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Kitchen Design Trends in 2019

by Tina Gleisner, in Kitchens & Dining Rooms

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

Tags: kitchen appliances, kitchen cabinets, kitchen islands

Picking a Kitchen Cabinet Style Is Challenging

by Tina Gleisner, in Kitchens & Dining Rooms

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

Tags: cabinet styles, cupboards, interior styles, kitchen built-ins, kitchen cabinet styles, kitchen cabinets

What Should You Pay for a Kitchen Remodel?

by Tina Gleisner, in Kitchens & Dining Rooms, Remodeling Your Home

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

Tags: kitchen cabinetry, kitchen cabinets, kitchen flooring, kitchen lighting, kitchen remodel, kitchen remodel costs

Kitchen Cabinets to Maximize Storage

by Tina Gleisner, in Kitchens & Dining Rooms

kitchen storage means cabinets & organizing extras like this lazy susan

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

Tags: kitchen cabinets, kitchen storage, kitchen storage ideas

Lazy Susan – Should I Install It Myself?

by Tina Gleisner, in DIY Home Tips & Tools, Kitchens & Dining Rooms

kitchen cabinet with lazy susan

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

Tags: corner cabinets, installing a lazy susan, kitchen cabinets, lazy susan cabinets

Kitchen Design: Thinking Outside the Box

by Tina Gleisner, in Kitchens & Dining Rooms

kitchen design includes storage to hide clutter

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

Tags: designing a kitchen, kitchen cabinets, kitchen design, kitchen storage, kitchens for food prep

Kitchen Islands Offer Function & Flexibility

by Tina Gleisner, in Kitchens & Dining Rooms

kitchen islands give you more space for food prep & more

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

Tags: kitchen cabinets, kitchen counter tops, kitchen design, kitchen island, kitchen storage

Kitchen Cabinets Can Go Almost Anywhere

by Tina Gleisner, in Kitchens & Dining Rooms

white kitchen cabinets being installed

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

Tags: creative storage ideas, kitchen cabinets, recycling kitchen cabinets, visit Habitat ReStore

Kitchen Pantry Full or Empty?

by Tina Gleisner, in Kitchens & Dining Rooms, Lifestyle at Home

Typical around the world, very few food supplies as these bare shelves demonstrate

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

Tags: base kitchen cabinets, empty a kitchen cabinet, empty kitchen pantry cabinet, kitchen cabinet cubic feet storage, kitchen cabinet storage, kitchen cabinets, kitchen gadgets, kitchen pantry, kitchen pantry cabinet, kitchen pantry storage, linear feet kitchen cabinets, more storage equals more stuff, upper kitchen cabinets

Ideas for Sprucing Up Your Kitchen

by Tina Gleisner, in Uncategorized

When you're spending time in the kitchen, go ahead and decorate too

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

Tags: dress up kitchen, kitchen cabinet hardware, kitchen cabinets, kitchen remodel, kitchen shelves for storage, paint your kitchen, storage and display, tile kitchen backsplash, tin kitchen ceilings

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