
Doug Forbes
Owner
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Even the best contractors rely on our expertise to ensure every detail is considered. We work with clients from discussing the vision and reviewing drawings to ensuring accurate measurements and proper installation.
Our family has been in the home improvement industry for a combined 70 years and has seen the trade evolve. Onsite experience and continuing education perfectly balance tradition and technology.
Forbes Design Center doesn’t just order your materials. We work closely with our clients to understand the scope of the project before presenting tailored options. Our team visits the worksite throughout construction and remodeling.

Even ten years down the road, we handle any problem, question or concern that comes up. We stand by our product no matter what happens. Forbes Design Center’s warranty/service follows the product – we provide quality service for life.
As a family owned business, our goal is to provide our customers with an enjoyable experience as we help turn their house into their home. For each of us, our primary focus is to understand each customers needs, wants, concerns, and expectations in order to find the right product and create a tailored experience, not build for the masses. We understand investing in your home can be a stressful process. With a combined 70 years of experience, our team focuses on finding the solution best suited for you, ensuring you receive the best value for you and your home.
We are a new company but in no way new to the windows and doors business. After 40 years as owners of Reisterstown Lumber Company, our family learned what it means to put the customer first in order to create mutually advantageous relationships. Our family saw a business opportunity to sell Reisterstown Lumber Company and open a premier showroom and design center in Baltimore.
At Forbes Design Center, we provide customers with an unrivaled window and door shopping experience. Our company was founded on the same family values instilled by Charles Forbes when he opened his lumber yard in 1926: honesty, passion, community, accountability, and hard work. Although the business name has changed, our values remain. Forbes Design Center includes our family name because it is our mission to treat every customer as if they were part of our family. We believe that every customer deserves to have a fair and honest experience, which is why we put our customer’s best interests before our own.
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