 This month Better Homes and Gardens published both articles that they requested me to write for their website. One of the articles was based on a homeowners question about current trends in kitchen remodeling. The second article was based on another homeowners question about the dangers of lead paint in her home, and how to deal with it. Add Comment
 We're proud to announce that this Saturday's Cool Home Feature in the Arizona Republic will feature one of our award winning remodels. This home in the historic Willo neighborhood will also be on this years Willo Home tour on February 12th. The Cool Home feature can also be seen online at Arizona Central. For additional photos and info visit our Award Winning Historic Kitchen feature page.  I just came across this great opportunity to support the Phoenix Rescue Mission by shopping online. By entering any of the popular online stores pictured here through the Rescue Mission web page, the Phoenix rescue Mission will receive a commission on your purchases at no cost to you. The Phoenix Rescue Mission does great work for needy men and women. This is a painless way to help them bring new opportunity to people who need it most. The following video has details.  Things are moving right along on the home addition we are doing in Ahwatukee. The following video will give you a sneak preview of the inside as we install the electrical, plumbing and air conditioning. You can see more about this project in our featured project section.  I received a question recently about removing a seldom used soaking tub from a master bathroom in order to enlarge both the vanity and the shower. The homeowner was questioning if this would hurt their homes value. The question comes often so I wanted to share my answer to this question. Thanks for your great question. You wouldn't believe how many homeowners ask about taking out tubs in their master bathrooms. My opinion is that very few of the soaking tubs get much more use than yours does. Experience has shown that what most homeowners want in a master bathroom is to have space to get ready to go when they want to, and a large well appointed shower. Vanities are largely a mater of taste. Ample drawer space, solid surface counter-tops with under-mounted sinks and framed mirrors are always popular. Showers tend to be the showpiece, and a favorite of today's master bathrooms. The great thing about eliminating a soaking tub is that the shower can be expanded to include a nice seating area without crowding you while you shower. Some of our clients have chosen to have us do a curb-less shower. This style of shower doesn't have the step-up around the outer edge of the shower. This looks great, avoids the chance of tripping and creates accessibility in case of mobility issues. Frame-less glass shower enclosures are a favorite to both show off the shower and make for easier cleaning. Most of the showers we are building are tiled with just about any type of tile imaginable. For homeowners who want a shower with less maintenance we are using a solid stone panel system that eliminates the grout between tiles.You can see more about this product on our ForzaStone blog post. My opinion is that your home will be more attractive to future homeowners with the larger vanity and upgraded shower.  I saw this stone product in one of my trade publications recently. It is a natural stone product by Txtr-Lite that has been cut into a thin sheet and bonded to a fiberglass sheet for strength and flexibility. The manufacturer is promoting it for every application from flooring to shower enclosures. One of the photos below show it used in an outside application as well. I'm going to send for a sample set of this product to explore it's qualities and applications. I think it could have some creative applications in some of our future remodels.  I recently received a newsletter from Central Arizona Supply with news about these unusual bathroom water features that are not quite released yet. Central Arizona Supply is one of my associates from NARI the National Association of the Remodeling Industry. They recently hosted one of our monthly meetings. It's great to have such great professional associates. You can see more about these unique water features at Graff.  Work is under way on our latest project in Ahwatukee. We are building a 600+ square foot Mother-In Law addition. We have already installed all of the underground plumbing, and poured the slab, so that we can move forward next week on framing the structure.  To insure that there would be no damage to the driveway, we brought in this special truck to pump the concrete up and over the driveway. See more info and photos of our Mother-In-Law addition. |  Welcome to our blog site dedicated to offering remodeling information to the homeowners of Phoenix AZ and the surrounding communities of Scottsdale, Tempe, Chandler, Ahwatukee, Gilbert and Mesa.
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