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Welcome to Bayside Kitchen & Bath
Greetings!
Enjoying Summer...
We hope this finds you in the thick of summer enjoyment whether you delight in a daily ocean swim, gardening, outdoor grilling, tasting the treats of the season - corn on the cob, cherries, lobster bakes and more!
Perhaps this season finds you vacationing with your family, like I've been. This summer I took my family to the Mount Washington Hotel at the base of Mount Washington, NH. I couldn't get my daughters out of the pool all day and we visited Santa's Village and Clark's Trading Post. My daughter, Caroline exclaimed "Look Daddy, it's a castle. You've made all my dreams come true". These are the precious moments to savor.
And speaking of savoring, be sure to read the article reprinted from K+BB on outdoor showering. We Cape Codders know this summertime ritual better than anyone!
Next month we're back to our Open House Series, cooking up our next topic and moving the time slot to late afternoon so you can stop by on your way home from your workday. Be sure to join us next month and share with us your summertime stories.
Finally we'd like to remind you that fall is right around the corner and it's a time when we spend more time in the kitchen enjoying the harvest of that season. If a remodel is in your plans to enjoy your holidays, keep in mind that a kitchen remodel will mean that you place your cabinetry orders in August or September.
Oh and be sure to see how we have exceeded the savings offered by our Governor!
Warm regards,
Mark Lane, Owner
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OPEN HOUSES Returning
Friday, September 17th 4:00 pm - 6pm
Our monthly open house series will return in September and we're cooking up our next topic to inspire you as we prepare for the change of seasons.
Mark your calendar and please join us!
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Make Your Dreams a Reality!
Summer Kitchen Remodel
East Falmouth, Cape Cod
Before
 After
Scope of work:
Remove Cabinetry, Existing flooring
Close off existing doorway to dining room. Open up existing non-load bearing wall into dining room; move wiring as needed for wall and wire for new lighting; remove ceiling soffit and install new cabinetry as per new layout; install solid surface countertop, tile backsplash and flooring.
Products: Ultracraft Cabinetry $16,233.00
Solid Surface Counter top $3,895.00Labor $9,450.00
Tax (6.25%) $1,258.00Total Project $30,836.00
*Flooring materials and appliances by homeowner.
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TAX FREE MONTH
 A sales tax holiday is finally a reality now that Governor Deval Patrick has signed an Economic Development bill that includes a provision for the sales tax holiday this weekend - August 14th and 15th.
The provision limits shoppers to retail items costing $2,500 or less ONLY on this particular weekend.
At Bayside Kitchens we're making it a TAX FREE MONTH - this is offering you a $aving$ of 6.25% on all Cabinetry, Counter tops, Sinks, Faucets, and Decorative Hardware regardless of how much or how little you spend.
Get started on your fall renovations now with
extra savings!
To take advantage of this offer go to:
Bayside Kitchens Tax Free Month |
BATHING ALFRESCO
Summertime, Mother Nature beckons us
outside-to play sports, relax in the garden, entertain our friends and
more. Even bathing is becoming a common alfresco activity as
people increasingly take advantage of their home's outdoor areas, both
to increase their livin  g space and to connect to nature.
"In our cyber-age, people are fairly divorced from nature, so there is a
resurgence in gardening and working outdoors and people getting in
touch with things that ground them as an elemental being," said Ethan Fierro,
author of "The Outdoor Shower: Creative Design Ideas for Backyard
Living, from the Functional to the Fantastic" (Storey Publishing,
2006). "Outdoor showers in particular allow them to celebrate and feel
that connection, returning them to the primordial Garden of Eden."
Found in both warm and cold
climates, outdoor showers include a wide range of designs, intended
purposes, structural elements, materials and plumbing styles. "In climates where the weather freezes, showers have to be drained and
plumbing emptied," explained Fierro. "In tropical and subtropical
environments, they can be more open, free-form, simpler." As a result,
Fierro found on the East Coast and part of the West Coast and in other
wealthier regions, outdoor showers have a lot more resources put toward
them. "They more reflect the structure they are next to and have special
architectural details and flourishes that set it aside as being a
beautiful, high-end shower," he said. "In other areas of the country,
outdoor showers are often simpler, more rudimentary, like the more
bohemian showers in the redwoods of California."
In addition to including dozens of outdoor shower photographs to provide
inspiration, Fierro's book includes an overview of basic plumbing and
structural requirements, along with suggestions for incorporating a wide
range of building materials, including stone, wood, metal, frosted
glass blocks, earth, concrete, tile, stucco and landscape vegetation.
"One of the top considerations when building an outdoor shower is the
degree of complexity you want to employ," said Fierro. "All you need is a
hose against the side of a building or a tree, but if you want hot
water, it needs to be tied into the plumbing system." Another important
factor is the degree of privacy needed. "I usually suggest taking into
account the shyest person who would be using it," he said.
The final factor in creating an outdoor shower, said Fierro, is
creativity. "How creative do want to get? How much
does it mean to them?" he asked. "Do they want to make it a fun,
artistic expression of themselves, or just make it something
utilitarian?" The book showcases Fierro's own illustrated plans for six
fantasy showers, including a tree house, a vine-enclosed frame, a
stained-glass nautilus and an underground cavity with a hole for
sky-viewing.
Fierro's plans are environmentally sound and mindful of cost-saving
techniques, with ideas for repurposing found and recycled materials,
recapturing gray water to irrigate surrounding gardens and using solar
energy to heat water. "In this day and age with potable water being an
important issue, reusing the water from an outdoor shower is simple to
do and people should be conscious about it," said Fierro.
Whatever design an outdoor shower takes, even the simplest creation lets
people enjoy being in the elements. "Anyone who has ever used an
outdoor shower loves it," Fierro said. "Outdoor showers create poetry in
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