A new addition
Gabe, one of our Lead Carpenters, and his wife Maggie are proud to announce the arrival of their new daughter, Charlotte Rose. Charlotte joined the world on Monday, May 24th, weighing in at 7.5 pounds. Congratulations to Charlotte Rose, Maggie and Gabe on such a beautiful new girl!
A new chapter for this restored tabletop
Homeowners Don and Sally Goldenbaum are thrilled with the outcome of their restored table top, which is now an island counter top.
Sally Goldenbaum, who lives in Prairie Village, is a published author with a series of books about the Seaside knitters. The series is about a group of women friends who live in a coastal New England town and share a passion for knitting and seem to get involved with local town mysteries. One of our designers, Donna Kirsop, read the first book while working with Sally and Don and said that she’s looking forward to reading the next book in the series “Moon Spinners”. For more information about Sally Goldenbaums’ books visit SallyGoldenbaum.com.
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Home renovation season is well underway, and if you haven’t voted in our poll about remodeling, now’s the time!
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Helping those who help
Debby Allmon of SDR presents a check to Roxanne Hill, the Vice President of Development
for The Children’s Place, an outlet for the youngest survivors of abuse, neglect and trauma.
Debby was the chairperson of this year’s NARI Remodeled Homes tour. Proceeds from the tour were donated to the Children’s Place.
Mirrors can make a room
Mirrors can always be used as design elements. They can add dimension to a small room by eliminating the boundaries of walls and can be used to increase the amount of both natural and supportive lighting as it virtually bounces around the room.
Mirror options go beyond silvered mirrors to include antiqued, tinted or concave or convex shapes. The mirror used in this bathroom project is antiqued and designed into a leaded design. For more mirror types, check out MirrorLink.org.
Photos from the NARI Remodeled Homes Tour
We recently participated in the KC NARI Remodeled Homes tour, showing two of our remodeling projects – a kitchen remodel in Brookside and in Fairway. Over 300 people visited the homes.
Pictured in the Brookside home is Chris Peterson, one of our Production Managers and in the Fairway home is Donna Kirsopp, the design consultant. Debby Allmon of SDR was the tour chairperson.
In this photo, Leslie Hatfield, our Project Designer, is shown going over details with one of the tour visitors.
A new purpose for out-of-commission cabinets
This homeowner’s friend in Chicago wanted to remodel her young kitchen. She decided to give the cabinetry and counter tops to her friend in town.
We were able to reconfigure the existing cabinetry and add some new cabinetry to make this remarkable transformation for our client. The counter tops also needed to be reworked and added to. Can you detect what was original and what was newly fabricated?
Congratulations to our client on a beautiful new kitchen!
Figuring out the proper wood finish
The table’s cut-off end has not been presented to Sally for final stain selection. Tony, the painter, should have the counter stained and finished mid next week.
We think it is important to understand the choice you are making when selecting the finish that you will use should you decide on a wood or butcher block counter top
Finishing practices for wood furniture and cabinetry, although very durable, are not considered food safe. For more information, read Fine Woodworking magazine’s article with the pros and cons of food safe finishes.
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Doing our part
Employees here at Schloegel all contribute more than just the work they do in the office or out in the field. We really value philanthropy and community involvement, and here’s a great example of how we do that. Designer Gayle Jagoda has a few words about some volunteer work she’s recently started:
Last Thursday I started my volunteer work at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City. It is exactly where I feel I can contribute the most help and support. I am going to be a path-finder—the role of a path-finder is to guide people to the various parts of the hospital. It is a very large facility and helping people find their way takes away some confusion during a time that could already be very stressful. It is a great hospital and everyone I have met has been amazing.
Excited about the new Kohler collection
We always love to see what Kohler introduces each year at the product launch at KBIS (Kitchen & Bath Industry Show). This year, they introduced a very modern faucet collection called the “Stance” collection. Wow! We can’t wait to use it!
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