Friday, December 26, 2008
Best of the cityhammer blog: July, August & September
Editor's Note: As our readership has steadily increased over this, our first year writing the cityhammer blog, we thought we'd spotlight the posts from 2008 that we are most proud of and that we feel were the most interesting. Today, we cover July, August and September of 2008. Tune next Wednesday, December 31st for the rest of the "Best Of" series.
July:
In July, we offered a glance at HGTV's new site, Frontdoor.com and talked about some bathroom wood flooring ideas. We also introduced a new Featured Member on cityhammer.com, California Closets of NYC and Westchester. We also posted some thoughts on how to sell a house in New York when it must be sold right now.
August:
The weather was red hot in August and so was the cityhammer blog as we posted a massive guide to kitchen cabinets for New Yorkers. There was a very informative post on the best temporary wall companies in New York, a Nicky Haslem profile, and a debate about the difference between using a storefront flooring contractor versus an independent. We even had time to throw in some dorm room decorating tips for the schoolbound.
September:
We were one of the first blogs in New York to break the Target Bodega Project and we talked about handymen in two posts, the first being a list of the best handyman companies in New York, the second being a list of tips for hiring a handyman. We showed off Design Expressions new Virtual Showroom online and did a special report on Attorney General Cuomo's major web initiative for recording complaints against New York General Contractors.
We also discussed some of the hottest trends in kitchen remodeling for 2009.
In July, we offered a glance at HGTV's new site, Frontdoor.com and talked about some bathroom wood flooring ideas. We also introduced a new Featured Member on cityhammer.com, California Closets of NYC and Westchester. We also posted some thoughts on how to sell a house in New York when it must be sold right now.
August:
The weather was red hot in August and so was the cityhammer blog as we posted a massive guide to kitchen cabinets for New Yorkers. There was a very informative post on the best temporary wall companies in New York, a Nicky Haslem profile, and a debate about the difference between using a storefront flooring contractor versus an independent. We even had time to throw in some dorm room decorating tips for the schoolbound.
September:
We were one of the first blogs in New York to break the Target Bodega Project and we talked about handymen in two posts, the first being a list of the best handyman companies in New York, the second being a list of tips for hiring a handyman. We showed off Design Expressions new Virtual Showroom online and did a special report on Attorney General Cuomo's major web initiative for recording complaints against New York General Contractors.
We also discussed some of the hottest trends in kitchen remodeling for 2009.
Tune in next Wednesday for part four of The Best of the cityhammer blog 2008 when we take a look back at the tips, trends and news from the October through December period.
-Mitch Mayer, Staff Writer
Labels: California Closets NYC, Dorm Decorating Tips, Handyman New York, Kitchen Cabinets NY, Kitchen Trends 2009, New York General Contractors, Temporary Walls NYC, Wood Flooring New York
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
NY Home Improvement Blog Patrol
Stuy Town Photo by Marianne O'LearyThe gals at Newsday's Real LI blog posted a review of a great kitchen design book, which is a must-see if your taste skews traditional/country in anyway. It's called "Country French Kitchens" and was written by Carolina Fernandez. The book is filled with pictures of kitchens that adhere to the basic "Country French" decor principles in the New York and Connecticut area. Not surprisingly, there are no shortage of yellow, orange and brown hues within.
Real LI on Country French Kitchens
Are Manhattan's luxury high rental buildings becoming the city's version of suburban gated communities? Tom Acitelli poses this question, or rather makes the comment on the The Real Estate, the New York Observer's fantastic blog about NYC real estate and development.
Luxury Rental Buildings in NYC
The fearless columnists at Curbed posted the follow up to the temporary wall controversy in Stuyvesant Town. Wait until you see the "privacy walls" the residents were provided with to separate their bedrooms from the living rooms in these units...nice touch, LOL.
Stuy Town Privacy Walls
Labels: 10009, Connecticut Kitchens, Country French Kitchens, Kitchen Design in New York, Luxury Rentals Manhattan, Temporary Walls NYC
Friday, August 22, 2008
Top Rated New York Temporary Wall Companies
Great Album...Won't Help You Subdivide an Apartment, ThoughOne side effect of the housing and mortgage crisis that has not been discussed enough is the fact that for the most part, rental rates for apartments in NYC and Brooklyn have never been higher. With less people able to get a mortgage to purchase a home, rentals have become the only option for a lot of New Yorkers.
UrbanDigs.com has done a great job covering this story so we won't go into it at length, but suffice it to say, if you are coming out of college or moving to New York City right now on a limited budget, subdividing a one or two bedroom apartment with a temporary wall or a pressurized wall may be the way to go...if you can find a tolerable roommate!
With this in mind, we thought we'd spotlight the 3 highest-rated pressurized wall companies in New York on cityhammer.com.
First up is Wallzilla, one of the big boys in the temporary wall business in NYC. They're based on 57th Street and come out to all locations to take accurate measurements and give competitive quotes.
Wallzilla's Profile on cityhammer.com
Next up is Wall 2 Wall, based on Maiden Lane in NYC. Wall 2 Wall not only specializes in pressurized wall systems, they can also help with your home theater system, furniture assembly and artwork installations.
Wall 2 Wall's Profile on cityhammer.com
Rounding out the top 3 is Brooklyn's 1 Wall 2 Rooms. They are known as a friendly, responsible company according to one reviewer who was very pleased that they cleaned up after themselves and answered all of her questions.
1 Wall 2 Rooms Profile on cityhammer.com
To learn more about temporary pressurized walls in New York, visit the cityhammer.com home improvement tips section: The Temporary Wall Cheat Sheet
Labels: 10019, Brooklyn Wall Company, NYC Pressurized Walls, Pressurized Walls New York, Temporary Walls NYC
