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On January 25, 2012, The Clark Gillies Foundation hosted their first Bowling for Kids Night at 300 Bowling Center in Melville, NY. It was a night full of fun, excitement, prizes and more all for a great cause! Some folks even stepped up to challenge of bowling Clark himself! Check out some of the images from this great event below:

It’s almost here. Fishing, Golf, Gardening… it’s SPRING! What seemed like the longest winter is now slowly but surely coming to a close, and for home owners, it can’t come soon enough. Houses can take a beating during the winter season, indoor and out.

So what is on your spring checklist to whip your biggest investment back into shape and prepare for the warmer months?

Here is a list of spring check-ups you can do to save yourself some trouble down the road:

That’s right, we think YOU are awesome! Please allow me a moment to explain why.

We were thrilled to learn that we had earned an award for Best Campaign at this year’s Marketing Over Coffee Awards for our use of  social networking during the Lutz Family Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.

What could you do to turn your bathroom into your dream bathroom?

This is a popular question these days among homeowners considering home improvement efforts. What’s amazing is that the smallest room in the house very well could require the most thought.

Gina Bonura is a Custom Kitchen and Bath Designer here at Alure Home Improvements.  She was recently quoted in an article about bathroom remodeling in Long Island House & Home Magazine sharing some of her experience with clients. Here are some keys to think about when considering components for your bathroom remodel.

I really enjoy social networking and it has been an incredible experience witnessing how Alure’s social media presence is developing. Our involvement with the Lutz Family episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition provided us the opportunity to share the experience with the world in real time via our Facebook Page. We put a call out to our fans to help with the build and the community response was incredible.

Debbie Oatman and her boys were the family receiving the Extreme Makeover when we worked on the Camp Heartland build in 2007. Debbie learned of the Lutz Family build through our Facebook posts and immediately picked up the phone to arrange for her family to be on site throughout the week. Here is part of an interview Debbie, Kevin and Scout did with the media on the Lutz site in which Debbie explains how she found out about the build from our Facebook posts.

Each year, during Martin Luther King weekend, we open our showrooms to the public in an effort to display the services we provide as well as offer some useful seminars for families considering home improvement projects. The event is usually very well attended and this year was no different. Here is a recap from the weekend and we hope our readers will provide feedback on things for us to consider for future events.

Well, we have said goodbye to 2010 and hello to 2011.  As in all years we have memorable moments from the past year mixed with excitement and the unknown about the New Year.

2010 saw us complete our 8th Extreme Makeover!  Another special house, another miracle for another very special family.  The Lutz family will remain in our family like all our Extreme Makeover: Home Edition heroes for the years to come.

“Every interaction with anyone anywhere was an opportunity to gain additional perspective. We are all human at the core, and it can be easy to lose sight of that in a world ruled by business, politics, and social status.” These words are from the book Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com. These words rang so true in a recent opportunity we created to engage with our Facebook following.

The east coast of the US has been paying attention to the potential of a visit from Hurricane Earl this week and into the weekend. While I hope everyone is taking the necessary safety precautions, sooner rather than later, it got me to thinking about those that are currently in the midst of a Long Island home improvement project and what those folks should be concerned about. I put the question out to our management team at Alure and received some great suggestions. Here are some things you should consider when the potential for bad weather exists:

This month’s featured project is a modular build that Alure Home Improvements constructed in East Northport, NY. What is modular construction? Modular construction is a more resource-efficient way of building. The actual home is split up into several sections, or boxes that contain bedrooms, bathrooms, etc. that are built off-site. This means the boxes are built in a quality controlled setting, code-compliant and built with “green” consideration, all resulting in a high quality product. The boxes are then transported to the site, craned into place and attached to one another. The plumbing and electric get hooked up, and that’s it. In a fraction of the time it would take to build a home with traditional framing methods you have an entire house built, which creates an easier transition for the homeowner.