Awards for Green Demolitions Kitchen Buyers
Tons of people have asked us to showcase on our
website recycled luxury kitchens after
installation in their new homes. So we are
taking this to bigger level thanks to an idea
from a Honesdale kitchen customer
Ann Adams
from Bloomingburg, NY . . . |
So, here's the Green Kitchen Olympics:
What:
Win Gold, Silver, or Bronze
awards. Just submit 1-5 digital pictures and 10 to 100 words
telling your story of Green Demolitions Kitchen Renovation.
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When:
Now through the deadline of
September 30, 2008.
Submission deadline extended to November 30, 2008. Prizes awarded in November 2008. |
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Wow:
Over $1,000 in Green
Demolitions "Green Bucks*" given
away in three categories:
(DIY means you designed and installed yourself, no industry pros)
Best Industry Pros Kitchen (means you worked with one or more industry professionals)
Best Renovation Stories (all the glory details of finding your kitchen and how the project faired)
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Total 9 "Green Bucks*"
awards, 3 in categories. |
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Gold - $200, Silver -
$100, Bronze - $50. |
| * "Green Bucks" are good
towards any purchase at all Green Demolitions Stores. |
| Want to enter? |
1. Send the following information to:
olympics@greendemolitions.com
- Name
- Town
- State
- Phone
- E-mail
- Which store you
purchased your kitchen from?
- Month/Year of
purchase
- Description of
Kitchen
- Green Kitchen
renovation story (10-100 words describing your
experience)
- Customer Feedback
(optional - any suggestions you can make so we can
enhance Green Demolitions)
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| 2. Attach 1-5 pictures. |
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Entries: |
- Best Industry
Pros Kitchen
Entry #: GKO0001 Date: 6/13/08
Green Team Comment: Thanks to Cheryl and Bruce for the first
entry! Light the torches....
Green Kitchen
Buyer: Cheryl and Bruce Singer
Home:
Stony Brook, New York
Store:
Bethel, New York
Dates:
May - August 2007
We read about Green Demolitions and became excited as our dream kitchen with upscale stainless steel appliances were now in our budget. We had many phone conversations with Mare about the appliances, styles, sizes and options. We made a 'wish list' and sent it to Mare. When most of the appliances arrived, delivery was scheduled and our Viking suite was here. There's one catch, we still had the old kitchen! So we put them in the garage covered them up like a new baby and off we were to plan our new dream kitchen. We love our new kitchen and appliances!
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Entry #: GKO0002 Date: 6/28/08
Green Kitchen
Buyer: Valorie Gallagher
Home:
Wantage, NJ
Store:
Honesdale, PA
Dates:
August 2007
Contemporary Maple Cabinets with Stainless/Black High End Appliances/Italian iridescent glass wall and back splash.
I found my complete kitchen with upscale appliances in Honesdale. It had just been unloaded off a truck, not cleaned, set up, or anything. I had no idea at the time what I was going to do with this huge kitchen. I designed it, and worked with the contractors hands on each day! I was able to go from 1960's dark to this! My Lifestyle Area, it is more than a kitchen!
Our renovation began two weeks before Christmas, and finished the end of February 2008. No kitchen through the Holidays was hard, but so worth it!
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Entry #: GKO0003 Date:
7/14/08
Green Kitchen
Buyer: Marlyse and Jed Duguid
Home:
Sandy Hook, CT
Store:
Bethel, NY & Norwalk, CT
Dates:
March 2007 - February 2008
A mix and match, DIY, 18th century farmhouse kitchen with Dark Cherry Rutt Cabinets, Viking professional appliances, and granite countertops.
Two amateurs, one 18th century kitchen in serious need of help. March 07: A cheap dusty pile of Rutt cabinets and dishelved Viking
dishwasher from Bridgeport. Bethel Tent Sale July 07: Viking oven, cooktop and microwave. Labor Day weekend: invite friends over for
demolition, send them home with mouse poop in hair. Yikes, still no plan! Measure cabinets, appliances, etc. A plan evolves. Months of
takeout ensue. January 08: Green Demolitions strikes a deal with Franke, We strike deal with Green Demolitions Norwalk for fireclay
sink and brass faucet. February 08: 20 lbs heavier, we’re happy to be cooking again.
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Entry #: GKO0004 Date:
9/5/08
Green Kitchen
Buyer: Tim Clark
Home:
Northville, CT
Store:
Bethel, NY
Dates:
Summer 2008
Description of Kitchen: Solid, Traditional Kitchen
I needed two solid traditional style kitchens for a commercial construction project for a three family home in the New Milford area.
I went to the Green Demolitions store in Bethel, New York on a Saturday, found just what I was looking for, and purchased it the same day. It was actually one big kitchen that I was able to convert to two kitchens because of the layout Green Demolitions provided.
After working with the helpful staff in Bethel, I had put together a complete package deal for my project: cabinets, sinks, AND Viking appliances. Except for the custom panels I built for the refrigerator, everything came from Green Demolitions.
I had originally estimated this job to cost me around $27,000. At Green Demolitions I spent $7000. I saved $20,000 and I’m really happy about that.
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Entry #: GKO0005 Date:
9/29/08
Green Kitchen
Buyer: Michael Galinsky and Suki Hawley
Home:
Brooklyn, NY
Store:
Bethel, NY
Dates:
July 2008
Description of Kitchen: Snug Galley
Kitchen
For 9 years we thought about re-doing our kitchen. My wife kept pushing to
renovate. I told her to make measurements so that we could accurately
estimate the work to do. Luckily when we stopped by Green Demo in Bethel she
had the drawing of what she wanted with the measurements in hand. Literally
the moment we walked in the door we saw a kitchen that could work. We bought
it the next day. Two weeks later picked it up in a truck. After sitting in
our office for a month we had done enough work to start putting it in. We
needed a few more lower cabs but Ikea had something that matched close
enough. Tonight we cooked our first meal. No one can believe it cost 1500
bucks....with the marble, dishwasher, sink, cabs, Viking cooktop, etc etc.
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Entry #: GKO0006 Date:
9/29/08
Green Kitchen
Buyer: Walter and Marilyn Barbe
Home:
Beach Lake, PA
Store:
Honesdale, PA
Dates:
June - September 2008
The Delaware & Hudson Canal Company in 1850 deepened the canal, enlarged the more than 100 locks to allow for larger boats, and built large houses with board-and-batten siding, along the canal. They were used by the lock tender and his family, and as a stopping off place for canal boats traveling between Honesdale, Pennsylvania and Rondout, New York. The house at White Mills, Pennsylvania at Lock Number 33 was condemned in early 2007, purchased by me and restored.
The original kitchen, attached on the south end of the building, was restored to its original condition. New electrical wiring, plumbing and flooring were installed. A cherry wood kitchen was purchased from Green Demolitions consisting of many cabinets, a number of which opened in front and back. In addition to the kitchen cabinets, this purchase included a sink and dishwasher. (The dishwasher was the only item not used.) A stove and refrigerator and an overhead light fixture were then purchased from Green Demolitions. The enclosed photographs show all of the items purchased from Green Demolitions except one large cabinet, which was used upstairs over the washer/dryer connections. (A new counter top had to be made using some of the original counter top.) Other than the stools and the overhead light/fan, all of the items in the photographs came from Green Demolitions.
Green Kitchen Renovation Story
The first time I saw the D & H Canal Lock House in White Mills, Pennsylvania in July 2007 the "Keep Out — Condemned" sign had just been nailed to the door. The canal company built this 1850 house for the tender of Lock 33, the first post office in White Mills and the site of the telegraph office. In deplorable shape, some fool-hardy soul was needed to save this important piece of our heritage. One year later—with the help of friends, a canal exhibit moved from the Chamber of Commerce and Green Demolitions—the building was restored to house a canal museum and an apartment with a magnificent kitchen.
An open house for 200 people was held on September 13, 2008. Everyone admired the Green Demolitions kitchen.
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