The kitchen at my Inglewood Cottage project needed some creativity to get to the shape it’s in today- fabulous!! (Professional photos by Zach Goodyear.) Here are some of the challenges that were overcome: 1. Open the wall up between the kitchen and dining area and make it an arch to match the other doorways in [...] Read More

It’s been a while since I wrote about the Inglewood Cottage project. I finished my part to let the homeowners get everything painted before they put it on the market. I wanted to wait until after they were finished to get some final pictures. Somehow, this home from the 1940′s has retained much of it’s [...] Read More

Unless they’ve been remodeled along the way, most older homes don’t have a nifty exhaust fan in the bathroom. Sometimes it can be a chore to add one, but they come in handy when you want to clear the air… Adding a bath fan takes two major steps. First, is installing the fan and a [...] Read More

It’s pretty amazing to consider the options you have available for countertops these days. From some of the most beautiful polished stone designs and custom concrete to solid surface or less-expensive laminate. For my Inglewood Cottage project we wanted the high-end look without the price tag (who doesn’t, right?) so the homeowners chose a textured [...] Read More

Before you tile a floor you want to consider the structure below and make sure it’s suitable for tile- strength, deflection, etc. It’s also important to make sure the floor is pretty much level or at least flat. Many times the back part of an older home presents a problem because it’s often a porch [...] Read More