There are two lessons that have sunk in over the past 10 years. The first lesson: "you may have to live in your home longer than originally planned," was the result of the 2008 recession. The second: "living in your home longer than originally planned is more desirable than moving to a new community," is the result of a large Baby Boomer generation that would rather age-in-place in their own home than move to an assisted living facility.
Bathroom vanities have moved well beyond the standard countertop and cabinet options. From open, furniture style and floating - you have all kinds of options when it comes to selecting a vanity for your Chicago bathroom remodel.
Chicago kitchen and bath remodeling requires a fine attention to balance; you have to prioritize function so the kitchen is efficient, but you also want to honor form so it looks fantastic when it's just standing there. You want to add just the right amount of contemporary conveniences and trends, without being so trendy that you wind up with a kitchen full of kitsch that you wind up replacing or redecorating again in a handful of years.
When it comes to your Chicago bathroom remodel, there are two kinds of selections: the fun kind and the boring or tedious kind. The fun selections are things like countertops, shower tiles, and tub or shower options. The boring selections are things like towel holders, the mechanics of the plumbing selections you choose, or task lighting fixtures.
In addition to choosing faucets that are complimentary with your bathroom design style and finishes, there are plenty of functional considerations. Before you get your heart set on a stylized designer faucet, check the specs with your Chicago bathroom remodel team.
A Chicago bathroom remodel budget includes both bigger and smaller ticket items. It's good to be aware of which things are which as you and/or your partner begin to decide how that budget will sort itself out.
Here's a question for you: how much time have you spent thinking about the shower drains in your Chicago bathroom remodel? If you're like most of our clients, the answer is "not much time at all."
What's your favorite part of cleaning the toilet? For us, the toilet bowl isn't even the real issue; our household grumbles about that whole base portion of the toilet that connects to the floor. It's cumbersome and there's all those little screw caps and contours to get around. Are you with us?
The difference in price between Chicago quality custom cabinets and the beautiful but pre-fab displays you see at your big box store are significant. To be precise, custom cabinets can cost as much as 30% more than their stock cabinet counterparts, and that excludes super-custom accents, exotic wood options, etc.
If you aren't careful, your kitchen or bath remodel can be infinitely more complicated than it needs to be. You can wind up fielding calls from several entities: designer, architect, contractor, vendors, etc.
