Jill Leitner

Sometimes during the process, a remodel can feel like it is taking FOREVER, but once it is done and the homeowner gets to move back into their space and start enjoying it.....the memory of the hard parts starts to fade. This homeowner was no exception. There were moments when she was just ready for it to be done, but she is now 100% happy with her beautiful new kitchen, her updated bathrooms, her new floors, and her beautiful mantle! We're …

Continue Reading about Remodeling Journal – Project Complete

The floors have been refinished, the cabinets and counter tops are in place....now it's time to start putting the final finishes together! This is one of the most exciting parts for me! You can see the end of the project in sight, and you can see right before your eyes what you were only picturing in your mind a few weeks back. Appliances are usually the last to go in, and things are nearly complete when they are installed! …

Continue Reading about Remodeling Journal – Final Touches

While work continues in the kitchen, we are also focused on finishing the Master bathroom. I have a terrible addiction to "before and after" pictures. Sometimes once everything is torn out of a house, we start to forget what it looked like before. The transformation from "before" to "after" never ceases to amaze me! Here's are a quick "before" picture of the master bathroom mostly because I had to go back and look at it myself just to …

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Countertops being installed is another very exciting day in the renovation process.  Things always look unfinished in a kitchen remodel until those bare cabinet tops are finished with sleek, new stone counters.  It's at this stage that the homeowner finally gets a real sense of where the remodeling project is going, and can start to dream about accessories, kitchen items and decor, and even that first home-cooked meal in the brand new …

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These pictures are of the wood floor going in. This took about 2 1/2 days to install the wood, and it made a BIG "visual" difference for the homeowner once the wood was installed. While the floors, kitchen, and family room are the main focus of this project.....there is also work being done in the hall bath as well. We put in tile floors, painted, put in a new vanity along with a new sink and faucet, and we also installed a new countertop …

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