More Comfortable Space, More Privacy in this Midcentury Ranch Pool Remodel
The owners of this midcentury home in the Waterbury neighborhood of Des Moines came to us because they wanted to…
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Posts Categorized: Outdoor Projects
Top 6 considerations for successful landscape & outdoor design
Outdoor living space is a vital aspect of a beautiful home. When done well, landscape and outdoor design has the…
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Most popular projects & stories of 2018
Silent Rivers followers have cast their votes by clicking and sharing our projects and stories! Here is a rundown of…
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Tour of Remodeled Homes 2018: See two Silent Rivers projects Sept 22 & 23!
Silent Rivers Design+Build is excited to walk you through two of our projects featured on the Tour of Remodeled Homes…
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A distinguished deck and patio in Urbandale
In the beautiful Hallbrook neighborhood of Urbandale, a charming home that previously had an uninspired suburban deck now enjoys a…
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Creating a Sense of Space in a Backyard Suburban Desert
It’s all too common in suburbs throughout the U.S. that the backs of homes do not get the design consideration…
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Photo Essay: Our most popular 2017 projects and stories
Silent Rivers blog readers have cast their votes by clicking and sharing our posts! This year, you chose these eight…
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Putting class and relevance back into a 1920s Tudor house
This 1920’s Des Moines home is spacious and loaded with beautiful trim details original to its traditional Tudor-style design. When…
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Creating a Simply Sweet, Three-Season Sun Porch
From a dangerous deck to a perfect porch. Prior to reaching out to Silent Rivers, these homeowners had successfully completed…
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Ames homeowners add Asian flavors to customized decks and patios
We originally met these Ames, Iowa clients eight years ago when we remodeled their kitchen. Then they reconnected with us…
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