Designer Spotlight: RBS Kitchen Design Center

In Racine, Wisconsin the RBS Kitchen Design Center has been offering quality kitchen and bath remodeling, lighting ideas, storage and design solutions for over fifteen years. Our Designer Spotlight for December has come to Racine.

RBS has a large showroom showcasing a wide selection of granite, hardware, flooring, and tile. To display the countertops, the Kitchen Design Center recently contacted our Sales Manager, Broc Siefert, about an order for Brunswick and Oxford countertop braces. “Having recently installed them into our showroom. My fabricators stated how fabulous they are. ‘WOW!’ is what they told me,” says Owner, Mark Barnhill. Mark continues, “ This product lends itself to granite, quartz or stone applications. The product blew us away when we saw it at a Kitchen and Bath Show last year. Brass is so passé. They come in enough shapes -it’s contemporary and simple.”

For RBS, their specialty is kitchen and bath solutions, they have the resources and expertise to take your project from drawing to completion. They offer their customers a professional design staff, experienced installers, expert project management and plumbing and electrical by licensed professionals. We look forward to many years of service with a company such as RBS Kitchen Design Center, and in this article we are proud to focus on them, one of our designers.

If you are in the Racine area and you need a quality kitchen and bath design for your new residence, or are looking for a remodel job so your kitchen or bath looks like brand new, please contact Mark Barnhill at RBS Kitchen Design. Mark concludes, “ The neutral necessity of steel makes it applicable on the frameless or hidden countertop bracket. This is a quality product and we’re happy to do business with Federal Brace.”

RBS Kitchen Design Center

2310 on South Green Bay Road

Racine, Wisconsin 53406

(262) 554-2400

http://www.rbskitchen.com/

Like RBS, we believe in beautifully crafted, confident support.

There is no comparison: Box-Store Brackets V.S. Federal Brace

This one is for the customers that are thinking of buying the local hardware store or large box company support brackets, so I’m posting this on both blog sites at Federal Brace. Before you buy consider this comparison:

First of all, when you are picking between the two types of different brackets you’ll notice a considerable weight difference. The Federal Brace countertop support is made out of one-quarter inch steel, and the standard box bracket is made out of a material not even as half as thick. The Federal Brace countertop mount is a wider dimension than the local hardware corbel. The material size and dimensional difference between the Federal Brace and the box store bracket means that Federal Brace has a stronger bracket that will hold up your shelves and countertops better.

Federal Brace gives you a choice and a benefit in the brushed nickel finish that matches common stainless kitchen countertop appliances. They provide the stainless steel option, knowing that some customers are willing to pay for a certain type of look.

You will notice that the Federal Brace bracket has less dings in it than the store bought corbel, because of the care involved in the finish of the brackets. Also, the box store bracket may have the evidence of a long trip – being loaded and offloaded from cargo ships from foreign lands. Federal Brace brackets will come to your doorstep, individually packaged in boxes that are designed to secure your product during shipping. You can go pick out your box store bracket from a bin that looks like the old game “A Barrel of Monkeys.”

You dig a little deeper and you see that Federal Brace has carefully designed countertop brackets with no weld elements on the face of the bracket. The bracket is constructed with plug welding which gives a flawless finish on the face of the bracket. Not only are these super-strong brackets, but also they enhance the look of the countertop they are supporting.

Some may point out that the price comparison needs to be made. That’s fine with us. Our brackets are priced higher than the box store brackets – for the exact reasons listed above. As the old adage goes “you get what you pay for.” In this instance, you get a better looking, better made, stronger and safer support bracket for the investment you didn’t skimp on – your countertops. Go with Federal Brace countertop supports when your countertops matter. ~ www.federalbrace.com