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BEST®, makers of luxury range hoods, recently announced that its Vertigo Double range hood won a 2011 GOOD DESIGN Award from The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design. The GOOD DESIGN awards companies for products that deliver both design adn innovation. The Vertigo Double range hood, is functional and asthetically pleasing. When used over an island this fully fuunctional range hood also often becomes the centerpiece … [Read more...]
Remodeling With Stainless Steel: . Kitchens have become a central gathering point in our social and entertaining lives, most dinner parties start and end in the kitchen. Updating your kitchen or a full kitchen remodel will increase the design, function and resale value of a home. A kitchen remodel instantly raises the value of your home, can provide you with a more effective preparation and cooking space When remodeling your … [Read more...]
Sealing Granite Counter tops Contrary to popular belief granite is porous. Applying a high quality sealer will block liquids [stains] from seeping into the granite. Stains and discolorations often develop on granite from red wine, certain juices, cooking oil, bacon fat can cause granite headaches. There are some sealers on the market that have a 10 year lifetime. I apply sealer to my counter tops … [Read more...]
And Now For The Hard Question…Gas or Electric? Normally when choosing a stove, the answer to whether you want to use natural gas or electricity as a fuel source would depend entirely on how you prefer to cook. But unless you know the facts, how can you know what is best for you? Let’s start with the idea of using a natural gas stove. Gas burners provide instant heat. Chefs around the world use gas burners for the perk of controlling the … [Read more...]
Become familiar with Kitchen Cabinet Sizes The informed consumer makes the best decisions, and when you are remodeling and redesigning your kitchen you should be familiar with the multiple aspects of your kitchen. It can be very overwhelming, trust me, I know, but researching the avaialable and standard sizes in cabinetry will help you plan for your kitchen design layout. This will also begin the flow of your creative juices; educating … [Read more...]
The NEW Broan EVOLUTION™ Range Hoods are Affordable, Easy to Install With the new Broan® EVOLUTION™ Series, one can get a whole lot for a small investment. With three options to choose from, the QP1, QP2 and Consumers Digest “Best Buy Award” winning QP3, Broan has introduced a range hood that includes what today’s cost-conscious contractor or serious DIY-er expect and have asked for from the leader in residential ventilation, … [Read more...]
. Installing A Custom Counter-Top ~ Part 3 of 3 There is an unmistakable, unique quality when I see a solid wood counter-top. It is the mix warmth, character, and quality that makes it most popular and sought after. Many people have a perception that installing a solid wood counter-top is cost prohibitive. It is not. I recently worked with a small mill shop outside of Austin Texas called DeVos Custom Woodworking. My … [Read more...]
Constructing a Custom Wood Top ~ Part 2 of 3 As I stated in part 1, I decided to install a solid wood counter-top and came across DeVos Custom Woodworking, a small millshop in Texas, that does some real slick stuff with wood. DeVos Custom Woodworking is a small family business. They operate out of a small shop just outside Austin Texas where they have been designing and building custom furniture and counter tops for over 18 years. What … [Read more...]
Robert Robillard is the Editor of A Concord Carpenter, Host of the Concord Carpenter cable tv show and the Principal of Robert E. Robillard Finish Carpentry & Renovation, LLC, a carpentry and renovation business located in Concord, Massachusetts.
He writes on all aspects of home improvement and remodeling, specializing in problem solving for all aspects of home maintenance.
In his spare time he enjoys reviewing new tools and products and restoring old tools back and using them on projects: A Concord Carpenter.
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