Thanksgiving is the Kitchen Nightmare!

Thanksgiving is only 1 day away!

I can only imagine the chaos ensuing around Northern Virginia as families scramble to grocery stores, loading up their carts and standing in line for what feels like hours. Thanksgiving has a way of taking a peaceful holiday and turning it into a hectic eat-a-thon. I'm not complaining about that last part.

The worst part, in my mind, is the clean up. After cooking a Thanksgiving meal, the kitchen can be a complete disaster. "How did mashed potatoes get on the ceiling?" you'll think to yourself. Appliances will stop working when you need them the most and you may feel like your kitchen is falling apart all around you.

You may need kitchen cabinet refacing. 

When it's all said and done, you will have to assess the damage to your kitchen. If you haven't updated your kitchen yet with kitchen cabinet refacing, then you are in luck. Waiting until after Thanksgiving might have been a wise choice. We know that the kitchen can take a beating during this holiday, and after it's done, it's time to treat yourself.

Kitchen cabinet refacing removes all of the visible elements of your cabinets, and replaces them with beautiful, 100% hard wood. That means that all of the scratches, grooves, and faded kitchen cabinet doors will be removed.

Just in time for Christmas, kitchen cabinet refacing is a wonderful gift to yourself.

For kitchen cabinet refacing needs, contact Signature Kitchens! Use real wood, not the vinyl stuff!

Kitchen Renovation in Northern Virginia

Have you started slowly moving indoors yet? Although fall is in full effect in Northern Virginia, the nights and mornings are often chilly and sometimes just plain cold. In fact, we are only weeks away from Thanksgiving and soon we’ll be watching the citizens of New York celebrating the parade in the streets of Manhattan from the warmth of our homes in Northern Virginia.

This all means one thing: you have little time to get your kitchen renovation project up and running!

Kitchen renovation in Northern Virginia is extremely popular. Homeowners are constantly updating their kitchens to eventually sell their home, update the home they just bought, or just to accommodate their current lifestyles.

Whatever the reason may be, kitchen renovation is a great way to transform your home and add value to your home’s listing price. Having your project done before the holidays arrive is a tremendous help as it allows you to better accommodate your guests, prepare meals, and entertain around your fantastic new kitchen upgrades.

Cabinet Installation Northern Virginia

Cabinet installation is a great kitchen renovation project. Updating your existing cabinets may not always do the trick, and a complete cabinet installation may be in order. This can completely transform your home and will definitely increase the value. Whether you are looking for more storage space, and updated modern look, or just simply need a change, kitchen cabinet installation is a fun, customizable project that benefits you, your family, and ultimately the value of your home.

For all of your kitchen renovation projects or cabinet installation needs, call Signature Kitchens in Northern Virginia today!

Selling Your Home in the Spring?

I love the fall weather. It feels great outside (minus the storms). Fall is great for a lot of different reasons: the beginning of the holiday season, football, friends and family, but it also a great time for kitchen remodeling and cabinet installation.

The warmer seasons such as spring and summer are great times to buy and sell homes. Few people want to deal with the stress of moving during the holiday season, and moving furniture and boxes in the cold weather can be a miserable experience.

So why is fall a great time for kitchen remodeling and cabinet installation?

Since homes sell in warmer weather, the fall is a great time to prepare your home. Now is the time to make a list of items that need repair or updating, so your home will sell quickly.

The kitchen is often a room that needs to be updated the most. When they are finally updated, kitchen remodeling projects and new cabinet installation have a phenomenal return on investment. Having an outdated kitchen, and being unable to sell your home may very well be related!

If you plan on selling your home in the spring or summer, think about updating your kitchen with a kitchen remodeling makeover, or new cabinet installation.

Call Signature Kitchens today to learn more about our services!

Kitchen Cabinet Refacing for Football Season!

Football season is finally here! For all of those diehard football fans, this is one of the most exciting times of the year. The fall weather reminds us that football season has finally arrived and fanatics will be glued to their televisions watching their favorite teams compete each and every week.

I love football season. If you’re not a fan of the game, it’s certainly hard to not be a fan of the food. The kitchen is twice as busy with fans running back and forth to the fridge and cabinets grabbing snacks and drinks for hours on end throughout the week.

Football season is also a great time for kitchen cabinet refacing. When there is a large group over at your house this football season, you will soon find out that functionality is everything. Do you need extra storage from your kitchen cabinets? Are there enough kitchen cabinets at all? Are they outdated or even in need of repair?

There are many factors to consider when you’re looking into kitchen cabinet refacing. But most importantly, you need to know that it’s made from a quality product, that it’s durable, that it’s visually exactly what you want, and that it comes at a great price.

All of our products are made with real wood. Each piece is custom built in our manufacturing facility to fit your cabinet frames. And since we manufacture our own product, ship it, and install it through our own company, you are getting great prices and never have to deal with a third party.

For more information on kitchen cabinet refacing or to visit our showroom, visit Signature Kitchens in Haymarket, Virginia!

Kitchen Cabinet Installation - Is it Time Yet?

As the winter season approaches, more people are thinking about kitchen remodeling. Like I mentioned in last week’s post, the holiday season is the busiest time of the year for individuals, and for kitchens. With that in mind, many people turn to kitchen remodeling so that their holiday season is full of great food, a fantastic place to cook it, and the unity and memories that can only be made through the most used room in the home – the kitchen.

Kitchen Cabinet Installation

Though I have talked about Signature Kitchen’s unique offering of kitchen cabinet recrafting, there does come a time when your kitchen cabinets require much more than just a touch up. Often the cabinet frames are beyond repair, and “putting lipstick on a pig” simply won’t cover up what really needs to be replaced.

Kitchen cabinet installation not only gives your entire kitchen a new look, but it allows you the opportunity to get creative. Chances are that you have been with the same kitchen cabinets for years and have learned what you like, don’t like, and where you would like things to be if you had new cabinets.

With freedom of design, high functionality and an amazing return on investment, investing in new kitchen cabinet installation is an incredible way to transform your home and prepare for the holidays.

For all of your kitchen cabinet installation needs, call Signature Kitchens – proudly serving all of Northern Virginia.

Renting vs. Buying - Which is Best??

There is a new post on zillow.com, a search engine for renters and buyers to find homes, that talks about buying a home verses renting one. Typically, people are quick to throw up their hands and immediately claim that owning a home is, of course, the best choice. But much more should be going into that decision such as location, how long you plan on living in the area, and of course, your income.

Zillow tells us that there is a magical number called the “break even horizon” - the number of years you need to own a home before you are actually saving money. For most areas, that amount of time is somewhere between 2-5 years.

What does this have to do with kitchen remodeling?

Making the switch from renting to buying, you may think that you will be spending more money initially and then completely forget about the saving money part a few years down the road. But after the first couple of years, you can start using the money you saved by making home repairs such as kitchenremodeling or cabinet installation. Both of these items provide a great return on investment for a home, which will save you even more money if you plan on selling the home in the future.

If you are moving into your first home and want to update your home with a kitchen remodeling project, rest assured that the money you will save in 2-3 years will pay for the kitchen remodel or cabinet installation. Moving into a home that has been around for some time, the owners will often choose kitchen remodeling as their first major project as that can be the most noticeably dated room in the house.

To learn more about our kitchenremodeling services in Northern Virginia, contact Signature Kitchens in Haymarket, Virginia!

Why Choose Signature Kitchens?

Signature Kitchens has been providing quality services throughout Northern Virginia for over 25 years. A majority of that time has been spent serving loyal, satisfied home builders, and more recently, our kitchen design services became available directly to the public.

This has made it easier for locals in Northern Virginia and Maryland to get a one-on-one experience with professional kitchen designers and manufacturers at Signature Kitchens.

When searching for a kitchen design expert, Signature Kitchens has everything you need, which is one of benefits of dealing with a manufacturer.

Kitchen Designer – when you deal with Signature Kitchens, you have direct access to a kitchen designer who assists in the layout, design and installation of your kitchen project.

Services – kitchen design, kitchen cabinet installation, cabinet refacing and more, Signature Kitchens offers everything you need to completely renovate your kitchen no matter how big or small the project may be.

Kitchen Showrooms – there are 3 kitchen showrooms located in the Washington, DC area for our customer’s convenience. Our guests are able to look and use the quality wood craftsmanship that Signature Kitchens offers its home builders and direct customers.

All-in-1 – With Signature Kitchens you work with one company. Everything from the manufacturing, design and installation is done within the company so you never have to run back and forth between customer service reps from other companies.

With so many great services being offered, it’s no wonder Signature Kitchens has been the premier kitchen design company in Northern Virginia and Maryland for so long. Come see for yourself at one of our kitchen design showrooms!

Realtors Seeking Kitchen Remodeling Contractors

Our nation’s housing market is still seeing some of the lowest interest rates ever. It has been a great few years for buyers and a very busy time for realtors as well. With many homes being foreclosed or selling as “short sales”, homes are left as is which can make them difficult to sell at times.

Every room usually undergoes some sort of touch up before selling, but the one room that can truly sell a home is the kitchen – a room that needs to be up to par with kitchens found in new homes. Kitchens are the most used rooms in a house and it often shows. So what needs to be done to sell the home?

Kitchen Cabinet Refacing

Kitchen cabinets take up a lot of real estate in the kitchen. In addition to being the main focal point of the kitchen, they are used constantly and experience a lot of wear and tear. This is why kitchen cabinet refacing can be the perfect facelift for any outdated kitchen.

Kitchen Remodeling Contractor

When a home needs to be sold quickly and potential buyers are citing the kitchen as their main concern, realtors will call a kitchen remodeling contractor to do a professional, quality job in a hurry.

We work with many realtors who are seeking professional kitchen remodeling contractors. Often it takes only a few minor updates to transform a home and have it sold quickly.

If you are a realtor looking for a reliable kitchen remodeling contractor to work with, Signature Kitchens has over 20 years of experience and provide the highest quality service throughout Northern Virginia.

Kitchen Design Ideas after the Storm

Storms have rolled through Northern Virginia in a big way the last couple of weeks, and combined with the worst heat wave the DC metro area has ever experienced, locals did all they could to stay inside during the 110 degree weather.

During that week, I spent as much time indoors as I possibly could and, maybe it was a bit of cabin fever, but I began fixing things that didn’t need to be fixed, cleaning things that I rarely clean, etc. It was also a great time, maybe for you, also, to assess the layout of your home and kitchen, and take note of some changes you would like to see.

Kitchen Design Ideas

Spending a week indoors, you will become much more familiar with your surroundings than you would ever like to be – even more so than Thanksgiving in the kitchen. That’s why it was the perfect opportunity to collect some unique kitchen design ideas.

Kitchen Cabinet Installation

Kitchen cabinet installation is often a much needed improvement to an outdated kitchen. Whether your kitchen cabinets appear worn down, or they have taken their toll physically, kitchen cabinet installation is a great way to give your kitchen a brand new look.

When searching for kitchen design ideas, it is always great to look at kitchen cabinet installation. This is your opportunity to change the location, size and color of the cabinets, and even the overall functionality, as well – if you need more drawers, larger doors, etc.

If you have a great kitchen design idea or want to speak with us about kitchen cabinet installation, we would love to hear from you at Signature Kitchens! Swing by our kitchen showroom in Haymarket, Virginia or give us a call.

Kitchen Cabinet Installation in Herndon, Virginia by Signature Kitchens

The "Work Triangle" for Your Kitchen Remodeling Project

Home values have increased again this month signifying an upswing in the housing market. As I stated in previous blog entries, kitchen remodeling projects create a highly-valuable return on investment for homeowners. These projects steadily increase in popularity as homeowners continue to sell by creating a memorable atmosphere at the heart of the home.

Layouts for Kitchen Remodeling Projects

Kitchen cabinet installation is one of the most important pieces to your remodel. Kitchen cabinets need to be durable, have ample storage space, and most importantly, they have to look good.

The Correct Location for Your Kitchen Cabinet Installation

In order to find the proper location for your kitchen cabinet installation, you need to understand how you want your kitchen to function. Depending on the size of your kitchen remodeling project, you may be looking for a complete overhaul – changing the location of your stove, cabinets, sink, etc.

A tried and true layout for a kitchen remodel is known as the Work Triangle. According to zillow.com, the triangle should have the stove, sink and refrigerator at its points. They should have plenty of space between each item without any intersecting inhibitors such as a kitchen island or counter. This is used to maximize efficiency in the kitchen and to create a space that promotes a seamless operation and room for guests and loved ones to gather.

Signature Kitchens has a fantastic showroom for everyone to browse through for their kitchen remodeling project ideas. You will be able to select the wood, finish and overall look of your new kitchen cabinets, and even see them paired with counter tops and appliances.

Visit Signature Kitchens in Haymarket, Virginia. We service all of Northern Virginia including Loudoun County, Prince William County, Fairfax County and beyond.

Going Green: Kitchen Renovation Ideas

Keeping up with the latest kitchen design trends can be a fun process. New designs are constantly emerging and everything from the economy and location of your home can impact the overall style of a newly built home.

One of the hottest topics for the last several years is “going green.” We hear about it from every company under the sun as businesses shift towards environmentally-friendly products and manufacturing processes.

Kitchen Renovation Ideas for “Going Green”

A trend that continues to gain more steam is incorporating renewable or recyclable products into home building, according to zillow.com. Homeowners are now requesting flooring materials that are environmentally-friendly. The most common solution to that request is bamboo. Since bamboo is considered grass and grows rapidly, it is also considered a renewable option for flooring, and a kitchen renovation idea worth remembering.

Going Green with Cabinet Installation

Gone are the days of lugging armfuls of plastic bottles and cans out to the green recycle bin in your garage. With a society that is more sensitive to recycling and reusing than ever before, homeowners are finding new ways to incorporate the process into their homes through cabinet installation. Separate receptacles for recycling are now hiding underneath kitchen islands and unassuming cabinets. Often found next to the trash can inside the cabinets, recycling bins are conveniently located and at the top of your mind while you dispose of waste.

Courtesy Flickr user erin lanigan

Incorporating the going green process into your kitchen renovation ideas can be a great benefit to the environment and your home. For all of your home’s cabinet installation and kitchen renovation needs, visit Signature Kitchens in Haymarket, Virginia.

The Showroom at Signature Kitchens

This week, I took some time out of my day to tour the absolutely beautiful Signature Kitchens showroom conveniently located in Haymarket, Virginia. The front of the building looks just like a small home, but upon entry, the walls seem to expand as the showroom opens up, full of fantastic kitchens and exquisitely-crafted cabinetry.

The kitchen showroom provides an amazing experience full of breathtaking kitchens, but it also proves educational as guests see firsthand the process behind their legendary kitchen cabinet refacing, or “recrafting” process.

What makes the kitchen cabinet refacing process so incredible is the ability to completely transform the entire physical appearance of the existing cabinetry without a complete overhaul of the cabinet frames and installation process. It may sound like a complete kitchen remodeling project, but the recrafting process can be done in a fraction of the time and at a fraction of the cost.

The selection of new cabinet and drawer faces is vast and the entire collection is as stunning as the piece before it. There were so many great samples to choose from, and some of my favorite pieces were even found in photos of their completed projects proudly hanging on the showroom walls.

Most of all, the showroom felt intimate. It wasn't a large, impersonal business that didn't care, it was personal and catered exactly to what each guest wanted. I felt like I was standing in someone's home when I was there, and that is the perfect way to envision your new kitchen.

Stop by the showroom sometime and see for yourself. Haymarket is a beautiful town and truly adds to the whole experience. (The diner across the street is amazing, as well!)

The Signature Kitchens showroom is located at 6612 James Madison Highway, Haymarket, Virginia 20169.

Completed Project by Signature Kitchens

Hardwood Stair Rail Installation

In addition to kitchen remodeling and cabinet installation, Signature WoodCrafters has also been the number one manufacturer and installer of hardwood stair rails for some of the Mid-Atlantic’s top home builders. Stair rails are often an eye-catching component for any home. So whether good or bad, the design of your handrail will be noticed.

Why Choose Us For Your Stair Railing Project?

It’s no mystery that stair rails can show wear and tear over time, and for this reason, we use only the finest, 100% solid hardwoods including oak, cherry, maple, or walnut. If you are replacing your stair railing, replace it with the finest and longest-lasting materials available. We always use solid hardwoods when doing a kitchen remodeling project or cabinet installation, as well. 

"More than just a kitchen remodeling and cabinet installation company."    

We became the number one stair rail manufacturer and installer by paying attention to the details. Our balusters (spindles) and handrails are finished to bring out the woods most beautiful qualities leaving you with custom piece that you can be proud of.

In addition to the fine craftsmanship that we provide with kitchen remodeling jobs and cabinet installations, our 25 years of experience has also made us experts at stair railing installation. Irregular angles, curved or spiral staircases, nothing is too difficult for our team of highly-trained professionals. If our competitors have had problems installing a stair rail in the past, don’t hesitate to give us a call. We will get the job done.

Signature WoodCrafters works with our customers directly. From the consultation, manufacturing, construction and installation, our customers always deal with one company and eliminate middleman prices in the process. We are here to serve you and provide you with the best possible product at a great price. Contact Signature WoodCrafters for your next home renovation project!

Before and After Kitchen ReCrafting Project

Signature WoodCrafters is known for its unique practice of kitchen cabinet ReCrafting. In a home in Leesburg, Virginia, we met with a homeowner who was unhappy with the overall appearance of her kitchen cabinets and island. Previously, she had replaced the countertops with granite and the island was being extended to create a breakfast bar. With those two items being remodeled, she felt that the natural maple color and door style of her kitchen cabinets did not flow well with the rest of the kitchen, and wanted something a little more formal.

Here is a look at the kitchen island as it was being extended, as well as the existing Natural Maple cabinets.

We recrafted the cabinets with full-overlay raised-panel doors in medium-tone maple with black glazing. Tall crown molding was added to the tops of the cabinets along with a black rope inset to coordinate with the glazing. A stainless steel refrigerator was also replaced with a new black refrigerator and custom raised panels were attached to match the cabinetry. Exposed cabinet ends were covered with raised panels as well.

Finally, the kitchen island was finished with matching solid raised panels on the sides and beaded paneling and corbels on the back, giving the homeowner’s kitchen the formal look she wanted.

Our kitchen cabinet recrafting services are completed within days once we receive the custom-made pieces from our Pennsylvania Dutch manufacturing facility. The quality of our work speaks for itself, and our ability to design, manufacture, and install our own work makes us a one-stop-shop for all of your kitchen remodeling needs and services. Visit one of our showrooms to see our work for yourself!

Kitchen Renovation - Your Post-Easter Assessment

Last week I wrote about the cabinet refacing and kitchen cabinet installation process. Over the Easter holiday, I challenged those who were thinking about doing a little kitchen renovation to pay attention to how their kitchen was being used and how easy it was to get around, find what you need, and entertain guests all at the same time. It’s overwhelming, I know!

Hopefully you had the chance to do just that. Assess your likes and dislikes of your kitchen and come up with a few new ideas. The cabinet refacing process, as I briefly talked about last week, can be done quickly and completely gives your kitchen a high-end, custom-built look for a fraction of the price of a complete installation. Kitchen cabinet refacing is much different than a regular installation as it replaces the doors and veneer tape around the framing only. It looks brand new and can be installed in just a few short days.

But for those who have had the time to look around your kitchen and decided that you are absolutely ready for an entire kitchen renovation, we can help you there, too. The kitchen renovation process is fully customizable. Are you looking to add more space to your kitchen, increase the cooking area, install additional cabinets, or add an island? The possibilities are seemingly endless as you can see, but in the end, a kitchen renovation can be as big or small as you like.

Our project managers are there to walk you through each step of the process and to help you figure out exactly what you want and need for your new space. They will listen to your concerns and create a design and plan that will give your kitchen an entirely new look and feel. Something you can truly be proud of.

Contact Signature WoodCrafters today and begin your kitchen renovation process today!

Kitchen Cabinet Installation - How to Get It Done Fast!

Now that you have had Easter weekend to assess your kitchen design ideas and hopefully come up with a few ideas on how you would like to improve your space, it’s time to look at some items that might meet your needs.

Kitchen cabinet installation is probably the most common item to have replaced or renovated. Kitchen cabinets are the “face” of your kitchen. They are seen the most, used the most, and are definitely an essential piece due to the amount of storage space that they provide for your home. Having cabinets installed in your home can seem like a huge project to take on, which is why many of our customers choose our recrafted kitchen cabinet installation.

Having your cabinets recrafted by our kitchen remodeling contractors is a very fast and painless process. Instead of replacing the entire cabinet, frame and all, we replace the doors and veneers with custom-made solid wood that you have selected. Once the pieces are created in our own facility, the recrafted kitchen cabinet installation process can be done within days. What you’re left with is a high-end, custom look for a fraction of the price, and installed in a fraction of the time.

Our kitchen remodeling contractors install the new cabinet and drawer doors within days of receiving the manufactured pieces from our facility. This allows us to cut out the middle men so that you are always dealing with the same company from beginning to end. Our company prides itself on the quality of our work and the products we produce, and our kitchen remodeling contractors provide an excellent service that will have your brand new kitchen fully functioning in no time.

Begin the kitchen renovation process today with Signature WoodCrafters!

Home-Building Contractors - We save you money!

As a home builder, finding custom built kitchen cabinets at a reasonable price seems impossible. Not to mention paying for kitchen cabinet installation. However, having the perfect cabinets displayed in a home can be a major selling point, so you are often left with a tough decision: Do you pay top prices for high quality products, or do you buy cheap and hope for the best? Thanks to Signature WoodCrafters you don’t have to choose anymore.

Signature WoodCrafters supplies and installs fine kitchen cabinets for some of the top home builders in the Mid-Atlantic region. Unlike high-priced retail stores, we keep our prices low because we buy in volume and sell at wholesale prices. And since we manufacture and install our own products, you always have the benefit of dealing with one company for all your home building needs.

Having worked with home building contractors for 25 years, we have streamlined the custom kitchen design process and kitchen cabinet installation procedures. This financially benefits home builders as we work efficiently to provide the best prices and best service possible.

Signature WoodCrafters offers the personalized service and attention to detail that you would expect from a small business, and wholesale prices that rival large chains. The quality of our products is second to none and our passion for excellence is what has kept our customers loyal for 25 years.

If you are a home-building contractor, feel free to stop by and visit our showrooms so you can see and experience the unparalleled quality of our products.

Contact Signature WoodCrafters today. With better products and better prices, it’s an easy choice.