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Planning Your Next Home Renovation

4/27/2021

Where do you start when you decide to renovate?
Do you look for a Designer; a Contractor; collect images of spaces that appeal to you?
None of the above.

The first step for a successful home renovation is to identify what needs to change, why it needs to change, and their order of priority.

Why is this so important?
It clarifies the projects main goals, allowing a Contractor or Designer to suggest alternatives that can better accomplish those goals, adjust designs quickly when inevitable challenges arise, and prioritize your budget costs to ensure your home renovation accomplishes your goals.

B Gallant Homes calls this stage of your home renovation “DREAMING”.
Take your time and include all the members in your household.

Good Planning Results in Successful and Cost-Effective Home Renovations.

IDENTIFY what you want to change in your home and create specific goals for the renovation project.

THINK through what you want to change, and why, this serves as the foundation for your renovation plans.

PRIORITIZE which changes are necessary to ensure a successful project.

Consider the short and the long term.
Your home renovation should provide you with improved function, comfort, and convenience, while maintaining safety for everyone in the household - young and old. When planning your home renovation, consider what you will need for both the short and the long term.

B Gallant Homes believes in “RENOVATING FOR LIVING”. This reflects the fact that as we move through different phases of life, our housing needs change.

PLAN YOUR HOME RENOVATION

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Colour is Back

4/23/2019

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You can’t go wrong with a classic white kitchen; it creates an uncluttered and clean aesthetic for preparing meals and spending time with family. A decade of market domination has meant few choices for adding colour. Those wanting to bring the warmth of wood or bold colours into their kitchens will be pleased by the emerging trends retailers are noticing. Everything from statement backsplashes, bold cabinetry to the understated coloured interior of stainless appliances are now offered by retailers to the white weary.

Adding a wood floor gives the consumer a wide palette to choose from, giving new life to existing appliances and cabinetry. A pale wood subtly compliments pure white cabinetry and counter tops, while a dark rich wood will showcase flawless white with striking contrast.

Updating your white cabinets to a traditional dark wood or keeping current dark cabinetry and installing glossy white counters and tiling combines the trendy white kitchen with traditional ebony or mahogany for a dramatic twist on the two classic looks.

Counters in a vivid marbled granite or a daring hue in solid glass, will elevate a generic white kitchen to a statement of individuality and style.

For the budget conscience, try retiling a backsplash. Glamour it up with reflective tiles and shiny inserts or use a contrasting grout to give a classic white tile a subtle modern twist.

The kitchen remains a favoured domain for clean white on white, incorporating colour prevents it from appearing clinical and uninspired. Now, manufacturers are offering an array of products letting consumers know, that colour is back.

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B Gallant Homes has been part of the Nanaimo community since 1996. A leader within the local Canadian Home Builders Association and Host of the B Gingerbread Homes Community Christmas Event.

Planning Your Next Home Renovation

Colour is Back

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