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Mar 15 2013

Spring Home Touch Ups

Custom Home, Exterior Remodels

Spring bring with it warmer weather, blooming flowers and lovely new green growth everywhere. It’s a time of renewal, a time of rebirth. It’s the ideal time to renew your home with some simple, effective spring touch ups, as well. Working with a remodel contractor can help you add more beauty and usability to your home in some surprisingly simple ways. What should you know? Changes to the Entryway The entryway to your home is more than just an access point. It’s part of your home’s personality and style, and other than...

Mar 06 2013

Make it a Great Room

Custom Remodel, Greatroom

Remodeling your home is an important consideration, particularly if you want to build in more enjoyment without the immense cost and time expenditure involved with buying a new home. Working with Ridgecrest Homes, a custom remodel contractor, can provide you with the means to create the ideal living space for you and your family, and can offer innovative design options, like combining your kitchen and greatroom. A combined kitchen and greatroom offers quite a few advantages. For instance, the kitchen is the most used room in the home, and the most...

Feb 27 2013

How to Choose a Remodel Contractor

Custom Remodel, Remodel Contractor

Remodeling your home is one of the best ways to achieve a number of goals. You can add considerable value to your home if you’re considering selling it down the road. However, you can also add more enjoyment to your current home by expanding it. Whether you’re contemplating an addition or looking at a kitchen remodel or a bathroom remodel, you’ll need the help of an experienced remodel contractor. How do you ensure that you choose the right professional? It all begins with research. You can’t afford to hire a remodel...

Feb 20 2013

Custom Cabinets

Custom Kitchen, Custom Remodel, Remodel Contractor

If you're thinking about giving your kitchen a makeover, consider having your custom remodel contractor forego the standard cabinetry and getting some custom cabinets built instead. A skillful custom remodel contractor, like Ridgecrest Homes, can build you kitchen cabinets that will not only look absolutely stunning and turn your kitchen into a showplace, but provide a wide range of useful features that you won't find anywhere else. Custom cabinets are an art form where craftsmanship meets functionality, with nifty extra features like a spice rack pull out, so that all of...

Feb 15 2013

Turning Your Master Bedroom Into a Sanctuary

Bedroom Remodel, Custom Home, Remodel Contractor

Remodeling homes is the best way to make the most of your budget while giving you additional space and the look and feel that you want. In fact, more people are choosing to hire a remodel contractor to reinvigorate their homes than opting to buy new homes these days. One of the most popular options in terms of home remodeling is to hire a custom home contractor to transform your master bedroom into a sanctuary from everyday life. Why would you want to remodel your master bedroom? Why not start with...

Jan 30 2013

The Kitchen Triangle

Custom Kitchen, Kitchen Remodel

Your kitchen is the most heavily used room in the home. As such, it stands to reason that it should be designed to facilitate the work that goes on in there, and understanding the kitchen work triangle is important for this. There are three primary work areas in any kitchen: the stove cooktop, the sink and the refrigerator (the oven is not part of a traditional “kitchen triangle”). The kitchen triangle is formed by drawing imaginary lines between these three items. The space within that triangle is your work triangle....

Jan 23 2013

Planning for Elegant Downsizing in Retirement

Custom Home, New Construction

Entering your retirement years should be an enjoyable thing. However, many people find that once they do retire, their home is simply too much. The house was bought or built with a family’s needs in mind, and a retired couple simply doesn’t require that type of home. There are many benefits to working with a custom home builder and planning for downsizing your home and retirement now. What should you consider when planning a downsized home? One of the things that you’ll certainly want to consider is having a single-level home...

Jan 17 2013

Bathroom Personal Retreat

Bathroom Remodel

First, give some thought to performance showering. Whether you’re looking for something with a bit more pressure or a larger shower for you and that special someone, it can be done with relative easy when you hire a remodel contractor for your custom bathroom remodel. Performance shower options include waterfall showers, super soaker heads, multiple showerheads and much more. You should also speak with a custom home contractor about designing and installing a vanity/grooming station. A custom vanity or grooming station can provide you with more than just another counter to...

Dec 26 2012

A Look at the Elegance of Cabinet Lighting

Custom Cabinets

If you’re thinking of hiring a remodel contractor to work on sprucing up your home a bit, then the chances are excellent you’re looking for ways to not only streamline the flow of your dream house, but to add touches of elegance and beauty as well. Why not consider adding useful but posh touches like built-in cabinetry and elegant cabinet lighting? You’ll be so glad you did. Draw Attention to Key Areas and Collections Cabinet lighting is a wonderful way to draw the eye to the areas you’re most proud of in...

Dec 12 2012

3 Advantages to Built-In Cabinets

Custom Cabinets

It’s inevitable when it comes to any home! Knick-knacks, toys, books, and other items accumulate and need to be stored, as do everyday necessaries like dishes and kitchenware. However, it’s important to note that you don’t have to settle for the same old tired options when it comes to storage space for your home. Built-In Storage Saves Space and Money With traditional storage options, you’re required to clear space in your rooms to set up bookcases, dressers, and other storage fixtures. If space is limited in your home, this can lead to...

Ridgecrest Homes

Spring Home Touch Ups

Make it a Great Room

How to Choose a Remodel Contractor

Custom Cabinets

Turning Your Master Bedroom Into a Sanctuary

The Kitchen Triangle

Planning for Elegant Downsizing in Retirement

Bathroom Personal Retreat

A Look at the Elegance of Cabinet Lighting

3 Advantages to Built-In Cabinets

The Best Material for Kitchen Countertops

Skylights are an Easy Way to Brighten up a Dark Room

Should I Re-Face Existing Cabinets or Replace with New?

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