Celebrating More Than Three Decades in Business!
Bowers Design Build believes that houses should be more than just square feet. Every home should be functional and filled with details that make it special for the way you live. Since 1990, we have renovated hundreds of homes in the Northern Virginia area and built new custom homes for clients upon request. Many have won awards for excellence in design and construction. While the quality of our work defines us, the true measure of our success is creating satisfied customers for life. Call us to discuss how we can help you create a new home or re-create your existing home, customizing it for the way you live.
NORTHERN VIRGINIA REMODELING & CUSTOM HOMES IN ARLINGTON, FAIRFAX, AND LOUDOUN COUNTIES, AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND. OUR CLIENTS LIVE IN: McLean, Arlington, Falls Church, Vienna, Oakton, Great Falls, Alexandria, Aldie and Middleburg.
SERVICES: Northern Virginia Architectural Service, Northern Virginia Design/Build, and Northern Virginia Construction Management
SPECIALIZING IN: Northern Virginia New Custom Homes, Northern Virginia Whole House Renovations, Northern Virginia Kitchen Renovations, Northern Virginia Master Bathroom Renovations, Northern Virginia Interior Renovations, Northern Virginia Basement Renovations, Renovations for Aging-in-Place and Northern Virginia Outdoor Living Spaces
Why Choose Bowers?
MORE THAN GREAT HOMES
WE BUILD QUALITY, INTEGRITY & TRUST.
Since 1990, we have been designing and building award-winning renovations and new homes. Our on-staff architects, designers and craftsmen with decades of experience are eager to create your new kitchen, bathroom, home addition, whole house renovation or new custom home. Contact us today and discover why over 30% of our business is with repeat customers.
Award-Winning Design & Customer Service
100% of Clients Would Recommend Us to a Friend
A Passion for Excellence in Renovations
30 Years of Experience
Contractor of the Year in Northern VA for 30 Years
Highest Ranking Remodeler in Northern VA
Top Rated Design Build Contractor in Virginia
Featured on HGTV "Before and After"
In addition to the overall great experience, what was really key to me was that the communication process with the Bowers team was exceptional and their project management exceeded my expectations.
Donna Bunton
Featured in Northern Virginia Magazine
We loved the Bowers Design Build design team and our construction managers. We are thrilled with the finished space and it has truly changed the way we live in our home.
Marian & Chris Cooper
2020 NARI Award – Best Interior Renovation
100% of Our Clients Would Recommend Us to a Friend!
Bowers Scores 100% in All Categories of GuildQuality Customer Satisfaction Surveys
Our Bowers designer took our needs and made a great design come to life. We wouldn’t change anything about the process or end-product.
Linda & Neal Abravanel
2020 NARI Award – Best Kitchen
The Bowers team was very professional, respectable, and the project was done with high quality craftsmanship. Our designer was great, and the project turned out exactly as we envisioned.
Tom & Diane Welle
2020 NARI Award – Best Bathroom Renovation
The Bowers team was super and we would choose them again in a heartbeat.
Anne & Ward Worster
2018 NARI Award – Best Interior Renovation
Featured on HGTV
Home & Garden Television (HGTV) featured a Bowers Design Build project on its “Before & After” show. Each episode of “Before & After” profiles major home remodeling projects from start to finish. This entire McLean house renovation took about one year to design and build. This is the fourth Bowers appearance on HGTV’s “Before & After”.
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Monica Baranko2025-08-21 11:21:552025-08-21 11:21:55What It’s Like to Work with Bowers: The Client JourneyVoted 2025 Best Places to Work in Virginia
Virginia Business Magazine has named Bowers Design Build as one of the 2025 Best Places to Work in Virginia. The award identifies, recognizes and honors the best places of employment in Virginia. Workplace policies, practices and demographics, along with an employee survey to measure the employee experience were evaluated to determine the top companies and the final ranking. “The 2025 Best Places to Work in Virginia know what it takes to create a workplace that results in teamwork and excellence. They put their employees’ welfare first, creating a positive environment for all”.
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We’re honored to share that Bowers Design Build has been named a GuildQuality Guildmaster Award winner.
This recognition is especially meaningful to us because it’s based entirely on client feedback and satisfaction. At the heart of every project is a relationship built on trust, communication, collaboration, and care, and we’re incredibly appreciative of the homeowners who invite us into their lives and homes.
To our clients, trade partners, and team, thank you for being part of what makes this possible.
For 36 years, our mission has remained the same:
A Passion For Excellence.
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Trust isn’t just a feeling during a renovation. It’s something you can see, every single day.
At Bowers, trust is built through a process that’s intentional, transparent, and designed around you.
It looks like a dedicated Site Manager who is fully focused on your home
Monday through Friday, on-site, making sure everything is running smoothly
It looks like a proven architecture–design–build process
Where your vision is thoughtfully developed, refined, and fully planned before construction begins
It looks like clear, consistent communication
So you always know what’s happening, when it’s happening, and why
It looks like weekly updates from our President & COO
A personal recap of what happened that week, what’s coming next, and photo updates so you can see the progress for yourself
It looks like proactive problem-solving
Catching things early, so they never become bigger issues
It looks like accountability
A single, unified team guiding your project from concept through completion
And most importantly, it looks like peace of mind
Because you’re not wondering what’s happening behind the scenes… you trust that it’s handled
That’s what trust looks like during a renovation
And that’s what we’re committed to delivering, every step of the way
If you’re considering a renovation, we’d love to walk you through our process
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