Go Green Before SellingNews from Patch.com:
Many households still tend to shy away from adopting green living habits for fear they’ll be too hard, time-consuming, or expensive. In reality, there are many green habits that are easy, inexpensive, and will help you sell your home faster.
Cutting down on energy usage is often a great way to save money. Do you know that many buyers today will ask a seller how much they pay each month on their utilities? Some might even go so far as to ask for copies of [...] Continue Reading…
DreamMaker Bath & Kitchen quadruples space in move to East Stadium BoulevardNews from AnnArbor.com:
DreamMaker Bath & Kitchen recently quadrupled its showroom space and plans to hire additional employees after moving to East Stadium Boulevard in Ann Arbor.
The full-service remodeling company — which first opened a 1,900-square-foot showroom on South Industrial Highway in 2004 — recently relocated to an 8,000-square-foot space at 2333 E. Stadium Blvd., located across the street from Trader Joe’s.
The reason: “We were capped at what we could handle for sales out of that office and didn’t [...] Continue Reading…
Detailed approach results in a beautiful bathroom: 2011 Renovation Inspiration …News from Pittsburgh Post Gazette:
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Craftsman-style bathroom makeover is runner-up in Renovation Inspiration Contest.
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By Kevin Kirkland / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
An architect for a bathroom renovation? Who does that?
People who want it done right, like Mari Pena and Jason Xenakes.
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RemodelingCentral.com Launches Step by Step GuideNews from Albany Times Union:
Remodeling guides provide a helpful path for any project. RemodelingCentral.com’s new guide focuses on providing beginner and even experienced remodelers with a walkthrough of all the necessary steps for a successful renovation.
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National Home Improvement Month officially kicked off on May 1st, and contractors are hoping that remodeling fever will kick in now that Spring is in full bloom. Homeowners often think a remodeling project is as simple as 1, 2, 3, and while that can be the [...] Continue Reading…
Summer tips for the water-savvyNews from WPTZ The Champlain Valley:
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(NewsUSA) – If water prices were $ 4 a gallon, the typical American household would spend roughly $ 1,452 each day.
Water waste doesn’t strain wallets quite like gasoline. People filling up their gas tanks these days wouldn’t dream of wasting five gallons.
But a running faucet wastes five gallons of water every two minutes, and people let their faucets run while they shave, brush their teeth and wash their dishes.
Water is a vit…………… [...] Continue Reading…
23 ways to save on remodelingNews from MSN Money:
This post comes from Angela Colley at partner site Money Talks News.
In 2011, the average cost of adding a bathroom was about $ 40,000, while a major kitchen remodel was nearly $ 58,000, according to Remodeling Magazine. Considering U.S. workers earned an average of just more than $ 45,000 in 2011, remodeling a house can cost more than an entire year’s salary.
But it doesn’t have to. Stacy Johnson shares five money-saving tips for remodeling your house in the video below. Check it out [...] Continue Reading…
Top Kitchen and Bath Industry Trends Revealed At KBIS 2012News from Sacramento Bee:
ALPHARETTA, Ga., May 16, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — The 2012 Kitchen & Bath Industry Show (KBIS), held April 24 – 26, 2012, drew thousands of professionals to Chicago’s McCormick Place, the site of the largest event in the industry. The National Kitchen & Bath Association’s annual show and conference brought together 550 exhibiting companies with 16,091 industry buyers and specifiers, a ten percent increase from 2011. This included independent kitchen and bath designers, custom builders, remodelers, architects, dealers and retailers. Three [...] Continue Reading…
Beach house renovation tipsNews from Washington Post:
The Burns house in Bethany Beach, Del., needed updating for a new generation. Here are some remodeling ideas from Erica Burns, who served as project manager as well as designer for the project.
Prepare for the unexpected and figure out how to turn it into a plus. A discovery of water damage under the cedar siding forced the family to replace it. They chose an easy-care fiber-cement siding that will require no painting, a huge improvement. This offered a chance to reconfigure and enlarge [...] Continue Reading…
Money Talks: Remodel on a BudgetNews from KGBT-TV:Read more: Community, Consumer, KGBT, Action 4 News, Action 4 Sunrise, Barrington Broadcasting, Rio Grande Valley, Money Talks, Moneytalksnews.Com, Stacy Johnson,
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Sister Bay: Scandia seeks room to breatheNews from Green Bay Press Gazette:
Door County’s own homegrown retirement village, Good Samaritan Society-Scandia in Sister Bay, has raised $ 2.7 million — the halfway point in the first phase of its renovation, which could trigger groundbreaking as early as this fall if [...] Continue Reading…
KooKoo Bear Kids designs three kids’ rooms at Roswell Women’s Club Designer …News from Kids Today:
Kids Today Staff — Kids Today, 5/15/2012 11:12:24 AM
ATLANTA, GA — KooKoo Bear Kids, an online, catalog, and retail store marketer of designer kids’ rooms and exceptional gifts, was selected to design Atlanta Brave’s Relief Pitcher Mark Wohler’s kids’ rooms in his reconstructed house that was destroyed by fire. The Roswell Women’s Club is using the house for this year’s Designer Showcase Home Tour.
KooKoo Bear Kids designed two boys’ rooms (4 year & 8 [...] Continue Reading…
