To Be or Not to Be: Hardwood Floors in Your Kitchen?
8 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Putting Hardwood In Your Kitchen Hardwood flooring can be stunning in a kitchen remodel, highlighting appliances and cabinetry, adding texture, movement, and color. The variety of woods, colors, textures, grains, finishes, lengths, and cuts are just the start of…
Universal Design and Aging in Place: Bathroom Grab Bars
Updated: August 18, 2021 While we’re only as young as we feel, and 50 is the new 30, thinking universal design before one actually needs it is a great idea. Universal design is a term that we hear often, yet what is universal design? Wikipedia…
Having Fun With An Eichler Open Plan Kitchen Remodel!
As a design build firm, we get to work on lots of cool projects. Every so often, we get an interesting and iconic home on which to work. This Walnut Creek, CA Eichler is a recent remodel that we completed and love the results! If you…
Wagging Tails and Fresh Paint Don’t Mix: How To Keep Fido Safe During Your Remodel
Pets and job sites are rarely compatible As a contractor, we have never lost or injured a client’s pet and hopefully, we never will! Let’s talk about dogs: Like contractors, dogs love tools. We’ve had a golden retriever eat a cell phone, run off with…
Has Your Home Had Shoddy Work Done In The Past?
The quickest way to discover shoddy workmanship is to be the general contractor remodeling a home. Some clients know that their home has issues due to past craftsmanship lapses by others. Some clients suspect that there are issues, but are unsure. Recently, a client asked…
6 Reasons That Dusty Planset In Your Attic Could Be Worth $2000+
If you are like most people, a set of house plans is not something you care about. House plans are filled with abbreviations and references that you don’t understand and that are difficult to interpret. Are your plans, torn, dusty and smudged? Space is usually…
Pros and Cons of Beautiful White Marble Countertops
We are renovating a Walnut Creek home and installing beautiful white Crystal cabinetry. The countertops went in this week and they are a fabulous white marble. We stopped in today to see how the cabinet installation was going, and we were absolutely knocked out by…