Sink grate. I have one of these in my own kitchen, and I use it so much that I can’t imagine not having one anymore. A fitted grate that fills the bottom of the sink puts a separation between your dishes and the bottom surface, which helps avoid drainage issues and keeps the whole sink a little cleaner.
I like the stone sink and countertops
To prevent solid wood cabinets from looking too heavy, she lightened the look with glass door fronts at the top. “They were much more about ‘where are we going to put all of this stuff?’ than about displaying things,” says Ruber, so she used satin-etched glass to obscure the contents.
What offers more storage, drawers or lazy susan
make island out of this carved wood http://carvedcabinet.com/ 805-705-0340
colors...
Love the colors..use variations on cabinets..both Blue & Green
Brass woven-wire grilles on some of the cabinet fronts extend the accent under the sink and to some of the upper cabinets.
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glass for doors
use this to add a window to the kitchen to add light to the bedroom!
slide out for pants etc..vs having them hang open in wall..
stand on short legs to allow complete sweeping and mopping underneath. This ensures that dropped food and spills can be cleaned up properly.
fewer but larger cabinets and paneled the appliances. She replaced the pantry door with a concealed spring-loaded touch door that also made the wall appear longer and the kitchen larger. She says the door was an easy add-on and cost-effective. The hardware cost around $500 and the solid-core door, about $200, plus the cost of labor.
for over the island
microwave is in the walls on the side of the stove..great location!!
microwave in island?
for the island?
With its handle-up orientation, it’s also much safer than digging through a knife drawer.
Concealed refrigerator and freezer drawers: Liebherr
Special feature: Dime-gap cedar boards inset in the island create a durable surface for footmarks caused by people sitting on the stools.
a tall and narrow counter-depth refrigerator. From there, she sought to maximize drawer space. An electric cooktop and wall oven combination takes the place of a slide-in range for a more streamlined look that allowed the countertop to extend the entire length of the back wall
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like this idea, esp if this faces the back wall.
would wrap this inside an island
What is a speed convection oven? A speed oven is a regular convection oven but is smaller in size and cooks faster. Speed ovens combine convection cooking and microwave technology to speed up the cooking process. If you like to use your oven and are always on-the-go you might want to consider a speed oven. A baking cycle will be roughly 90% convection and 10% microwave. Roasting with more dense foods is 70% convection 30% microwave. You can use a speed oven as a regular microwave as well, which is a simple solution for microwave placement. Speed ovens have varying degrees of technology and radically different. Today Miele, Jenn-Air, Bosch, and GE make speed ovens. You can buy a speed convection oven as an individual appliance show Miele, to appear like a double wall oven or incorporated into a 48’’ pro-range. If you are building your new speed oven into its own cutout I really like the new Bosch Benchmark Series: Bosch HMC80251UC - $1,799
It's right next to the dishwasher and sink for convenience, and has several racks inside to hang towels up and out of the way.
Designer secret: “The greatest solution to the island-weight dilemma was the inclusion of the welded steel frame and the steel plate underlying the slab.
Alberene soapstone, from the Polycor Virginia quarry.
Steam ovens (shown here) promise to cook food more thoroughly and healthily than microwaves;
Dividers and inserts let you organize any shape or size of dish, pan or utensil under the sun, and there are even clever options for deep corner drawers, and drawers under range tops and kitchen sinks.
Intact LED tape lights: WAC Lighting; decorative accessories and
put this next to the stove!!! Specialized narrow pullout cabinets. It’s inconvenient to have to reach for utensils jumbled in drawers or for oils buried deep in a pantry. These skinny units take advantage of the cabinetry’s depth and make items easy to locate.
change the design of my existing cabinet?
move the cabinets up and use smoked glass for light and privacy
Soda and Bottled Ice Tea cabinets. glass and bottle racks are great and handy space-savers,
This island, custom designed by IS Architecture, has a rollout baking station with a Calacatta marble countertop. It creates an extra 3-by-2-foot workstation
shelf design/ drawers etc
lights on the wall
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