Kitchens have always been the heart of a home. One of the most popular kitchen design trends is the open floor plan. Now these open kitchens are being integrated into the larger living space in new and exciting ways. Kitchens are being decorated like other rooms in your home and coordinated with adjoining open concept … Read More
Picking a Kitchen Cabinet Style Is Challenging
The kitchen is the heart of most homes. It’s where you head for coffee or tea first thing in the morning, the room where weekday and holiday meals are created, and oftentimes the spot for late night snacking. You want to feel at home in your kitchen, so the kitchen cabinet style should match your … Read More
What Should You Pay for a Kitchen Remodel?
It’s time to remodel the kitchen; do you know what to expect? If this is your first kitchen remodel, the answer to that question is, “probably not.” Costs add up fast, and even the best of budgets have been broken by many well-meaning homeowners. To help you form a realistic plan for your kitchen, we’ve … Read More
Kitchen Cabinets to Maximize Storage
Kitchens may be getting bigger but we always want more storage, and that usually means more kitchen cabinets. Some kitchens have enough space to add cabinets but most don’t and that’s when you need to get creative about using your existing space better. So which kitchen cabinets need help with organization? Wall cabinets are 12 … Read More
Lazy Susan – Should I Install It Myself?
A lazy susan in corner kitchen cabinets makes it easier to put away and retrieve items stored there. The trade-off is you give up the storage space in the corners, in order for the round trays to spin around the pole. If you’re not willing to give up the corner space, your choices are L-shaped … Read More
Kitchen Design: Thinking Outside the Box
Kitchen design is much more than where you place the refrigerator, sink and stove (the kitchen triangle). Kitchen design requires that you know yourself, how you use your kitchen and your preference for easy access with visual clutter versus a tidy, calm kitchen where everything is hidden behind cabinet doors. What? Are you wondering why … Read More
Kitchen Islands Offer Function & Flexibility
Kitchen islands are one of the most practical additions to today’s kitchen. Most new homes come with kitchen islands. Kitchen remodels when there’s enough space, often include an island. Maybe you’re wondering why because it wasn’t obvious when my husband (yes) wanted to design our new kitchen around an island. Kitchens traditionally have been designed … Read More
Kitchen Cabinets Can Go Almost Anywhere
Kitchen cabinets almost always live in the kitchen, but sometimes they find themselves filling other useful roles in the house. That’s because kitchen cabinets are very good at providing storage that we need to organize all the things we like to buy, right? When you remodel your kitchen, you have lots of decisions to make. … Read More
Kitchen Pantry Full or Empty?
How often do find your kitchen pantry stuffed so full that it’s hard to find something? When there wasn’t enough room in my kitchen pantry to put away 2 boxes of cereal, I knew it was time to clean out and organize the corner pantry. It’s not that we have a ton of food there … Read More
Ideas for Sprucing Up Your Kitchen
We love getting together with friends during the holidays. When entertaining at home, people always seem to gravitate to the kitchen. Everyone knows the food gets prepared in the kitchen so they end up there. Maybe it’s time to start planning your parties around the kitchen? If you’re planning a few parties, you might also … Read More
