While February is National Heart Month and Black History Month, it’s also a time to plan your 2026 building project.

There are 11 months left in 2026, which seems like a lot of time, unless you plan to tackle a major building project or renovation in the new year. Professional builders like Brad Chaney of B. Chaney Improvements are finalizing much of there schedule for the next six months. With that in mind, contact B. Chaney’s Lowcountry, SC office here for your building needs, including custom home construction and building a major addition.  You can do so through this website or by calling the Charleston, SC-area office at 843-388-4334. You can count on their team to do a thorough job for you, just take Jennifer’s word for it.

“Their work was perfect!  We live in Tennessee and this work is on a vacation home. We could trust Brad to be on the property nearly every day, since we could only be there to see the work every six weeks. We recommend them 1000 percent!”  – Jennifer J., Isle of Palms, SC

A recent B. Chaney Improvements major renovation project

Jennifer and her family live in Tennessee but love the South Carolina coast. That love led them to purchase a vacation home that needed a professional’s touch. The original plan was upgrading the unit with replacement windows. That work started soon after several neighbors recommended Brad’s team after they did renovation project work in the community.

Jennifer said after the windows, they then decided to use B. Chaney to remodel the kitchen and bathroom. That remodeling work led to the ultimate compliment for a builder, in the form of remodeling the dining room, porch, upgrading much of the home’s insulation and adding on to the house. The work was complete after B. Chaney added an elevator.

“It just kind of snowballed,” she said, after realizing they had a quality builder who had time and capacity to help make this their dream vacation home.

Wisdom for the heart during National Heart Month

• Be smoke-free. Click on this link to learn how to quit smoking.
• Manage your blood cholesterol. Click here to learn how to manage you cholesterol.
• Manage your blood pressure. This link to the Mayo Clinic can help with blood pressure issues.
• Manage diabetes, and get tested for it if not diagnosed with it. Read more here about this disease that impacts 10 percent of the country.
• Be physically active. Try these six low-impact cardio exercises.
• Achieve and maintain a healthy weight. Get moving and then click here for tips to control your appetite.
• Enjoy a variety of nutritious foods. Click here for 20 foods that can save your heart.
• Look after your mental health. Here are nine suggestions to help your mental health.

February is Black History Month

The United States of America has been built over the last 250 years by many people from many backgrounds. February is the month to recognize Black Americans, many of whom overcame to achieve and become part of the fabric of U.S. History. Many people know names like Frederick Douglas, Thurgood Marshall, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Barack Obama and their contributions. Below are names of others who made their mark with vision, passion and hard work.

• Major Taylor (1878–1932): The first Black American world-champion cyclist, dominating in the late 1890s.
• Alice Coachman (1923–2014): The first Black woman to win an Olympic gold medal, as she competed in the 1948 London Games.
• Jane Bolin (1908–2007): The first Black woman to graduate from Yale Law School and the first to serve as a judge (1939) in the U.S.
• Dr. Charles Drew (1904–1950): Physician and researcher who revolutionized plasma storage, organizing the first large-scale blood banks. 
• Patricia Bath (1942–2019): First Black female doctor to receive a medical patent (1988) for a laser cataract treatment device.
• Eunice Hunton Carter (1899–1970): A pioneering prosecutor in New York, helping break up organized crime syndicates in the 1930s.