From water damage to dream kitchen!

This kitchen was remodeled by us after taking some serious water damage. A “water loss” is what your insurance company calls it when water destroys a part of your home. It can come in through a leaky roof or from a busted pipe and if it isn’t caught, it can unfortunately ruin large areas of your home.

This is why homeowner’s insurance is so crucial. Your insurance company will send in a mitigation team to dry out the area that was effected and from there, you can work with an experienced builder to begin repairs.

In this home, we worked with the homeowners to to not just bring their kitchen back, but to help make it a kitchen they will love for years to come. Here, we started from the ground up - selecting flooring and trim with the homeowner, then counters and cabinets, like the gorgeous cabinet set around the refrigerator! Speaking of refrigerators, we then helped them with appliances and finally the sink, faucet and backsplash!

Working on the interior design with the homeowners is the best way to not just give back your space and quality of life, it’s the best way to improve it and turn a home nightmare into a dream kitchen!

Would you put these floors in your home?

Check out the new floors in this commercial property we are working on. Could you see these in your home?

How many layers does your floor have?

Want to guess what this is? This is about 2.5 inches of old flooring we discovered during an install. You see, a lot of people will do things the “easy” way and just put the new flooring over the old, but over time you are really losing some space. There’s even more to it though:

Whenever you decide to put down new flooring you should almost always tear up the old one down to the original subfloor. This allows you to maximize ceiling height, inspect for damage, eliminate any squeaks by screwing down any loose boards, maintaining base trim exposure, and ensure you have a solid foundation for the new floor you’re spending hard earned money on.

Additionally, people never think about this in a kitchen but often when you add layers of floor people will run it right in front of the dishwasher. Thus, when you need to remove the dishwasher because it broke or worse leaked, you can’t remove it because there’s flooring in the way.

Dishwashers are made to fit in an opening roughly 34.5” tall. When you add layers you eventually take up that space and the dishwasher will no longer fit.

No matter if you hire a contractor or DIY, make sure the job is done correctly. Often the “easy” way will only make life harder in the long run.