kitchen lighting solutions

Kitchen Lighting Solutions for Your Renovation

How can I get more natural light in my kitchen area?

We have mentioned the importance of plenty of light to help keep a small kitchen from feeling cramped, but every kitchen needs ample lighting, regardless of its size. The more natural light you can get, the better. Something to consider to increase natural light is adding a window or enlarging existing windows. If you live in a single-story home, have you thought about installing skylights? VELUX SUN TUNNEL™ skylights?  How about glass doors?Continue reading…

Kitchen Makeovers

Kitchen Makeovers Begin with the Perfect Design

Do kitchen makeovers require a lot of planning and designing?

Effective, efficient, high quality kitchen makeovers require taking a good hard look at your current kitchen situation. What are the qualities of your kitchen that you wish to retain? What works for you? What does not? How is the condition of your floors, walls, and ceiling? Is a window too big or too small? Are there too many doors? Too few? How is the lighting? What actually occurs in your kitchen area? Do you use it strictly to cook food, or do you dine there as well? Do you find your family and friends gathering there, or do you wish you had the space and welcoming atmosphere for them? Most modern kitchen makeovers are more than just a place to store and prepare food.Continue reading…

Small kitchen makeovers

Small Kitchen Makeovers

How Do I Make My Small Kitchen Look Larger?

Last week we talked about the importance of the proper layout for your kitchen. If your kitchen is small, designing the best layout to maximize your small kitchen makeovers can be a challenge. Knocking out a wall is not always a viable solution for a smaller or older home. If your yard space or budget is tight, adding on may not be an option either. A professional kitchen contractor can help you create the best kitchen to meet your needs in the space you have.Continue reading…

Kitchen Renovation Ideas

Kitchen Renovation Ideas

In the previous post we talked about some ways to stay on budget when buying the materials for a kitchen renovation. Now we need to step back and talk about the layout of the kitchen and how that affects your budget.

How do I know if my kitchen needs a different layout?

Have you found yourself having to move from one end of the kitchen to the other to get something in the middle of cooking a meal? When the kids are raiding the fridge, is there room for you? Is there more than one cook at a time in the kitchen and if so, do you step over each other to get to spices, cooking utensils, pots, pans, food, etc? Can you get your meal out of the oven easily or do you need to be a contortionist in order to get it out? If you open the dishwasher or oven, does something else, like the fridge, become inaccessible?Continue reading…

kitchen renovation budget

How Can I Make the Most of My Kitchen Renovation Budget?

How do I save money on my kitchen renovation without cutting corners?

There are many ways to save money on your kitchen renovation project without sacrificing quality, from creating a design that makes the best use of space to choosing good quality but less expensive materials that have similar looks and functionality.Continue reading…

LOW COST HOME IMPROVEMENT LOANS

LOW COST HOME IMPROVEMENT LOANS

LET US HELP YOU GET THERE

After 34 years in the area, Innovation Construction Co. can safely be considered a local fixture. We offer a range of home improvement services from building additions and decks to remodeling kitchens and baths. The website has the details. Since our goal is to make sure our clients get the best possible product within their budget, we’re adding another service to make that happen. We can now help facilitate low cost loans so our homeowner clients can more easily afford the best version of their home improvement dream.Continue reading…

Eco-friendly Kitchen Backsplash

Eco-friendly Kitchen Backsplash

Going green in the kitchen has been a lot easier now than in decades past. For instance, there are now a variety of Eco-friendly kitchen backsplashes to choose from. Green backsplashes now come in different materials, colors, textures and designs that would fit any budget or style preference.

It is important to invest in a good, solid kitchen backsplash. Besides protecting your kitchen walls from spills and stains, it also gives a strong decorative statement in your overall kitchen. You can have discreet neutrals for your backsplash or one which stands out from the rest of your kitchen decor.

Here is a list of the sustainable Continue reading…

Eco-friendly Kitchen Counter Tops

Eco-friendly Kitchen Counter Tops

Kitchen counter tops are probably the most used and abused surfaces in a home. When you think about the extreme heat and cold, spills, splashes, acidity and friction that counter tops are subjected to, and it makes sense to invest in very durable counter tops.

Recycled glass kitchen counter tops

Recycled glass, such as broken glass from recycling centers, is mixed into cement, resin or concrete and then colored and stained in a variety of ways to make stunningly beautiful and durable counter tops. Continue reading…

Eco-friendly Kitchen Cabinets

Eco-friendly Kitchen Cabinets

One way to significantly raise the eco friendliness of your kitchen is to install eco friendly kitchen cabinets. It is common knowledge that you can never have too much kitchen storage. Since a great portion of your kitchen consists of kitchen cabinets, you must ensure that these, like your kitchen flooring and appliances, are also eco-friendly.Continue reading…

What are some green flooring options?

What are some green flooring options?

By Keith Dmytryck — Innovation Construction Co

Going green in your choice of kitchen flooring does more than just soothe your environmental conscience. Having an ec- friendly kitchen floor will also save you money in the long run. The kitchen floor gets the brunt of foot traffic in the house and must be extremely sturdy so as to require very minimal maintenance and repair.

Green flooring materials are very durable and investing in them can be a once-in-a-lifetime rather than a recurring expense.Continue reading…