Home Update Ideas: Practical, Easy and Impactful

Give a Great First Impression - Update Your Entryway

A quick and easy way to refresh the entrance to your home is with new door hardware. Choose a style and finish that will coordinate with your light fixtures and the style of your home. Emtek offers high-quality hardware that will accentuate the distinctive character of your home. Another great option for door hardware is Schlage, with a wide selection to match any home décor. While you are sprucing up, replace your old doormat and place a container garden on the front stoop. Add new house numbers to coordinate with your door hardware and light fixtures, and you have a brand new look!

Replacing or adding outdoor lighting will give your entry a warm, inviting glow. For walkways, Kichler offers decorative or hidden path and spread lighting, designed to integrate with the architecture and shed soft, balanced lighting where it's wanted. Whether your home is traditional or modern, Kichler also has the wall lights, hanging lights or posts to bring beauty and character to your entrance.

Inspire Your Inner Cook with a Refreshed Kitchen

If you have a painted backsplash area, adding tile can transform the space with style and visual interest. Florida Tile has a beautiful array of backsplash tiles that will improve the look of any kitchen. Mosaic, glass, pebbles, natural stone, stainless steel- they have it all. Visit the Florida Tile website for inspiration, or take a look at our Kitchen Updates page for more information.

Update the style and function in your kitchen while maximizing energy and cost savings with new appliances. Global Sales has now added Samsung and LG to our appliances line-up, and we offer very competitive pricing as well as cost-effective shipping.Let us help you choose the right model to fit your space and budget.

Simply switching out your existing cabinet hardware can make a big difference in your kitchen. We recommend Amerock for their wide variety of beautiful styles and finishes, which gives you the ability to coordinate your hardware choice with lighting or other fixtures.

You will see your kitchen in a whole new light with new light fixtures. Adding pendant lighting above an island or breakfast bar improves function with flair. Kichler lighting is available in style families that allow you to coordinate your lighting look throughout your kitchen or your home, with a selection that will enhance any décor and fit your budget.

Take Your Bathroom from Tired to Revitalized

Wake up a small, dark bathroom with a bold wall color and some new light fixtures. Our favorite go-to for beautiful paint is Behr. Browse colors on their website for some inspiration. Updated light fixtures will also have a big impact in a small space. Choose new fixtures that will coordinate with faucets and other hardware. Kichler's extensive line of lighting has the style and look -from sophisticated to daring, sublime to edgy- to create a statement in any room.

Another great way to light up a bathroom is with a glass shower or tub enclosure. With minimal expense, replacing an old shower curtain with a frameless glass enclosure will really open up a small space and make it seem larger while bringing value and style to your home. Each glass enclosure is custom built to fit your exact specifications and carefully packaged and crated to arrive safely for easy installation.

Updating faucets, showerheads and hardware is another easy way to give your bathroom an instant facelift. Both Kohler and Vigo offer lines of coordinating fixtures with a wide selection of styles. With new fixtures you will not only add style, but improved performance in this hard-working room. Cabinet hardware can be replaced with new knobs and pulls, and don't forget the accessories! Choose towel bars, hooks and shelving to coordinate with your new fixtures for a finished look.

Choose the Right Lighting- Tips and Trends

Lighting Choices: It's All in the Family

With literally thousands of options and styles to choose from, the process of choosing the lighting for your home can be a little overwhelming. A great way to approach the selection process is to decide on a style and finish, and maintain that look for your lighting and ceiling fans throughout the house.

Just as you would choose flooring and wall colors that harmonize and flow from room to room, it makes sense to coordinate the lighting throughout your home. We offer lighting from Kichler and Progress, as well as specialty lighting companies, to provide you with a complete assortment of light fixtures. Both Kichler and Progress have many "families" of lighting which include chandeliers, wall sconces, bathroom lighting, pendants, ceiling fans and flush-mount lights, that are grouped by style, allowing you to easily express your own personal taste in décor while maintaining a coordinated, harmonious look throughout your home.

Outdoor Lighting that Lasts

We understand the challenges presented by the climates of Bermuda and the Caribbean when choosing outdoor lighting. For quality and value in the islands, lighting must be specially constructed to hold up in the elements. When recommending lighting to our customers, we always keep in mind the climate in which it will be used. 

Both beautiful and durable, outdoor lighting from Wave Lighting is specifically designed to be non-corrosive, making it ideal for use in the Caribbean and Bermuda. Wave Lighting is composed of all non-corrosive components and is Ocean Side Approved. Wave Lighting even offers turtle-safe beachfront lighting that complies with dark sky standards. 

Available in a variety of great styles and color options, you'll enjoy years of maintenance free performance.

Bright Ideas for Choosing Bulbs

Once you have chosen your lighting, you will need some light bulbs. We offer a full selection of bulbs, and recommend the new energy-efficient options. With the use of traditional incandescent bulbs phasing out, it is possible to choose energy efficient bulbs that will provide similar light and warmth. 

Energy Smart LED bulbs from GE use fewer watts and have a rated life of over 22 years (based on usage of three hours per day). That amounts to significant savings both in energy costs and replacement costs. Plus, these smart lights are omni-directional. Unlike most LED bulbs that light in only one direction, GE Energy Smart LED bulbs are designed to direct light all around. 

Check out this useful chart on the GE web site for help in choosing the bulbs that are best for you.

One Stop Electrical Supply

From commercial to residential projects, we offer one-stop shopping for all your electrical supply needs. And our knowledge of the construction practices in Bermuda and the Caribbean, coupled with our excellent service and cost-efficient shipping, can help you get exactly what you need for your project.  

Building Supplies 2014

Paint & Primer

We work with both commercial and residential customers to help them select the right primer and paint for their projects and determine the right amount to purchase.

BEHR offers a mix of over 2,000 colors all with quality ingredients and superior adhesion to create a durable, mildew resistant surface. And, Behr's interactive website tools allow you to create your own color combinations.

ColorSmart by BEHR™ --  Review colors by name and number, use the Behr Color tool, or look through the inspiration library for great combinations for interior and exterior.  From the comfort of your home, you can explore the entire Behr Color Center with over 2,000 colors, and even see how your color combinations will look in a virtual room. You can save your color choices on a "wish list", and return at any time to change or explore more colors.

Ram Board

Ram Board is heavy-duty, temporary floor protection engineered for Contractors. Designed with cost and efficiency in mind, it lays out fast and is re-usable. Ram Board is non-staining and utilizes its exclusive Flex-Fiber™ & Spill Guard™ technologies allowing for the curing of new floors on jobsites while resisting water, paint, mud & more. It provides the perfect solution when protecting new or existing concrete, wood, tile, stone, linoleum, vinyl composition tile (vct), epoxy, and most other floor types.

Ram Board's Seam Tape is designed to hold Ram Board seams together. Its 3" width gives more of an allowance to cover Ram Board seams. The kraft backing makes it easy to tear off and install as well as makes it recyclable.

Lumber    

  

Lumber is a key component of most building projects. We can help you get the specific sizes you need for your project and help you ship them EFFICIENTLY.  

We work with a mix of over 20 big mills and smaller, specialty mills to accommodate every need our customers have. We can provide:

• Exotic species - ipe, cedar, cypress
• Specific grade requirements
• Sizes - various lengths, widths, etc
• Pressure treatments (even color options for exposed beams)
• Different finishing techniques - rough lumber, dressed, pressure treated 
• Shipping coordination and consolidation for BIG SAVINGS
• Available in a variety of quantities, including broken and/or restacked bundles in certain species

Fasteners

It's important that you have all of the necessary materials when you start your job, right down to the nuts and bolts. Whatever your needs- rods, anchor bolts, washers, pins, rivets, screws or nails- Global Sales provides a full array of construction fasteners. When you plan your project with Global Sales, we are your one-stop resource.  

Concrete Equipment

We work with several concrete equipment manufacturers to offer the right concrete equipment for your project: 

Toro offers a versatile line of mixers available for every job and mixing requirement. These mixers are constructed with heavy-duty frames for maximum durability and exclusive features that improve productivity and enhance operator control.

Concrete Forming Panels are an important component of virtually every concrete job. From Formply to MDO to HDO, we can supply you with it, in a wide variety of types and grades of panels to meet your particular concrete forming need. We can also work through the options with you to determine which is best for your particular application. 

Dayton Superior is the leading, American-owned provider of concrete accessories, chemicals, forming and paving product solutions to the construction industry. With the experience gained from tens of thousands of concrete construction, concrete accessory, and concrete chemical projects, Dayton backs products that will make your concrete construction projects a success.

For more information, visit our Building Supplies page.