Fit-and-finish layouts help avoid mistakes by identifying how everything fits together before products are installed. 

Throughout 2017, Dunn Solutions will keep up with Daniel Westbrook as he restores this historic Seattle residence. In part one, Daniel explores the importance of historic home restoration. 

Here are some helpful tips to protect your remodel project from the Pacific Northwest's fickle weather. 

Master carpenter Daniel Westbrook demonstrates a custom technique for replacing siding on a historic home. 

Master carpenter Daniel Westbrook offers valuable insight to consider before you update your historic windows.

My dad taught me that providing solid estimates was the only way to contract. He was right. Here’s the process I created to establish time and material projects with clients. 

Daniel Westbrook and Mark LaLiberte offer insulation recommendations and tips to help maximize your home's energy efficiency.

Learn how to install custom cabinets with this useful guide and expert advice from master carpenter Daniel Westbrook. 

Master craftsman Daniel Westbrook offers a quick tip to help you install tight baseboard corner joints with efficiency.

Mark LaLiberte and Daniel Westbrook offer tips on how to make energy efficient upgrades that promote health, durability, and safety. 

As Seattle’s historic homes continue to age, they will require the expertise and experience of a knowledgeable master craftsman in order to maintain their historic and monetary value. This is part one of two in a series showing window restoration at Seattle's historic Moana Apartments.

Master craftsman Daniel Westbrook is back with another quick tip for creating efficiency by rearranging millwork, flooring, and trim installation.

Architect Katherine Pelz and master craftsman Daniel Westbrook discuss the house lift process including advantages, challenges, and how to get started. 

Master carpenter Daniel Westbrook and architect Robert Mech chat about the advantages of teamwork throughout every stage of a remodel project. 

Master craftsman Daniel Westbrook shows you how to use a scrap of wood to quickly improve miter joints two different ways.

Part two of our series on restoring the historic windows at Seattle's Moana Apartments. 

Master carpenter Daniel Westbrook outlines the planning steps necessary to get the most value per square foot out of your bathroom remodel.

Master carpenter Daniel Westbrook offers a tutorial and expert advice on how to properly hang and trim out a pocket door—which saves valuable space.  

Adding a window to an existing wall can be a complicated process, so we're providing this helpful guide from master carpenter Daniel Westbrook. 

Mark LaLiberte and Daniel Westbrook discuss climate in the Pacific Northwest, managing humidity, and other ways to protect your home during a remodel or energy retrofit. 

In part three of our energy retrofit series, Daniel Westbrook and Mark LaLiberte discuss practical tips to improve a home's energy efficiency—starting with the attic. 

Custom railing millwork provides a safety barrier and separates the home's spaces while beautifying an otherwise sterile post and steps. Learn more with this instructive tutorial from master carpenter Daniel Westbrook.  

In part two of our patio door series, master carpenter Daniel Westbrook breaks down all the factors to consider before beginning your door replacement project—whether you’re doing it yourself or hiring a professional.

If you're considering an energy upgrade to your historic home here in the Pacific Northwest, it's important to consider many factors—like the integrity of your home's structure. In this video, master craftsman Daniel Westbrook and industry expert Mark LaLiberte discuss what to consider when doing an energy upgrade in a historic home—without affecting the home's integrity.

In this series, master craftsman Daniel Westbrook interviews industry expert Mark LaLiberte, the founding partner and president of Construction Instruction. Mark has been educating the building industry on the science and physics of construction for more than 30 years and sharing the benefits of constructing durable, energy efficient, healthy homes. In today’s video, Daniel and Mark discuss resources that are available to the contracting community to learn about retrofitting historic homes.