CONSUMER'S VOICE BLOG
Designing a Kitchen that’s Easy to Clean
There are plenty of things to consider when designing your kitchen; cabinets, design, materials, color (to name a handful). When going through this process, it’s important to think about how difficult (or easy) your new kitchen might be to clean. It’s easy to forget...
Updates that Make a Difference in your Kitchen
Makeovers are fun - whether they're for a person or a place. There's something about taking something with potential and making it beautiful. I guess thats part of the reason we love our industry - it's full of people making positive changes in their spaces (and...
Make Sure You Plan for These Kitchen Activities
Planning the aesthetics of your kitchen remodel can be a lot of fun. Sometimes it’s so easy to get wrapped up in colors and materials that people often forget to include elements that are important when it comes time to put that space to use. Here are a few areas...
7 Tips to Make a Small Kitchen Work for You
The best things come in the smallest packages right? Well maybe when it comes to diamond jewelry, but not so much when it comes to kitchens. We know that not every remodel means expanding your small kitchen into a huge space. Sometimes, you only have the space you’ve...
Get Cookin’ Good Lookin’ – Recipes
Whether you're in the midst of a remodel, planning one this year, or you're not quite sure when you're going to begin, we've got something for you. We know how important it is to have your friends and family visit once the wait is finally over and your masterpiece is...
How to Deal with Contractors in Your Home
One concern for homeowners during a remodel is how to deal with the contractors that come in to their house. While you’re excited to prepare for your kitchen or bath remodel, we understand that letting someone you don’t particularly know into your home can be...
Why Many Don’t Choose Marble Countertops for Kitchen
Don’t get us wrong, we love a marble countertop – the natural beauty, the veining, the richness – simply stunning and timeless. However, there are reasons that many people don’t opt for marble when choosing their kitchen countertops. We’re not saying you shouldn’t...
Getting Started on your Remodel By Choosing Your Expert
With a brand new year come brand new remodel projects. If you’re ready to get started on your project, we’re ready to help! One obvious place to begin is by finding a remodeling expert…but not just any old expert - the right one! Find a remodel expert You may think...
Pre-Remodel Preparations for the New Year
Was the promise of a new kitchen something Santa brought to you this year? Or maybe it will be your new year’s resolution? Either way, you won’t regret it. But with a new remodel comes the need to plan and properly prepare. We’ve written many articles on kitchen...
What will your Design Colors Be in 2013?
With a new year on the horizon come many things to look forward to. Among them, successful New Year’s resolutions, ski excursions, Valentine’s day, new spring fashion trends…there is ALWAYS something to look forward to. Usually, we look forward to trends that have...
What to Look for in 2013 Kitchen and Bath Trends
Every so often we like to update you on where the trends are moving and what is becoming popular in kitchen and bath remodeling. In our last post about kitchen trends in 2012, we saw that transitional kitchen design and neutral colors were leading the way. Since it’s...
Dress Your Kitchen for Dinner Party Success
Friends and family always seem to find their way over for a special occasion this time of year. It’s dinner party season! Your kitchen should always look it's best, whether you've recently remodeled or are thinking about remodeling (and just want to take the focus...
Big Changes for Your Home Remodel
You’ve decided it’s time for a change in your home and you’re going to go with the whole remodeling shebang – the whole kit and kaboodle. The good news is the housing market is on its way back up and you’ll have the chance to get a better return on your investment....
5 Ways to Decorate for the Holidays
Well, the turkey bird has come and gone, and there's a certain chill in the air... that means it's time to whip out the rest of the holiday decor! If you're not one to decorate because you think it looks junky or you're sick of the same old same old, we've got some...
Thanksgiving Week Kitchen Reminders
Thanksgiving day is less than 60 hours away – which means, if you’re the kitchen host this year, you’re probably stressing a bit to make sure everything is beautifully presented and tasty. Waiting till the day-of to do everything will ensure you end up with added...
Top 3 Pinners That Are Very Pinteresting
If you're anything like the other 104.4 M visitors on Pinterest, you know that Pinterst is a fun way to get some creative ideas – but you also know that finding a “pinner” that happens to be in sync with all the things you love is really the icing on the cake. With...
Remember to be The Hostess with the Mostest
It’s that time of year again! The time where family and friends come together, the holiday cocktails get mixed, desserts are plentiful, and in the midst of all of this commotion - sometimes manners are forgotten. (But at least you remembered the cocktails, right?)....
Easy to Clean Bathroom
Who actually enjoys cleaning the bathroom? If you raised your hand just now, you’re welcome to come over and clean our bathrooms any time you want to. Scrubbing the bathroom floor, shower walls and all around those faucets and hard to reach places can be a drag. ...
Placing your Cabinet Hardware
One detail that you might not have thought about whenplanning your remodel is the placement of cabinet hardware. There are plenty of options for placement, but it truly is up to you. Before you install your hardware, you should consider functionality and make sure...
5 Little Kitchens – A Halloween Poem
Halloween is a special time of year. A time for people to dress up as their alter egos (check out some Halloween costumes we found around our office today) - be they scary, funny, cute or.... well...inappropriate. It's also a time for memories - costumes of years...
How to Choose a Color Scheme in Your Space
When looking at a room and trying to decide what your new color scheme will be, consider how the room fits into your home. There are a million ways to decorate a room and there is really no wrong way to go about it. You can take colors from other parts of the house...
What are Kitchen Sinks Made of?
Sugar and spice and everything nice, that’s what kitchen sinks are made of. Wait…that’s not right. If you’re looking into a new kitchen sink to add some charm to your kitchen remodel, there are many options ranging from stainless steel to stone composite. So what’s...
What Goes into Refacing Cabinets
The age old debate of whether to replace your cabinets or reface them is one that boils down to personal preference. In a remodel, you can do many things to change the way your kitchen or bath looks and it’s up to you how you do them. To shed a little light on the...
Quartz for your Countertops
Do you remember that time you found a rock as child and realized it wasn’t just your average every day dull rock? No, this rock was different – you struck gold…or quartz, rather. Those glistening crystals were like diamonds at that age. At that very moment, you...
Top Kitchen Trends in 2012
The year is almost over and it’s time to take out the score cards and see which trends have stuck it out in 2012. This year, we noticed consumers changing their tastes, moving towards a mixture of old-school traditional and sleek modern looks. Here's are some of the...
Kitchen Island Makeover
Everyone talks about how the kitchen is the heart of the home and we think they are right. It’s where we come together with our friends and family to have meals, chat, and enjoy ourselves. In some remodels completely changing the footprint of your kitchen can become...
A New Paint Hue for Me and You?
Did 2012 give you the blues? Not the sad, somber harmonica-melody blues; or the kraft macaroni and cheese blues for that matter (although, we’re sure many of you had some of those blues, too). We’re talking the beautiful hue of blue that was Benjamin Moore’s 2012...
Spa Bathrooms for the Practical Mind
The days of only enjoying yourself and relaxing in a spa that costs tons of money are long gone. Bathrooms can become the oasis that you dream of with a few simple upgrades during your remodel. With people tightening their budget yet still wanting something luxurious,...
What to Look for in a Good Contractor
We know that not all remodels are purely cabinet replacement, and that the whole process seems a little cloak and dagger when it comes to contractors, designers, architects. First and foremost, you need to understand the scope of the job that you want to take on. You...
Adding Universal Design to Your Remodel
Something that has become a trending topic in the design world is creating spaces that have a universal design for ease of use. Luckily by that, we don’t mean putting your kitchen and your bath in the same room (yikes). A universally designed space is a space that...
CARB 2 Compliant Cabinets for your Remodel
When remodeling your home, it’s not only important to be conscious of colors, styles, practicality, design and cost… So, what more could there possibly be? Well, there’s the factor of health for both the environment and your family. What is Formaldehyde A simple...
Minimizing Water Usage in your Kitchen and Bath
With many areas across the U.S. experiencing drought issues (hurricane irene states excluded), water conservation has become a big topic of discussion. Lowering water usage in your kitchen and bath is a great way to help the environment (and your wallet, too). Whether...
Great Ways to Custom Organize your Cabinets
Everyone talks about the custom finishes and custom designs when it comes to a kitchen remodel – but no one talks about what’s going on inside the cabinets. The whole point of the remodel was to create a better space that is more efficient right? There are plenty of...
Using LED Lighting in Your Kitchen Design
LED lighting is quickly becoming the lighting of choice and replacing halogen bulbs in design. While LED lighting used to have a stigma of being a cold, harsh lighting, you can now buy it in warmer tones such as white and warm white; both have great uses around you...
Steps To Expect During the Kitchen Sales Process – Part 2
So, now that you’re somewhat familiar with the first two steps of your dealer’s kitchen sales process (which we discussed in part 1 of this series), you should only have two more steps to go. At this point, you should already be well acquainted, your dealer should...
Steps To Expect During the Kitchen Sales Process – Part 1
When you meet your kitchen salesperson, the last thing you want is to be dragged through an unorganized sales process. Not only can it get confusing, but can lead to missed steps, forgotten details and frustration. Ask your dealer about their sales process when you...
Research Your Kitchen Remodel
The first step in a remodel is doing your research and figuring out what you want. If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a hundred times – know the general direction you want to go before you head there. Are you looking in the right place for information? Do you...
Questions To Ask Your Local Kitchen Dealer
You’ve done your research and found a kitchen and bath remodeler in your area…now you’re so close, you can almost taste the food cooking in your new kitchen. But, instead of going full throttle into your remodel, it is important to take the necessary steps to make...
Wood You or Wouldn’t You?
Being one of the most expensive parts in a remodel, the material you choose for your cabinets can drastically change the cost of your project. Everyone wants to have a kitchen that they will be happy with for years after the remodel – isn’t that the whole point? A...
Stainless Steel Countertops
There are many different options out there when it comes to choosing a material for your kitchen countertops. You have probably noticed when doing your research on each one, lists of pros and cons pop up everywhere. There is one though, that seems to have lots of...
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