Glass half full – it’s taken me less than a year to transform my daughter’s old room to a guest bedroom. You see, when we developed our basement and our daughter moved to her new room, I had a great plan with what to do with her bedroom upstairs. Of course, I was going to

When working with clients in pulling together budgets, there is typically room to manipulate the budget when selecting products. When working on a kitchen or bath project, we are always discussing faucets for the home. I have written a number of blogs about how we go about pulling a budget together. A comment on this

You need money to renovate – that’s called simple math. But how much money do you actually need? How much should you be investing in your home? How does one go about finding WHAT it’s actually going to cost? My blog contains affiliate links. Any purchases, that are at no additional charge to you, are

When it comes to designing kitchens, the majority of the focus typically revolves around the function. But once the function has been all planned out, then it’s time to turn that function into a pretty functional space. When it comes to kitchen cabinet hardware, there are 5 key areas that I help my clients with.

I am working on so many kitchen designs, I’ve got my head-space all around kitchens! When it comes to designing a kitchen, I also plan out lighting. Since I design many kitchens, I thought this would be a good topic to cover. My blog contains affiliate links. Any purchases, that are at no additional charge

This past week, I’ve been designing a powder room for an upcoming refresh project for my clients. Powder rooms are typically a half-bath meaning they have vanity and a toilet. So really, there’s nothing special about them and they’re typically not a huge space. I was once told by a good friend and colleague of

Oh…hiding duct work is not always an easy task! In doing some research for this blog, I wanted to first clarify what I mean by ductwork vs a soffit. A soffit is area between the top of the wall cabinets and the ceiling (and can also be known as a bulkhead). A bulkhead, in my renovation world, means we

It isn’t very often that I design a two-toned kitchen. In fact, this is my very first one that I have designed. Can you believe it? Crazy right? I was so delighted that very dear family friends of ours reached out to assist them with their kitchen refresh project. Two-Toned Kitchen – The Before I

I love spending time with Habitat for Humanity, and this year was no different. While I typically volunteer for the Women Build Day, I was unable to attend the event this past May. I was happy to be able to join a group of business owners this past week to lend a hand on new

I’m not sure how many of you know this, but I work with SIS Exterior Renovations to help their clients with exterior renovation selections. Last week I received a call from Alanna Foster, one of their consultants I work with. She had the BEST.NEWS.EVER. Exterior Renovation Before I get to the best news ever, you