Kitchen and Sunroom Renovations underway!

With the kitchen safely sealed off from the rest of the house demolition got underway on this mill house kitchen renovation in Durham.   Looking at the space below it is hard to picture the gorgeous custom cherry cabinets, farm house sink, updated appliances and custom made kitchen table and bench that will soon be in it’s place.

Kitchen Demolition
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More sunlight and a kitchen upgrade!

This month we will get started on two new projects, a kitchen remodel on a well maintained, charming mill house in Durham and the expansion of an existing sun room in to a larger space.   The interesting thing about these two projects is that they are on the same house!  In an effort to keep a close eye on the budget and to give the cutsomer the option of doing one or both of the projects  Synergy estimated these tw ... Read full post »

Lead Paint Regulations from the EPA

Recently you may have read in the paper or heard about the “new” law aimed at protecting children from the health hazards associated with lead based paint.  The law requires training and sets work practice standards for  contractors working in homes that were built prior to 1978. While the law has received a lot of press recently, as it has become effective as of the end of April 2010,  it was proposed in the ... Read full post »