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MONEY SAVING IDEAS

by Clay Cox

o start off the New Year, I would environment like we do. MDF does not warp. It does not expand
like to talk about money saving and contract as wood does every day and when using painted
ideas for your new kitchen. These product MDF doors will not crack and the paint will not peel. The
T are decisions you can make for savings on the cost of the doors in your kitchen can be as much as
a remodel or new construction that will 11% from wood to MDF.
substantially affect your bottom line. While on this subject MDF only works with paint. Stains must
First, I would like to dispel a myth. be on wood doors. This is where you want to be very careful with
Many people think that particle board who you choose to buy your product from. Quality product will
cabinets, now known as Furniture Board, have quality wood doors with the miters carefully structured so
are not a good purchase. Folks think that the corners, the most common defect, do not pull apart. Do not be
they are inferior to all wood cabinetry when afraid of wood but don’t look for quality wood at cheap prices.
in fact they are not. They are simply made with different materials One more cost saving idea for you. Drawers. We have a lot of
and will hang on your walls for as long as all wood cabinetry clients who like the idea of the shelves behind base cabinet doors
when installed correctly. If you have a flood it doesn’t matter what rolling out to them. For some reason switching to drawers instead of
your cabinets are made of you will be replacing all wood cabinets rollout shelves hits a roadblock with some folks. The fact is drawers are
exactly like you would the furniture board cabinets. After all mold faster, easier and, here it comes, less expensive than roll out shelves.
is mold and will affect what it touches pretty much the same. The We here at Kitchens by Clay wish you all a very Healthy, Happy
savings? Try starting at an 8% overall kitchen savings to much more and Prosperous New Year.
depending on where and what you buy.
Wood doors VS. Medium Density Fiberboard (MDF) doors. Enjoy your home,
Once again there is an overall thought process out there that Clay Cox
says a wood door is superior to an MDF door. Not true. In fact, clay@kitchensbyclay.com.
the opposite is true especially when living in a high humidity

Amazingly, about 65 out of 100 women in your hair it can cause color to fade out on the ends
America feel as though they have fine or limp more quickly than normal.
hair. A conversation with a client recently Always look for a shampoo that has a
about how to get more volume in her hair low pH. Doing so may allow you to skip the
led to her trying a volumizing shampoo. This conditioner. Most people that need volume do
type of shampoo works by what it takes out have fine limp hair. That type of hair does not
of the hair, not what it puts in. It is designed need any extra moisture. Avoiding moisture is
to remove any product left in the hair which the best step to avoid that limp fine hair. If you
might weigh the hair down. It is similar to feel you must use a conditioner, remember that
a clarifying shampoo-- a clarifying shampoo shampoo is always for the scalp. Conditioner is
helps remove product as well as impurities in for the ends.
the hair. In short, to give body to fine or limp hair, start
Be warned some volumizing shampoos with a good volumizing shampoo. Find one with a
work off of a high pH. This will cause the low pH and, if possible, avoid the conditioner.
cuticle to swell which will make it seem as
though your hair is fuller. In reality, a high pH
I would like to invite all readers to write in your
is damaging to the cuticle layer, which is the
questions. You can do so by email at
outer transparent protective layer of the hair.
Erickcre8U@gmail.com or call me at 239.777.2380.
This can cause your hair to frizz. If you color
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