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How We Expanded a Construction-Related Business in “Difficult Times”
The last several years have been tough for many people in the construction industry. Thousands of small vendors and contractors have gone out of business and plenty of craftsmen and journeymen have...
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By the Time You Read This…
By the time this blog post hits my website, I will be back from KBIS (the Kitchen and Bath Industry Show) and hopefully recuperating! Big trade shows are exhausting but to be honest, I am so excited...
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First Post-KBIS Mini-Report
It was a completely glamorous and exciting event. It seemed like every national and international player was there. It was non-stop, morning till night. I wanted to visit every booth and soak up...
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The Whirlwind Tour that was KBIS!
It was New Orleans, it was the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, and it was KBIS. Our hotel was a block off Bourbon Street, but believe me, we didn’t have time for music! We were shaking hands and...
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Why I Love This Old House
Did you ever watch the cable TV show This Old House? This is the show where a crew of contractors renovate two historic homes per season. They take you inside the process so you can learn the best...
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Problem Solving with Cabinetry
I have a big advantage when it comes to helping you with your kitchen or bathroom projects: I was a designer first. Sometimes, when I am working with a customer on a sale, the reason everything works...
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Cabinets Everywhere!
I love what cabinets do to a home. But more and more, I am seeing designs where the cabinets are not just restricted to the bathroom and kitchen. I thought it was time to step outside of the...
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Good Advice
I thought I’d provide you with some of the best websites and advice I’ve found lately – resources that can help make your current projects more successful. Even if you don’t need the advice or...
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Upgrades that Help Sell the House
Most of our cabinets are bought for remodels and updates for families who will continue to live in those homes, but certainly there are some projects that are just being done to improve the resale...
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The Woes of Bad Kitchen Design!
Designing a kitchen with a good workflow is something I know a good bit about so I can help contractors who come to me with their challenges. Of course, I know our product line inside and out so I can...
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Kitchen Makeovers Without Regrets
When a person orders cabinets, it’s nearly always part of a larger project for the kitchen or bath. Any homeowner who has taken on this kind of project knows that they never quite go as planned. Even...
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Time for a Little Spruce-Up?
We provide the cabinets for kitchens, bath and other rooms across the country and even in other countries. So I usually write about trends and construction and such. I thought it might be help to talk...
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Concealing Clutter with Innovation Cabinetry
When most people think about re-doing their kitchens, they are mostly thinking about getting more counter space, putting their major appliances in the right places, building an eat-in kitchen area....
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A Clever Way to Determine the Features People Want in Kitchens
Finally, a useful purpose for social media! Have you ever wasted any time on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Instagram or other social media site? Wouldn’t you like to know that someone actually found a...
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Big Box Cabinets and Complaints
If you’ve never heard this term, “big box”refers to businesses that have very large retail operations and many locations for their stores. I’m not naming any names – there are plenty of different big...
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Water-Damaged Kitchen Cabinets?
The other day, I was at a house where some repairs were being made to the plumbing in the kitchen of an old Florida home. The handyman had busted into the plaster and lath of the wall over the kitchen...
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Optimizing Your New (or Old) Kitchen Cabinets
Are you replacing your kitchen cabinets? Then it’s time to think about how you might want to reorganize your cabinet usage for maximum utilization and efficiency. Here’s some things you can consider as...
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This Time, Not Just Beautiful Cabinets!
I normally talk about kitchen and bath cabinets in this blog, but I thought I would branch out this time. I found a great survey of more than 7,000 homeowners who are going through or planning a...
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Leaving Room for Light in Kitchens
Planning for a bright, cheery kitchen is something that should be included at the very beginning of a kitchen re-do. Some clients may get so concerned with having enough storage for all their dishes,...
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Running out of bathroom storage?
Truth be told, you can only fit so many cabinets into the average residential bathroom. In many contemporary homes, there is only enough room for a single modest cabinet unit. Maybe it can reach from...
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