Kitchen Remodeling Trends: Wood Floors, Open Layouts, Cabinets, Countertops, and Design
Host:
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Joining us in studio this morning from Edge Construction is Mr. Mike Twohig. Mike, how are you doing this week?
Mike:
Great, Sean. Great to see you.
Host:
Real quick, we are going to talk kitchen remodeling trends this morning, but you had a chance a couple of weeks ago to go to Hot Rod’s American Muscle. We did not get a chance to talk about it at the time.
How long was it, how many cars were there, and how big of an event is that?
Mike:
Most people would not know about this unless they like old cars, but Hot Rod Magazine has hosted something called the Power Tour for over 30 years now, I think.
My son Nick and I have old trucks, and we went on this last year. It is like a moving car show. It moves 200 or 300 miles a day.
Last year, there were 6,500 cars a day. I thought that was a lot.
This year is the 100th anniversary of Route 66, so the departure started in Joliet, which is sort of one end of Route 66, and we went down to Tulsa. We could have gone a lot farther, I think all the way to California, but we did not have time for that.
There were something like 10,000 cars a day. I do not know if we saw half of those cars. There were so many.
Host:
That is a lot.
I had the chance a number of years ago to travel between I-40 and Route 66, jumping on and off. This is somewhat applicable to what we talk about on this program, because there are some really cool and unique buildings along that route.
Mike:
There are.
There is a lot of stuff preserved that you would not know is there unless you got off the path a little bit. There are times where you have the main four-lane interstate, and then you have what looks more like a frontage road, but really it is the old Route 66. They have preserved a lot of it and keep it up.
You get to go to Uranus, Missouri, which I have never seen a town lean into its name more than that one. It has great fudge and T-shirts. It is sort of like Wall Drug a little bit.
Host:
Have you been to Wall Drug?
Mike:
A couple of times. Fool me once.
Host:
Five-cent cup of coffee.
Mike:
It was a lot of fun. Two of my grandsons came along, so that was like living out a cloud there with one of my sons and the grandsons.
Host:
Are the grandkids into the hot rods now?
Mike:
Definitely. Yes.
If you ever get a chance to get around people with old cars, they are like the friendliest people in the world, because who does not want to talk about their old cars? It is a very social group.
Even my grandsons were walking up to people and talking about their cars and asking questions. That was cool.
Host:
Kind of tying the two things together, there is restoration and preservation.
There are amazing modern materials and designs out there, but for a lot of folks, maybe they have an older beautiful Victorian. They have that kitchen and want the convenience of modern design, modern carpentry, and modern functionality, but they do not want to lose that charm.
That is one of the things Edge Construction can work to do: preserve that classic look, which is the reason many people bought those older houses in the first place, while also giving them the convenience of modern function.
Mike:
Yes.
First, thank you for letting me talk about cars for a little bit.
It is really nice when people understand they want all the new stuff. They want the modern conveniences. They want updated bones. They want the mechanicals to be updated and all the comforts of home we can have now.
But they also want to preserve that look.
You do not want to walk into a beautiful house and see a bunch of stuff that is way out of character.
I will say, the group coming up now that is buying houses is pretty conscious of that. They are a little less likely to say, “I am just going to remodel this one room.” They want to plan for the house and think about the long-term goal.
If we are just doing the kitchen now, how does that affect other rooms? What is the end game? How am I going to tie this all together, whether it is through flooring, woodwork, windows, doors, or other elements?
I think that is a really healthy outlook. It is also more fun for us because you should be thoughtful if you are going to start putting money into a house.
Host:
We are going to talk specifically this week about kitchen remodeling.
One thing we have talked about in the past is what a great investment it can be for homeowners if a previous owner had wood floors put in, or if they are looking to upgrade to a true wood floor.
As great as some of these modern materials are — and we can sing the praises of quartz countertops and other great products — at some point, nothing beats good old-fashioned natural material like real wood floors.
Mike:
Yes.
That is something we have appreciated for probably the last six or eight years. There has been a push by homeowners away from plastic and rubber-type products and toward natural products: stone countertops and real wood floors.
By the way, the greatest product ever invented was oak and maple floors.
I have said it a million times, but we have one coming up. We are in the middle of a kitchen remodel somewhere in Madison. They are in drywall phase right now, so we are painting. They have old wood floors, and somebody had done something else, so we stripped that out.
We are restoring that kitchen floor. We are going to feather in some new wood floors.
We can actually peel up some of that old stuff, take it to our supplier, and they can match it up with oak from somewhere in the country that is similar. You might think all oak is the same, but it really is not.
We can blend it. When we sand everything smooth and put some stain on it, it looks like one floor, like it was all installed at the same time.
Host:
You used the term feathering. For people who do not know what we are talking about, what is that technique?
Mike:
In this house, there was a wall separating the old dining room and the kitchen. That all came out in the remodel because we are expanding the kitchen a little bit.
When that happens, it leaves that five-inch strip where the wall was. Now we have wood floor on one side and wood floor on the other.
If you just turn the board sideways and put a transition in, that is really obvious. Sometimes we do it because it saves the homeowner money.
But the best way to do it is to randomly take out boards and put new ones in. You start at one end and feather it in so it looks like an unbroken line.
It takes a little extra effort, but it is not like it costs a million dollars. One day for a qualified carpenter can pretty much get rid of that problem where the wall came out.
Host:
It really makes a huge difference when it is done.
You may not think about it, but if you ever look at a floor where multiple boards are all cut evenly, your eye catches it. I have seen people do that with click flooring themselves, and you look at it and think, “Those should be staggered a little bit.”
Mike:
Right.
A lot of people install click flooring in spans that are too long. If you read the manufacturer’s recommendations now, they are lowering the number of feet you can go because that product expands and contracts.
The joints start to let go if you go too far, so now they are having to put transitions in to allow that floor to move. That is a real drawback to that product.
It is still a great product. We still put some in. But I really like the trend toward natural.
Host:
We are talking this morning with Mike Twohig, owner of Edge Construction. You can learn more online at EdgeConstructionCompany.com. That is all one word, Edge Construction Company dot com.
Speaking of tying flooring together properly, I think of older traditional homes. You have the small kitchen and maybe a dining area. A lot of folks are opening up the kitchen, and one of the best ways to do that, if the dining room is right there, is combining those two spaces.
That has become a pretty popular option, hasn’t it?
Mike:
It has.
For some reason, even houses built into the 2000s can be a nice size and still have a kitchen that is a little undersized.
When we are trying to make it better, we are trying to give that house the kitchen that is warranted for that house. You have to get the space from somewhere, and sometimes that is from the dining room.
We have had several remodels where we eliminate the dining room and maybe get space for a table somewhere else. It might mean stealing space from another room, but we can use that dining room space for a kitchen expansion, or maybe get a walk-in pantry.
In a lot of those 1990s houses, the dining room space was too small anyway. It felt really pinched in there.
A good designer can help with that.
CAD gives you that top-down view. If you are living in that space, you can sometimes get tunnel vision. You cannot see how it is going to work out. That is the biggest advantage of CAD now: you get that top-down view.
You can see the elements you want in the house and kitchen and move them around to see what works best. You get really good renderings. They are almost like photographs now, so you can get a real view of what the space will look like when it is done.
Host:
I think about working with the great designers at Edge Construction and the tools they have.
It seems like we are smarter about design now. Maybe that is because of the tools, and maybe it is because designers have worked hard for years to learn how to do it.
In the past, it felt like people said, “Well, this is how a kitchen should look,” and they just followed that.
It seems like with modern kitchens, we are seeing much smarter designs and features. I think of old peninsulas, which seemed nifty at the time, but then you realize they have shortcomings. Now people may look at that and say, “Maybe an island is a better solution.”
It does seem like we have gotten smarter about figuring out how spaces should work.
Mike:
We have, and some of that is spending more time in design.
I get asked almost every day, “When can you start?” I always say the same thing: that is the wrong question, because we do not know how long the design process is going to last.
It is like a journey. When you are nearing the end, you know you are ready.
The pace of that journey is really set by the homeowner.
For a kitchen remodel, quick to contract is a couple months. If you think of all the things you want to accomplish there, that is really fast. The homeowner has to be decisive.
There is something called reaction time.
If we meet with you, come up with plans, let you see the plans, make changes, and give them back, very rarely someone will say the next day, “Yes, this is good. We do not need to make more changes.” That jumps the process ahead by a couple of months.
Most people say, “Okay, now let’s change this.” The changes get smaller each time, and maybe there is less reaction time, but you still have to go through that process.
If you want a great result, it is worth spending that time in design.
Host:
Do you ever hear from folks who say, “I want to keep the smaller kitchen and dining room”? Or is it almost universally trending toward changing the configuration?
Mike:
It is trending toward all that space being in play.
Everybody has a budget. If somebody has a smaller budget, and if it works out that we can remove a wall and do some other things, great.
But in some old houses in Madison, you just cannot make the kitchen bigger. You can make it better, though. You can spend time in design and be really thoughtful.
Sometimes on those smaller spaces, it almost takes more thought. You have fewer options, so you really have to think it through.
Sometimes it is about options, and sometimes it is about budget.
But the trend is definitely: What is the long-term plan?
We routinely go through this process with people. They might say, “I love the plan, but we need to save money for a year or two.” Then we see them down the road, which I think is healthy too.
Rather than just getting something done to get it done, follow through on the process.
Host:
We talk about the importance of the design process and looking long-term.
Part of the reason that work will hold up is the great workmanship at Edge Construction. But the great plan and great design going into it also make those projects and upgrades a lasting part of your home.
It is a great day to start that conversation. If you are thinking about home remodeling, call Edge Construction at 608-636-3343. That number is 636-EDGE.
You can also learn more online at EdgeConstructionCompany.com.
Edge Construction brings you the Home Remodeling Show right here on 1310 WIBA.
Host:
This is the Home Remodeling Show, brought to you by Edge Construction. You can find them online at EdgeConstructionCompany.com. That is all one word, Edge Construction Company dot com.
Their telephone number is 608-636-3343. That number is 636-EDGE.
This week, we are talking with Mike Twohig about kitchen remodeling trends.
One thing I noticed in the notes is high-end kitchens. When they say that, what exactly qualifies as high-end? Are we talking about the big-name appliances?
Mike:
When they talk about high-end, they usually mean the 90th percentile. The top 10 percent of people who do a kitchen remodel spend a certain amount.
They do not always tell you that. They just say high-end kitchen remodel, and you think, “What are they spending on?”
It is probably all of the above: more custom cabinets, more doo-dads, more cabinets, more flooring. It is not hard to spend money on appliances.
You can also get really great appliances for pretty reasonable prices if you put some time into research and figure out what you want.
Now, you are not going to get the computer screen on your fridge that you can access from the store on the lower end, but you can get some really nice stuff if you are smart about it.
You also have to be careful with the numbers.
I brought in a stat that says the median for a kitchen remodel is $60,000. I think that number is a little high for the Midwest. It takes in other parts of the country where they apparently have more money.
We are a little more conservative with our money here. It is not that we do not have it, I guess.
You also have to look at what they call a kitchen remodel. On the low end, they may include people who are just replacing appliances or just replacing flooring. That might be $10,000, and it gets thrown into the mix.
If somebody asks me what an average median kitchen remodel is, I would say probably around $50,000, plus or minus. It is more than it was a few years ago.
We can thank a lot of things for that, from COVID to manufacturing and all the problems we went through. Pricing is much more stable now, so it is easier for remodelers to stick to their pricing.
We have always stuck to our pricing, but I am hearing that other people are doing that more now too because we have more stable pricing from suppliers.
Host:
I remember around 2020 and 2021, the cost of lumber could change day to day.
We were talking about higher-end remodels. You mentioned custom cabinets.
One thing I love, and I hope folks have heard us talk about this, is that Edge Construction can do custom cabinetry, but you also work with great partners that can get really specific pieces in cabinetry without the full custom cost.
I do not know if you call it not full custom, but it is very tailored. Edge Construction has really good partners when it comes to cabinetry.
Mike:
Yes.
What you are referring to is Great Northern Cabinet. It is a northern Wisconsin company, and it has been the best find we could imagine.
Homeowners would never have a reason to know this, but most cabinets are made by the train-car load somewhere down south, with pretty cheap labor and pretty cheap materials. When they are installed, they look like any other cabinet.
But if we are talking about a good product that is going to last a long time, Great Northern is really good.
They are not at the inexpensive end of the spectrum, but they are also not full custom. We have an avenue for full custom cabinets, and they are probably twice the cost of the Great Northern product. I am not convinced they are better.
Great Northern has been such a great find for us. They let us modify cabinet sizes by an eighth of an inch and do not charge us extra for it. We are able to do about a 90 percent custom product with them.
They have every option for paint, color, door style, and all the doo-dads you want when you open those cabinets. They are about as close to custom as you can get, but made at scale.
The other thing I like about them is that when we install pretty much any other product, we have to do a fair amount of touching up and fixing on site.
Great Northern is way up north. My joke is that you go to the North Pole and then go 30 more miles.
But the cabinets are not made by robots. On average, I think eight people touch those cabinets before they get boxed up. They are also shipped really well, so damage does not happen in shipping.
Every person putting their hands on that cabinet is looking for problems and trying to identify anything that should have been done on it. I do not think any other company is really doing that now.
The result is that we buy a great product, and you buy a great product through us. It shows up as what we planned on and what we paid for. We do not have to do a week’s worth of work on the jobsite to make it presentable to you.
That is the world you sort of live in if you do kitchens, but I cannot say enough good things about them.
Host:
One thing I love is the number of people who actually have their hands on the creation of the cabinets.
We are dealing with natural materials. Anybody who has gone to a big-box store knows lumber can sometimes be questionable. It is a natural product, and a machine is not going to notice everything a craftsman will notice.
Someone who builds cabinets day in and day out will catch that stuff right away.
Once the cabinet is assembled, there is some of that stuff you are not able to see.
Mike:
Right.
I have been there and seen cabinets, doors, and drawers coming down the line. Human beings are spraying paint, spraying finish, and staining. Like you said, they are checking it and going over it.
They are not going to waste their time putting finish on a product that should not have finish put on it.
On the other side, a lot of the bigger companies making cabinets are pretty hands-off even on the finish end. Raw wood goes in one end and finish gets applied without anyone really looking at it.
There might be a human or two involved in moving it around or doing a little assembly, but in our mind, that is not good enough.
Host:
As we talk about some of these great features and options, it is a great day to start that conversation.
If you have been thinking about doing a kitchen remodel or any type of remodel, Edge Construction would love to talk with you.
Pick up the phone and call 608-636-3343. That number is easy to remember: 636-EDGE.
You can also learn more online at EdgeConstructionCompany.com.
We will talk a little bit about countertops next. We mentioned them, but have not really gotten into them.
The Home Remodeling Show with Edge Construction continues right here on 1310 WIBA.
Host:
This is the Home Remodeling Show, brought to you by Edge Construction. You can find them online at EdgeConstructionCompany.com. That is all one word, Edge Construction Company dot com.
It is a great website to learn all about Edge Construction. There are also very useful links there: Pinterest, Facebook, and Houzz. Houzz is a great resource if you are thinking about remodeling.
Just head over to EdgeConstructionCompany.com, and you can link right to the page from there.
If you are thinking about a project, pick up the phone and call Edge Construction at 608-636-3343. That number is 636-EDGE.
We are talking this week with Mike about kitchen remodeling and some of the trends out there.
We touched very briefly on countertops. When it comes to a kitchen remodel, is countertop replacement or upgrade almost always part of it?
Mike:
Yes.
The options for countertops have just never been better. You mentioned the quartz product versus granite.
There is nothing wrong with granite. There are granite tops in the world that are 2,000 years old and still in use. It is a great stone product.
Quartz is actually a harder stone, but they mine it and make the design with quartz.
If you have a picture in your head, or you want to replicate something like an Italian granite or a granite from Scotland but do not want to pay someone to ship it across the ocean, there is probably someone making it here out of quartz.
It is a very similar design. Now they are inventing looks — stones that are not really natural, but they look natural and beautiful.
It gives us more options on the design side.
Even when people say, “I want to keep my flooring and my cabinets are okay and the design is good,” they still often want to do the tops and maybe a backsplash.
Countertops are a big part of it. I am trying to think of the last time we did not do quartz. We do a couple of granites a year, but it is probably 95 percent quartz now.
It is a great price and comes in a lot of different looks.
Host:
Does it require special skill to install?
As you were talking about that, I was thinking about how large some of these pieces are. I am guessing since they are large, they are also heavy. Can they crack or break?
Mike:
They can.
We did one for another builder on the lake maybe three or four years ago, and the island was something like 16 feet long. They had a special piece of quartz made up, and that piece actually shattered twice.
I think the third time was the charm. We got it in there and got it mounted.
The homeowner had their heart set on it and had the wallet to back it up.
Your suppliers will say, “We can make something like this, but there is a chance it is going to break.” Suppliers are like the government. They do not eat anything. You have to write the check for that stuff.
If the look you want is important enough, you can do those things.
I think there were 10 of us trying to move that piece of quartz in, upstairs, around corners, and into the house. It was pretty wild, but the end result was pretty cool too.
Host:
How does it work in the design process with all the countertop options?
When you were talking about the homeowner who was really set on a specific design, how does that play out?
Mike:
A good designer will not start by looking at every option. You start by eliminating a bunch of stuff.
There are a lot of looks that a great designer is going to say will not look good in that kitchen.
Homeowners will often give us inspiration, a picture, or even just say things that our designers pick up on. We can identify a family of quartz options to start looking at.
When you work with us, one of my favorite parts of the showroom is that we have two selection areas where designers and homeowners start to put things together.
You are not picking out cabinets over here, then driving somewhere else to pick out tile, backsplash, and flooring. It is all there, so you can put those products together and see them together.
Then we start adding in something like the countertop.
The decision is not as tough as people might think. When you put the wrong one in there, everybody goes, “Oh, that is not it.” Then you get closer when you identify the family of colors or design you want to be in.
The marble look has been popular for a while. It is a white quartz top with gray veins in it. We probably have 20 different versions of that, from hardly any gray to a lot of gray.
That starts to become personal preference. People will look at that, and then if you go one too far, everybody knows it.
It is good to have someone objective. That is where a designer can help you not get overwhelmed. They are showing you maybe three or four samples at a time, not 20 or 50 or 100, which we could do.
Host:
Do couples agree?
Mike:
A lot of times, half the couple says, “I do not care about design. I have a couple of things I care about.”
But then when they get in there and look at all the cool products, all of a sudden there is a power struggle.
Sometimes I will walk by and say, “Maybe we should do rock, paper, scissors and see who wins.”
But again, we are not forcing you into a decision. Sometimes we suggest taking a few samples home and seeing them in your house. Sometimes that makes a difference when you see it in your light and in your rooms.
That can make the decision easier too.
Host:
It always seems like the person who says, “I do not care,” suddenly cares.
With me and my wife, I would just say, “I trust you, honey.”
Years ago, I had a car and was having a custom color painted on it. I knew basically where I wanted to go with it, and I brought home a page with all the different samples. I said, “I am going with this one.”
She looked at it and said, “They all look the same to me.” It tore my heart out. I thought, “No, they are very different and nuanced.”
Mike:
Some people are like that.
I will admit I do not really have the design gene. If you show me a picture or hand me a picture, I can usually build it.
I do appreciate a well-designed space. I can look at it and say, “I really like that. It works.” Sometimes I look at something and think, “I am not sure about that.”
Be honest with yourself too. Rely on some outside opinions. It might be a good designer, or it might be a friend who is good at putting things together. Maybe get their opinion too.
There is no shame in that.
Host:
Is that part of why the design process can take time?
People sometimes wonder why it takes so long, but if you are building something that will last for generations, you really want to make sure you get it right.
Mike:
I think so.
Sometimes that means taking more time and not feeling forced into a decision.
One thing we probably have never talked about is why things take a little longer in design now. I do not know why this is, but getting pricing back from suppliers is slower right now.
When we go through the design process, we build in almost a month of us begging, pleading, and threatening to get pricing back from suppliers and other people involved in the job.
For a homeowner, I know they may think, “What is the holdup? What is taking so long?”
It might be that our supplier is backed up in that part of the process and we cannot get pricing back from them right now.
I would rather have an accurate contract. The temptation is sometimes to wing it and hope for the best, but I think it is better to be patient up front.
Host:
Accuracy is super important to you.
One final thing I wanted to ask about countertops: I have noticed that in the right scenario, there may be different materials for different countertops. The kitchen itself may have quartz, but the island or pantry may use butcher block or something like that.
Are we seeing that come into play in the right situation?
Mike:
Yes, I like that.
Sometimes it can be a challenge. You are getting into specialty manufacturing to get wide enough wood materials made up for some of those things.
We have outlets for it. I keep thinking it is going to gain more popularity, and then we end up doing one or two a year. It has never really taken over.
But we get homeowners who say, “I really like that picture. I just do not know if I want it in my house.”
A lot of times, we will do it in a pantry. If you have a nice walk-in pantry with cabinetry, wood tops are really popular in those spaces.
Host:
That is a neat look.
Do you do wood tops with floating shelves in those pantry spaces?
Mike:
Yes. Pantry spaces are popular.
Sometimes our pantries get as much or more attention than the kitchen. If people have the space, they will do it and really appreciate it.
Host:
They are pretty amazing.
If you want to check out some of their work and those pantries, head over to EdgeConstructionCompany.com. There is a whole section on kitchens there where you can see some of the great work.
Also check out the link to Houzz, H-O-U-Z-Z, at EdgeConstructionCompany.com.
If you are thinking about a kitchen remodel or any type of remodeling, Edge Construction would love to talk. Pick up the phone and call 608-636-3343. That number is 636-EDGE.
We will continue our conversation with Mike Twohig of Edge Construction next as the Home Remodeling Show continues right here on 1310 WIBA.
Host:
This is the Home Remodeling Show, brought to you by Edge Construction. The website is EdgeConstructionCompany.com. That is all one word, Edge Construction Company dot com.
It is a great day to learn more about Edge Construction Company. If you are thinking about a remodeling project, pick up the phone and call 608-636-3343. That number is 636-EDGE.
It is a great day to make that phone call.
We have been talking this week about kitchen remodeling trends.
There was something I was going to ask about, and I totally forgot before the break. We left off talking about pantries and other areas that you do not always think about.
That is one of the great things about working with the designers at Edge Construction. Sometimes there is something you did not even know was a possibility until you sit down with a designer and they show you something.
I have said it a billion times, and this will be a billion and one: you do not know what you do not know.
When you are thinking about a kitchen remodel, it is definitely worth looking through and talking about what the possibilities could be.
Mike:
Yes.
There are a lot of times when we come in at first — like the kitchen remodel we are in right now that is getting drywalled.
They had a patio door on one end of the kitchen and a little table in front of it. It is a little bit older house, a good-sized house.
The designers had the idea to take out the patio door and put in a single swing door to go outside onto the deck. It sounds counterintuitive, but it allowed us to get another wall of cabinets on the end of the kitchen and expand the main cabinet line out a little bit.
The table now goes on the other end of the kitchen. We opened up the wall down there.
CAD allows you to visualize this stuff because the design programs we use now can show the effects of light. We can show that we changed the window. We can pick a time of day — 10 in the morning on Saturday on this date of the year — and the program will estimate how much sunlight is coming through the windows and show what it looks like in there.
We also almost always add light.
When you put all that together, I do not think the human brain could do all of that and have an accurate picture. But the CAD programs can do it and give you a real-world view.
We are really close to using more AI. I am trying to hold off until next winter because I want to get through one more builder show and see where the AI stuff has gone.
Last year, I thought AI was going to mean we plug it in and AI spits out ideas without us really doing anything. It is not like that at all right now.
We still come up with a great plan, and then AI programs can take renderings and do crazy stuff to them. They can make them better, like making them look like a great camera took the picture.
We can say, “Add some people into it playing a board game or eating supper. Give us four different versions of this in different styles and colors.”
That is where I think AI is going to help on the design side. We can make changes faster and give you different views quicker. If you have an idea while you are in there looking at products and designs, the new AI design programs will help us make those changes faster, and I think it might make the decision process easier too.
Host:
That is pretty cool.
The tech in me thinks that sounds very cool.
You mentioned board games. If you have a nice island and you are getting the family around it, do you ever get requests for custom storage for that type of thing?
In the Prebil household, we keep board games on a bookshelf in the basement. When we want to play a game, we have to run downstairs. It is not very convenient.
Mike:
Board games are coming back a little bit.
Storage for them tends to be maybe not in the kitchen, but we do a lot of interior remodeling. Storage around an entertainment area, TV, or fireplace can be a great spot for board games.
You do not have to get them out of the basement. Maybe the basement is overflow, but there are so many options now, and board games are making a little resurgence.
When our grandkids come over, we are playing board games. It is great.
Host:
It really is.
I think Ticket to Ride is one that a lot of younger folks like. I remember as a kid playing Risk and Clue. So much fun.
Mike:
We still play Clue once in a while.
Host:
We have some big Risk games at our place. Those can go way into the evening because Risk can get competitive.
We are talking this morning with Mike Twohig of Edge Construction.
If you are thinking about doing some remodeling — whether it is a kitchen or a great place for your family to gather and play board games and spend quality time together — today is a great day to start that conversation.
You can learn all about Edge Construction at EdgeConstructionCompany.com. That is all one word, Edge Construction Company dot com.
Pick up the phone and call 608-636-3343. That number is 636-EDGE.
Edge Construction brings you the Home Remodeling Show right here on 1310 WIBA.