Caring for your New Cabinetry

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Congrats on your new cabinets! Now let’s learn how to properly retain their beauty.

1) Be sure to only use mild cleaners when cleaning your cabinet surfaces. Always test a tiny spot before cleaning the whole thing.

We suggest using a dish soap (no fragrance or dyes), warm water and a microfiber cloth.

2) If you’re using cleaning products, never spray them directly on the cabinetry. Apply cleaning products on a cleaning cloth instead.

3) Excess water should be dried up immediately to avoid water damage (if on the exterior / face of the cabinets; blot, don’t wipe).

4) Wipe and clean the cabinets on a weekly basis.

We know this sounds like a lot of work, but you’re actually cutting your cleaning time in half because it’s easier to wipe down the cabinets after a weeks worth vs a months worth! You’re also extending the life of the cabinets!

If you have any further questions on how to care for your cabinets, please let us know!

How to Survive your Kitchen Remodel

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Selecting materials and planning your layout is definitely the calm before the storm. Once demo day hits, remodeling can feel stressful, loud and hectic. Change is really hard (especially when we take away the main part of your home!), however the key to a successful remodel is to keep your eye on the prize.

Here are a few tips that can help take the stress away from the remodeling phase.

1) Give yourself enough time to prepare the kitchen.

  • Don’t wait to empty out your cabinets the night before a big remodel. You’ll stress yourself out before we even start! We highly recommend you start emptying out cabinetry one week before the start date. This will give you plenty of time to purge what you don’t need and store everything you do in another location.

2) Set up your temporary kitchen beforehand.

  • Make sure it’s close to a water source such as your laundry or bathroom.

  • Bring in a folding table of some sort to use as a working surface.

  • Set up your microwave, toaster oven and hot plate. These will be your go-to appliances for a quick meal.

  • Keep one old drawer cabinet (or purchase a plastic drawer organizer) to store handy utensils, spices and napkins. Try to keep yourself as organized as possible so you can feel some sort of normalcy and control.

3) Preferably don’t live in the space.

  • Sometimes there is no other choice, however if you have the option to move out temporarily (hotel, air bnb, family member’s home) that is highly recommended. Some homeowners also opt to take a vacation during this time to shorten the amount of time they’re actually in the remodel. This helps the individual trades work efficiently and focus solely on their work.

4) Don’t rush the project.

  • We never recommend you to remodel 4 weeks prior to a major holiday (especially if you’re planning to be the host!). In a perfect world, a major kitchen remodel would be fully installed and completed in 4 weeks. However with the reality of remodeling and retro fitting to an existing home, things can come up that push the completion date out. This can be anything from product delays, unexpected plumbing or electrical, etc. A standard kitchen remodel can run anywhere from 4-8 weeks …. Depending on the size / complexity / types of cabinetry it can also take up to 12 weeks. Give yourself a realistic timeline of completion based on the scope of your project and keep this in mind when planning your remodel date.

The main point to take away from all of this is to plan ahead. Your project manager and the whole team at JLI is on your side and we want to make the experience as positive as possible.

Have any questions about the remodeling process? Comment below and our team will get back to you!

Giving Back This Christmas

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The Team at JLI is proud to be supporting the Marine Toys for Tots program this year. The US Marine Corps Reserve’s mission is to collect new and unwrapped toys for the children within their local communities. Help us give these children a Christmas to remember by dropping off a toy at our Northbrook showroom.

Few ideas of what to donate:

  • board games

  • backpacks

  • books

  • sporting equipment

Ways to drop off:

1) No Contact Drop Off: Leave the gift inside your trunk, give us a call when you’re here and we’ll come out to pickup.

2) Drop In: Come inside and drop off your gift in one of the Toys for Tots bins.

3) Site Pickup: If we are working at your home, you can arrange pickup with your project manager.

Drop Off Hours: Monday - Friday: 8am-4:30pm

Lets work together to make more smiling faces this holiday season!

If you have any questions, please give us a call / email.

For more information about Toys for Tots, please visit: https://www.toysfortots.org/

Beautify Your Home & Skin

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We’ve teamed up with Skin By Korana and are offering a free facial / treatment with any cabinet purchase. Any remodel or purchase over $5,000 will receive two free facials / treatments. For more information message / email us! For more information on facials and treatments available, please visit Korana’s website or instagram. All contact info is below!

Skin By Korana
Instagram: @skinbykorana
Website: https://skinbykorana.glossgenius.com/

JLI Remodeling
Instagram: @jliremodeling

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SALE: 25% OFF ALL FABUWOOD CABINETRY

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Here’s a sale to brighten up this lockdown! 🌈 25% OFF all Fabuwood cabinet styles starting today to 4/30. All credit card fees will be waived due to the lockdown so this is a perfect time to get in your points! Ordering is easy! 1) Contact us through email or DM. 2) Send us measurements. 3) We’ll sketch up the kitchen (or vanity, etc) and send it over for review. 4) Place the order! Easy as that!

COVID-19

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Hello everyone,

With the spread of COVID-19, we are taking the necessary steps to maintain business operations to support our clients. As of right now, we will maintain normal business hours (including our showroom). Please follow CDC protocols (as we are) to help prevent the potential spread of the virus. To help - we are offering free online estimates to anyone interested (video meetings available as well). All you have to do is click the ‘quote’ tab on our website and fill in the information. Once submitted a member of our team will reach out.

We also want to announce that we are offering our elderly, sick and home bound neighbors help. If you or someone you know needs somebody to go to the grocery store, or go to the pharmacy to pick up your medicine, or anything else - do not hesitate to call / message / email us. At this time, we all need to stick together.

Call: 847-386-9105
Text: 773-383-6434
Email: office@jlikb.com
Message: Facebook / Instagram

Please share & help how you can!

#community

Our New Showroom

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We’re so excited to announce that our showroom is officially up and running. We had a wonderful time at our grand opening and are so thankful for everyone who stopped by. We’d especially like to thank Sherwin Williams for sponsoring our opening. We are so happy to have such a good team around us! Here are some photos from the event.

Stop by to get some inspiration for your next project!

We hope to see you soon.

We've Moved!

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Our showroom is finally open. We are excited to be in Northbrook! We are still under construction - but are open to the public, so pardon our dust! Here you will be able to view tiles, cabinets, countertops, knobs / pulls, etc all in one place. We’ll be the one stop shop for all your remodeling needs. Mention our blog post and receive 10% off anything purchased.

See you soon!

Candy Cane Lane

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This year we are a part of the Candy Cane Lane tradition in Hubbard Woods! We hope you will all come visit to check out all the decorated trees. Once you find ours - there will be a surprise renovation savings game posted! Here are the steps/rules! 

Step 1: Pick an ornament to take home off of our tree. 

Step 2: Schedule an estimate through either our website or by phone. HINT: do not tell us you have an ornament! 

Step 3: Accept the estimate and start the renovation. 

Step 4: At the end of the project, give us back the ornament and we will remove 10% off the final price. 

Offer valid until December 1, 2018. 
Limit 1 per household. 
Cannot be combined with other discounts already given.

We hope you enjoy playing! Happy Savings & Happy Holidays from the JLI Team!