The Taurus Contracting Renovation Blog
Expert insights, design trends, and practical advice for your next Suffolk County home improvement project.
Published October 8th, 2026
Everybody out here has the story. A neighbor in Riverhead who paid a deposit and never saw the guy again. Somebody's sister in Rocky Point whose kitchen sat gutted for four months. A coworker who found out at closing that the finished basement was never permitted and had to deal with it right as the
Everybody out here has the story. A neighbor in Riverhead who paid a deposit and never saw the guy again. Somebody's sister in Rocky Point whose kitchen sat gutted for four months. A coworker who found out at closing that the finished basement was never permitted and had to deal with it right as the
Published October 1st, 2026
The showroom in Riverhead had forty samples laid out and every one of them looked good under those lights. You brought three home, set them on the floor, stared at them for a week, and now you are no closer to a decision than when you started. Here is the thing nobody in the showroom tells you...
The showroom in Riverhead had forty samples laid out and every one of them looked good under those lights. You brought three home, set them on the floor, stared at them for a week, and now you are no closer to a decision than when you started. Here is the thing nobody in the showroom tells you...
Published September 24th, 2026
There is a wall in your house that has defeated you. Maybe it is the one beside the chimney in the living room, too narrow for a real bookcase and too wide to leave bare. Maybe it is the slanted knee wall in the upstairs bedroom where nothing stands up straight...
There is a wall in your house that has defeated you. Maybe it is the one beside the chimney in the living room, too narrow for a real bookcase and too wide to leave bare. Maybe it is the slanted knee wall in the upstairs bedroom where nothing stands up straight...
Published September 17th, 2026
Nobody in Riverhead parks in their garage. It holds bikes, a snowblower, four bins of holiday decorations, a lawnmower, and a workbench somebody built with real intentions a decade ago. Meanwhile the house is short a room, somebody is working from the...
Nobody in Riverhead parks in their garage. It holds bikes, a snowblower, four bins of holiday decorations, a lawnmower, and a workbench somebody built with real intentions a decade ago. Meanwhile the house is short a room, somebody is working from the...
Published September 11th, 2026
You painted the hallway a couple of summers ago. Now there is a strip lifting off the trim near the bathroom door, a hairline crack running out from the corner of a window, and a patch above the shower that looks like it is shedding. The room is not old. The paint is...
You painted the hallway a couple of summers ago. Now there is a strip lifting off the trim near the bathroom door, a hairline crack running out from the corner of a window, and a patch above the shower that looks like it is shedding. The room is not old. The paint is...
Published September 3rd, 2026
You want the space. A playroom for the kids, a real office instead of a corner of the bedroom, somewhere for family to stay when they come out to Riverhead for the weekend. The square footage is already sitting under your feet doing nothing but holding holiday decorations...
You want the space. A playroom for the kids, a real office instead of a corner of the bedroom, somewhere for family to stay when they come out to Riverhead for the weekend. The square footage is already sitting under your feet doing nothing but holding holiday decorations...
Published August 27th, 2026
Everybody in Riverhead asks the same question first. Not what it costs. How long will my bathroom be out of service. It is the room you cannot live without, and the idea of a family sharing one working toilet for a month is enough to keep people staring at a cracked tile floor for years instead of fixing it...
Everybody in Riverhead asks the same question first. Not what it costs. How long will my bathroom be out of service. It is the room you cannot live without, and the idea of a family sharing one working toilet for a month is enough to keep people staring at a cracked tile floor for years instead of fixing it...
Published August 20th, 2026
You bought the house in Riverhead partly for the backyard. Then the boards started going soft. One cups and splits. A nail head works its way up and catches somebody's bare foot. The railing wiggles when a guest leans on it during a summer cookout. And the whole structure is maybe six or seven years old...
You bought the house in Riverhead partly for the backyard. Then the boards started going soft. One cups and splits. A nail head works its way up and catches somebody's bare foot. The railing wiggles when a guest leans on it during a summer cookout. And the whole structure is maybe six or seven years old...