Flooring

What is the cost of adding luxury radiant heating in a kitchen? Before we discuss the average cost of radiantly heating a home, let’s first discuss what exactly is radiant heating? Think of it as an electric heating blanket for your floor. It’s a heating cable sewed onto a fiberglass mesh in a serpentine pattern in a roll or mat format. The heating element is installed over the subfloor. Then, flooring, like tile, is placed on top of the heating system. [Read More]

Increasing your Resale Value with Radiant Floor Heating Now that you’ve made the big decision to put your house on the market, there are a variety of ways you could increase your home’s resale value, this blog begins our in-depth tour of radiant floor heating systems. We’ll begin with the basics: what is floor heating, how does it work, and where can I find floor heating products. All throughout, you will learn both how to substantially boost your home’s value, and how to provide comfortable supplemental heat with radiant energy. [Read More]

The kitchen is one of the busiest rooms in the home and, consequently, one of the greatest energy users. So it’s not surprising that the kitchen offers ample opportunities to be energy efficient, enabling both the homeowner and the environment to reap the benefits. This year, there’s been a handful of products designed to minimize economic disruption. You’re going to be seeing these products on display as well as a brief description of its energy-saving benefits. [Read More]

What happens to the glass bottle of marinara sauce you just threw out? Or that bottle of seltzer water? Retailers and consumers - in recent history - sent glass bottles of all kinds to the landfill where they would sit for several lifetimes. With the environmental movement of the 70ies, people started to wise up. The pollution of our planet stirred the oceans of change. We will be going over marble and granite countertops thoroughly and diving deep into the specifics to review both across a variety of categories. [Read More]

Remodeling a somewhat dated kitchen with a new style keeps the magic going, right? Adding a more modern touch to your kitchen can reinvigorate your family gathering area and even you! Take charge and with a few simple changes you can refresh your kitchen, and catch up with the most recent trends in home design. Consider including the following modern kitchen style trends to your home: Aesthetic Style Contemporary kitchens feature minimalist design with monochromatic colors and elements that are flush against walls and countertops. [Read More]