No man is an island; neither is your kitchen. Whether you are considering a total gut job or a little cosmetic fluffing and re-organizing, don’t forget that your kitchen is a central player in the overall design of your home. Start collecting pictures from magazines. You want to be clear what style you are most [...]

Part I – What’s Wrong With This Picture? If all you make for dinner is reservations, you probably don’t need to give this room a lot of thought. Otherwise, there often comes a time in a home owner’s life when denial hits a wall and your dysfunctional relationship with your kitchen needs to be addressed: [...]

Beautiful and bright colors It would seem a cruel truth that as Merry Go Rounds were turning and happy children were riding those brightly painted ponies and unicorns the rich colors of the ride itself were coats of lead paint. We already knew lead was poisonous, did we know that the ride itself was covered [...]

Do NOT Buy Vinotemp Winecellar Products! By Chad B. I recently installed a Vinotemp Cooling Unit in a winecellar I was building. I’m here to warn everyone NOT to make the same mistake I made. Until this wine cellar, I hadn’t even heard of Vinotemp but my client was browsing on the Internet and found [...]

Teamwork By Dutch Hempel Have you ever worked with someone who was always preaching the values of Teamwork? I have. One character, in a management position, attempted to take the moral high ground, impress the owners of the company, conceal the fact that he was advancing his position at the expense of others and doing [...]