Neal's Home Remodeling and Design Blog

A kitchen without the ability to cook isn't much of a kitchen. Having the ability to prepare hot dishes is a fundamental quality of a functional kitchen, so it makes sense that the appliances used to cook and bake should be major considerations when you are deciding to remodel. In many ways, cooking and baking appliances have changed very little, but new technologies and increased efficiency have entered the market in the most recent decades. In the end, however, there are still just four primary types of appliances: cooktops, ovens, ranges that combine the two, and microwaves.

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Step into the Neal's Design Showroom, and you'll quickly see that cabinet hardware is a big topic. With thousands of options on the market, from simple low-end choices to high-end custom or handmade options, there's a pull, knob or handle out there for everyone. Yet, even with all the possibilities, sometimes it can feel like too great of a commitment to pick one and go.  Sometimes a varied solution, combining different types and styles of hardware, can get your design where you want it to go.

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"Best of" lists are an end-of-year tradition. We look back at the year that has been to help us see a possible direction for the year yet to be. For our part in this New Year's tradition, we'd like to take a moment to look at the 5 blog posts we've shared here that you found the most helpful or relevant in your journeys to remodel your homes.

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Unless you were born with the ability to remember every single detail about the schedules, commitments and needs of each member of your family, the chances are high that you rely on shared calendars, and any number of other organizational tools to keep it all straight. These days, mobile apps go a long way to assisting us with the task of keeping up with the family, but there are plenty of bits and pieces in the physical world that should be tracked, displayed, or exchanged. This is the usefulness of a Family Communication Center in your home. The communication center or kitchen desk is a single dropping-point for all the various things your family needs to know and remember as you each go about your daily lives.

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