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    Home Renovation Articles | Kitchen

    Home Renovation Articles | Kitchen

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    Why Are My Floors Squeaking, and How Do I Fix Them?

    Tommy Mitchell

    You are just trying to sneak downstairs for a midnight snack, and the floors in your home give away your exact location! At first there was just that one spot in the upstairs hallway, but over the years, it seems like ...

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    How To Understand Building Codes: What You Need To Know To Improve Your Old Home

    Tommy Mitchell

    You are probably not surprised to hear that your older New England home likely does not comply with current local building codes where you live. But you might be surprised at how ...

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    What Level of Craftsmanship Is Needed for an Older Home Improvement Project

    Tommy Mitchell

    You bought an older home for the history and charm, but now it’s up to you to take care of it properly. Here in New England, it doesn’t have to be Otis House or JFK’s birthplace ...

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    Creative Solutions to Add Storage Space in an Older Home

    Tommy Mitchell

    When your older home was built — say sometime in the 1800s — people had a few changes of clothes that would fit neatly into a wardrobe cabinet or a steamer trunk if they were to ...

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    How To Manage Difficult Materials For A Successful Old Home Interior Remodeling

    Tommy Mitchell

    What lurks behind the walls, in the ceilings, and the various other materials and systems of your older home? If I were a comedian (I’m not, as my kids will be more than happy to ...

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    How Do I Know If My Old Home Is Safe? Helpful Tips To Protect Yourself

    Tommy Mitchell

    You’ve found an old home in the perfect neighborhood. Now what? Or perhaps you own an older home and you are fairly certain it is in need of a bit of TLC. How do you know if an ...

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    How To Safely Eradicate Hazardous Materials From Your Old Home For Good

    Tommy Mitchell

    When you bought your home, the seller’s disclosure gave a clean bill of health regarding lead paint, and there was no mention of asbestos or any other hazardous materials. The ...

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    Best Ways to Finance Your Home Renovation and Design Project

    Tommy Mitchell

    You've decided you are overdue for a significant renovation of your home. The immediate question: How will we finance the project? What kind of construction loan for home ...

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    Choosing the Right Cabinet Materials and Styles

    Tommy Mitchell

    In a previous post, I shared in some detail what goes into the construction of cabinets. How can you make sure you are choosing the right materials for the style of cabinet you ...

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    Cabinet Construction: What’s Behind the Door?

    Tommy Mitchell

    Choosing cabinets for your remodel or new custom home can be so much fun. You are deciding on an overall style – raised panel, craftsman, slab, or shaker – just to name a few. You ...

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    Kitchen Design Shapes To Get the Island You've Always Wanted

    Tommy Mitchell

    An island is often at the top of the list of changes homeowners want to make when they renovate a kitchen. But is there room for an island, even in your redesign? If you shoehorn ...

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    How to choose between custom cabinetry vs. semi-custom vs. mass-produced cabinets

    Tommy Mitchell

    How much help do you really need to pick out the right cabinets for your kitchen, bath, laundry room, or other areas of your home where renovation will involve cabinetry? Can’t ...

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    A Classic Home, Reimagined

    Tommy Mitchell

    The design/build team here at Mitchell Construction Group recently undertook a major renovation project that required imagination, attention to detail, and meticulous ...

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    Expert Advice to Prepare Your Home for Renovation Construction

    Tommy Mitchell

    There is no getting around the fact that a home renovation project will take your family out of its normal routines. The good news is you can minimize that disruption with a ...

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    How to choose the best interior paint colors for your home

    Tommy Mitchell

    The most exciting part of a home renovation or new home construction for many people is to put on those finishing touches. When you are choosing the interior paint colors, you are ...

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    Top 10 tech trends for a connected and smart home

    Tommy Mitchell

    Technology has changed everything, including our homes. Just think about it — not long ago, locking your doors at night meant going through the house and physically checking all ...

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    The top custom home design ideas that make your new home special

    Tommy Mitchell

    You have lived in enough homes that were not built to your specifications to know what you don’t like. It might be a poor layout on the main floor that leaves you feeling boxed ...

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    Space planning for interior design styles and ideas you'll love

    Tommy Mitchell

    “This space just does not work for us anymore.” That statement is one of the main reasons homeowners come to us for a renovation project. To fix an unworkable space, designers ...

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    The most exciting plumbing trends in kitchen and bathroom design

    Tommy Mitchell

    While the phrase “plumbing trends” may not set your heart to fluttering, the end results of a kitchen or bath remodeling project often highlight the exciting results of those ...

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    The custom home construction timeline from concept to completion

    Tommy Mitchell

    There is something about the opportunity to build a custom home. You are starting with your unique dreams and expectations, and have a blank canvas to turn those dreams into ...

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    Why Details Matter: The Importance of Renovation Pre-Project Planning

    Tommy Mitchell

    The pandemic has created a home remodeling and renovation boom that has many contractors struggling to keep up with demand. As a result, some are rushing through the planning and ...

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    11 Remodeling Ideas to Make Your Small Kitchen Feel Larger

    Tommy Mitchell

    Kitchen makeovers are, far and away, one of the most popular home remodeling projects because they are often the heart of any home, where family and friends gather for a wide ...

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    Home Remodeling Ideas for Better Holiday Entertaining

    Tommy Mitchell

    The holidays are a time for family and friends to gather, celebrate, reminisce, and look ahead to the New Year and a brighter future. For some homeowners, it’s also a stressful ...

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    11 kitchen color schemes you’ll love every day

    Tommy Mitchell

    Kitchens are by far the most popular room in the home for remodeling and renovation. It can be the most fun and most challenging all at the same time because of the number of ...

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    How to Prioritize Home Renovations in a Multi-Stage Project

    Tommy Mitchell

    We all find ourselves frustrated from time to time when faced with the dilemma of reconciling what we want with what we need, or perhaps more accurately, what we can afford. The ...

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    Top ways to renovate your home floor plan for improved function and uses

    Tommy Mitchell

    If there was one thing the pandemic was good for, it was helping homeowners discover every poor design element and floor plan weakness in their homes. As people spent more and ...

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    7 smart steps to making a kitchen organized, functional, and fun

    Tommy Mitchell

    Remodeling a kitchen is a lot more than just new cabinets and appliances and a different color scheme. Effectively renovating a kitchen for more functional efficiency requires a ...

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    5 characteristics of a great home renovation dream team

    Tommy Mitchell

    Home renovation and remodeling projects come in all shapes and sizes, but except for the very simplest, virtually all of them require structural and aesthetic changes. Some ...

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    Optimize Kitchen Storage Space to Improve Your Lifestyle

    Tommy Mitchell

    “What am I going to do with all this kitchen storage space?” said no one, ever. As a design/build construction firm with years of experience designing and building kitchens, one ...

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    13 Different Ways to Remodel Your Kitchen - Must Read

    Tommy Mitchell

    The kitchen is the central hub, the heart, of almost every home. Even people who aren’t especially fond of cooking use their kitchens for a multitude of activities – whether it’s ...

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    What’s New In Design.

    Nadine Gauthier

    In 2018 it seemed like the world fell in love with farmhouse interiors and bright and white kitchens that took over everyone’s homes. While we’re still loving this look, 2019 is ...

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    Open Concept Remodel.

    Nadine Gauthier

    This once cramped and poorly functioning kitchen was converted into a gorgeous, bright, and airy space that is perfectly suited for a large and active family. The existing kitchen ...

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