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11.17.08Modern Kitchens and Bathrooms: Tips on Accenting with Light
Bathroom Remodeling, Kitchen Remodeling (0)Turning your bathroom or kitchen into a modern masterpiece requires attention to several very important areas of design - and lighting is a big one. The right lighting can add sparkle to an otherwise ordinary kitchen or bathroom design and help draw focus and attention to modern faucets, fixtures, kitchen or bathroom accessories and other areas you'd like to showcase. When establishing your kitchen or bathroom design, there are many new options available that mimic the same interesting, clean lines of your new fixtures. Some things to keep in mind are: -- Cool colors and modern decor can be made more dramatic ...
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10.09.08A High-End Kitchen on a Low-End Budget
Kitchen Remodeling (0)Aisha Sultan St. Louis Post-Dispatch When many of us start fantasizing about a dream kitchen, the potential price tag is a jolt of reality. And while traditionally the kitchen was considered a prime home investment for resale purposes, things have changed in this slumping housing market. Real estate agents caution sellers about dumping too much money into a dream kitchen project if homeowners plan on selling in the near future. ''People spend far too much,'' said Lynne Bode, a real estate agent with Remax Results. ``Buyers are looking for a deal right now.'' There used to be a higher payback on very expensive kitchens, ...
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10.06.08What’s Cooking? Smart Kitchens
Kitchen Remodeling (0)Bridget A. Otto The Oregonian Remember the opening sequence to the iconic'60s cartoon "The Jetsons"? Everything was automated, sleek and clean, thanks to Rosie the robot maid. The concept of simplifying through automation is becoming a reality in the design studios of firms such as GE, Italy's Scavolini and Germany's SieMatic. Their smart kitchens are enough to make you salivate. They are sleek -- think entire kitchens cut from white Corian. They are integrated -- drawers with built-in knife holders and undercabinet touch lighting. They are flexible -- space that converts from homework central to formal dining. If we're multi-tasking in the ...
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10.03.08How to Design a Functional Kitchen
Kitchen Remodeling (0)Whether you are remodeling an old kitchen or designing a new kitchen for a new home, functionality is the key to kitchen design. Having a functional layout in the kitchen not only makes the kitchen more inviting to your family and guests, but it also makes things easier on the one who is doing the cooking, which is probably you! If a kitchen design is laid out wrong and it doesn't function properly for you, it will haunt you every day that you live in your home. The basics of functional kitchen designs are incumbent upon the location and placement of ...
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09.22.08Kitchen Design That Invokes and Invites Movement
Kitchen Remodeling (0)Katherine Salant Washington Post Last week, I saw the most remarkable kitchen I have ever encountered. It looked as though a dancer or a sculptor designed it. On one side of a simple galley arrangement, the cabinets were held in the embrace of a thick, curved, black walnut butcher-block slab that was a study in movement. Rising from the floor, it flattened out at countertop height to become a work surface around the sink area, before curving up. Then, in a serpentine gesture, the slab turned back on itself, flattening out again to support the wall cabinets, before turning up again toward the 12-foot ...
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09.17.08When Buying Cabinets, Focus on Price, Function
Kitchen Remodeling, kitchen cabinets (0)A. J. Bauer Gatehouse News Service When considering new kitchen cabinets, it's easy to get caught up clipping photos of your dream designs out of magazines and lose track of the ultimate task at hand: rebuilding your kitchen. While she recommends using magazines to develop aesthetic preferences, Marlene Ketchen, owner of The Cabinetry in Hanover, Mass., said it's equally important to consider a kitchen's functionality when shopping for cabinets. "How do you use the kitchen? Do you do a lot of cooking or is it more of a social room?" Ketchen said. "(Answering) those questions helps with design." Ketchen said she approaches cabinets as part ...
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09.02.08Five Tips for Kitchen Remodeling on a Budget
Budgets & Remodeling, Kitchen Countertops, Kitchen Remodeling, kitchen cabinets (0)It’s the height of remodeling season during a weak economy, which is a tough combination for homeowners needing to make upgrades to their kitchen. This summer, things are heating up as people debate a costly home improvement that also offers one of the best returns on investment. To help, DreamMaker Bath & Kitchen offers these five tips for kitchen updates that look good and also make "cents." 1. Granite counters: Look for thinner widths without the beveled edges. 2. Cabinets: Shop stock items or semi-custom cabinets that can rival custom craftsmanship. Or, for real savings, consider refacing your cabinets to get a ...
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08.20.08At Home on the Island
Kitchen Remodeling (1)Mary G. Pepitone Universal Press Syndicate A kitchen island is no longer uncharted territory. Not only is the kitchen island a space for food preparation, it can also serve as a home's gathering place. The island's functional design has even migrated to outdoor kitchens. But the kitchen island wasn't always on the map in homes built prior to the 1960s, according to 92-year-old Chuck Williams, founder of Williams-Sonoma housewares. “In the 1960s, people were starting to remodel their kitchens to make them more livable, to accommodate everyday eating,” he says. “Prior to that, a kitchen could be treated as a utilitarian place to ...
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07.26.08Bring Dead Space to Life: Remodels Add Value to Homes
Basement Remodeling, Bathroom Remodeling, Decks and Porches, Garage Remodeling, Kitchen Remodeling, Sunrooms/Solariums (1)Mary Amoroso The Record (Hackensack, NJ) They had a hot tub installed on the deck of their Upper Saddle River, N.J., home about three years ago. But when the weather turned cold, they found themselves dreading the thought of making the dash from the hot tub to the house. "We were thinking that in the winter time, it's too cold to get out there," said Mary Lou Tenazas. So they decided to turn part of the deck into more usable space by installing a three-season sunroom, at a cost of about $25,000. Now they're able to use the hot tub through more of the ...
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07.01.08What’s Hot in Today’s Kitchens
Kitchen Countertops, Kitchen Remodeling, kitchen cabinets (1)by Deborah L. O'Mara HGTV When it comes to kitchen remodeling, every family has a long list of 'want' items. Of course, how much they can spend always clarifies the difference between want and need, but there are many hot items that continue to come up in kitchen design. As an interior designer and a designer on staff at DDK Kitchen Design in Glenview, Ill., Nancy Henry is serves a variety of clients. Many of the company's designs are for the newer homes in the area, and many of the kitchens are custom or semicustom. Her customers usually have the flexibility to ...
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07.01.08Granite, Laminate Reign, But Have Rivals
Kitchen Countertops, Kitchen Remodeling (0)Judy Stark St. Peterbsurg Times Laminate and granite are still the king and queen of the countertop world, but there are more variations and more alternatives than ever. Last year, 32 percent of all kitchen countertops were laminate, up from 27 percent the year before. Granite remained in second place with 29 percent. But even the reigning royalty need to stay competitive. "People are getting tired of granite. They're starting to look for something new," says Nancy Braamse of Olde World Cabinetry in Largo, Fla. Maybe that "something new" is a honed finish on granite instead of the highly polished surface everyone's ...
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06.09.08Kitchen Don’ts
Kitchen Countertops, Kitchen Remodeling, kitchen cabinets (0)Anna Maria Vona Kitchen and Bath Business (www.kitchen-bath.com) Common mistakes can make a dream kitchen a nightmare. Use these ten tips from designer Anna Maria Vona, of Carmana Designs, Ltd., to avoid them. 1. Don't design a cooktop without having adequate room on either side of the cooking surface for hot pots to land. 2. Don't design a cooktop next to a wall. There's nothing worse than being shoehorned against a wall while you're cooking, not to mention the greasy mess the wall will sustain. 3. Don't select solid surface material for kitchen countertops that will take a lot of abuse. You cannot place hot ...
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04.30.08Tax Stimulus Rebate Check Can Give a Kitchen a Whole New Look
Kitchen Remodeling, kitchen cabinets (0)Thanks to Uncle Sam, kitchen and bath experts Jack Kellerman and Scott Raposo of CaveSTER.com have some good news. For what the average taxpaying family is receiving in their tax rebate check, a kitchen can receive a whole, new look. Most people do not realize that just making a few changes, such as a new faucet and sink, can give an old stale kitchen, a bright new look and increase the value of your home. "The faucet and sink are often times the focal point of the kitchen and people don't realize how much an old, unattractive faucet or sink affects ...
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04.24.08Redefining Your Pantry
Kitchen Remodeling (0)Lori Darvis Indianapolis Star Remember your mother's pantry? It was tucked in a corner, beside the refrigerator or in a cramped closet space. The family's dry goods were crammed together on deep shelves in no apparent order. If Mom wanted a can of chicken noodle soup, she'd have to search among the vegetables, beans and boxes of Hamburger Helper. Today's pantries are coming out of the closet. As homeowners design their dream kitchens, they want pantries with ample storage space and easy access to those soup cans. Pantries have become multitasking rooms, complete with countertops and sinks for preparing meals or dinner party ...
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04.21.08Today’s Hot Kitchens Stress Contrast, Clean Lines and a Dash of Whimsey
Kitchen Countertops, Kitchen Remodeling, kitchen cabinets (0)Elaine Markoutsas Primary Color Remodeling a kitchen, one of the most popular and expensive undertakings associated with home ownership, is all about refreshing -- no matter what the style. It's an effort to revive drab or dated space and reconfigure layouts, often annexing square footage where families and friends can hang out and entertain in the true nexus of the home. When they remodel, homeowners are looking for updated aesthetics and upgraded appliances that improve function, and sometimes there's an element of fantasy. Thumb through specialty kitchen magazines and you'll find a bit of Provence or a hint of Tuscany in the choice of ...
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04.14.08Remodeling Your Kitchen Affordably
Kitchen Countertops, Kitchen Remodeling, kitchen cabinets (3)Cindy Hoedel Kansas City Star Now might be the best time ever to remodel your kitchen. A recent survey by the National Association of Home Builders says new home starts decreased sharply in the fourth quarter of 2007, but remodeling decreased only slightly. As a result, some builders are moving into remodeling. And kitchen design companies, with fewer new-kitchen jobs, are more willing than in years past to take on small and midsize projects. In other words, more pros are chasing your remodeling dollars. In Kansas City, the average cost of a minor kitchen remodel is $21,672, according to Remodeling magazine’s 2007 Cost Versus Value ...
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03.19.08The 7 Weirdest Kitchen Design Requests
Kitchen Remodeling (1)K+BB (Kitchen and Bath Business) Designer MaryJo Camp, CKD, CBD, CID, hit a hole in one with one of her kitchen designs. Literally. A woman asked the designer, who is the VP of marketing for Standards of Excellence in Rohnert Park, CA, to put a putting green, including green carpeting, in her kitchen so her husband would interact with her while she cooked. "We responded with just that—complete with a hole cover for the times he wasn't present—and she was thrilled with the result," said Camp. Designers often get wacky requests when designing kitchens for clients. As part of the Research ...
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03.11.08The Artful Kitchen
Kitchen Remodeling (1)Carol Polsky Newsday Kitchen renovations involve a seemingly endless list of decisions about every little detail, from cooktop to countertop, flooring to faucet. But even after all that agonizing, most kitchens are surprisingly impersonal for a room so often in use and so central to family life. A white kitchen tends to look much like other white kitchens, a traditional kitchen like other traditional kitchens. Impersonal didn't cut it for Michelle Francis of Bellport, a banker by trade and an art lover by nature. She waited seven years to decide on her kitchen's backsplashes, and when she did, they were unique: stained-glass mosaics based ...
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