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Cost Vs. Value
Are you curious about what you should expect a remodeling project to cost? Use Remodeling Magazine's Cost vs. Value link to find out the typical remodeling costs for common projects in your region of the country and how much of the cost you might expect to recover when selling your home. Just click on the map and select your region (local folks select Manchester, eg.), or choose the type of project you are considering.
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February 01, 2012
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Why are built-ins so efficient?
I always like to look at the math when I design storage cabinetry for a space in a home. Let's say you have a 12' x 12' room, maybe a den or a small dining room. That's 144 square feet of area. now, let's build a shelf unit the lenth of one wall, 12' long, one foot deep a.....
January 12, 2012
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Many people confuse closet systems with closet kits. This came up with a client recently when discussing layout options for some of her reach-in closets. Tall hanging, double hanging, medium hanging, shelf towers; many of these design configurations are fairly standard layouts and she stopped the designer at one point and said, "So you ins.....
March 23, 2011
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Unless you were born this morning, very early this morning, you should know better than to hire a remodeling contractor without first asking for and actually checking on his or her references. I know what you’re going to say—“It’s too much trouble,” or “he seemed like such a nice guy...&rd.....
February 23, 2011
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Which criteria do you place the highest value on when evaluating the purchase of a product or service? Is it the item with the lowest price? The best guarantee? Does the company supplying the product have a reputation for an outstanding level of service? Do you crave quality at any cost?
In the past two years, increasingly, consumers en masse are using one single factor to guide the purchases they make for their home: price. More specifically, the lowest price.
In a rece.....
December 27, 2010
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Most clients we visit in new or recently built homes have been struggling with the wire closet systems installed by their builder and want to replace them with more functional systems. In most cases they didn’t have a choice about their closets. The builder offered no other options and the budget allowance for closets was not adequate to upgrade from wire.....
September 16, 2010
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The toughest part of having a hectic day, at least for me, is keeping the space around me organized. It gets away from you one moment at a time, one bit of clutter at a time, until it nags at you to do something about it. But it can be so hard to find the time amid all the responsibilities thrust at you in a day. Some things need to wait, and clutter has that ability like nothing else. Clutter will wait forever for you do address it. Until it gets to the point where you don't know w.....
September 09, 2010
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Planning Your Home’s Media Center
Boy, do things change quickly in the realm of electronic media devices. Just five years ago I purchased a new TV to watch the Patriots play the Panthers in the Super Bowl. TV’s have evolved through several generations since.....
August 04, 2010
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Your closet is only as accessible as the door leading into it.
If the closet is eight feet wide and the door is only four feet wide, then you have two feet on either side of the door that is visually obstructed and probably difficult to reach as well.
Bear in mind that passage doors were designed for people to pa.....
July 22, 2010
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Recently I had a conversation with Remodeling magazine senior editor Stacey Freed about the importance of closet design, closet planning, and budgeting for new remodel and home construction projects. Ms. Freed's interview .....
July 22, 2010
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by Bill Huntley
Most people wouldn’t build a new home without a budget for bath fixtures, kitchen cabinets or flooring. We have certain expectations or a vision of how we want our homes to look and more important, how the various spaces in our home will function. A bathroom without a tub or shower would be unthinkable.
So why would you invest the considerable cost and effort to build a new home without a plan and budget in place for your home’s closets? Advan.....
