If you are going to invest in one element for your kitchen this year, design experts are suggesting that you put your money into making sure that your kitchen is well lit. Rather than installing harsh, fluorescent overhead light fixtures, why don’t you put the light source where you need it – right under the [...]
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Smeg’s Rainbow of Colorful Refrigerators will Brighten up Your Kitchen
While we aren’t necessarily pining away for the days of harvest gold and olive kitchen appliances, we liked the idea of having some options for adding a splash of color in the kitchen. A white refrigerator is a classic choice and stainless steel looks great in a modern kitchen, but what choices are available if [...]
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Get Brassed On with Metal Faucets for Your Kitchen and Bath
Brass faucets are showing up in all the best dressed kitchens and bathrooms these days. Why is this copper and zinc alloy all the rage right now? One advantage to choosing brass over chrome is that it brings a much warmer appearance to your room. It immediately gives the room an air of elegance that [...]
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“Found Look” Growing Trend for Kitchen Designs
If all the style elements in your kitchen don’t match, or this room doesn’t match the rest of your home, relax. It just means that you are ….right in style. Whether you planned it or not, having something in your kitchen that is “not like the others” is something that is part of an interesting [...]
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Gray in the Kitchen, You Say? This Neutral Color Is a Winner
Gray may not immediately come to mind as your first choice for a kitchen color, but this color can work very well. If you have, or are interested in adding, stainless steel appliances to your home, it’s a wonderful neutral tone that acts as a wonderful foil (pun intended) to set them off very nicely. [...]
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Metal Tiles Give Your Kitchen Backsplash a Thoroughly Modern Look
If you want to update your kitchen backsplash, but want something a bit different from glass tiles, consider going for metal instead. This style choice has a very modern feel that will give your home a unique look. Glass tiles are very popular right now, and this option incorporates glass and metal to create a [...]
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Neat as a Pin Galley Kitchen Means Big Style in a Small Space
Galley kitchens are compact, to be sure, but that doesn’t mean they lack style. When cabinets are painted white or a light color, as they are in this example, they can make the space seem bigger. Keeping the counters as free from clutter as possible will also help to avoid making the area feel closed [...]
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Vote Yourself onto a Supersize Kitchen Island in 2013
Kitchen islands are getting bigger, not smaller in 2013. The latest trend in design is to move away from formal dining rooms in favor of a larger kitchen area. Since the kitchen is more likely to be used on a regular basis than a dining room that may only be used a few times a [...]
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Concrete Countertops: An Alternative to Marble or Granite
Concrete countertops have become a popular choice for kitchens, and it’s no wonder they are showing up in more and more homes. This durable material is used in the construction of roadways and home foundations. It makes sense to consider it for something that will get as much heavy use as a kitchen countertop. A [...]
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Eating In (Your Kitchen): Defining a Multi-use Space
Even if your home has a formal dining room, chances are you don’t have all of your meals there. The eat-in kitchen is the gathering place for everyday eating. It makes sense to grab a snack or eat a meal close to the place where it was prepared, rather than have to take all the [...]
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Chessboard or Abstract? Multiple Options for Kitchen Floor Tiles
Are you planning to update your kitchen soon? You don’t have to stick with a nondescript option under your feet when it comes to your flooring. Visiting a home improvement center will give you some ideas, but taking the time to go to a flooring specialist will give you more options to choose from. Depending [...]
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Vintage-Inspired Kitchens
Retro and vintage-inspired kitchen appliances are making a comeback, though they’re made with the perks of a modern life, tucked away into those cheerful exteriors that sometimes seem to represent the 1950s and 60s the way nothing else can. Sweeping past those sunny decades into an even simpler time could inspire you to model your [...]
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Planning Centers Becoming Part of Model Home Design
If you take a look at new floor plans, you might see a room located just off the kitchen that is dubbed, “Study 2.” They are also called planning centers and are the place in the home devoted to planning menus, budgets and repotting plants. Here’s where the decorating gets interesting. One of the elements [...]
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