While some clients have the luxury of approaching a Chicago bathroom remodel with an unlimited budget, the large majority of our clients come to us with a budget in mind. This budget may be more or less expensive, which will determine which options and upgrades available. In most cases, there are four main factors that determine whether your bathroom remodel will be more or less expensive.
The classic "work triangle" has been a Chicago kitchen design classic for several decades now. The goal was to keep the most important food preparation elements - fridge, stove and sink - within a short distance away from one another, using an equilateral triangle as the ideal. Work triangles made navigating the kitchen more efficient for the cook.
Before you ever determine which door and drawer styles you want for your Chicago kitchen cabinet design, take a step back and think about different door and drawer types and how each one is best suited for your kitchen layout.
And you thought a sink was just a sink, Ha! In fact, there are more than half a dozen sink styles and each one has its pros and cons. Choosing a sink for your Chicago bathroom remodel requires a small question and answer session with yourself or your family.
Lighting is such a fundamental part of a room's design, especially the kitchen. Not only does it provide enhanced function and ambiance, the right (or wrong) lighting layout or selections can take a perfectly good kitchen remodel and make it wonderful, or it can leave it feeling like a dark and cave-like space. Fixture selection is also important because stylish lighting elements add that little something extra, an eclectic flair and/or a bold pop of color, that energizes the space.
Depending on the size of your bathroom, storage solutions can be pretty tricky. Then again, without a thoughtful design, even a large bathroom can become cramped if storage spaces are too bulky or go unused. Thus, part of a Chicago North Shore bathroom remodel includes pre-planning to figure out the best means of netting optimal storage space without cutting into your precious bathroom square footage.
Before you ever choose a single slab of granite or the layout for your custom kitchen cabinets, the single most important decision you'll make in regards to your Chicago kitchen remodel is Who you choose to remodel it. The Who in the remodeling equation is essential; not only should your kitchen design and build team work with you ever step of the way, their experience, existing vendor relationships, reliability and craftsmanship make all the difference in the final product.
Ready to select the tile for your upcoming remodeling project? Brace yourself; there's a lot to choose from. Rather than going in with "The world is my oyster..." mentality - which can lead to hours of pouring through thousands of tile samples, we recommend narrowing the selection for your Chicago kitchen and bath remodeling project ahead of time. This way, you'll spend your valuable time browsing tile samples that are realistic for the scope of your project.
There are two types of Chicago bathroom remodeling ideas: the ones that enhance your bathroom's flow and function and the unique "extras" that help to personalize your design and set it apart from the rest. Today, we're going to talk about six unique bathroom remodeling ideas or features that Kitchens & Baths Unlimited used in recent designs.
Natural stone finishes add style and elegance to a Chicago kitchen remodel, but not all stones are created equal. And, for that matter, slabs made from the same stone aren't created equal either. Because stones are made in nature, rather than fabricated in a shop, there are no regulations or standards that govern things like thickness, pattern uniformity or the number of pores present.
