If you are planning a home renovation project you know that finding resources, supplies, and tools at the right price and in the right style is critical to the outcome.

The largest part of prepping for your home improvement projects is gathering everything you need. Shopping specialty stores online makes that easier, and can help you save money, too.

10. La Cuisine Appliances

The number one home renovation project, and one that gives you the highest return on your renovation dollars with increased home value, is a kitchen upgrade. Select Euro-style appliances and gourmet built-ins like indoor grills to make your kitchen work at peak performance for the type of cooking you love to do. A sleek contemporary sink and faucet combo is both stylish and practical, and can be a real show-stopper in your gourmet kitchen.

9. Charley’s Greenhouse and Garden

A greenhouse can be so much more than a little potting shed structure in the back corner of your yard! Check out Charley’s Greenhouse’s custom estate greenhouses and garden rooms. You can complement your home with a kitchen extension that is a year-round growing retreat for herbs or orchids, or extend your outdoor living area with a structure that complements both your landscape and your lifestyle.

8. Lumber Liquidators

Order flooring online? You bet! It’s easier to measure, plan, and order your hardwood, laminate, cork, or bamboo floors at Lumber Liquidators than to deal with the lines, limited selection, and confusion of a big box home improvement store. They have the supplies and tools you need to get your flooring project done right, too. Wouldn’t the smart home renovator shop at the nation’s leading hardwood flooring supplier?

7. Van Dyke’s Restorers

Cabinet hardware. Bathroom fixtures. Period decorative accents. This is the catalog for the restoration afficionado. If you are looking for knobs, drawer pulls, reproduction medallions, vintage-style light fixtures, and other specialty items for your historic renovation, you have a great chance of finding exactly the products you need in this online store.

6. Sears – America’s Tool Headquarters

Before you start your home renovation project, you should do an inventory of your toolbox. DIYers can’t get the job done without the right tools. Shop for the best brands and America’s #1 rated Craftsman tools to round out what you need to install and finish the products you purchase for your renovation. From power equipment to hand tools, this is the online store to ramp up your workshop.

5. Doheny’s Pool Supplies Fast

If your home renovation project is an update for your pool, take a look at the discount pool liners online from Doheny’s. They have a styles for either an above-ground or in-ground pool, with lots of patterns. You can also find the chemicals and specialized pool products to clean your existing pool as part of your outdoor living renovation… a tired swimming pool shouldn’t detract from a beautiful new deck or exterior kitchen and entertaining space.

4. Craftmaster Hardware

Don’t miss out on the great products offered by wholesalers to the construction industry. You can point your general contractor and tradesmen in the direction you want for your renovation project, even if you are only subcontracting specific items to specialty craftsman. Take a look at the professional quality door hardware and security products at Craftmaster Hardware for top quality locks and door accessories.

3. Bellacor

Save money on the finishing touch for your renovation: lighting! Choose recessed or track lights, funky pendant lights, or classic wall sconces that match the style objectives of your new space. If you are doing an eco-conscious renovation, you will appreciate the specialty energy saving lighting options at Bellacor, too.

2. zZounds

Ramp your renovation up with professional-style sound installation. When you’ve got the walls down to the studs, or the ceiling pulled down, that’s the time to do the wiring for speakers, Wi-Fi receivers, and cable. Step outside the big box store, and shop for the latest in audio speakers and soundbars for your bookshelves or entertainment center at a specialty music and recording equipment store online. You’ll find the latest electronics – and often at the very best prices.

1. Perla Lichi Interior Designers

You don’t have to tackle your home renovation project alone; enlist a professional for a custom interior that takes your vision and knocks it up a notch or two. In addition to superlative design direction, an interior designer will actually save you money with efficiencies, industry-side savings, and the knowledge of how best to spend your renovation dollars for maximum investment return.

by Catalogs.com Info Guru Samantha Rose