Ledgestone Design Ideas

Ledgestone design ideas vary thruout your home including using ledgestone for amazing fireplace surrounds.  You can also incorporate ledgestone into your backsplash designs including in your kitchen, laundry room, office and wet-bar to name a few.    Ledgestone is also a great option when looking to accent a particular wall or structure.

These are some recent pictures of projects we have completed that incorporate ledgestone as part of the design.

Cultured Ledgestone comes in a variety of different styles and colour options including dark ridge, winterhaven, harvest, and chardonnay to name a few.

Lazy Susan Kitchen Corners

When considering upgrading your kitchen corners for better usability, a Lazy Susan will help improve your accessibility to hard-to-reach corner space.  But Lazy Susan's have come a long way.

They are now offered in a variety of different layout options.
You may want to consider one of the following different Lazy Susan shapes:

Kidney Shaped
Half Moon
Round
D-Shaped

Check out Richelieu's line-up of Lazy Susans

http://www.richelieu.com/en/lazy-susan-1052086-c

Ironing Board Storage Ideas

The ironing board storage idea that was most popular for us at this years National Home Show was the hide-away ironing board system that extends for easy access, and then once finished with all your ironing, this board quickly and easily folds up and away back into your dedicated space.

This ironing board takes up very little space so it is great for laundry rooms, closets, dorms, and condos to just a few.  It measures less than 14 inches deep by 6 inches in height when in the stored position.



Check out this hot new accessory that will spice your ironing needs.....ok, at least just a little ;)

Laundry Room Reno

Laundry room renos are big for us this time of year with spring cleaning upon us, people are looking to give their current laundry room an upgrade while cleaning up their home for the warmer weather.

Upgrading your laundry room is typically not a small undertaking...some folks think since it is typically a small room that upgrading it is a piece of cake...but most laundry renos need to take into account quite a few things such as:

Laundry Room Reno

-electrical being modified for washer/dryer relocation or stacking
-adding additional cabinets (uppers and lowers) - think smaller version of a kitchen
-have plumbing done for major renos
-installing new countertops due to new layouts
-installing new flooring tiles

Laundry Room Countertop Reno

-installing backsplash
-reworking dryer vent hose
-repainting the walls
the list goes on and on....

Stacked Washer and Dryer

So design and plan out your laundry room renovation project, as it will add value to your home and differentiate you from any of your neighbours when you sell your home.

Toronto Closet Reviews

When reviewing any Toronto closet vendors installers, please keep in mind a few tips...

1. Do your homework.  Look online and review background checks on your potential closet vendors
2. Ask about timeframes...Some Toronto vendors are unable to commit to timetables and schedules
3. Ensure companies are licensed and insured in and around the greater Toronto area.
4. Ask your vendors to work with your to produce an electronic rendering of what your space will look like...With technology so cheap, there is no reason why a vendor shouldnt be doing this for you
5.  References, references, references....look online, check out websites, and directories.  If you potential feedback doesnt have credible feedback and references there has to be a reason to why not

Good luck!

TCC Booth at the National Home Show

For those of you who werent able to make it out to this years National Home Show held at the Direct Energy Building in Toronto, we wanted to share with you a glipse of Toronto Custom Concepts/Toronto Custom Closets and our showcase booth. 

 

Dont worry if you missed it, cause we will be back again next year at the 2014 National Home Show!

Here are some pics to hold you over until then :)

Closets at Toronto Home Show 2013

Our closets booth at Toronto Home Show has a wide variety of the different offering available from Toronto Custom Concepts including granite island, double hutch, glass shelving and over 20 different closet accessories.

National Home Show Directory Listing

Make sure you stop by our closet booth as we will be giving away some great prizes and gift certificates.

See you at the Toronto Home Show!

Top 5 Kitchen Renovation Ideas

Here are some kitchen renovation ideas that will make a huge improvement in your home and will not break the bank...

1. Reface old cabinets - swap out your old cabinet doors with something more current.   Designs, colours, materials have come a long way

2. Remove your old countertop - replacing your existing countertop and install a new one using granite or another natural stone will improve your kitchen aesthetics and increase your homes value

3. Install Backsplash - adding a nice backsplash can add a nice finishing touch to you kitchen.

4. Add Crown Moulding and Valences along your cabinets - it completes your cabinets top and bottom.

5. Replace hardware - swap out old knobs, for fresh new pulls, handles, rings to rejuvenate your kitchen

These kitchen renovation ideas will help improve your kitchen appeal and will help increase your homes value!

Cabinets and Closet Expo

It is back again...I cant believe it is already that time of year again for the Cabinets and Closets Expo.
This year they will be moving back to New Jersey.
Dave will be heading over to get the latest design trends, products and glimpse of the new materials being released in spring 2013

Here is the the website

http://www.cabinetsandclosetsexpo.com/

Location: The New Jersey Convention Center running from Feb 28 - March 1

Ideas For Closet Corners

Here are some ideas for making the best use of closet corners.  Some say closet corners are dead space, but we think otherwise.  We have design and implement more than half a dozen fantastic workarounds for fixing the challenges of corner spacing.


Here are just a few of our ideas and a couple pictures...
-rounded bars
-seamless 45 degree custom shelving
-peek-a-boo corners

Enjoy!

TorontoCustomClosets.com is Live!

We are excited to announce that www.TorontoCustomClosets.com is up and live!
Thanks to everyone that made it possible.

This site will focus on all of our custom closets installations.
I hope you like the website as much as we enjoyed building it
Enjoy!

Cottage Renovation Ideas

With us entering February and the weather starting to warm up over the next few weeks, it is time to start thinking about cottage renovation ideas that you would like to do over the next few months, so that your cottage is ready for entertaining come summertime.


Some quick cottage renovation ideas include:

-Upgrading outdoor decks and patios
-Replacing old interior trim, baseboards, crown mouldings
-Switching out interior and/or exterior doors
-Refacing Kitchen cabinets
-Adding additional storage and closet organization systems



If nothing else, a fresh new coat of paint always is an easy cottage renovation idea that is cost effective too ;)

Toronto Custom Concepts Wins Houzz's Best of 2013

Toronto Custom Concepts is proud to be recognized by Houzz.com with their annual  “Best Of Houzz” awards for 2013.

This award is given in two categories: Customer Satisfaction and Design.

Customer Satisfaction award winners are based on homeowner members who rated their experience working with remodeling professionals in a dozen categories. 

Design award winners’ work was the most popular among the community of 11 million monthly users (Houzzers), who saved more than 124 million professional images of home interiors and exteriors to their personal ideabooks

You can see the Houzz awards at this link - Houzz Best of 2013 Awards

You can read more on our website Toronto Custom Concepts

Blanco Sink Styles

The new Blanco series of sinks called Precis Cascade are being launch in Spring 2013...Blanco produces another amazing product into Blanco sink line-up that provides amazing design and functionality 

Some features of the new sinks include:

-bi-level bottom
-square sink for better use of space

-comes in a variety of colours, such as Cinder, Anthracite, and Cafe 

Click here for more information about this product...

Ask us about using Blanco sinks in your next kitchen renovation project!