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Kitchen Design Styles

When looking at a kitchen renovation or remodel, the choices are endless. From countertops to flooring to appliances to walls to back splashes, tile, wood, paint, stainless steel, ack. You get the picture. Each little bit that goes into the kitchen has its own set of choices, and then you have to make sure that all of these choices can work together. One thing that can really help when you are planning out your kitchen is to have a clear idea of the design style that you prefer. This doesn’t mean that you are doomed to have a cookie cutter … Continue reading →

Painting Kitchen Cabinets 2

If you missed the previous article, click here: Painting Kitchen Cabinets. Earlier, I talked about how to prep your kitchen cabinets before painting them. Now let’s get into the nitty gritty about selecting paint, using a roller or a brush, creating a smooth finish and then dressing up the doors and drawers. The kitchen is the most used room in the house. That is why it is so important to achieve the best possible finish on your cabinets. I’ve already mentioned the importance of getting 100 percent acrylic paint that is good quality. Why? Because paint that contains vinyl just … Continue reading →

Painting Kitchen Cabinets

Do you know what you should do when painting kitchen cabinets? For example, there is a very good reason why using certain cleaners, such as Windex, is a bad idea when cleaning the surfaces before painting them. I wish I would have known that before I cleaned our base board heating covers with Windex before we painted them. Here are the basics that you need to know before you paint those kitchen cabinets. The first thing that you want to do is to remove all of the drawers and doors from the cabinets. Then remove all of the hardware. Next, … Continue reading →

5 Kitchen Cabinet Materials

If you don’t know where to start when considering a remodel of your kitchen cabinets, you’ll love this article. It is all about the five different materials you can use to create your kitchen cabinets. You are no longer just limited to wood (although we’ll cover that, too), instead check out all of your options in these five different materials before you design your dream kitchen. Today’s kitchen cabinetry comes in a wide variety of options to suit anyone’s tastes and budget. Here is a quick description of the options in kitchen cabinet materials. You’ll be surprised by all of … Continue reading →

Hot Kitchen Cabinet Styles

Kitchen cabinets, just as other aspects of the home, feature new trends and must have styles. If you are building a new home or just looking to do a remodel or a renovation, consider the following hot kitchen cabinet styles. Plain and simple cabinets are becoming the most wanted look. I am glad I learned about this style, since our old cabinets are plain, and we were considering adding some trim. Smooth cabinet doors without any detail is the style that is becoming most popular. Door and draw pulls that are either absent or small and clean are being featured. … Continue reading →

Be Wary of Trends in Kitchen Renovation

As you may know from following along in my recent blogs, we are in the process of choosing materials, colors and finishes for a kitchen update. One aspect of this whole journey is a desire to make sure that we choose materials, finishes and accessories that will withstand the test of time, or at least the test of ten years. While we plan on staying in our current home for quite some time, circumstances could always change, leading us to sell our home. If we are caught with something that looks outdated, it could hurt a sale. We also don’t … Continue reading →

Bamboo Flooring: A Great Alternative to Hardwood

If you love hardwood flooring and are thinking about placing some in your home, you may want to consider bamboo flooring. It is a great option for homes that is simple to clean, has anti-microbial properties, and is environmentally friendly. Bamboo grows quicker than any other type of tree. Unlike some trees that take 15 to 100+ years to grow, bamboo can be harvested every 5-7 years. The minimum aged trees used for most bamboo flooring is three years. The hardness of the flooring usually depends on what type of bamboo is used as well as how long it is … Continue reading →

Home Week in Review: April 21 – 27

This week, Valorie Delp joined us here in the Home Blog to tell us about her impending move from the city to the country in: Into the Woods: Our Diary of Buying, Flipping and Moving Into Our First House. Valorie will be back to update us and we hope you’ll come back to check out her progress. Other articles this week covered everything from options to try if you Can’t Sell Your Home to Hidden Energy Hogs (the latter are not the usual culprits). We went from home to garden, talking about paint that can help insulate your home, made … Continue reading →

Decorating Tips From Our Parade Of Homes Tour

I love trying to duplicate other homeowners decorating successes in my own house. Unfortunately some don’t go over as well as others, but I haven’t let it deter me—yet. To feed my decorating appetite (and my obsession to “snoop” in other people’s homes) my friend and I recently bought tickets to our local builders association’s Parade of Homes Tour. (Click here to read what I considered was perhaps the most “exotic” home on the tour.) We’ve done this for a number of years and it rarely disappoints—this year was no exception. The following are decorating trends–some are new, while others … Continue reading →