2024 Southeast Regional Contractor of the Year (CotY) winner in the Residential Addition Under $250K category in its annual awards competition. Each year, NARI presents CotY Awards to members who have demonstrated outstanding work through their remodeling projects.

The CotY Awards are the highest form of recognition by industry leaders and peers. “NARI CotY winners represent the best of the best in the remodeling industry,” says NARI Co-CEO Tracy Wright, CAE, CNAP. “This year’s competition received the highest number of entries in over a decade, and the judges consistently commented on the rewards of reviewing this level of superior craftsmanship and design. We’re extremely proud and honored at DiFabion Remodeling to receive this award and look forward to creating many more “CotY worthy” projects for our clients for years to come. Wish us luck when the National winners are announced in April at the Evening of Excellence during this year’s Annual Conference in Virginia!

As extremely busy health professionals, these clients had several important needs to make everyday life more manageable and feel less cluttered. The existing kitchen had many limitations, including lack of functional storage, failing appliances, minimal counter space, congested flow, and lack of island seating. The existing island was tiny, and the flow from the adjacent rooms was constricted. In the rear of the home, there was a small screen porch and rickety old deck that were borderline-unsafe to use.

In design, we determined that the best course of action was to remove the porch and deck and use that space to extend the existing kitchen while adding a multi-tiered deck for mixed use leading out to the natural beauty of the backyard. The addition would allow for a completely new kitchen design with an extensive and purposeful cabinetry plan. The biggest question was, “How could this difficult endeavor be executed with a number of unique challenges staring us in the face?” In the end, the daunting task of building this new addition was well worth the challenge because of the immediate impact it had on this family and their quality of life.