Category: Kitchen Guides

A large curving island which echoes the waves of the sea outside shapes the design and performance of this Vancouver Island kitchen. This couple wanted their next home to have a highly personalized kitchen — one which would permit them to host family dishes where they can all cook and hang out together. Ines Hanl of The Sky is the Limit Design worked with the customers’ want list to design a kitchen which will honor the home’s timber-frame structure, the beautiful surrounding landscape and their personal style. “It’s nothing for the faint of heart, for certain!” Hanl states. Click photos to view larger pictures in a slide show. The Sky is the Limit Design Hanl combined the customers’ design ideas with another organic West Coast design that reflects the surrounding homes and surroundings; she used driftwood, pebbles, different types of timber and flowing shapes that mimic the water outside. “It…

The jar is a fantastic instrument for displaying the beauty of everyday ingredients. Jars supply beans, lentils and pasta a stage upon which they are permitted to show off their colors and shapes. Separated in their own boxes and plastic wrap, jarred rices, honeys, sugars and cereals are permitted to express their vibrant characters. Tea bags, tea leaves and coffee beans, too, seem so much better naked supporting glass. Reduce the packaging that’s hiding your spices and foods, and let every staple add its artistic quality into your pantry while remaining handy. East End Country Kitchens Candy jars. Let’s begin with the fun things. Candy shops are mesmerizing, both to adults and kids. Why? Because shopkeepers understand how to exhibit these hypnotically vibrant delights in an appealing manner. Create the same impact in your pantry with conveniently shaped jars such as those; they have wide mouths to permit palms or…

Not every kitchen upgrade has to get four zeros attached to it. This Canadian family wanted to dress their bland kitchen but were functioning with an extremely limited budget. Designer Gillian Lazanik of Affecting Spaces helped them get a new look without spending a lot of money. Sticking with the present appliances, using Ikea cabinetry and having dramatic colors resulted in a bold transformation. Currently this Toronto couple and both kids have the space and storage to take whole benefit of their trendy new kitchen. Affecting Spaces A bold backsplash originally wasn’t a part of the design plan. “But the more the children came up, the more I realized that we ought to give them something special to remember about growing up in their kitchen,” says Lazanik. Backsplash: Olympia Tile; countertops: Caesarstone, Espresso; undercabinet lighting: Ikea; stove: Crosley Affecting Spaces Chalkboard paint dresses up a previously blank wall, though a…

In the timeless stove setup, the cooktop and oven are combined as a single appliance, most frequently a 30-inch appliance with four beers over an oven. The concept of being able to have a separate wall mount (or two!) Is pretty exciting for many home cooks considering a kitchen remodel. Are you currently considering new cooking appliances? Maybe not everybody’s dream setup will work in their kitchen, and some appliance configurations function better than others in a specific space. Check out the options here. Connected: How to Remodel Your Kitchen thirdstone inc. [^] Double oven. Ovens separate from the cooktop offer homeowners more flexibility with their design. Also, a lot of men and women prefer elevated ovens rather than having to bend down to use a stove. It is definitely better in your spine! If you have room with this arrangement and can get a place for your microwave, then…

The charm of this 1880s home in Montreal can’t be beat, but the family of four who live here had a hard time getting used to the first old-fashioned kitchen. The couple and their two teenage boys desired space where they could consume and prepare meals with ease, with hassle-free modern appliances. Hubert Taschereau of Gepetto and designer Laure Guillelmi exercised a renovation within the layout of this 19th-century brick townhouse — among the earliest on the street — to think of a streamlined design that integrated easy-to clean materials and a lot of storage. Gepetto Guillelmi and Taschereau needed to design the kitchen about four doorways, a large window and one pass-through to the dining area. This limited wall space for cabinets, so they have creative with storage and spacing. The appliances were bought and brought in beforehand to plan outside spacing, smoothing the procedure. Range: Electrolux; oven: FCI;…

Kitchens do not have to be islands, all cabinet making and bar stools that are common. A few of my favourites bring furniture more frequently found in the rest of your home to the kitchen, making them warmer, cosier and entirely less “kitchen-y.” When itis a couch, chest of an original seat in the kitchen or drawers — or some thing as easy as painting cupboards so that they look similar to furniture — including dwelling space components into a kitchen shifts the entire experience of eating and cooking. The wall-mounted dish rack states “kitchen,” but the white-painted Danish ledge below indicates “only another nicely-furnished chamber.” Olga Adler Hosts and hostesses whine that guests often congregate in the kitchen, as they get ready for for celebrations getting in their way. Give guests reasons to stay from the way using a settee that is comfy as well as a side table…