How to successfully get an IKEA kitchen*
*without going insane or broke. We get a LOT of calls from people who are excitedly planning to buy their kitchen from IKEA. Fortunately, most of them contact us during the early stages and we’re able...
View ArticleEye candy: cabinet door samples
Clockwise from top: oak shaker (unfinished), flat walnut, bamboo, flat teak. Thanks to John @ Semihandmade for the awesome box of door samples! They’re really gorgeous. These doors will work...
View ArticleOffice Breakroom Cabinets!
This one we put in a dentist’s office. We do not claim responsibility for the hideous shade of wallpaper. Cabs are high gloss green & white, single basin farm sink. Behold!
View ArticleMore office breakroom cabinets!
Project location: Hub Raleigh Hub Raleigh is a co-working space for startups that keep ethics and responsibility to the planet as a core value. They were just getting settled when we installed this...
View ArticleMid Century Modern Kitchen Project
1978 wanted its kitchen back These awesome clients tapped me to modernize the original kitchen in this NC Modernist House for them this summer. I’ll let the pictures do the talking. Before Being a...
View ArticleBefore / After: a rare (for us) traditional kitchen
Once a year! We do a more traditional kitchen project once annually. As designers, we appreciate other styles & tastes, so even though the lion’s share of our projects are modern & clean...
View ArticleNow offering Besh Cabinets
Cat = out of bag! After almost 7 years of designing with Ikea kitchen cabinets, we are happy to announce that we’re now offering a new line of cabinets called Besh! Besh: The deets! Besh is made in the...
View ArticleState of the Cabinets Address
2 lines, no waiting So about a month ago, we broke the news that we’re now offering a 2nd cabinet line called Besh with our kitchen & bath design projects. We’re happy to report thus far that we’ve...
View ArticleNewsflash: NO IKEA Projects after May 30, 2014
Mark your calendars Due to the impending rollout of IKEA’s new kitchen cabinet system in 2015, we will NOT take any new IKEA kitchen project requests after May 30, 2014. There will be NO exceptions to...
View ArticleFormaldehyde: here’s the thing
It’s everywhere! Remain calm. Formaldehyde is a naturally occurring compound that is basically all around us in varying amounts, from the planet’s surface to its atmosphere and out into interstellar...
View ArticleFilling the chasm
Market demand: good quality modern cabinets that don’t clear your bank account Good news – the choice is no longer between the ultra low (cost and quality) end and the ultra high end! For folks who...
View ArticleThanks, Houzz! Also: Summer wrap up notes
We were awarded 2 new badges from Houzz today: An Influencer badge and a Recommended badge. The Influencer badge is given to pros whose advice and knowledgeable posts are most appreciated by the Houzz...
View ArticlePulse check!
blip. blip. blip. Yep, still here! And I have to report that 2015 has been an interesting year. We started out anemic, but when May rolled around our pulse came back & in spite of a slow start it’s...
View ArticleWhere’ve ya been?
2015: Last Call! We don’t get much time to write these blurbs. That’s because we’re out in the wild, doing things like this: Frying our tape measures on electrical plugs that were slightly askew in the...
View ArticleWhat shoes and cabinets have in common
First, the shoes. I had a beloved pair of chelsea style boots on which the soles were showing their 10 years of service. These boots served me through thick & thin, on jobsites and in showrooms....
View ArticleWelcome, Besh cabinet buyers!
You want ’em? We got ’em! After the launch of the newly redesigned Besh website we’ve seen an uptick in traffic coming to Ecomod. We thought it would be a good idea to roll out the welcome mat, so...
View ArticleNC Green Home Tour Apr 30-May 1 and May 7-8
If you’re in the Raleigh / Durham / Chapel Hill NC area and want to check out some green homes, look no further than the Green Home Tour this weekend & next! The tour is put on annually by the...
View ArticleModern cabinet lovers are here
What we’re hearing Even here in the sultry southeastern US, people love modern design. They like the simplicity of slab doors. They like how easy they are to clean, and they like how a modern kitchen...
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