Last December, we entered the
Better Homes and Gardens Home Improvement Challenge. This contest was looking for the best home-based projects in a variety of categories.

We put together some “before” and “after” photos, wrote an essay detailing our objectives in performing the featured work, and sent it off.
Well, recently, (drum roll, please!!) we were thrilled to get a call from
Better Homes and Gardens informing us that we’d been selected in not one but
two different categories! The first floor bathroom won the top spot in one category while the studio/craft room was selected in the organization category. It’s truly incredible to be selected by these professionals and it’s a validation to the work we’re doing here at Kraemer House. To be chosen out of numerous entries for this distinction is incredible and we’re excited to be a part of it.
The folks at
Better Homes and Gardens will be photographing both rooms the first week of June and we’ll let you know in which issue they will appear. The best part: There’s a cash prize that we’ll put towards another renovation project!
So let’s see...Kraemer House has now been featured in
House Beautiful (kitchen and dining room), the pantry is in
This Old House this month, and now two rooms will be in
Better Homes and Gardens. What’s next? All we can say is “wow!” and stay tuned!