A Day in the Life of a Kitchen Remodel — Step 12: Finishing Touches
Panorama View of the Kitchen We are excited to announce that we'll be taking the wraps off of our Mt. Airy kitchen project today or tomorrow. The only[...]
New Life for an Old City Condo
We're in the process of wrapping up a large-scale makeover on this sunny condominium in Philadelphia's charming Old City neighborhood. The homeowners, who have lived here for at least 15[...]
A Day in the Life of a Kitchen Remodel — Step 11: Detail, Trim Work, Appliances
Now that the cabinets are installed in our Mt. Airy kitchen, the project is coming to a head. Here is what's happening this week: Installation of extra bits and bobs[...]
A Day in the Life of a Kitchen Remodel — Step 10: Final Installations
The early part of this week is being spent confirming details on our Mt. Airy kitchen and ensuring that subcontractors arrive on time, in the proper order, and finish on[...]
Older Buildings, Asbestos Hazards, and You
We are currently renovating a mixed-use property in Philadelphia, where local plan reviewers recently required us to conduct an asbestos inspection before they would issue a building permit — a[...]
A Day in the Life of a Kitchen Remodel — Step 9: Cabinetry Completion, Countertop and Flooring Prep
If you are following our Mt. Airy kitchen renovation on Facebook, you know that the cherry base cabinets were unloaded and installed late last week. Because the upper cabinets are[...]
A Day in the Life of a Kitchen Remodel — Step 8: Cabinetry Pre-Installation
As we head into the holiday weekend, you can see that the new custom cabinetry is being assembled for our Mt. Airy kitchen. The clients chose rich "bamboo" stained solid[...]
A Day in the Life of a Kitchen Remodel — Step 7: Cabinetry
At this point, the custom cabinet designer and installer have been out to our Mt. Airy kitchen project site three times to fine tune measurements, and they will come out[...]
A Day in the Life of a Kitchen Remodel — Step 6: Drywall
Customers often find the drywall phase the most uncomfortable phase of any project. Drywall is dusty, and it gets everywhere. In the case of our Mt. Airy kitchen, the clients[...]
A Day in the Life of a Kitchen Remodel — Step 5: Pre-Closing
This week is all about framing, wiring, plumbing, and HVAC rough-ins. These items must be 100% complete before our Mt. Airy kitchen's scheduled mid-week inspections. after which we will seal[...]