August 15, 2021
H & C FLOORING AND STONE
Remodeling floors and staircases can sometimes be intimidating for even the handiest DIY homeowners. But H & C Flooring and Stone is now offering the Super Stairnose — a product that can help make those projects a whole lot easier.…
August 15, 2021
Graham Builders
“In Hawaii, your home extends to the boundaries of your property.” — Kurt Mitchell, AIA When it comes to residential design, the team at Graham Builders approaches each project with a carefully informed awareness of the potential of the relationship…
August 8, 2021
RUI CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING SUPPLY INC
The new home is handsome and inviting, nestled snugly among its neighbors in a comfortable Punahou neighborhood. Inside, visitors are welcomed into a bright and spacious kitchen. A cathedral ceiling with exposed beams, all a soft snowy white, opens to…
July 25, 2021
H & C FLOORING AND STONE
Remodeling floors and staircases can sometimes be intimidating for even the handiest DIY homeowners. But H & C Flooring and Stone is now offering the Super Stairnose — a product that can help make those projects a whole lot easier.…
July 4, 2021
Graham Builders
As we celebrate Fourth of July today, many Americans will be thinking about freedom. The word, like the day, has tremendous significance for many people. For some, it raises images of colonists signing the Declaration of Independence. For others, it…
June 20, 2021
HAWAIIAN TURFGRASS
On a spring day, Sean Fong of Hawaiian Turfgrass watches carefully as a pallet is loaded with green squares of El Toro Zoysia. “For the past 15 years or so, El Toro Zoysia has been the most popular grass in…
June 13, 2021
H & C FLOORING AND STONE
Remodeling floors and staircases can sometimes be intimidating for even the handiest DIY homeowners. But H & C Flooring and Stone is now offering the Super Stairnose — a product that can help make those projects a whole lot easier.…
June 13, 2021
Graham Builders
The term “design-build” is just a few decades old. It was coined in 1993 by the newly created Design-Build Institute of America as a word for a project delivery method that integrates design and construction. But the design-build method has…
June 13, 2021
RUI CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING SUPPLY INC
All over the island, homeowners are getting ready for the Fourth of July, preparing for long-awaited reunions with beloved friends and family members. They’re sprucing up homes and lanais, and tackling all those little improvement projects, in excited anticipation of…
May 30, 2021
Graham Builders
During his first five years as a design-build contractor, Danny Graham met numerous homeowners who had had disastrous experiences with construction projects. There was a common thread: None of the homeowners were aware of the fundamentals needed for a successful…
May 23, 2021
Atlas Construction Inc
With interest rates low and holding steady, there’s never been a better time to start thinking about your dream home. And with Oahu’s average median residential purchase price at about $538 per square foot for a new home, you’ll want…
May 23, 2021
HAWAIIAN TURFGRASS
Growing grass in the shade can be a challenge. Most turfgrass variations need at least five or six hours of direct sun to thrive. No grass grows in completely shaded areas, but if you have a yard filled with lovely…
May 23, 2021
RUI CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING SUPPLY INC
True marble is absolutely gorgeous, but it’s also unforgiving. Expensive and fragile, it stains easily and is very difficult to install. Advertisement But porcelain tile made with modern technology makes it easy for homeowners to install the elegant, timeless look…
May 9, 2021
For many Hawaii residents, home isn’t just where the heart is. It’s where decades of treasured memories are built by each generation. That was the scenario for an Oahu man who wanted increased space, improved energy efficiency and more accessibility…
May 9, 2021
H & C FLOORING AND STONE
Remodeling floors and staircases can sometimes be intimidating for even the handiest DIY homeowners. But H & C Flooring and Stone is now offering the Super Stairnose — a product that can help make those projects a whole lot easier.…
April 25, 2021
HAWAIIAN TURFGRASS
Chances are that many of the lush, bright green lawns you’ve admired in your neighborhood are planted with El Toro Zoysia — the most popular turfgrass on the island. “El Toro Zoysia has long been the standard for Oahu home…
April 25, 2021
Atlas Construction Inc
Lately, Hawaii’s impossibly high cost of living has been a hot topic in local news. It’s a challenge many families have addressed by pooling their resources to create multigenerational homes, often sharing expenses, chores and childcare. “There’s only so much…
April 18, 2021
H & C FLOORING AND STONE
Remodeling floors and staircases can sometimes be intimidating for even the handiest DIY homeowners. But H & C Flooring and Stone is now offering the Super Stairnose — a product that can help make those projects a whole lot easier.…
April 18, 2021
Graham Builders
It was an older home built in the 1970s, a typical single-wall, low-pitched house with a wide-hipped roof and a carport in front, common throughout Hawaii. It had been in his wife’s family for more than 40 years, but as…
April 11, 2021
RUI CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING SUPPLY INC
Porcelain and ceramic tiles have never been more popular in home design, and that’s likely because designers and homeowners have found a million innovative uses for them. “Tile isn’t just for flooring anymore,” says Jon Xie, manager of Rui Building…