How often do you look for something in one or two kitchen drawers, and give up in frustration? Maybe you tweak the recipe for what you're preparing or worse, you end up buying a duplicate gadget. When we finally bought new flatware for Thanksgiving diner, we discovered three identical OXO can …
New Home Improvement Products – Are They Really New?
The content below may have been sponsored and/or may contain referral links. Click to read disclosure policy for more info. After a week reviewing popular new home improvement products at the world's biggest home industry event, it's a bit intimidating trying to summarize what I saw. Imagine …
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Appliance Package Colors Reflect Kitchen Trends
I remember the first kitchen I really knew growing up. My parents customized a 50's ranch house - one of blocks of production homes built after World War 2, and home for baby boomers. And the kitchen was pink, with a full appliance package all in pink! Pink refrigerator, pink dishwasher, pink …
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Kitchen Countertop Materials That Aren’t Average
Kitchen countertop trends come and go, and what's hot right now won't be forever. (Read: Kitchen Remodeling Trends to Follow or Skip) If decorating tastes change like they always have, the costly granite you see in every decorating magazine will one day seem as dated as some older laminates look …
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Will the Slate Appliance Replace Stainless?
Appliance manufacturers have been riding the stainless appliance trend for over a decade, and recent attempts at other finishes have never taken off. That may be changing with the GE Slate Appliance finish. In the kitchen, gray topped the list of the fastest growing color schemes last year. …
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Two Kitchens and Two New Refrigerators?
When you move frequently, you learn what's important and know the details will sort themselves out over time. So when we moved recently, from New Hampshire to Arizona, I never focused on the two kitchens. There are many reasons for moving and we picked a location with clear skies and a house …
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