Kitchens

6 Creative Ways to Add A Splash of Color To Your Kitchen

June 27, 2011

Ask yourself, of all the kitchens you’ve ever graced with your presence, how many stand out in your memory as flat-out amazing? One, five? None!? The truth is that even beautiful, well-designed, and expertly crafted kitchens often aren’t outstanding enough to make them permanently memorable. Let’s put a stop to that right now! Here’s a [...]

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Wilsonart HD – A New Level of Laminate Counter

June 10, 2011

I often learn of new ads on RemodelingGuy the same way you do, I see them on the site. So I didn’t know an advertising campaign for Wilsonart HD was about to start. I just looked at the site one day, and saw a new ad in the background. Wilsonart HD I thought I’d take [...]

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Delta Touch2O Faucet — Imperfectly Beautiful

May 2, 2011

Why can’t something just be totally perfect? Must there always be a catch? These are the questions I’ve been asking myself in the days and weeks since I replaced my kitchen faucet with a new Touch2O faucet from Delta Faucet. You see, the faucet is perfect! Totally perfect. Honestly, I’m not sure I’ve ever added [...]

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Terrazzo

February 24, 2011

When I was eleven years old, I spent my first full-time working week on a construction site. It was a fire job and I still remember that underneath the burned and soaked carpet, was a floor that looked to me like it was pretty nice. It was terrazzo flooring. And it was the first of [...]

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Banquette Seating

February 2, 2011

Banquettes are hot! I wrote a post about a year ago called “Banquette, Booth, or Built-In?” and I’ve been noticing these when I see them ever since. And I’m seeing them a good bit. I’ve collected a few more photos to share and discuss all about nice banquette seating. Banquette Bump-Out If I were building [...]

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All These Years – Still In Love (Dream Kitchen)

January 12, 2011

I’ve been in-love with this kitchen for so long: I just can’t get it out of my mind. And this weekend, my water heater went south. Doesn’t everyone, when faced with a water heater replacement, say “Well, I guess we might as well just rip the kitchen on out and re-do it.”? I know I [...]

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Modern Small Space Design

January 10, 2011

Are you ready for this: At first glance I said to myself, I’m not ready for that. I guess it was like a little introspective moment because the more I thought about, the more I thought… well maybe. Whoknew? I’ve known for quite some time that I could be converted to the dark side, er. [...]

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Kitchen Design Ideas – Video

December 31, 2010

Happy New Year! One of my New Years Resolutions is to make more and better videos! I’m starting with a picture of a really nice kitchen I found at the blog of a local kitchen remodeling contractor in Punta Gorda, FL. I hope you enjoy the video. It’s about 4 minutes long and I’ll try [...]

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How To Remodel A Kitchen – Step-By-Step

October 23, 2010

A kitchen remodeling project can be a pretty extreme experience. It can be wonderful (it happens) or it can be a complete and total nightmare (it happens often). Sometimes a key to making it more of the former and less of the latter, is a matter of knowing the steps to getting the job done. [...]

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Using Hardwood Floors in the Kitchen – Does it make sense?

September 26, 2010

Do you think hardwood flooring is good for kitchens? A mystery reader with the initials TS left a comment on the last post asking if hardwood floors really worked in kitchens. NOT the first time I’ve heard that question! Some people might say it’s a matter of opinion. I say it’s not. To me… it’s [...]

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Hand scraped Hickory Flooring in a Beautiful Kitchen

September 18, 2010

I’ll take everything but the chair… I came across this picture while looking at wooden flooring at the Armstrong website. I was contemplating the question “Is hand-scraped flooring still a current trend?” I’m not sure I found the answer to that, but I did see some beautiful stuff! This kitchen in-particular got my attention because [...]

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Delta Faucet Welcomes Bloggers

August 9, 2010

I’m heading off in the morning to visit the headquarters of Delta Faucet Company in Indianapolis. I’ll have the opportunity to meet a number of bloggers from across the remodeling/home-improvement, kitchen & bath, and DIY circles. I’m really looking forward to it! But truthfully, I’m oddly excited to get to gawk at all the cool [...]

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6 Great Rooms with White Marble

August 6, 2010

White Marble is SO Back! Look, I have to tell you, I’m not really on the very cutting edge. I’m usually a little “slow on the uptake” as my good old Dad always encouraged me as a child. I say that in preemptive response to those of you sitting in your ultra-cool chair looking at [...]

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Easy DIY Kitchen Lighting Solution – Audio Q & A Day

March 22, 2010

Here is the question: Hi Tim, We recently gave our kitchen a ‘makeover’ that involved new countertops and appliances. Soon we’ll have new flooring & now, thanks to you, I’m determined to have painted cabinets, too. The one thing that’s lacking is a great lighting solution. Due to the way our house is situated, the [...]

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