Why In-House Interior Design Transforms Your Renovation Experience
Amanda Bakker Amanda Bakker

Why In-House Interior Design Transforms Your Renovation Experience

When you're planning a significant home renovation on California's Central Coast, one of the most critical decisions you'll make isn't about countertops or paint colors—it's about how your project will be designed and who will guide that process. The traditional approach of hiring separate professionals, such as an interior designer or architect, often leads to an exhausting reality: you become the unwilling project manager, caught between conflicting visions, competing egos, and finger-pointing when problems arise.

At Bakker Construction: A Design Build Firm, we've witnessed too many homeowners struggle through this fragmented process before finding us. That's why we've built something different—a fully integrated approach where exceptional in-house interior design is seamlessly woven into every phase of your renovation, from initial concept to final execution. …

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Navigating the Monterey Peninsula Real Estate Market: Expert Insights for Discerning Buyers and Sellers in 2025
Amanda Bakker Amanda Bakker

Navigating the Monterey Peninsula Real Estate Market: Expert Insights for Discerning Buyers and Sellers in 2025

The Monterey Peninsula represents one of California's most exclusive real estate markets, and can be intimidating—whether you're considering selling your current home or searching for your next one. In this sophisticated market, with median home prices ranging from over $1 million to nearly $6 million across our Central Coast communities, strategic decision-making has never been more critical.

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When Your Home Feels Too Small: Creative Solutions for Growing Families
Amanda Bakker Amanda Bakker

When Your Home Feels Too Small: Creative Solutions for Growing Families

We hear it all the time at Bakker Construction: "We love our neighborhood, we love our location, but we're just running out of space." Whether you're welcoming a new baby, blending families, or finding yourself hosting adult children who've moved back home, that familiar feeling of being squeezed out of your own house is more common than you might think.

The good news? You don't have to choose between the home you love and the space and functionality you need. As an award-winning design-build firm serving the Central Coast of Monterey County for nearly 17 years, we've helped families transform their homes into beautiful, functional spaces that work perfectly for their evolving needs.

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Inspiration
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Inspiration

Helping our clients find inspiration from other homes helps us to better understand their vision and bring it into our designs.

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