By Michelle Mercure

The old adage, “Whenever you fix one thing on a car, another part breaks,” can hold true for homes as well — at least from a design perspective. When one element is modernized, it often highlights the need to update other areas, too. Of course, doing everything at once can be costly, so many homeowners tackle improvements one project at a time and over the course of several years.

Take Cathy and Mike Alves, homeowners in Bristol. Their renovation story began with what they thought would be a useful upgrade — replacing their wooden siding with a more modern vinyl, a project they began in 2022 with the help of Marshall Building & Remodeling. “As we get older, the maintenance of taking care of the cedar shingling on the house is too much. We want to sit back and enjoy th

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