Open Hand Remodeling is Giving Back to the Greater Los Angeles Community

Posted: February 26th, 2010 | Author: | Filed under: Home improvement | Tags: , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Daniel Mizrahi started Open Hand Remodeling to provide the community with an excellent home remodeling and renovation service. The company has since thrived based upon customer testimonials and continual referrals. Open Hand Remodeling has since dedicated a portion of their time and money, giving back to the Greater Los Angeles Community.

As an active partner, Daniel Mizrahi donates a portion of every project back into the community helping to create programs designed to flourish and nurture positive growth in our communities youth. The Heart of Los Angeles or HOLA has helped children become inspired with after school projects designed to spark creativity, teamwork and education. Above all, the Heart of Los Angeles community program is designed to help our youth thrive and learn in a safe environment.

Because of the success of Open Hand Remodeling, Daniel has been able to provide the Heart of Los Angeles program with continual donations. He has become a well respected member because of his ability to contribute time and money. Many businesses today are based upon profits alone, however this company not only improves the look of the community but helps to provide funding for socialized programs that are not available from the local government. If you are interested in helping to contribute or join the Heart of Los Angeles, or enrolling your kids in the after school programs please visit their website today.

Open Hand is proud to offer home remodeling, kitchen remodeling, bathroom remodeling and home improvement in Los Angeles, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, Lakewood, Long Beach, Torrance, Beverly Hills, Sherman Oaks, Pasadena, West Hollywood, Santa Monica, and Downey, CA. If you are interested in receiving a free estimate on your project, please visit the website for today.

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Including the Outdoors in Home Remodeling

Posted: February 12th, 2010 | Author: | Filed under: Home improvement | Tags: , , , | No Comments »

A backyard isn’t the same as it used to be – a place to grill, where kids play ball, or just an extra spot to mow. Now the trend is to make the backyard an outdoor retreat or an extension to the house. The Home Remodelers Group® can help transform your outdoors into a beautiful year round sunroom, a deck for entertaining or even an outdoor kitchen.

As reported in the May 2006 Consumer Reports, designing and furnishing an outdoor room is the second most likely home-remodeling project to do. Specifically, approximately 1.2 million U.S. households will install a fully functional outdoor kitchen, according to a study by the industry research company inquiry.

In 2004, Better Homes and Gardens magazine received survey responses from nearly 60,000 Americans describing home improvement projects and future home-building aspirations. Better Homes and Gardens found that people want indoor/outdoor livability, technological innovations, flexibility for family needs and a kitchen-centric focus. (REMODELING Magazine, September 1, 2005)

Homeowners are seeking ways to make the outdoors a functional part of the living area. To accomplish that, the barriers between outdoors and indoors, such as walls and solid doors, are going away. As cited in “A Simple Way to Increase Outdoor Living Space” at HGPgal.com, for homeowners looking to add to their living space, improve their lifestyle and increase the resale value of their home, the perfect solution is to extend living areas outdoors through the addition of decks, patios, outdoor kitchens and entertainment areas.

“The line between the house and the outdoor space continues to disintegrate,” says Julie D. Taylor, author of Outdoor Rooms. “Many designers are using the same, or similar, materials both on the interior and exterior to extend the house to the outdoors. It breaks down the barrier and gives a feeling of a larger house.”

Alternatively, instead of thinking of the barriers disintegrating, another solution is effective indoor-outdoor connections. These connections can include French doors opening up onto a porch, or the addition of a window to expose a lovely view. Indoor-outdoor connections can be as simple as adding a mudroom between the garage and the home, or more complex, such as an outdoor entertainment area placed just outside the doors of a home’s main gathering space. Adding visual connections to the outdoors, such as through the addition of glass doors or enlarging a window, adds value to your home by making its interior space appear larger than it actually is. (“Connect Inside of Your House with the Beauty Outdoors,” Ann Robinson, Deseret News, April 2005)

To create the outdoor living space that you want, start by determining your budget and your desires.

Consumer Reports provides some tips about what to consider for building room extensions or outdoor entertainment areas:

* Determine how you will use your space

* Consider location

* Be sure to weatherproof

* Incorporate lighting and heat

* Consider safety

No matter what extension you decide to make, it will undoubtedly add value to your home. As cited by Ann Robinson in Deseret News, “Exterior living space adds usable square footage to your home without costing you the $120-plus per square foot you’d spend for the construction of an addition.”

The Home Remodelers Group® can work with you to determine your indoor-outdoor remodeling desires. We have many gorgous sunroom plans and other renovating features available on our website at www.homeremodelersgroup.com. So, if you need a new area to relax and enjoy reading your favorite book, a place to create a new home gym, a place to add a spa to create your own special oasis, or an area for entertaining family and friends, a new sunroom, deck, or outdoor kitchen may be the perfect solution. We can help bring the outdoors in or take your family out in a comfortable and relaxing setting.

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