Crazy Cabinet Guy's Articles

  • 10 Tips for Maintaining Your Home
    Everyone that buys a house for the first time goes through the same learning curve. There are a hundreds of aspects of your house that require regular maintenance and upkeep, but unfortunately there isn’t a manual that I am aware of that will tell you everything you need to know. Here are some common areas of the house that need regular attention and ideas to fix these issues. Some may seem simple but even the easiest things need some sort of solution.
  • 3 Factors for Choosing Durable Kitchen Cabinets
    When shopping for kitchen cabinets, you want to consider the life span of your cabinets. The durability and life span of your kitchen cabinets is going to depend on several factors. While most cabinets are built to withstand average wear and tear, the question then becomes... what is considered normal wear and tear? In a household with children and pets, the cabinets are going to receive considerably more use and abuse than the same cabinets in the house of single homeowner. So what features are going to affect the life span of your cabinets? Here are the important features.
  • 5 Ideas to Add a Touch of Luxury to Your Bathroom
    More and more designers are focusing their attention on the bathroom. Manufacturers are coming up with new technology and innovations that are making it easier to add a touch of luxury to any home. Below are a couple of ideas if you are getting ready to remodel one of your bathrooms. For a little bit of money, you can some value and a unique touch to your house.
  • 5 Reasons Why It Might Be Time To Remodel Your Kitchen
    When your cabinets start falling apart, appliances no longer work, and your countertops are chipped or broken it is pretty easy to tell that you might need to remodel your kitchen. Aside from the obvious, there are several other reasons that are more important than whether or not the cabinets are outdated. Here are some additional reasons which can help you decide if it is time to renovate your kitchen.
  • 9 Tips to a Successful Renovation/Remodeling Project
    There are plenty of horror stories of renovation projects that ended badly. Even with a reputable contractor, problems can arise if there good communication isn't established and the project clearly laid out in writing. Follow these steps to a successful remodeling project
  • A High End Kitchen with a fixed budget
    Not everyone has $30-40,000 to spend on a kitchen remodel. Find out how to get the same high end look by only spending a 1/3 of that.
  • Adding Some Style to Your Bathroom
    Creating a special look for your bathroom isn't difficult to do if start with a focal point like a unique bathroom vanity. The vanity is always the focal point of any high end bathroom design and it is the best way to set your bathroom apart from all others.
  • Adding Value To Your Home Without a Huge Investment
    For the typical homeowner, it is almost impossible to think about spending any extraneous money on much of anything these days. However, putting money into the right areas of your home right now, could earn you a considerable return on your investment down the road.
  • Adding Value to Your Home- 9 Sure Fire Ways
    While there are numerous home remodeling projects that you can undertake this year, there are several that will add the most value and make your house more marketable. Read this article to find out what they are.
  • Advantages to Buying Ready-to-Assemble Kitchen Cabinets
    Ever wonder what RTA Cabinets are and the differences between Ready-To-Assemble and Custom Cabinets? Find out the advantages to using (RTA) Ready-to-Assemble cabinets on your next kitchen installation or remodel
  • Alternatives to Shopping for Kitchen Cabinets at the Big Box Stores
    When the time comes to renovate the kitchen in your rental property or home, you always want to get the best deal available. While searching for that deal you will encounter many options, styles and “deals”. Every homeowner or property manager is looking to find the best cabinet for the cheapest price. Find out how to do that by reading this article.
  • Avoid Spending Too Much on Your Kitchen Renovation
    The industry experts will say that a kitchen remodel yields the highest return on investment of any room in the house. The problem is when you are doing any renovation project, especially a kitchen remodel, it is very easy to get carried away and blow your budget. The average kitchen remodel costs somewhere around $40,000 but can be as high as $100,000+. So how do you know if you are over spending on your kitchen renovation?
  • Avoiding the Biggest Mistake In Remodeling Your Home
    Any major renovation project is as much of an emotional investment as it is a financial investment. It is just natural to want to put your own personal touch on the project, but adding too much of your own style can actually hurt the resale value of your home. Any good real estate agent will tell you that if a potential buyer comes in and sees a kitchen or bathroom that is completely opposite of their own personal tastes, they will start thinking about the added expenses required to fix what you just built.
  • Bathroom Remodeling Tips Before Starting Your Project
    When the time comes to do your bathroom renovation project it is always important to determine a few key factors before starting your project First, ask yourself What look do I want to achieve? Next, how much time do I want to spend on the project? And finally, how much money do I want to spend on my project?
  • Bathroom Remodels: Turning your Bathroom into an Oasis
    With home buyer demanding more and more out of the houses they are looking at, here are some suggestions on how to turn your masterbathroom into an oasis that will be the envy of the neighborhood.
  • Bathroom Renovation Horror Story
    Walking through store after store trying to find design ideas for my master bathroom turned out to be a very frustrating experience. I began to wonder why I couldn't find unique bathroom cabinets and accessories available at a reasonable price point, that the average joe can afford? This began my online search to find a cost-effective, stylish way to re-do my bathroom.
  • Bathroom Renovation Is Only A Click Away
    A good rule to live by is to update your bathroom every seven to ten years. It might come as a surprise for some, but seven years is actually the average amount of time an American lives in one house. There are many factors that contribute to that number, but if we go off of raw data, you can see that an updated bathroom might be in your future.
  • Bathroom Renovation- Projects that You Shouldn't Handle on Your Own
    Even though the bathroom is typically one of the smallest rooms in the house, it can present some of the biggest challenges when starting a remodel. While most homeowner's can handle basic home improvement projects, there are certain aspects of a bathroom remodel that are better left for the professionals. Unless you have some experience in these fields, the following areas are projects that would be better to have a professional perform
  • Bathroom Vanities: Adding a unique touch to your bathroom regardless of your budget
    Replacing your bathroom vanity can be a simple way to update your bathroom. Find out what options are available for different budgets.
  • Bathroom Vanities: Getting much needed storage space in your Bathroom
    When remodeling or building a bathroom, it is important to consider what kind and how much storage space you will need. Bathroom Vanities, Linen Cabinets, and Medicine Cabinets can add much needed storage space.
  • Bathroom Vanities: Choosing the right Style for Your House
    Kitchen Cabinet Shopping can be an overwhelming experience, especially for a first time buyer. Find out the differences between Custom, Semi-Custom, Stock, and RTA Kitchen Cabinets
  • Bathroom Vanity Installation: The Step-By-Step Process for Installing a Bathroom Vanity
    Just bought a new bathroom vanity or upgraded to a decorative bathroom furniture vanity? Follow these step-by-step instructions for installing your new bathroom vanity
  • Breaking Down the Difference In Kitchen Cabinets
    Homeowners have become so accustomed to go to the big home supply stores, that they often don't think to look anywhere else for big ticket items like kitchen cabinets. Typically what you find at that supply stores and kitchen design centers are the name brand cabinets, but there are other types of cabinets out there. Below are the three categories that cabinets fall into.
  • Bringing Life to Your Kitchen and Bathroom
    The typical kitchen or bathroom has basic components that can be adjusted or altered to make these rooms really stand out. Home Improvement magazines and television shows are a great way to get new and innovative ideas to boost house appeal. With the proper motivation and a few insider trade secrets, you too can have a kitchen or bath with some style.
  • Building a Better Bathroom
    Every room of the house should have a focal point, and for the bathroom that would be the vanity. Other than the tub, it is usually the biggest object there. Find out some techniques for finding the right vanity for your space.
  • Buying Kitchen Cabinets: Common Pitfalls of Buying Cabinets at the Big Box Stores
    Buying Kichen cabinets can be overwhelming enough as it is, but the big box stores employ several techniques to distract you from the important factors in buying cabinets, and get you to focus on the impulse or emotional aspects. Find out how avoid the common pitfalls when buying kitchen cabinets.
  • Buying Supplies for Your Remodeling Project
    Buying kitchen cabinets or bathroom vanities can be an expensive if you do not find the right place to buy cabinets. If you attempt to buy kitchen cabinets or bathroom vanities from a retail store, you will defiantly be paying too much. Yes, even the big box hardware stores do not offer the best prices on these products.
  • Cabinets- Why Buy RTA versus Name Brand Cabinets?
    Quality and Price should be the two driving factors when shopping for kitchen cabinets or bathroom vanities. Before starting to shop, find out the differences between RTA cabinets and traditional cabinets.
  • Can Doing Just Situps Actually Burn Fat?
    Have you ever seen that guy in the gym who spends 15-20 minutes just doing stomach crunchs or situps? One of the common misconceptions is that by doing a lot of ab exercises such as situps, will help you burn stomach fat. While ab workouts will help define your abs, if you have excess belly fat you still won't be able to see them. Simply doing a bunch of crunches will not burn the belly fat that is covering your abdominals.
  • Changing Eating Habits With a Custom Diet Program
    Unfortunately for most of us, the upcoming holiday season will lead to additional weight gain, which is why everyone makes a New Year’s resolution to lose weight. We all say that this will be the year when we watch what we eat during the holiday parties, and refuse to over indulge in all of the delicious cakes, candies and comfort foods and continue on with our workout regimen.
  • Changing Your Impact on the Environment
    Being eco-friendly isn't a new concept, but it is certainly taken on a greater sense of urgency in the past few years. With the rise cost of fossil fuels, global warming, and all of the other environmental issues that are coming to light, everyone is looking for ways to reduce their carbon footprint and become more 'green'.
  • Cheap Cabinets: Why you don't have to sacrifice quality when buying discount cabinets
    Buying Discount Kitchen Cabinets, doesn't mean that you have to sacrifice quality. Find out the secret to buying cheap kitchen cabinets with the quality and durability of custom built kitchen cabinets
  • Choosing Between Framed and Frameless Cabinets
    It is easy to get caught up in the confusion of the hundreds, if not thousands of styles of cabinets. With so many options to choose from such as color and style and height and width, drawer bases and regular bases, concealed hinges and semi exposed hinges, and full overlay doors or partial overlay doors, we quickly forget two very important factors.
  • Choosing the best Kitchen Cabinet Design for your lifestyle
    Paying for an architect or interior designer to measure, layout, and design your new kitchen cabinets can cost thousands of dollars. Save thousands of dollars by using this step-by-step guide to cabinet kitchen design and layout.
  • Choosing the Right Flooring for Your Kitchen
    The kitchen received the most abuse of any room in the house, so choosing the right flooring material is important. It also has the unique distinction of possibly having to deal with the effects of water, sharp utensils, materials that stain, and hot substances. Because of this, it is important to make sure that the flooring you choose can stand up to all of these elements so that it can last for years to come. Each house will have it's unique requirements, so I have highlighted some of the pro's and con's of the most common materials.
  • Choosing the Right Hardware for Your Kitchen Cabinets
    So you have finally taken the big step of remodeling your kitchen. You gutted the place entirely, right down to the studs- even though that lovely orange and green wall paper may have been worth saving. You’ve matched the paint and cabinet color perfectly and you got your new tile backsplash and granite countertop, but yet something is just missing.
  • Choosing the Right Kitchen Designer- 8 Simple Questions
    Hiring a kitchen designer can be a big financial investment, so it is important to make sure that you are choosing the right person. The size and scope of your project will dictate if a designer is really needed. If you decide that you need some help coming up with the overall look of your kitchen, here are some of the questions that you should be asking to make sure you are hiring the right person for the job.
  • Contractors- Capitalizing on the Green Initiative to Maximize Profit
    "Green" isn't the future of business, it is the present. The easiest way to gain new business in the construction industry is to legitimately position yourself as a "green" contractor/builder. Find out how to maximize your profit by thinking green!
  • Creating a Multi-Functional Kitchen
    With the holiday season approaching, it is time to start thinking about holiday parties and all the work that goes into it. One of the biggest problems in most houses is the seating and entertaining space. Since most houses no longer include a formal dining room where larger groups of people can sit, the challenge becomes trying to find adequate seating for all of your guests. With that in mind, a lot of newer homes are being built with multi-functional kitchens.
  • Custom Bathroom Vanities: Adding Beauty & Value to your Home
    A custom bathroom vanity or piece of decorative bathroom furniture can not only be a focal point of your bathroom, but it can also add value to your home. Find out more about Decorative Bathroom Vanities.
  • Cutting Your Home Improvement Budget Without Cutting Corners
    Most people automatically associate home improvement projects with home improvement stores. Because of relentless advertising from large corporations that control the retail industry,. This is simply not true.
  • Designing The Bathroom Around The Vanity Top
    I was a novice to the whole bathroom renovation idea, so I wasn't really sure what I was looking for when I started shopping. I always thought that the bathroom vanity and vanity top came together, so I was surprised to find out that the top and the vanity are actually sold separately. Since I didn't really have any remodeling experience, I figured the bathroom would be a safe place to start.
  • Dream Kitchens on a Tight Budget
    The essence to a kitchen is in the style. It’s a simple concept, but it is sometimes hard to get right. There are plenty of tips and design tricks out there that don’t require a lot of money to make a big impact. Find out how to get a quality kitchen on a tight budget.
  • Eco-Friendly Options for Your Kitchen and Bathrooms
    New Kitchen cabinets can have a dramatic impact on your home. With the increase push for eco-friendly products, now you kitchen can have a dramatic impact on the environment as well by buying 'green' kitchen cabinets
  • Economic Bail Out Plan- How It Will Affect You
    With the dramatic free fall in the stock market and the emergency relief that the government has to provide to the lending industry, there is a real concern for homeowners and what is usually a families single largest investment.... their home. As if the stock market drop wasn't bad enough, the fact that the government is buying out all of the bad loans that the banks have given out will inevitably have an affect on you and your family in the next couple of years.
  • Economic Ways to Reduce the Carbon Footprint of Your Renovation Project
    Regardless of where you look, the global community has made "green initiatives" a hot button topic, regardless of what topic you are discussing. Everything industry from construction to cooking, to education, are implementing programs to reduce their environmental impact.
  • Establishing a Process for Starting Your Renovation Project
    The kitchen and bathroom are the two main areas that any homeowner should focus on when thinking about a renovation project. You want to make sure that your personality it reflected in both rooms, but you also want to make sure that the over all design is universally accepted in the event that you end up selling your house.
  • Euro Vanities: The latest in bathroom design
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  • Euro Vanity- Adding a Touch of Your Personality To The Bathroom
    Everyone wants to add their own personal touch to parts of their home, especially the bathroom. What if you could find a bathroom vanity that matches your personal style and taste? Most likely you have probably been drawn to the high end vanities, mirrors and sinks you see featured in design and architectural magazines. The pieces featured in these magazines have been out of the average consumers reach for years. That is all changing now.
  • Fat Loss Programs Designed The Right Way
    By no means am I a professional body builder or even a motivated weight lifter, but over the past couple of years I have been motivated to get back in shape. I started researching workout programs, and weight loss books which brought me to two very different programs. One was written by Tom Venuto and the other was written by Mike Geary. Both seemed to be credible professionals with very unique backgrounds.

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