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Here’s another of our projects which hasn’t yet made it to the thumbprints. Finished earlier this year, this was a project that involved removing a wall between the kitchen and family room. The before – cramped, dark, and not very useful for a family of…

We’ve had some new projects lately,  but not much time to update — our apologies. Here’s a project we finished in late summer. The clients are former clients — we had performed multiple projects for them with more to come,  and the client’s design ideas…

If you haven’t seen this already, the California Energy Commission rolled out their “Cash for Appliances” recycling program on April 22, 2010. Details below: How long will the program last? The program begins on Earth Day, April 22, 2010, and continues at most through May…

What’s Diamond Certified? It’s an independent rating on quality and customer satisfaction.  It has a rigorous screening system which sets the bar pretty high, and only those who score 90% or higher can call themselves Diamond Certifed. Our letter celebrating our inclusion states,  “Most kitchen and bath showrooms…

In April 2010, the new law for the EPA Lead Paint Law is coming into effect. This law addresses the amount of lead paint and its safe removal in all homes built prior to 1978.  More than 2/3rds of homes built before 1960 have lead-based…

For those of you contemplating a remodel in the spring of 2010, you should know that Title 24 has some new regulations which go into effect on Jan. 1st, 2010. The 50% ratio remains in place with the following additions. Here’s the good: LEDs are…

J.D. Powers 2009 Cabinet Satisfaction survey found that Kraftmaid scored high in a poll of 1300+ consumers. See link here.

The clients had recently painted the bathroom and loved the soft greens, but it couldn’t disguise the outdated fixtures, vanities or stains in the carpet. One of the first impressions we had of the room was that the existing window was out of scale with…