Industry Recognition Awards & Press
2025 Best of My Home Improvement
My Home Improvement Best of 2025 Contest Winners – Atlanta Home Improvement After thousands of votes, we were chosen this year’s best in home improvement in the category “Best Remodeling- Kitchens” Here’s our team in the Mossy Way – Custom Dwellings project- thanks Jen & Will for allowing us into your home again!
NARI 2025 Atlanta Remodeling Awards
Winner of Entire House $500K-$750K Category We are pleased to have been awarded the Entire House $500k-$750k of the 2025 Atlanta Remodeling Awards for our Mossy Way Project! Winners were announced live at the NARI Atlanta Remodeling Awards Night Gala held December 4th at City Springs. See more before & after photos of this project…
2025 NKBA Georgia Designs of Distinction Award
Primary Bathroom Winner We’ve been so busy that we only entered one project this year but it was a WINNER! The Atlanta Chapter of the National Kitchen & Bath Association’s Annual Awards Gala was held at the Georgia Aquarium. Check out the before & after photos for this Primary Bath Renovation we completed in Roswell…
“Custom Dwellings’ Danish Inspired Kitchen”
“An Indian Hills Townhome Renovation” For Dan and Claudia, the kitchen in their late-1970s contemporary East Cobb townhome simply wasn’t working….
Marietta’s Custom Dwellings Provides a Personal Touch to Home Building, Design
Cobb Life Magazine feature story about Custom Dwellings, Inc
Husband-wife duo Stephanie and Russell Ives are the power couple behind the Custom Dwellings, a Marietta-based design-build company that transforms houses into personalized family homes.
Custom Dwellings “where design & build are married.”
East Cobb City Lifestyle SEPTEMBER, 2024
Batting 800!
The 2023 Georgia NKBA Designs of Distinctions Award Gala was held at Truist Park, home of the Atlanta Braves in the Delta Deck. We entered 5 projects this year and 4/5 won awards. DoD recognizes “the best of the NKBA Georgia Chapter’s designers” and encompasses categories from Small Bath to Showroom Displays & Vignettes. Stephanie…
2023 Builders Safety Award
We were honored by our insurance company – Builders Insurance – with an award recognizing our continued commitment to Jobsite Safety.
NKBA Georgia 2021 Designs of Distinction
We have had some really great projects since the last DoD Competition in 2019. We were honored to receive not one but TWO Designs of Distinction Awards this year- Large Bathroom and Medium Kitchen and both projects were completed during the challenging times of Covid-19 for some of our favorite clients! See the complete list…
2020 Kitchen & Bath Design Contest: 3rd Place Kitchen
We were honored to place third in My Home Improvement Magazine’s 2020 Kitchen & Bath Design Contest! Read the full interview with Stephanie at the Atlanta Home Improvement Magazine website. This project is also featured in Our Work- Andrews Court.
In the Press
My Home Improvement
“What’s new for 2021”See page 43, the recent issue of My Home Improvement Magazine “Make a Statement” features the recently completed Nancy Creek Master Bath Project!
Making Room: Finding Space in Unexpected Places
Modifications Russell and Stephanie made to their own home to “make room for baby” were featured in this 2007 book by Wendy A. Jordan. Custom built-ins maximize storage space and create cozy nooks for work and play. The office space is still working hard today- as a Scrapbooking/crafting hide-away!
29 Must Have Items for Your Kitchen and Bath
DockingDrawer.com“This is my favorite of-the-moment product for mudrooms and kitchens. It’s a must-have for families when corralling everyone’s smart devices for charging overnight.”—Stephanie Ives, vice president and lead designer at Custom Dwellings, Inc
Windsor Green Basement Bath
CONTRACTOR: Custom Dwellings, Inc. DESIGNER: Stephanie Ives, CustomDwellings.comPRICE RANGE:$20K ProblemThis client’s unfinished basement required completion to extend the homeowner’s functional living space and to support the regular entertaining this family enjoys. Evaluating the long-term use of that basement, the homeowner decided to add a large bathroom which could easily serve guests and later transition into part of…
Bright & Shiny
In collaboration with The Mosaic Group Designer Stephanie Ives of Custom Dwellings enjoyed working with the easygoing owners of this Atlanta Chastain Park home to bring a new look to their master bedroom and bathroom. The clients were ready for an update, especially to the finishes and fixtures in the room. Now, the built-in tub…
“Best of” Bath Project Atlanta Home Improvement
Designing for aging in place with style, these homeowners wanted a streamlined closet, a more functional bath and oversize soaking tub all within the existing bath and closet space of the home. A change to separate vanities and a single combined walk-in closet allowed for improved access and a bath ready for relaxation.
Mad About Mudrooms
“You also can tuck a mudroom into a specific corner of your kitchen, according to Stephanie Ives, intern architect with Home Rebuilders in Midtown. Adding a small bench with storage below the seat and some coat hooks can turn a simple wall space into a genuine mudroom. Even creating a system on a staircase with…
We did a design/build with Custom Dwellings. We could not be more satisfied with the design and the quality of the construction. This was our third major project with Stephanie's design work and we would definitely use her again.
Kate | Atlanta, GA