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Instead of selling homes today more homeowners are upgrading and updating their homes instead. There are several home improvement jobs with a high return on investment. If your goal is to improve your home’s value, here are the remodeling projects that will give you the most return for your money:

• Kitchens and baths
• Decks
• Siding
• Windows

You have several choices for bathroom and kitchen remodels. You can spend a lot of money on a complete gut and remodel. Or, you can do it for less, by refacing or refinishing kitchen cabinets and countertops, and maybe a new floor. This will still give you the effect you are looking for, and still have a great return.

Not all kitchen remodeling projects need to be invasive and massive. Sometimes it is just a face lift that you need. Where you live, the materials you choose, and the scope of the work are all factors that determine costs and can make a difference in your budget.

For a kitchen facelift, contact Kenneth C. Lewis Cabinetry today.

Forget about the living room; the kitchen is the social hub of a home. Today's homeowners want their kitchens to reflect their personal tastes and accommodate their daily lives.

A dream kitchen is one that reflects the way you live. The best advice for anyone looking to remodel their kitchen is to think about how you use it, and how it affects your lifestyle. Do you need a new kitchen layout, or will newly refinished cabinets and countertops suit you fine?

Everyone uses the kitchen to prepare food, but many homeowners use their kitchen for entertaining, crafting, or just spending time with their families.  Often the existing kitchen cabinets are fine, just in need of a face lift with cabinet refinishing or cabinet refacing. This changes the whole look without a whole remodel.

Home Chefs
Food preparation and cooking are the primary functions of a kitchen, but creating an environment for gourmet cooking is a special treat for homeowners who consider themselves "at-home chefs."

Entertainers
For Most parties, everyone ends up in the kitchen. Homeowners who like to entertain should consider whether or not their kitchen is attractive for entertaining. There are several features that can help make the party successful.

A kitchen island helps make entertaining easier. Not only can an island provide extra seating and serving space, it can include great storage.

Open shelving  and glass doors on your cabinets also adds a great design element for a kitchen used for entertaining. These shelves allow the homeowner to display beautiful dishware and glasses; and guests can help themselves to a plate for appetizers or a glass for wine.

Moms
Moms know that having young children can make the kitchen a challenging space, but there are features to make this room more kid friendly. Soft-closing drawers and doors can protect against hurt hands.

Original article RSI Media

If you are deciding on whether or not to remodel your kitchen, remember you get the best bang your your buck if you choose to move forward. But you don’t need to spend a lot. That’s right, remodel your kitchen for less. How?

New countertops are often the best option when you want to change or remodel your kitchen. Replace your existing countertops with granite, corian, cambria quartz or other quality material and make big difference in your kitchen. If what your really need is a new look and feel, an update, new counters are the solution.

Kenneth C. Lewis Cabinetry can guide you in your selection of countertops. Contact us about replacing your existing countertop.

These days with the home market the way it is, more and more homeowners are staying put rather than selling with these low home prices.

But staying put doesn’t mean they are not upgrading. Homeowners are remodeling their homes to make them what they want them to be.

Upgrading and redecorating a house can be done in small steps, or in one overhaul, depending on your available time and finances, and the upgrades you want to do.

For example, redesigning your kitchen with new appliances, cabinetry, flooring and wall color will require a lot more time, money and decision making on your part than refinishing or refacing your cabinets and putting in new countertops. However, the effect is the same.

If you have a kitchen where you love the layout, and what you really need is a face lift, contact Kenneth C. Lewis Cabinetry.

Are you considering beginning a kitchen remodeling or renovation project in the next few months? If so, head to the New England Home Show in February. Kenneth C Lewis Cabinetry will be there and we would love to speak with you about Cabinet Refinishing or Cabinet Refacing.

Cabinet Refinishing is a less expensive way to address your old and shabby kitchen cabinets.  You can still have a beautiful or elite looking kitchen, and cabinet refinishing is a less time consuming option and a great way to send money. And the cost can be lower if your cabinets and doors are in good shape.  Many decorative effects can be achieved during any cabinet refinishing project with paint or stain.

Cabinet Refacing is a bit more expensive than cabinet refinishing, but far less expensive than replacing your kitchen cabinets entirely. Cabinet refacing involves the replacement of the door and drawer fronts. A veneer of new wood is also applied over the existing cabinets.

Both of these options are easier, less time consuming and much less expensive. For more information contact us, and come see us at the New England Home Show in February.

You may have an old beautiful kitchen whose cabinets are starting to show their age, or perhaps a beautiful wood library in a historic home whose cabinetry is beginning to look old rather than antique.

These rooms have character; you can’t and shouldn't replace the cabinets and woodwork, though they do look aged and worn. Instead have the cabinets refinished. The perfect and more economical option to replacing the cabinets, shelving and woodwork in any room of your home is cabinet refinishing.

The original wood cabinets are stripped and cleaned, and then refinished in the finish of your choice. This is not only a more economical solution, it is a faster solution too; and one where the finished product looks better than new.

The character of your home is preserved, the beautiful wood is preserved and restored, and your home has a face lift. Contact Cabinet Refinishing by Kenneth C. Lewis for information.

Pictured at right is one our our mobile refinishing labs that we use to serve the cabinet, furniture, and countertop refinishing needs throughout MA and RI.  When you see us out an about, consider us always ready and anxious for you to stop and secure and secure an instant consultation regarding your specific refinishing needs.  

When researching a trusted Boston area cabinet refinishing company, be sure that your contractor of choice is A+ certified by the Better Business Bureau and takes the time to explain the details of exactly how your remodeling need will be executed.  At Kenneth C. Lewis, we are proud of our experience, craftsmanship, methods, and quality of our product suppliers. 

Rest assured, that Ken himself will be personally involved in all phases of your project and that all of our craftsman are highly trained, skilled, and vetted.  Thanks for trusting Kenneth C. Lewis and we look forward to hearing from you.

We are glad to see the steadily increasing number of friends and followers of Kenneth C Lewis Cabinet Refinishing.  Many of you continue to give us positive feedback regarding how this blog both educates reminds why you continue to place your trust in us to upgrade your home and to repair your precious heirloom furniture. 

In today's blog post, we'll take a moment to remind all of our new followers just why Kenneth C. Lewis should be your sole source for new home cabinet replacement or repair, new countertops,  and a host of other furniture repair services.  We offer the following value and benefits to all our customers:

•  Significantly increase the value of your home!
•  Average actual time spent in your kitchen is 3 - 4 days
•  Minimal interruption to your normal home life
•  Doors and drawer fronts work done at our facility
•  Use most durable commercial grade lacquer on the market
•  From cabinet refinishing to full kitchen remodeling
•  Quality that always exceeds expectations
•  We can replace or repair damages to existing cabinets
•  More than 25 years experience
•  Privately owned
•  Owner personally involved on every project
•  Guaranteed satisfaction
•  We will be with you every step of the way
•  BBB Accredited Business (A+ Rating)

And if that's not enough, we dedicate an entire web-page to even more reasons to choose Kenneth C. Lewis as the sole source for cabinet refinishing services across MA and RI.  Thanks to you all for your continued trust!

No professional wood craftsmen (other than the master craftsmen ad Kenneth C. Lewis Cabinet Refinishing) take the time to show you,  in detail and in advance, the complex process of cabinet refinishing.  We do exactly that by offering a series of "process videos" on our website. 

We welcome your continued feedback that you find the videos both educational and that they reveal the master craftsman skills that sets Kenneth C Lewis apart from all other cabinet refinishing craftsman across MA and RI. 

Are you having a hard time figuring out that perfect gift to give him or her this Holiday season?  Imagine the look on her face when, with our help, you show her what can (and will) be done to restore your tired kitchen cabinets and countertops!  It will be a gift that lasts a lifetime and will go appreciated each an every day.  Like we've done for countless others, all of us at Kenneth C Lewis Cabinet Refinishing sincerely welcomes the opportunity to make a marked  improvement in the warmth and enjoyment of your home. 

At Cabinetry Refinishing by Kenneth C. Lewis, we take what our customers say about us very seriously. To everyone who has taken the time to comment and recommend us, we appreciate it very much.  Customer satisfaction is a big part of what we do.

Kitchen cabinet refacing and refinishing is an easier, faster and much more economical solution to an entire kitchen remodel.
 
Here is what some of our customers are saying:

Thank you so much Ken for revitalizing our kitchen. Before you came and made our kitchen beautiful it was extremely dark and dreary. My husband and I were thinking of putting in a new kitchen and then we found out how much it would cost and how much time it would take for all the contractors to complete it.

You saved our kitchen and our sanity. – From Julie in Newton, MA

Our kitchen has never looked so good, my wife raves over how easy our cabinets are to clean and says the finish is so durable! You're very talented and we are glad we chose Kenneth C. Lewis over all the other options. – From Sam in Newton, MA

Simply put: I love my kitchen! – From Fran in Sharon, MA

We've had problems since the day we installed our kitchen. We live on the ocean and the cabinet manufacturer said that the reason for the finish failure was the environment. You completed our kitchen in days instead of months and it looks better than it ever did. – From Joe & Kathy in Duxbury, MA