A whole-home renovation is a rare opportunity. It’s the chance to take a house that almost works and shape it into one that fits the way you actually live: room by room, layer by layer, with nothing left to compromise.
At KoehnDesign, we approach home renovations in Calgary as full design-build engagements. From the first plan review to the final styled corner, our in-house team carries the work from concept to completion. The result is a home that feels cohesive, that feels like yours, not renovated in pieces, but reimagined as a whole.
Our Home Renovation Process
A whole-home renovation has more moving parts than any other project we take on. Our process is built to keep those parts coordinated, the design vision intact, and the experience for our clients as calm as the finished home itself.
01 Consultation & Discovery
We start with a walk through your home. What’s working, what isn’t, what you wish were different. We listen for the small things like the awkward corner, the room you avoid, the layout that no longer fits, because those details often shape the most important design decisions.
02 Whole-Home Design Planning
We develop a unified design language for the entire home before construction begins: a palette, a material story, a sense of how each room flows to the next. This is what keeps a whole-home renovation from feeling like a series of separate projects.
03 Material & Finish Selection
Every selection is made in relation to the whole. Cabinetry, stone, tile, wallpaper, paint, lighting, hardware; we bring samples directly to your home so you can see how each one reads in your own light, against the other selections, room by room.
04 Construction & Coordination
Our construction team takes the design to site. With trades, timelines, and change requests managed under one roof, we keep the build moving cleanly and the dialogue with you open throughout.
05 Quality & Completion
Every room is walked through, every finish reviewed, every fixture tested. Touch-ups are handled before handover, so when we hand you the keys, the home is complete.
06 Styling & Reveal
The final layer: furniture, art, textiles, the considered objects that turn a renovated house into a lived-in home. We deliver the reveal ready to live in.
What's Included in a Whole-Home Renovation
A whole-home renovation with our team is fully integrated: design, millwork, and construction held under one roof.
- Architectural Review & Layout Planning: Refining flow, proportion, and the small architectural moments that shape how a home feels.
- Interior Design: A unified design language carried across every room.
- Custom Millwork & Cabinetry: Built-ins, kitchens, panelling, and bespoke cabinetry designed and built in-house.
- Material & Finish Selection: Cabinetry, stone, tile, wallpaper, paint, lighting, hardware, selected as part of a layered whole.
- Construction & Project Management : Trades, timelines, permits, inspections, all handled by our team.
- Furniture Selection & Styling: The closing layers that make the home feel finished on day one.
Is Whole-Home Renovation Right for You?
A whole-home renovation is a serious undertaking. The investment is significant, the timeline runs nine to fifteen months, and most families move out for at least part of the build. It’s not a decision to make lightly which is exactly why most of our clients spend months thinking about it before they pick up the phone.
A whole-home renovation makes sense when piecemeal projects won’t get you where you want to go…
When the kitchen needs work, but so does the primary suite.
So does the flow between them.
When the home has the bones and the location you’d choose again, but the layout, the finishes, and the way it lives have all drifted from the way you live now.
At that point, doing it all at once (with one team, one design language, one timeline) almost always gives a better result than spreading the work across years and contractors.
What we tell every client at the consultation: a whole-home renovation isn’t the right call for every home, or every owner. But when it is, you end up with something rare: a home reimagined as a single, coherent whole, finished to a standard that’s almost impossible to replicate room by room.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long does it take to renovate an entire home in Calgary?
Typically, nine to fifteen months, depending on the size of the home, the scope of the work, and how much of the structure we’re changing. A renovation with significant layout changes or additions takes longer than one focused primarily on finishes. We’ll walk you through a realistic timeline during our consultation.
Do I need to move out during the renovation?
Can you take on a renovation if the home is older or has structural quirks?
Do you work with my existing architect?
How is pricing structured?
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