The Best Kitchen Remodeling Contractors in Florida
Established in 2002, Palm Brothers Remodeling is one of Naples’s largest full-service remodeling contractors. In addition to providing home and condo remodels, custom closet design, interior design, custom millwork, and multi-room renovation services, the firm has a luxury kitchen and bath showroom and offers custom cabinetry as well as finish carpentry.
Palm Brothers’ ability to provide a variety of services has been key in establishing its name in the construction industry. As members of the American Society of Interior Designers, the National Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA), and the Collier Building Industry Association (CBIA), the firm is also able to stay abreast of the latest industry techniques, products, and building methods.
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Copy These Wow Kitchen Remodels
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2016 Cabinet Trends
Whether your style is traditional, craftsman, contemporary or country your cabinets will be the first thing in your home to make a statement about who you are and what you value.
Sound like an over statement? When you visit a home and notice beautifully crafted cabinetry that enhances the look and feel of a kitchen and bathroom you – consciously or subconsciously – you develop an impression of the home owners, their individual style and taste.
Home ownership is our chance to design our environment so that it reflects our values. Woodwork is more than functional, it makes a statement. As a remodeling company with an emphasis on quality and craftsmanship we are concisous of the fact that we are making a statement with the cabinetry we provide our clients. Knowing that woodwork makes a big impression we’ve chosen to work with top craftsmen to create our own premiere custom cabinetry as well as other top-of-the-line cabinet brands:such as DeWils. We pass our demand for well crafted cabinetry on to our clients as you can see in this video.
For 2016, cabinets are “shifting away from oaks and cherry to more modern paints and stains,” says Travis Neff of Neff Enterprises, as reported by HomeAdvisor.com. Despite the style change, the look should always be streamlined and stylish with an emphasis on function and overall aesthetics. Cabinets take on an unbroken seamless look that draws the eye up and gives the impression of open spaces, despite the square footage.
Deconstructing the kitchen cabinet
In any remodeling project the sheer number of available design options can be overwhelming, especially when you’re not sure what exactly you should be looking for in terms of long-term quality and cost.
Understanding the factors that impact the functionality and cost of your prospective kitchen cabinets should help you feel more comfortable reviewing your choices and making an educated decision.
There are three basic structural components to a cabinet: the box, the shelves and the drawers. Each can be constructed in a number of ways. Cabinets generally come four ways: boxed and ready to install in standard dimensions, boxed and ready to assemble, semicustom and custom.
3 basic types of cabinet doors
Inset cabinet doors. Most antique and vintage-style cabinets are inset. They can be identified by the small hinges that are visibly mounted right on the cabinet frame. These hinges are visible when the cabinet door is shut.
This style tends to be more expensive than other methods and requires more space, which leads to a smaller storage area inside the cabinet.
Partial overlay cabinet doors. This style is more modern and a better choice if you’re going to be adding cabinet accessories such as pull-outs, lazy susans, and others. This style can also be built with visible hinges, similar to the inset door style.
Cabinet materials play a big role in establishing the style of a modern kitchen. We use cherry, oak, maple and pressed woods MDF and Thermafoil products with high-tech finishes to create modern clean-lined cabinets. Budget is determined by wood and finish. Smaller budgets should consider paint-grade woods, while larger budgets can include stain-grade and exotic woods. Palm Brothers creates hand-crafted, artisan-style cabinetry as well as sourcing products from national manufacturers.
Cabinet Boxes
These are typically built in one of three ways: with plywood, particleboard or MDF (medium-density fiberboard) and a base that is later covered with a finish piece called a toe kick. There are pros and cons to each of these materials.
Drawers and Shelves
Drawers and shelves are also made from particleboard, MDF or plywood, and can be assembled in a number of ways. The most common and least expensive method of drawer construction is gluing and pinning (stapling) the ends together.
Higher quality drawers are made using dovetail construction, which means that small pieces on the ends are routed out to key into one another, making a connection that is very difficult to dislodge. This is the type of construction that we use in our custom woodworking facility, a 3,200 square feet, state-of-the-art facility that allows us to hand build custom cabinetry, closets, storage solutions, media centers, moldings and other finishing elements so you get the quality of high-end pieces at a lower cost than most major manufacturers.
Bathtubs are so last year. One of the hottest home remodeling trends for 2016 focuses on creating a luxury shower experience, including seating, more than one showerhead and shelves to load up on fun shower gels and lotions.
It may seem like a foreign concept at first. Showers not baths? But be honest, are you really using the traditional shower/tub fixture in your bathroom? In most cases the tub is too shallow to relax in a bath and what you’re left with is just a larger, underutilized shower area. Given that fact, homeowners are switching gears and focusing on designing the perfect shower.
Showerheads and Controls
Like most appliances, the shower has come a long way and the showerheads are just the beginning – think body sprays, handhelds, rain heads and many others. To create a perfect shower, the nozzles – more than two, ideally – should be positioned at the optimal angles. Make sure the shower heads can accommodate the height of the tallest member of the family. Remember to place the handheld nozzles where they will be used most comfortably.
The shower controls should not be positioned on the far wall so a person will need to climb into the shower to operate them, in effect risking being sprayed by a downpour of cold water.
Seating
You don’t need a tub to sit down and relax, a well-designed shower should include a seating element and most designs can accommodate showers of all sizes. We like to use treated Ipe or other exotic woods to make a luxury perch. This is especially important if you’ll be incorporating a steam element into your ideal shower design. Even if you don’t plan on sitting, a bench provides space to rest legs for shaving!
Storage
The lovely thing about the shower/tub combination is that you are able to use the edge of the tub to store hair care products, soap, razors and anything else you use in the shower. Luckily, by adding a niche in the shower wall you can avoid having to stack your grooming products on the shower floor or hang them from a nozzle. A niche can also add a unique design element to the shower area. We use backsplash in unusual textures or patterns along with lighting to accent this area.
Towel Bars
Providing storage for your grooming products isn’t the only thing to keep in mind as you design your new shower area, you’ll also need to hang towels nearby. We recommend standing in the space and reaching for the towel or bathrobe just as if you’re exiting your new shower. That way you’ll be able to place those elements exactly where they will be most comfortably used.
Universal Design-Friendly
Designing with the option to age in place is a popular trend. If you’re transitioning to a well-built shower and away from the tub, you may want to consider adding grab rails to your design whether or not you need them now. No longer relegated to the sterile, hospital-like aesthetic, the design of grab rails can be visually striking and offer much-needed stability, no matter what stage of life you find yourself in.
If you do decide to install grab bars, be sure you or your contractor provides adequate blocking in the walls since they’ll need to be securely anchored in order to function as they should.
Add some steam
Historically, steam showers have been very popular and recently this element is rising as a hot bathroom trend again. If you are interested in this feature you will need to first determine the size of steam generator you will need for your space. Calculate accurately by using the cubic volume and square footage of your shower. Although these generators can be pricey, don’t attempt to purchase a smaller unit because the result will be disappointing.
2016 Trends for Reclaimed Wood & Architectural Millwork
Millwork and reclaimed are much used terms in the remodeling industry, but does the average home owner understand what they are and, more importantly, what they will be in the future?
In brief, millwork is the term applied to the wood materials used when building or remodeling your home. This term applies to everything from the lumber used to frame the rooms to the wood trim that finishes your baseboard and windows. Architectural millwork refers to the custom wood pieces that add style to your interior design. These can include custom cabinetry, entertainment centers, built in storage units and much more.
According to Wikipedia, “reclaimed wood is processed wood retrieved from its original application for purposes of subsequent use. Most reclaimed lumber comes from timbers and decking rescued from old barns, factories and warehouses, although some companies use wood from less traditional structures such as boxcars, coal mines and wine barrels. Reclaimed or antique lumber is used primarily for decoration and home building, for example for siding, architectural details, cabinetry, furniture and flooring.”
Our in-house finishing facility is the secret behind the custom woodworking we offer our clients. Boasting 3,200 square feet and state-of-the-art precision finishing equipment, we handcraft custom cabinetry, closets, storage solutions, media centers, molding and other finishing elements.
Our founders, brothers Brandon and Marcus Palm, started in the construction industry by installing fine cabinetry and finish carpentry. They earned a reputation for quality craftsmanship, and soon began supplying custom woodworking to fine home builders throughout Florida. In 2002, the brothers decided to expand into full home remodeling and damage restoration.
Woodworking has been in the family for over a decade, and we take great pride in keeping up with the industry trends so that we consistently deliver great results to our clients.
To maintain our aesthetic goals and stay green, we use E&S Reclaimed wood tiles and Norstone Natural Stone as well as in-house finished millwork to complete remodels in environmentally and budget friendly styles.
Palm Brothers Remodeling Kitchen & Bath showroom is one of only three Naples-based showrooms that offer the E&S and Norstone products in the area. E&S is the only company that boasts to be a producer of truly reclaimed barnwood tiles.
Watch this video to learn how E&S Reclaimed Wood Tiles are made:
As the first thing that your guests see when they enter your home, quality craftsmanship is the best way to achieve your individual style. Worse, if woodwork is not properly designed and constructed it can serve as a glaring mistake.
We’ve completed many remodels with a strong emphasis on the interior woodwork of each project, and in each job we’ve seen that those final details have the most impact – the wow factor – in our client’s homes. But, the price of high end quality materials was serving as a deterrent to our clients. Our decision to open an in-house woodworking facility allows us to provide high-end materials and service directly to our clients, saving you time and money on luxury projects.
Today we employ a full staff of home improvement experts including designers, draftsmen, craftsmen, finishers and installers to ensure that all our client homes get that wow-factor.
Visit our Kitchen and Bath Remodeling Showroom in Naples, Florida, to see the latest woodwork trends
Don’t assume that a big-box home supplies retailer offers the cheapest prices on woodwork. Since we build products in-house we can offer higher quality products at a lower price than most home stores. “When someone who thinks that they can’t afford design services walks into our showroom and discovers their budget can include custom cabinetry or a built-in media center, we’ll know we’re on the right track,” says owner Brandon Palm.
In addition to saving homeowners money, using a licensed contractor helps clients make informed decisions on remodels that appeal to home buyers that are preparing to sell as well as those who are
