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Notes on remodeling kitchens and baths in Middle Tennessee houses: what turns up behind the drywall, where the budget goes, and what we would choose in our own kitchen.
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Written by Michael Blair, owner of Nashville's Kitchen & Bath, from the trade’s own practice.
October 12, 2026
Cabinet Refacing, Painting or Replacing in Nashville
Refacing puts new doors, drawer fronts and veneer on the cabinet boxes you already have. Whether it is the right call depends on the boxes, the layout and, in an older house, the paint.
Read itOctober 8, 2026
Adding a Kitchen Island: Clearances, Power, Plumbing
An island fits or it doesn’t by a few inches of aisle, and it works or it doesn’t by what can reach it through the floor. The clearances, the outlet rule, the sink vent and the hood duct.
Read itSeptember 28, 2026
Will Insurance Pay for a Leaking Shower
A stain on the ceiling under a shower sends a lot of people straight to their insurer. The answer turns on how the water got out and for how long, and a shower often loses that argument.
Read itSeptember 21, 2026
Keeping a Tub or Going All Shower
For the people doing the remodel, a walk-in shower is often the easy choice. Whether the house should keep one tub somewhere is a separate question, and it depends on which bathroom you are standing in.
Read itSeptember 14, 2026
Curbless Showers and What They Actually Take
Removing the curb changes how the whole floor has to be built, and the waterproofing has to reach past the shower. Planned early it is straightforward; decided late, it means taking the floor back up.
Read itSeptember 7, 2026
Range Hoods That Actually Vent Outside
A recirculating hood filters the air and blows it back into the kitchen. Over a gas range, EPA’s advice is a fan that vents outdoors, and there is a good reason for it.
Read itSeptember 1, 2026
The Order a Bathroom Remodel Has to Happen In
A bathroom is the most trade-dense room in a house, and the order of the work follows what an inspector has to see before the walls close.
Read itSeptember 1, 2026
Kitchen Layout Mistakes That Are Hard to Undo
Almost everything in a kitchen is changeable except where the water, the drain and the walls are.
Read itSeptember 1, 2026
Tile or Acrylic for a Nashville Shower
A tiled shower is only as dry as the lining under it. That is an argument for tile built to the code, or for a molded surround.
Read itSeptember 1, 2026
Quartz, Granite or Butcher Block
The comparison people are shown is about appearance. The one that matters afterward is about heat, stains and sealing.
Read itSeptember 1, 2026
Bathroom Fans and Nashville Humidity
A bathroom fan that vents into the attic sends the shower’s moisture up into the roof space. Here is how to size one, duct it outside and run it long enough.
Read itSeptember 1, 2026
Living Through a Kitchen Remodel
The build schedule tells you when the kitchen is finished. It does not tell you how you will eat in the meantime.
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Kitchens and baths remodeled out to the county lines
We remodel kitchens and baths in Nashville and in 64 more towns spread over 12 counties. If the house sits anywhere in Middle Tennessee an hour’s drive or less from Nashville, our crew will come to it.
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