If you are remodeling an older home in Naples, Fort Myers or anywhere in Southwest Florida, you may be faced with an often-seen relic of the past—a dark kitchen. Kitchens used to be smaller than is the fashion now and all-important wall space was used for cabinets, not “wasted” on windows. But today’s larger kitchen […]

It is your kitchen remodeling project and there are different strokes for different folks. For everyone who loves carved cabinetry, multi-colored mosaic tiles decorating every surface, dramatic window coverings and lots of nooks and crannies in their kitchen remodel, there is another type of person who likes things, modern, geometric and uncluttered. This client might […]

Remodeling a kitchen always means you must pay strict attention to dedicated areas for meal preparation, cleanup, and storage when you are considering the layout. Back in the day, that meant that during a kitchen remodel, a classic triangle was used—where the total distance from the sink to the stove to the refrigerator and back […]

Remodeling not only gets rid of the old, it makes room for the new. So, if you are planning a kitchen remodel or a bathroom remodel rethink the storage situation and how you might best take advantage of all the new room you have. Consider Function: Cookbooks need to be near the cook and those […]

When it comes to kitchen remodeling, bathroom remodeling or general remodeling of your whole home, boxy little rooms, all decorated separately, is dated design. Today’s savvy homeowner wants sight lines to and continuous flow between rooms. Such a flow creates harmony, but carving out a connection between rooms in the open floor plans favored these […]

Remodeling your kitchen or bathroom or both? In our last blog, we gave you some tips to help you choose the right cabinetry. Here are a few more: Pick Your Door Style: If you are planning a traditional kitchen or bath, you will wish to explore Standard Overlay cabinetry, which shows more of the cabinet […]

Whether your remodeling project includes kitchen cabinetry or choosing new bathroom cabinets, cabinetry is usually the largest part of a carefully calculated budget for any remodeling project for very good reason — nothing makes more of a statement of style. But cabinetry is also the most functional part of a good remodeling design, helping store […]

Remodeling takes a lot of choices on your part and at Cornerstone we know that sometimes your buying decisions are influenced not only by the beauty of a thing, but by how much work it is going to take to keep that thing beautiful. So here are the answers to your inevitable questions about caring […]

No one likes to spend money on a bathroom remodel just to get into a shower a month later that is suddenly lined with black mold. Bathrooms are almost constantly wet. It’s vital to the longevity of your bathroom remodel to make sure that the water is not able to leak through walls causing damage […]

We’ve all either had or have heard of the half-bath…but what if your bathroom remodel requires something in between the half and the master bath? Maybe you have guests that stay overnight often or you just need a secondary bathroom at times. HGTV let us in on the Three-Quarter Bathroom-a bathroom focused on utility. Just […]