There are 10 reasons, given by the Home Builders Association of one of our states – Alabama! I’ve listed the short version of each reason given by the HBA of Alabama, with my comments in parentheses following, when I had a personal opinion on these. Remodel now while interest rates are low. Homes need regular…
There are several effects a blizzard can have on remodeling. First is, imagine you are stuck in your home or apartment for 3 days. Normally you would be at work, walking the dog, taking the kids to school, soccer practise, running errands. But no, you are stuck at home, can’t get out the front door. …
Rose Construction Inc will be showing off some of our recent remodel projects at the Whatcom County Home & Garden Show. The Master Remodeler’s booth will be hosting our company and several other local remodeling firms. The Show will be held at the Northwest Washington Fair and Events Center on March 4 – 6. Check…
Check out this very creative solution to needed storage space in a tiny New York apartment. It is on a blog called apartmenttherapy.com Tiny bedroom viewed from the kitchen You just HAVE to see the bed headboard from the back. While we rarely get called to work on apartments, we have done some condo kitchen…
Remember that time you had to remove a light fixture (that hung over a staircase) and replace it with a new fixture? (I had to do this in my home 2 years ago.) Or, how about that time you were walking carefully down those stairs carrying a heavy old TV you were getting rid of, your foot missed a step…
I have found that more and more of us are not getting the use out of the formal dining room that our parents generation did. Families tend to be smaller, or maybe only one person now lives in a home, instead of the proverbial family of 2 adults and 2.5 children. (How did the .5…
I found an excellent website with all the information anyone could want on the topic of renovation and how the EPA’s law affects your renovation project in that 1978 or older structure. Whether you are a homeowner or contractor this website provides all the information you could want! Check it out: http://www.forrenovationpros.com/
We all have something about our living spaces that we would like to either replace entirely or improve. Such as that wall between the kitchen and the dining area; if you opened that up, it would be so much nicer to be able to pass things across the counter to the dining room, and for…
This time of year flowers are getting pretty scarce, so I guess this little bee thought she’d hit the jackpot with the giant flower on one of our Rose Construction, Inc. vans. Our vans have been pretty visible lately, running all over Whatcom County providing remodeling services to homeowners; everything from replacing countertops with new…
So, as I have been wont to say, we do not all have the option to just snap our fingers and get the kitchen of our dreams. Some of us have to make our dreams fit into the space and budget we have available. No shame in that! I found this excellent article from HomeRemodelingBlog.com…
When planning your home remodel, whether a one – room effort or a major overhaul, did you remember the importance of getting a guarantee on the workmanship and materials? It’s fun to pick out plumbing fixtures, cabinets and flooring, but it is the contractor doing the work that will determine the outcome. The quality of…
I just read an article about the number of us “baby boomers” that are entering retirement age now and for the near future. For the most part we are called an “active generation”. Meaning we are staying in our homes and are more involved in the community. So what we need are well laid out…
Hey all; I love plumbing trivia, and I’m not sure why! It may be just that a lot of plumbing is sort of gross, like plugged toilet drains, old pipes buried in the ground and corroded pipes. Some things we would really rather not see or know about. Such things fascinate me. So here goes: …
Lets face it, lots of homes have basements, and a lot of them are unfinished or semi-finished spaces that do not get used a lot due to that! Basements can be dark due to either no windows or small windows up high on the wall. How to give this space a warm inviting feeling? Start…
This is a topic I haven’t heard a lot about. We have done several garage remodels, some more on the inside, others more outside work. Kathy’s remodeling blog covers garages as well as the more expected kitchens, baths and living rooms! Kathy really covers all the rooms in a house, including this garage! I am impressed with…
Coming up with remodeling concepts for your bath or kitchen can be very difficult. Well, unless you are one of the lucky ones who has seen many kitchens and baths and have an abundance of ideas that you know will work in your home. But many times one becomes dissatisfied with a room and just…
I love that word, eclectic; for our purposes it means to select parts and pieces of style and design from various eras, and put it all together in such a way that e it all works. There are no rules, except that the designer or homeowner should make it all fit together! Some people are…
We recieved our EPA logo with our companies certification number embedded in it today. Just thought we would show it to you! EPA Lead Safe Certified Firm For information on current rules regarding renovation in older homes (pre-1978) that may contain lead-based paint, you can go to the website: www.epa.gov/lead. At that site there are…
Well here we are, back at kitchens! I found a neat website with lots of actual remodeled kitchen photos, called “Rate my Kitchen”. http://http://www.roomzaar.com/rate-my-space/Kitchens/gallery.esi I find that when looking for ideas to makeover a kitchen or bath, the best things to start with are photos and then visiting other homes to see what has been done.…
A humerous article I found recently at http://homrerenovations.about.com listed the error of hanging a towel rack using construction glue, instead of drywall mounts. I can imagine when someone tried to pull a wet towel over that towel bar and it came crashing down on their still wet bare feet. I sometimes put a lot of…
I found a nice blog from a company located in California that has some excellent explanations on why so many of us “feel a need” to change (i.e.: remodel) our bathrooms or kitchens! I’ve included a link to their website article, and below that is a quote on why we should remodel the bathroom. http://caconstructioncenter.wordpress.com/2009/08/19/kitchen-bathroom-remodeling-the-key-to-a-nicer-home/#comment-38…
So, since I am planing on tearing out my own deck and replacing it, I find decks, decking materials and deck design are on my mind a lot lately. I know what I want – I want to not have to refinish the blinkin’ deck every other year, and I want it to be smaller…
Renovation/ remodel – aren’t they the same thing? I don’t like to get hung up in semantics or jargon peculiar to a trade. I get in trouble for that, since I then forget what things are called by specialists. Oops, I let the cat out of the bag. What has been on my mind lately,…
I decided to check out some unusual bathroom fixtures, after seeing one that at first glance I thought was a joke. My apologies to the folks at Caroma, this is a real unit. As you can see, you can wash your hands in the ‘sink’ and the water can then be used to flush the…
Have you heard the joke that you should not have your home remodeled because; “Your kitchen was good enough in 1954, why mess with it?” Understandably, many homeowners are wary of hiring someone to come into their home to work when they are not there. You want to know without any doubt that the company…