McDaniels Kitchen & Bath

The first hard question every Mid-Michigan homeowner asks a design-build showroom is not about cabinet color, countertop material, or backsplash tile. It is a scheduling question: how long is this whole thing going to take? The honest answer for a real custom kitchen almost never matches the six-week timeline that box-store ads and remodeling television have trained...

Every kitchen and bath remodel comes down to a few decisions the homeowner makes twice — once at the sample stage, and again in their head six months after install. The cabinet-and-countertop pairing is the classic double-decision. On paper, at the showroom, a bright white shaker paired with a white-veined quartz reads clean and confident. In the finished kitchen, under real...

Two things hit the appliance shelf in the last eight days, and together they change what a July kitchen remodel budget looks like in Mid-Michigan. On June 23, a 50 percent tariff on imported steel used in home appliances took effect. Roughly two weeks later, on July 9, Whirlpool is raising list prices about 4 percent across major appliance lines, layered on top of a 10 perce...