Kitchen Materials

Kitchen Renovation Mistakes: Flooring

Don't cheap out on flooring. We don't mean don't get the floor you want, we mean install it everywhere in…

12 years ago

Kitchen Renovation Mistakes: Toe-kick

For the installer: Details are "custom critical" a term we stole from the FedEx service---not to mention, these are the…

12 years ago

Kitchen Renovation Mistakes: Materials

Using lower end materials near a dishwasher can be vexing---especially foils or laminated trim stock instead of solid hardwood. Steam…

12 years ago

Kitchen Renovation Mistakes: Cabinets

Kitchens are too complicated even for most contractors to design and specify (select cabinet sizes and parts.) After we designed…

12 years ago

Buying Kitchen Appliances

Question: Budget question: I’m doing a new kitchen and wonder what your recommendations on appliances are. Answer: First thing is this:…

12 years ago

FixitUpFind: KraftMaid Cabinets

J.D. Power Survey---and great kitchen cabinet purchase advice: KraftMaid ranks highest in customer satisfaction among cabinet manufacturers, excelling in 3…

13 years ago

FixitUpFind: Lava-look surface from Cambria

Talk about a show stopper. The lava-like look to the Aberdeen counter by Cambria has me dreaming of ways to…

13 years ago

FixitUpFinds: Smart countertops?

Yes, your countertops could be getting smarter. Our friends at Charles & Hudson tipped us off that Intel is developing…

14 years ago

FixitUpFinds: Paper countertop?

We labored over the decision about our countertop. There are just so many options. We did want to use a…

14 years ago

Cabinet Installation and Under-Cabinet Lighting

We like under-cabinet lights and specced them for our latest kitchen reno. Problem is, typical under-cabinet lights are placed beneath…

14 years ago