Besides enjoying the typical summer recreation activities many families take advantage of during the warm weather, summer also provides a wonderful opportunity to either plan or actually do that long awaited room addition, remodel one or more rooms or rebuild and fix up those areas of the home that were damaged by the ravages of weather. I often get asked “where do we begin”, or “how do we know what types of flooring, wall coverings and countertops are best”?

The answer usually comes from determining ...