Builder Magazine: Countertops

Here's a Kitchen Built for Two Cooks, With a Clever Island Besides

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:43:56 EST

Making the most of the existing footprint and incorporating the pantries creates space for two cooks.

A Modern Hearth

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 03:10:16 EST

Clean lines plus hand-hewn details make for a beautiful place to cook.

On Lopez Island, Wash., Greene Partners weaves a custom kitchen into a great room

Mon, 5 Dec 2011 06:26:31 EST

A Washington state custom kitchen is knit seamlessly into its surrounding spaces.

10 Great Kitchens

Wed, 9 Dec 2009 04:43:02 EST

When culinary zones are designed with a practical recipe and a dash of style, hanging out at home beats going out to eat.

New Countertop Offerings

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:18:58 EST

Need a hip, attractive, durable counter? There's a top for that.

DuPont Opens Its First Surfacing Showroom for Architecture, Design Community

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:55:40 EST

Studio demonstrates alternative uses for Corian.

Make a Custom Counter For $8 Per Square Foot

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:40:35 EST

Concrete specialist Fu-Tung Cheng tells builders how to easily and economically fabricate their own countertops.

Products: Smooth Surfaces / Glaze of Glory

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 03:20:55 EST

Fifteen years ago, before the sustainable building groundswell began in earnest, environmentally friendly products had an organic (some might say earthy) look that only the sandal-wearing hippie fringe could appreciate. If you were looking for a refined finish, you looked elsewhere.

Simplicity Reigns in Builder's 2008 Watermark Kitchen and Bath Awards

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:14:30 EST

Conventional wisdom hits the chopping block in this year’s kitchen and bath competition.

2007 Watermark Awards - James Residence

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:02:30 EST

Gutting a space and starting over from scratch is one thing. Integrating new materials with elements preserved from a kitchen's former life is another story. That's what the design/build team at Streeter & Associates was up against in the remodel of this 1908 home.

Top Shelf: May 2007

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:15:29 EST

This month's top shelf products include the high-end bathroom suite by Troy Adams Design, screws from Trufast that eliminate the need for pre-drilling in wood, and thicker countertops from Eos Solid Surface.

K/Bis Day Two: Trend Spotting

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 09:01:28 EST

The kitchen and bath are radically different spaces than they were 20 years ago, says Suzie Williford, the 2007 vice president of the National Kitchen & Bath Association. As a result, products for these spaces are radically different as well. The spaces still perform their normal functions, but now they do much more.

Kitchen/Bath Industry Show Product Watch

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 11:41:38 EST

The Kitchen and Bath Industry Show (KBIS) may be half the size of the International Builders' Show-in attendees, exhibit space, and in the sheer number of exhibitors, but for a products editor it is not any easier to cover. Why? Because the concentration of cool stuff to see at KBIS is staggering.

Trend Spotting

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:14:10 EST

Kitchens and baths sell more houses than any other space in the home. They are also, perhaps, the subject of more home shows than any other area in the house (except maybe the garden). What you put in the kitchen and bath, then, is extremely important. So how can you know what's hot and what buyers want?

Over the Top

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:11:39 EST

IF THE KITCHEN IS THE HARDEST-working room in the house, the countertop is its most important surface. That's because the counter endures all manner of abuse, so the material has to be able to withstand a beating with aplomb.

Lean and Green

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:17:00 EST

BEST KITCHEN IN A SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED REMODELED HOME—LESS THAN 3,000 SQUARE FEET; SPECIAL FOCUS—CUSTOM DETAILS

The New American Home 2006

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 11:19:38 EST

Designing a house “by committee” is, as any architect or builder will tell you, a patently insane notion. Yet every year since 1984, The New American Home has done it in spectacular fashion, bringing together the world's leading suppliers and a host of consultants and valued trade partners to assist the design-build team.

Project Contributors

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:38:07 EST

THE NEW AMERICAN HOME 2005 WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE without the generous support and contribution of products and services by the members of the NAHB's National Council of the Housing Industry (NCHI)/Supplier 100 and other consultants, contributors, installers, suppliers, and trade partners.

The New American Home 2005

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 11:21:35 EST

The story of The New American Home 2005 is presented as an "owner's diary" that tracks its progression from a modest move-up family house to a spectacular custom home.

BUILDER BRIEFS

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:44:09 EST

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