Ed. Note: The following content was provided by Surfaces USA, who is a client of KHTS AM-1220. The full-service Santa Clarita design center Surfaces USA is the SCV’s “one-stop shop” for homeowners looking to remodel their kitchen or bathroom Blue Ribbon Home Improvement in Fort Erie, Ontario provides a full range of home renovation and remodeling services to people in the Niagara region, including the communities of St. Catharines, Grimsby, Welland and Fonthill. There are many things to The cabinet style, solid-surface countertops and oversized countertop microwave date this kitchen. A granite counter here, new cherry cabinets there. Anyone who’s ever undertaken a Kitchen Remodeling project knows those costs can add up quickly. (Christopher Chung/ The Press Democrat) Ivan Clinton's remodeled kitchen takes up the space of what was originally (Christopher Chung/ The Press Democrat) Most of the windows in the remodel of Ivan Clinton's Bennett Valley home were purchased at As the weather improves, many homeowners start planning major remodeling or renovation projects. According to Statistic Brain, in the next two years 26% of homeowners plan a bathroom renovation or addition and 22% plan a kitchen renovation or addition. McDermott Remodeling started in 1993 and specializes in kitchens, bathrooms, additions and basements, among its other services. It is the only area remodeling contractor to have two full-time designers with interior design degrees on its staff. This was .
Check out this beautiful custom design builds Transitional style kitchen & home remodel that we have recently completed in the city of Yorba Linda Orange County. The most unique in this kitchen is the amount of details in space planning and using maximum And it can be. The Remodeling 2014 Cost vs. Value Report listed the average cost of a major Kitchen Remodel at $54,909, and even a minor remodel came in at $18,856. But Kitchen Remodeling doesn't have to be that expensive. "If you take it piece by piece Here's the deep dark secret that the kitchen-remodeling websites and magazines don't want you to know: Between the before and after photos, you live in a house with no kitchen. For weeks, more likely months. And that's not a pretty picture. My own kitchen If you've recently completed a major remodel or decoration project, where did the majority of your dollars go? Chances are, your kitchen took the lion's share. Over the last five years, nearly four in ten home improvement dollars have gone into kitchens .
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Kitchen Remodel
Basement Excavation
Two construction professionals have been convicted of manslaughter for their part in the death of a building labourer who was crushed by the collapse of Basement Excavation works at a house in London. Anghel Milosavlevici, aged 37, was killed on 2nd Local construction projects stink, no doubt about it. But not nearly as much as raw sewage in your basement. Which has been a major problem on the East Side after heavy rains for a very long time. And that's what this mammoth project, replacing old sewer HSE construction inspectors will be targeting basement projects in two wealthy London boroughs next week in a new initiative designed to improve safety in the increasingly popular basement sector. Basement sites in Kensington and Chelsea, and Hammersmith The road has become a hotspot for Basement Excavations – the most visible symptom of the “A basement costs circa £500 per square foot to build and then you have to fit it out, so once an area gets beyond an average value of circa £750 per square Greg and Nadia Letey bought their Sugar House home for sentimental reasons Finally, finishing their shallow basement hardly seemed viable because its ceiling was only 6 1/2 feet high — barely enough clearance space for Greg's 6-foot frame. In June 2012 Camden’s planners gave permission for two houses in Warren Mews to be altered including a basement The construction site at number 6 and 7 Warren Mews is not part of the Considerate Builders scheme. When Fitzrovia News visited the .
A fire broke out in the basement of a multi-storey building under construction near the SRP Tools traffic signal in Taramani on Wednesday afternoon. No one was injured. Firemen said the fire broke out around 12.30 p.m. when sparks from a welding work in A string of “extreme” Basement Excavations are causing havoc by uprooting tenants and gutting heritage houses, say residents of a quiet tree-lined street in Brownswood ward. More common in London’s affluent West End, where flurries of “iceberg • AS residents of Mackeson Road NW3, Mansfield Road Conservation Area, we have been greatly concerned about a recent application for a Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for a basement excavation on our street. We have asked Camden planning department The HSE will launch a safety blitz on expensive basement projects in exclusive London boroughs next week. Construction inspectors will be focusing on sites in Kensington and Chelsea, and Hammersmith and Fulham. The move follows a number a number of fatal .
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Walk Out Basement Ideas
Toll Brothers, the nation’s leading builder of luxury homes, announces that construction has begun on its first home design “A basement home in Florida is truly unique, and we are taking advantage of the local landscape to build walk-out basements The basement "It grew out of a difficult space to work with," he says. "We finally said, 'Instead of trying to keep all our angles and lines regular, how about random?' So we wound up with 150 linear feet of undulations." The design created sight A Canadian guy named Joe has been digging out the basement of his house "I feel quite fortunate to have stumbled onto this basement excavation idea, it's been a great past time to date dreaming up new ideas to tackle different projects along the A bare-bones basement is transformed into a sophisticated guys' hangout. The challenge: Turn an underused, unfinished lower level into a sleek contemporary space for casual entertaining. The background: Homeowner Jeff Freburg's walk-out basement contained In fact, "We had a customer who added a $33,000 forced walk-out," says Smith. "We dug out the outside think again. You can design your basement around the available natural light and also install windows. "We do a lot of egress windows, where we But keep it out of your your newly organized basement into a functional area that your family can really use. iVoice correspondent Sharon Rowley is the Mom to 6 kids ages 7-12. Sharon blogs daily at Momof6 where she shares her ideas for Moms, and .
Basements do not have to be scary It is also a good idea to pick a house and lot plan that will allow a walk out lower level with full access to you back yard. Building out your lower level can be done while you are building your house if you are The kitchen upgrade was part of a total house remodel by Washington architect and interior designer Carmel Greer of District Design to walk into her kitchen and see counters totally uncluttered. “I’ve never liked leaving a lot of things out This led to varieties such as “walk-out” basements built on sloping ground I would conclude that these are people with a far-ranging imagination, a playful sense of design and way too much money. What does my own basement say about me? The son and wife wanted to design their own space and fund it as well A brick fireplace (C) was already there, directly under the one above on the main floor. This walk-out basement has concrete walls (D) on three walls and the balance of the walls .
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Design My Basement
THE basement of Bristol She added: "The designs are both sympathetic to the historical culture of the building and makes a really perfect environment for its pupils. Charles Richard (Con, Clifton) said: "This is music to my ears. We have been looking Then I saw this and I felt like my scope was far too narrow who’ve spent the last five years restoring and repairing these machines to create the best basement in the world. Yes, even better than Anthony Cumia’s basement cinema. "I have a poster of the whole set up in my basement," says Ann Tunney The sisters hired a friend of a friend to design the cards. They contracted with a nearby printing plant to produce them. To give you some idea of how small the operation was Every time I design a basement room, I think of my cousins' rec room, where as a kid I spent many of my holidays. This subterranean wonderland was a place of freedom. Now I design basements for a variety of uses, ranging from playful recreation rooms to Can I Make My your basement walls a more polished look than bare concrete or cinder blocks. It requires several steps. The first step to finish a basement with drywall is installing insulation board on the concrete or cinder block wall to create I have hated my basement for years. We don’t have water issues or problems And install a desktop in front of the pegboard wall to create a work space for gift wrapping or my sewing machine and supplies. She also said I should consider painting .
The basement is a great place to expand your home After reading these tips, you may be saying: Do I really need to do all that? One of my first professors in design school taught me a very important lesson that I will offer to you. In the basement of the barn on the estate I began my research. I actually bought “My Passion for Design” and read it cover to cover, jotting down every detail that sparked my imagination: the frozen yogurt machine, the “ ‘People’ dress Someone get Martha Stewart on the line, because Teen Mom 2's Chelsea Houska the basement waswell, super basement-y. Low ceilings, creepy lighting, and uninspired furniture made the room seem less than cozy, but thanks to Chelsea's design skills Man, I have never been so jealous of another human being in my life. I wish I could play in this basement arcade, which is also a sort of small classic video game museum. This kickass arcade was created by redditor mertzlufft and his Dad over 6 years. .