Expert Advice - Twelve Ways to Build Green Looking to be environmentally friendly when building your home? Expert Advice - Today's Kitchen Kitchens of the past were a place where we only cooked. They were separated from the rest of the house, much more enclosed and generally located in the back of the home. Expert Advice Builder - Buy Now, Buy Later? Many people feel that the best time to buy a newly built home is when sales first get underway in a new home community. Expert Advice - How to Compete in a Changing Market Interest rates have inched higher, and homes are taking longer to sell. The inventory is high and there are not as many buyers. Expert Advice - Builder - Our Favorite Appliances As architects who design residential interiors and kitchens, we are constantly recommending and selecting residential appliances. Expert Advice - Kitchen Designer - Creating A Quality Kitchen How do you make your new kitchen uniquely yours? Home Appliance asked a designer at one of the country’s award winning design firms. Amy Bodell, CKD of Drury Designs in Glen Ellyn, IL shares her thoughts on meeting design challenges, making it personal and making quality count. Expert Advice - Kitchen Designer: Six Things to Consider Before Designing Your Kitchen The kitchen is not only the "heart" of a home, but because of the amount of money it can cost to create one, it is easily the most expensive room in a home. Whether you are designing a kitchen for a new home or remodeling an existing space, there are a number of things to consider before you begin the process. Following these steps can help make your experience more pleasant and your investment more rewarding. Expert Advice - Real Estate Agent: Top 6 Appliance Strategies for a Quick Home Sale Getting your home ready for sale is the most important part of the home selling process. A major part of this process are the appliances themselves and preparing them for the sale. The following will send you well on your way to a successful home sale. Expert Advice - Home Builder: How to Begin A Kitchen Remodel So you've decided to take the plunge and remodel your kitchen. Congratulations! Maybe you've been fantasizing about it for some time, or perhaps you watched a home improvement show that inspired you...NOW WHAT? Expert Advice - Home Builder John Audet Ready to remodel your kitchen? Appliances form the functional and often aesthetic core of a kitchen design, and the better informed you are at the outset about your appliance selections, the fewer course corrections you and your designer will have to make along the way. You'll save time and money, and you'll be a lot happier with the results. Expert Advice - Real Estate Agent Jeannie Anderson How many people own the same brand of appliance that their mother used and their mother before that? As more women have become involved in the Real Estate industry, it shouldn't be any surprise as to what brand an agent is going to be proud to recommend to a client—it's like a piece of family history, almost legendary, as the stories of vacuums, refrigerators, and dishwashers are passed down through the ages. Expert Advice - Kitchen Designer Anna Maria Vona The kitchen is such an integral part of the home, and is the core of everything that says and means “family.” We celebrate birthdays, anniversaries, job promotions, and graduations by inviting friends and family to share in our joy by sharing a meal together. In turn, when things are somber, we take solace in the comfort of the kitchen. Expert Advice - Home Builder Randall Hall New appliance innovations have taken the lead in changes we make to kitchens today Expert Advice from Real Estate Agent Sara Gordon Recently the details and appliances of a home are being recognized as the symbols of the buyers’ success. Thus, home purchasers that we work with are looking for stylish as well as technologically smarter features. Expert Advice from Kitchen Designer Mick De Giulio The most important trend occurring in today’s kitchens is one about lifestyle. Increasingly, people want more than just to cook and eat in their kitchens. They want to hang out in these rooms. They are truly today’s living rooms, and appliances continue to evolve with this trend. Expert Advice from Home Builder Bob Dunn For most people, there is nothing like walking into a kitchen full of big beautiful appliances. Expert Advice from Home Builder Mike Abraham In my experience, my clients, those that are building a new home or renovating an older one, typically like to decide for themselves the appliances that they will need and the way in which they will use them. Expert Advice from Real Estate Agent Susan Dejanovic Whether buying a new home, remodeling a current home, or simply replacing outdated or broken appliances, smart consumers choose appliances that will enhance not only the enjoyment of living in their home, but the value seen in their home by buyers at time of resale. Expert Advice from Kitchen Designer Thomas R. Kelly When is the last time you or one of your friends bought a new luxury car without test-driving it first? “Never,” you say? Ironically, it’s not uncommon for luxury appliances in the home to cost as much as a new luxury car while most likely being used much longer. So, why don’t folks test-drive their appliances, too? Now they can and they do! Expert Advice from Kitchen Designer Gail A. Patton, CKD What a wonderful time to be buying new appliances! Never before have you had such a broad range of brands, colors, and features from which to select. The quality and value of today’s appliances have never been better. Expert Advice from Kitchen Designer Lori Brock We've all heard phrases such as “the kitchen is the heart of the home,” and “home is where the heart is.” In the past few years we have also heard about “cocooning” and “dining in,” as people yearn to create that special haven of security and comfort. Expert Advice from Real Estate Agent Mark Nadler Walk into any new or renovated high-end home in our area and be prepared to see some state-of-the-art appliances. Expert Advice from Real Estate Agent Billy Buck From a Realtor’s perspective, the justification for choosing high-end appliances falls in two categories: now and later. High-end appliances will afford you the immediate benefits of performance, style, and utility; all indulgences that you want and deserve to enjoy while you own your home. Expert Advice from Home Builder Judy Linn Planning a Kitchen in the upper end custom home market is just like being a kid in a candy store.