Projects & News
Bathroom Remodel – Glass is Good – Frameless Shower Doors are Big
In every bathroom remodel we’ve completed in the last 12 months Frame-less Glass Shower Doors and Enclosures have been the rage. In a frame-less application there is minimal metal and maximum glass and while in the past frame-less has been used in more contemporary designs, it’s now finding it’s way into all decorating styles. Beautiful!
Slim, New Kohler Toilet with Flush Options
We just delivered and installed this Kohler K-4353-96. Sleek and slender with 2 flushing options (think about it) Excited over a toilet, not normally. That’s why an exciting toilet is so exciting. Check it out!
If you can’t be with the one you love, Love the one your With! Remodel Now!!
All week, on just about every talk radio station I listened to, I heard about the rebounding real estate market. Real Estate experts were reporting the dwindling inventory of available houses, price stabilization and now prices rising. It’s beyond me and I’m a builder AND a Real Estate agent! Is it possible we went from a catastrophic foreclosure/ plummeting sales/plummeting pricing environment to a low inventory, inflationary seller’s market without a plateau? Without an apparent period of transition? I don’t think so. We have a ways to go before we get to a healthy market. Banks and the Federal Government will not forget what happened, traditional sales are still not strong and financing is still a challenge. So what do you do if you can’t sell, can’t get financing to buy, but you’ve out-grown the style or size of your house? If you can’t be with the one you love, Love the one your with!! Remodel. Prices have never been better, materials more abundant and skilled craftsmen more available. Call us now for a free estimate!
Oh the Weather Outside is Frightning!
It’s Primal. The comfort and piece the sound and warmth of a crackling fire brings. We’ve come a long way from huddling around a small fire in the snow. Gas, remote ignited, Cantera Mantels, the options are as unlimited as your imagination! Take a look at some of our fireplaces.
It’s under 100 degrees, it’s time to think BBQ
A nice, cloudy weekend. Football has begun and you know that night is coming. The night where you step into the backyard and the air smells different, the breeze actually cools and you know Fall is on it’s way. For me this is the best time of year to grill. It’s how I meditate, how I plan my next day, how I’m quite with myself and how I sort things out. Then I eat a Steak, or some Salmon or some smoked ribs. What does your patio look like? Is there a fireplace/pit? 8 Burner Turbo Grill? How about an enclosure for the “Big Green Egg”? Call us and we’ll give you a space you’ll never want to leave.
Replace that Tired Old Stucco with, well, nothing!
So you have a beautiful older brick home in Central Phoenix or Arcadia. It’s either painted or stuccoed and it is downright boring. You’ve tried bold colors, muted colors, color co-ordination and you’ve even tried hiding the house behind foliage. You can only do so much with paint and Stucco is just downright dated and boring. Whats a homeowner to do? Sandblast!! Sandblasting will remove old paint and/or stucco and leave you with a clean block look. It’s gorgeous and not as expensive as you might think. Take a look at some before and after photos of a 40+ year old Apartment Complex. Imagine what it can do for your house!
Unique Times, Unique Opportunities
We are living in Unique times, and with the Unique challenges we face, there are also Unique opportunities. While we can’t control the real estate or financial markets, we have the choice to create a beautiful and exciting home in which to weather the storm. Thinking about selling in the next few years? You’ll have stiff competition and your home will need to be the most it can be. This down time is a great time to remodel and renovate. Your dollar has never had more buying power!
Your Home Sets the Stage
You mark the date on the calendar with a big Red X. It will be the party of the year, all the people you care about will be their, the food will be catered by your favorite restaurant, there may even be a band. You have the baby-sitter all set up, your clothes are back from the dry-cleaner on time, your hair turns out perfect.
Mockingbird Home Remodel
Mockingbird is an Authentic Adobe House. The original owners had authentic Adobe bricks made of mud and straw brought up from Mexico on flat bed trucks. The huge beams were hand-carved onsite. A water-line burst and a flooded first floor means a kitchen and tile floor. We are giving the house a new chiseled edge Travertine set in the Versailles Pattern, but first we have to fill in the 2 inch gap left by the removal of the old flagstone. Quite a task. Almost Done. Check out our next post for pics of the completed floor!
Sandra’s Story
A couple of weeks ago, an excited and enthusiastic art teacher named Sandra viewed a house in Tempe that she was very interested in buying. It was in the mature neighborhood she always wanted, it was the right size, and one of the bedrooms had a wall of windows with the perfect exposure. It would give her the light she needed to paint her still-life’s.