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Creating A Recipe For A Kitchen From Scratch
The challenge for Trish Houck of Kitchen Concepts by Trish Houck in Ellicott City, Maryland was to take a large kitchen and create an area with small functional spaces including a butler’s pantry and a place for baking. This transformation allows the couple to use the kitchen effectively on a daily basis, but it also [...]
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The Well-Stocked Kitchen
Last year, Americans spent in the neighborhood of $79 billion on kitchen renovations, additions, and construction bringing cutting edge technology and sophisticated style to the utilitarian space. Working with kitchen designers, homeowners consider every detail from dishwashers with specialty cycles and tri-vection ovens to prep sinks, baking areas, and spice drawers. But what about the [...]
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Definite Style: Cabinetry Facelift
Today’s cabinet refacing products have come a long way in style and quality while retaining the one thing that always made refacing popular: affordability.
The problem with cabinet refacing is perception. “People aren’t aware of the quality of the product,” says Wayne Orem, a design consultant with Welsh Construction and Remodeling. “Once people are educated on [...]
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Rustic Warmth with Modern Conveniences
When Alicia Interiors owner Alicia Brewin agreed to collaborate on designing a new northwestern Maryland home with client Elaine Hottel, the challenge was to infuse the pristine space with harvested memories from Hottel’s decades living on her recently-sold family farms. It was especially important in the kitchen and breakfast area, which served as Hottel’s primary [...]
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Tips For A Green Kitchen
With rising energy costs and concerns about environmental impacts, using natural materials to create energy efficient homes is very much in vogue, and the kitchen is no exception.
Next to the utility room, kitchens are the biggest energy using areas of most homes, and with all the materials involved in cabinetry, flooring, and countertops, they’re also [...]
