Expert Home Renovation

Helping you get the home you want
and keeping it in a price range you can live with

Bathrooms
Kitchens
Additions
Interior Makeovers
Exterior Makeovers
Repairs

For instance, take kitchen cabinets. Here is a set of installation instructions for Ikea cabinets that will walk you through every step.

My writings or my consulting will give you the knowledge and ability to "Do It Yourself" on your own project.

1. You'll become confident about remodeling.
2. You'll have access to more than 35 years experience in the field to tap into.
3. You'll have the joy and pleasure of doing it yourself.
4. You'll have bragging rights.
5. You'll have the power to take on any job in the house.

In our recent home remodel we've purchased several items from Ikea. I really like their selection and their prices are very nice on the wallet when it comes to cabinets and furniture. This is what we did with the kitchen. Ikea Cabinets.

What it looks like "lived in". This is so functional and spacious.

You can see the progress from the start here We went for the all drawers lower cabinets. The inside corner unit is a lazy susan with two spinning shelves. Really nice feature too. My point here is that I can't stand to get down on my knees and dig through a cabinet to the back on the bottom to get that pan out that hardly ever gets used because it is so damn hard to get to.

The drawers make it a snap to get to anything in the lower cabinets. No way will I ever go back to doors and shelves.

The granite counter tops are beautiful and functional too. As you can see we have a very nice amount of counter space to work with.

Now we did a 1600 sq ft extension to the house to move my mother in with us and give her a home she can be comfortable in and to save money on it I built the whole thing. That is what I want to impart here to you. I have saved at least $100,000 by doing it all myself.

It takes longer to get done but we don't have to pay so much for the job.

You can spend $30, $40, $50,000 or more on a kitchen remodeling job by hiring it done and it would be a beautiful job too. You could get the same beautiful job done for $15,000 by doing it yourself and just hiring out the granite counter top.

I've located a very good set of instructions that cover all of the steps you need to take to do your own complete new kitchen cabinet installation using Ikea cabinets. For my money I am very pleaased with the cabinets we purchased from Ikea and I am really happy with the money we saved by me doing all the work. Plus I have the "Bragging Rights" for the whole kitchen creation.

The only drawback to a full blown tear out and rebuild remodel is the dirt, clutter and inconvenience but the reward in the end is great. That's why I recommend going for it as long as the budget can handle it. Why just do part of the job when you want all of it? That's where doing it yourself comes into play. The expense is greatly reduced and you control the way it gets done.

In the event you choose to hire all the work done you will need a good contractor. So I have found an excellent way for you to get that part done easily and get several local bids too.

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