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6 Tips To Make Your Outdoor Grill Area Feel Like A Vacation

When the weather is nice, there’s nothing like enjoying a meal with your family and friends outside in your own backyard. To get the most enjoyment out of it, there ...

Tiny House Trend: Is It for You?

By now we’ve all seen the Tiny House trend on HGTV shows, discussed it with friends, family and co-workers and read all about it on our Facebook timelines. It could ...

7 Ways to Add a Pop of Color to Your Kitchen

If a remodel isn’t in your budget, don’t worry, there are other ways to make your kitchen feel brand new again. One of the many ways to refresh the design ...

Decorating: Do It Yourself or Hire a Professional?

Before you redecorate, there’s a big question that lingers: should you do it yourself or hire a professional? Sure, doing it yourself saves plenty of money but is it worth ...

Low Maintenance Cabinet Ideas for the Kitchen

The kitchen is arguably the heart of any home, where the family gathers for late night snacks, conversation and much more. Since so much time is spent in this room, ...

Tips to Make Small Gardens Work for Your Small Outdoor Space

Everyone loves an outdoor oasis, so whether you have a spacious piece of property or a small outdoor space in the city, it’s important to create a sustainable and low ...

Siblings Sharing a Room: How to Make it Work

Siblings often need to share bedrooms as children, which can be a great bonding experience in formative years. However, the formatting of the room needs to be done properly so ...

6 Tips To Consider Before A Bathroom Remodel

Remodeling your bathroom can really transform your home, not to mention increase the value. To prepare for a bathroom remodel, consider the main objectives of the renovation; such as increasing ...

Masonry Services

Center Island Contracting can take care of all of your professional masonry services, which will give your home a fantastic first impression. Not only do we provide professional masonry services, ...

Granite Installation

Among Center Island Contracting’s many services, we provide professional granite installation. Your kitchen, the focal point of any home, will likely become the most stylish room in the house after ...

Landscape Design

In addition to adding some curb appeal to your home, updating and maintaining landscape design has many advantages. The idea is to expand your living space past just the inside ...

Childproofing Your Home

Ways to Childproof Your Home: Children are known for being very curious beings when they are at a young age. The minute a child begins to crawl is the minute ...

LED Lighting

Reasons You Should Choose LED lights: People are always looking for the fastest and simplest way to save a buck. Little do they know, something as easy as changing the ...

Cutting Kitchen Clutter

Ways to Cut Kitchen Clutter: We’ve all done it. Walked into the kitchen with a million things in our hands and just placed them wherever it seemed fit. However, what ...

Family Room

Decorating Ideas for Your New Family Room: Family is one of those wonderful gifts that life gives you without asking for anything in return. All of your traditions, customs, behaviors ...

Laundry Room

Ways to Spruce up Your Laundry Room: When people think of home remodels, the laundry room isn’t typically the first room in the house that comes to mind. However, remodeling ...

Adding More Storage Space to Your Home:

One universal thing that many homeowners wish for is more storage space. It seems as though there is never enough room in the house and people may find themselves throwing ...

An Introduction to Our Service Offerings

The general contractors at Center Island Contracting can help you lessen the burden of refurbishing your old home or constructing your new one. Attaining that perfect home you’ve always wanted ...

3 Ideas for Your Foyer Remodel:

If you stop and think about it, aside from the exterior of your house, the first glimpse guests get of your home is what they see the moment they step ...

3 Ideas for your Kitchen Remodel:

With the kitchen being the center of the household, you want to make sure your new kitchen remodel resonates with the dynamism and heartiness that revolves around you and your ...

3 Ideas for a Bathroom Remodel:

Sometimes, the bathroom is the only room in the house where you can be alone. The average person will spend about a year and a half of their life in ...

How to Add Insulation to Your Home

Both older homes and newer homes usually do not have proper insulation and can possibly be costing you money. Air can leak through the windows, doors, and walls, which wastes ...

Different Types of Flooring for Your Home

When deciding on what flooring you should choose for each room, it is important to not only think about look, style, and feel, but to consider how well the flooring ...

3 Great Basement Conversions for Your Home

Having a basement in your home is already a great selling point for anyone looking to buy a house, but having a finished basement immediately boosts your home’s value due ...

Why Walk-in Closets Are a Great Home Addition

Walk-in closets are one of the most popular features one can have inside their house and can make a great home addition if you don’t already have one. Walk-in closets ...

3 Reasons to Invest in Landscape Design

Whether you are building your new home or redesigning your old one, the outside is just as important as the inside. There are many reasons why landscaping should be a ...

Benefits of Building a Home

Building and designing a home can be costly due to having to purchase the land and pay for the actual construction of the home. However, the pros outweigh the cons ...

Types of Home Improvement Projects

Home Improvement Projects and Their Costs: When it comes to home improvement, you always want to make sure you are getting out what you put in. Before you go ahead ...

Readying Your Home for Cooler Weather

How to Prepare Your Home for Wintertime: With cooler temperatures approaching, not only are there numerous ways you can keep your home warm and comfortable, but you can save on ...

Remodeling Projects

Most people are eager to bring their home remodel ideas to life, but putting that brand new flooring in your kitchen or adding on that two-car garage isn’t always smooth ...