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Trendy Kitchen Redesign Ideas For Your Home

August 14th, 2010 | Author: nanoltthis

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No other room defines your home quite like the kitchen. If you are trying to put together a completely unique look for your home, then the kitchen is the best place to start so make sure you have a bunch of ideas ready to go. Remodeling the kitchen is not a tough job nor is it rocket science. It simply needs a little bit of hard work combined with some imagination.

Remodeling kitchen could be a difficult and strenuous task for someone lacks a creative mind and imagination. Take a walk through your local hardware store for a quick inventory of items you can use and need. From items such as a soapstone counter or soapstone stoves to a stainless steel refrigerator, the choices are almost limitless. Here are a few trends in the design world for kitchens:

Color is in – You won’t find too many all-white kitchens these days. Instead, people are decorating their kitchens with a variety of colors. Brown in particular is the hottest color right now, but grays, soapstone, blues and greens are also quite fashionable. Refacing your cabinets in a colored laminate is the most common way to incorporate this color trend. Vivid mosaic backsplashes, soapstone stoves, soapstone slabs, soapstone blocks and cork flooring are also drawing rave attention from kitchen designers.

Dramatic impact – Unique and strategically placed windows, multi-leveled center islands of soapstone slabs, open kitchen spaces with cozy adjacent sitting nooks, a soapstone stove, built-in seating areas, and environmentally-friendly kitchens are all the rage right now in kitchen trends.

Pantries should be seen – That formerly kitchen eyesore is now becoming a focal feature. If you need lots of storage space, think about a walk-in pantry. If space is something you don’t have a lot of, a built-in pantry may be a better option for your needs.

Sophisticated touches – Beamed ceilings, soapstone decorative items, impact-adding molding, dramatic lighting, soapstone slabs, soapstone blocks and porcelain backsplashes can add a major wow to your kitchen.

Decorate around a central theme – Keep things realistic by designing your kitchen around a feature authentic to your home’s age such as building upon an old soapstone stove. More and more people are bringing back the centuries-old trend that revolves around the energy-enhancing arrangement of its furniture pieces.

Every kitchen, big and small, has unique characteristics. It’s true that every kitchen requires some changes here and there, like that soapstone counter you’ve always dreamed about. Yours is no different. These changes cannot be started until you know the actual style and trend which will be useful and functional to make this room the most elegant kitchen it could be.

Anne has worked on many home improvement projects with a soapstone counter. Her specialties are redesigning ordinary kitchens into the extraordinary using soapstone slabs and soapstone blocks.

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Kitchen Remodeling – Color Coordination Critical

August 13th, 2010 | Author: nanoltthis

We would like to write about the importance of ensuring that the colour of the different materials used in a kitchen actually complement each other; in other words, colour coordination is just as important in the kitchen as it is in any part of the home.

Now, it was recommended to us by almost everyone in ‘the business’ to start both the materials selection and the primary colour for the kitchen with the flooring. So that is what we did. We had previous homes with just a little hardwood flooring which had been a very light shade. With the back of our home facing a forest we wanted to have a dark brown hardwood floor to help bring the forest into our home and to give that richness which only dark hardwood can give.

Next, we needed to decide if we wanted the counter top or the cabinets to be the focal point of the kitchen. Once we saw the pricing of the solid wood cabinetry, we decided on the counter tops. Our kitchen designer suggested we coordinate all three in our decision making……the flooring, cabinets and counters. He recommended that since we had our hearts set on dark hardwood flooring we go with a dark counter top and light cabinetry. This would make the kitchen ‘pop’.

We brought into our next meeting with our kitchen designer a sample of the hardwood we had ordered. We also of course brought in colour samples of the paint which would go on the kitchen and family room walls as well as the paint chip sample for that which would also go in the hallways adjacent to the kitchen.

Since our hardwood was a Jatoba Expresso we felt that the matching counter top should also be a very dark brown and settled on the Coffee Brown quartz counter top.

Next, to make the counter top ‘pop’ we went with an off white, or to be more precise, Tuscan Canvas cabinetry. This is an MDF (Medium Density Fiber board) product which is an engineered wood product formed by breaking down softwood into wood fibers and combining it with wax and resin to form panels by applying very high temperatures and pressure during the manufacturing process.

We felt that this type of cabinetry would be a very nice complement to the flooring and counters which would remain the visual focal point of the kitchen.

For the sinks we had a decision to make based on our choices to date: brushed nickel sink or a type of sink to match the cabinetry. We chose the latter.

The back-splash was selected to be similar in colour to the cabinetry and thereby would also complement, not detract, from the darker colours as can be seen in the above picture.

The same approach was taken for the brushed nickel cabinet handles, in that all of the taps in the kitchen were also brushed nickel. We chose cabinet handles which were sufficiently thin to blend into the background.

Lastly, don’t forget that the kitchen does not exist in isolation to the rest of the house. The colours and shades of the paint in the adjacent rooms / hallways should also blend in with the kitchen’s colour scheme. For us, we have a earthy tone to the colours in our home, so there was a nice match all around.

We hope you have enjoyed our take on coordinating the colours within the kitchen.

To view the pictures of the different areas of the kitchen discussed above or to read more about our kitchen renovation experiences, simply visit our blog, Daily Home Renovation Tips using the resource link below:

http://DailyHomeRenoTips.com/

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Home Decor – Create a Trendy Kitchen in Gorgeous Teal and Lime Green

August 12th, 2010 | Author: nanoltthis

Create a trendy kitchen in one of this years hottest color schemes, Teal Blue and Lime Green! It’s easy to pull off this hot new trend when you follow the tips and tricks outlined in this article.

The biggest concern that people have when considering this color scheme for their home decor, is “how do I pull this off, without it coming across busy and overpowering”. This can be achieved by finding the correct balance in your home decor. You’re not going to want to make everything in the room teal blue and lime green, the key is to incorporate those colors into a neutral base color scheme.

First you will want to start with a light color base on your walls. This can be achieved with a color of fresh white paint but I think that you can achieve a much more polished room design by choosing a faux wallpaper in a white or light cream. A metallic sheen wallpaper would set a fabulous tone for this room decor theme.

After you have your base layer completed it is time to bring color into the room. This can be done by using a bold stripe window treatment with dominant colors of teal blue and lime green. You can balance the strong visual lines of the window treatment by adding solid elements in the kitchen such as the back splash and the cupboard. The color scheme is carried throughout the room with small accents such as the cushions that atop your kitchen stools.

You can create an interesting visual focal point in your kitchen by designing your own kitchen island. This can be done by using two shelving units with a work surface placed across the top. This is a much more cost effective option for developing an island in your kitchen and you won’t have to pay for custom woodwork.

A faux slate tile flooring in a dark charcoal shades provides the perfect balance for this bold and trendy kitchen design and gives the room a fun modern look.

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Cheap Glass Tiles For Kitchen Backsplashes

August 10th, 2010 | Author: nanoltthis

Want to give your kitchen a sophisticated look? Tried of seeing your old greasy kitchen and want to give it a new sleazy look? Then try going in for Kitchen Backsplashes. This article will help you by giving information on cheap glass tiles for kitchen backsplashes.

Though kitchen backsplashes can be remodeled with ceramic, solid stone, porcelain, plastic or metallic tiles the glass tiles are the best.

Why? Here are 5 reasons.

They are great looking and come in variety of eye-catching colors. There are metallic patterns, stained glass, frosted and textured varieties available.
They are durable in all kinds of weather be it in monsoon, summer or frost. No decays or cracks and no problems of fading.
They are easy to clean and maintain. If strains are seen you can just wipe it with a wet cloth.
They make a small space seem larger and give a sophisticated look.
They cannot be breached by liquids. Hence it is impervious to water damage.
If you put spot lighting the kitchen will look still more attractive.

There are many online stores offering you a great range of tiles. Initial starting range of these tiles starts from $13 and can go up to $115 for 1*1 tiles. The site glasstilestore.com has variety of glass tiles from $12 to $115. Glass tiles with eye-catching colors like Cream, Ash gray, golden, summer wheat, amber, earth brown are available at a low and cheap range. The other end is colors like morning mist, ocean sand etc available at $115. So pick your choice.

Other online sites like wholesalersUSA and glasstileoasis.com also offer a diverse range of tiles starting from $18 to $345.

Besides available cheaply the tiles can be fitted easily. Here are some tips while handling the tiles

Use safety glasses while doing the cutting and fitting.
Cut the tile with a wet saw.
Use caps and corners on all exposed edges.
Use caution while handling cut edges.

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