Beautiful White Marble Countertops…Pros and Cons
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…
Main Street Kitchens wins 2012 Regional CotY Award!
What are the CotY Awards?CotY is Contractor of the Year. National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI) members across the nation are invited to compete for the prestigious 2012 CotY Awards in recognition of their achievements for remodeling projects. We are proud to announce that…
Two wins for Main Street in the 2012 No. California NKBA design competition
The 2012 winners of the Northern California NKBA Design Competition were announced on Jan. 19, 2012, and we are delighted to post that the two designs we entered both came up award-winning finalists! Here they are: SMALL KITCHEN WINNER: Second Place This was a…
Walnut Creek contemporary kitchen
You might be forgiven for thinking that we only do traditional kitchens on this side of the Bay, but it couldn’t be further from the truth. These past couple of years have seen more streamlined design than ever. We’ve also been horribly remiss in not…
A new custom kitchen/family room for $ 44 a day?
It’s no secret that a beautifully designed kitchen gracing any of the design magazines today isn’t inexpensive. Home design is light-years away from the mass-production kitchens of the 1950’s. Almost everything is custom these days, and even “standard” products offer multiple choices. When the goal…
Californians: Don’t buy that faucet! What you need to know about AB 1953 – California’s Lead Plumbing Law
In January 2010, California (along with Vermont) adopted some of the highest restrictions on the amount of lead content in plumbing fixtures in the country. According to AB 1953 (California’s Lead Plumbing Law): “No person shall introduce into commerce, for use in California, any pipe,…