How long have you had your fridge? The answer is probably: too long. Old refrigerators are often sucking up so much electricity that buying a new one would actually pay for itself by shaving money off your electric bill.  You can be saving a fridge load of money when you swap out your old fridge for a new one, but you can also majorly update the lo...

Think beyond just making meals when designing your kitchen. In many homes, the kitchen is the central gathering place. Cooking often brings people together, and the kitchen has become a dining, task, meeting, and multipurpose space. Maybe you enjoy hosting dinner parties, conversing over cocktails in the kitchen as you prepare appetizers. Or maybe ...

With a myriad design styles to consider when designing your new kitchen, it is often difficult to find a single style that will both stand the test of time and still suit your tastes today and for years to come. Here, we explore the endless possibilities of designing the perfect balance between a classic yet modern kitchen.

The biggest challenge in any remodeling project, be it a kitchen or bathroom or any project in the home is the unknown.  The unknown can cover a lot of things…the cost, what you find behind the walls or underneath a floor, what it will look like.  However, the unknown can be overcome.  The proper combination of collaboration and communication canno...

Every project has that one challenge.  Well, if we were lucky there would only be that one challenge.  But you know what I am talking about.  The “what do to with” question that always seems to present itself when remodeling the kitchen, the bathroom or any room in the house. For Jen Denham and her client, the “what do with” question for this bathr...

There is nothing that can breathe fresh life into a room quite as powerfully as a new fresh coat of paint. Working a fresh color scheme into your kitchen also gives you an excuse to renovate the whole area - cabinets, walls, appliances - your new hue awaits you. But you might not know just what to choose. Here’s how to put a finger on what color’s ...

If you want a simple and easy way to makeover the entire look of your kitchen, look no further. Your countertop is the centerpiece of your kitchen, and the workhorse where you prep all your food. It deserves a little extra love. Get the lowdown on each material you can choose from for your countertop. The different materials all perform differently...

When the leaves start to shake off the trees and the weather starts to cool down, you know it’s time for the fall season to start. Especially when everything everywhere you go is pumpkin flavored. You’ll want to spend more time in your house, cozy and relaxing. But that won’t work if your house isn’t, in fact, cozy and relaxing.

A properly lit kitchen has become a critical element in kitchen remodeling. Like good icing on a cake, good lighting draws us in and helps us engage with the space (while we eat the cake of course!). And with the variety of lighting available today, deciding on lighting is just as important as choosing your kitchen cabinets, countertops and applian...

It’s out with the old, and in with the new. Especially around New Years. If your New Years resolution is to remodel, then you’ve come to the right place. Here’s the trends you need to ditch in the new year, and a little bit of what you might consider using instead.  

The beginning of the year is a time to reflect on the past months and see how far you come, and see where you want to go. If you’re planning on setting goals, it’s hard to think when you’re feeling cluttered and stressed.  The state of our homes affects us more than we might think. A messy house means a messy mind. And where do we spend a lot of ti...

Education plays a key role throughout our entire lives. It begins in early childhood and if we embrace it, it stays with us our entire lives. College affords the opportunity to develop a real focus around what we hope to do, want to do and sometimes are even a little afraid to do. We believe the training pipeline starts early, so we have worked to ...