Sunday, March 16, 2008

Tips from Parents

Since my parents had gone through remodeling before, they always sprinkle our get-togethers with bits of advice and words of caution. Here's a quick compile of this week's:
* Protect any part of your current landscaping you want to keep before they do anything. Otherwise, they'll assume you don't want any of it. My parents lost a fruit tree before they realized this.
* If they are of good quality, current kitchen cabinets can be removed and installed in the garage for storage.
* For lighting, instead of a pendant or center light for their casual eating area in their family room/kitchen, put two sets of lights on either side. This way if you move the table, you are not dependent on the location of light.

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