September 2024 Qualified Remodeler Featured Article

“Built in 1798, this historic home presented a challenge to the team tasked with designing and updating the cramped kitchen. They decided to combine the existing kitchen with an adjacent closed-in room, which opened the layout and created a more expansive kitchen area. The team then set out to create a modern, 21st-century kitchen while preserving the space’s historic log-home charm, including the low ceilings and existing wood beams. They installed two large islands to create distinct zones in the kitchen, new cabinetry, and granite countertops. The resulting kitchen meets the client’s needs for a modern, functional kitchen while honoring the historic architecture of the home.” Read Full Article

March 2024 Franklin Lifestyle Featured Article

What are the latest cabinet color trends? Warm wood tones are making their comeback! We have seen a shift towards natural stains to create a contemporary and timeless design. We often pair them with soft neutrals to bring comfort into the space. Countertops: Quartz vs. Granite? The difference between quartz and granite is that granite is a fully natural stone, while quartz is a mix of natural stone and resin. Both options are similar in price and durability. Quartz is a low-maintenance, nonporous option with a simplified look. Read Full Article

November 2023 Sherwin Williams STIR Featured Designer

“Touch or tactile stimulation is an essential way of experiencing an environment, whether walking barefoot on floors, immersing oneself in a bath, or participating in hands-on activities and hobbies. Organic textures and materials stimulate our sense of touch like the natural world does, strengthening our relationship to the space and even reducing stress. To mimic the feel of a luxury spa in a Franklin, Tennessee, primary bathroom retreat, Scott Hilla, senior project manager at Carriage House Custom Homes & Interiors, considered a different aspect of touch: temperature and the sensory benefits of steam and heat. “An electric towel warmer was utilized to provide warm, cozy towels after a shower, steam, or sauna,” he says…” Read Full Article

March 2023 Franklin Lifestyle Featured Article

“People have stopped in and shared fond memories of this building,” says Sharon Hicks, co-owner of Carriage House Custom Homes & Interiors along with her husband Waine Hicks. “Fun memories of getting groceries here and eating baloney sandwiches with their parents.”

The building Sharon is referring to is their Carriage House remodeling showroom, located at 1974 Wilson Pike in Franklin, and former home of Franklin gas station and store Jamison Market and Deli. This market was a thriving local business for many years before becoming the permanent location for Carriage House Custom Homes & Interiors…..” Read Full Article

March 2022 Qualified Remodeler Featured Article

“Located in the heart of Middle Tennessee, just outside Nashville, this home was built in 2005 and designed in the traditional style of the original residents. The house featured the atypical design elements and styles used in the 1990s and early 2000s.

The kitchen had traditional wood cabinetry, black granite countertops, oak wood floors and brown wallpaper. Fast forward to 2020, and the style and color tones of the kitchen were not aligned with the style of the new homeowners.

Carriage House Custom Homes & Interiors of Franklin, Tennessee, took on the task of designing and remodeling this traditional kitchen and transforming it….” Read Full Article

April 2021 Franklin Lifestyle Featured Article

“Home renovation and remodeling projects are in high demand with people spending more time at home entertaining, working, and learning. Popular television shows make those before-and-after transformations look relatively simple. But be careful. If you’re not using professionals, you probably will not get the results you’ve been dreaming about.

The most common feedback Sharon and Waine Hicks, owners of Carriage House Custom Homes & Interiors, hear from their clients is, “We had no idea how much detail is involved in a kitchen or a bath project!” “There’s so much coordination in a project,” says Sharon. “Whether it’s a small bath or a huge kitchen, or a whole house remodel…” Read Full Article