Farewell To The Triangle?
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 […]
Storage & Remodeling: Everything In Its Place
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 […]
Color Is The Tie That Binds In Remodeling Design
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 […]
Kitchen Remodeling: Choose The Right Cabinetry (Part 2)
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 […]
Kitchen Remodeling: Tips On Choosing Fine Cabinetry (Part 1)
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 […]
Caring For And Extending The Life Of Your Cabinetry
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 […]
Keep Your Bathroom Remodel Fresh; Waterproof Your Bathroom!
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 […]
The Three-Quarter Bathroom Remodel
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 […]
Large Kitchen Remodels; Details, Details…
We agree with HGTV that large, multipurpose kitchen remodels require a lot of attention to detail in order to correctly plan and install them. Here’s why: Larger kitchens have more nooks and crannies, and usually require more appliances to fuel whatever activities are bound to happen. A larger kitchen remodel is typically going to be […]
Your Kitchen Island Addition; Storage
Additional space is one of the greatest benefits of a kitchen island addition. Your island can feature both a public and a preparation side. The public side can utilize shallow cabinets that are installed back to back with deeper cabinets that are accessed on the preparation side to keep items like utensils, napkins, platters, and […]