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Homemade Pizza Ideas and Toppings
Here are some of the best, most creative pizza variations to try, so have fun in the kitchen with your guests trying new specialty cheeses and toppings with these homemade pizza recipes. See our favorite pizza tools too.
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Outdoor Lighting Ideas For Your Summer Party
On Long Island, a summer isn’t complete without a few outdoor parties. Here are a few outdoor lighting ideas for your backyard kitchen and patio for when the sun goes down – a beautiful way to add a splash of ambience to your event.
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Kitchen Ceiling Design Ideas
Ceilings are often forgotten in the scheme of decorating a room, but that square footage has so much design potential to offer your space. See some spectacular high-end ceiling designs we created in these kitchens by Ken Kelly’s team of Long Island kitchen designers in New York.
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New Kitchen Ideas and Trends for 2018
We call the kitchen the “heart” of the home. With 2018’s influx of new kitchen ideas, products, and smart technology, we might as well call it the “brain” of the home as well. Our kitchen designers are seeing interesting patterns develop from our clients dream kitchen wish lists…
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Ken Designs a Unique Train Tree Layout
You have to see what Ken made now! Our Ken Kelly elf designs an unbelievably unique multilayer Christmas train tree and village display in his workshop. Constructed of plywood circles supported by PVC pipe.
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Healthy Cooking With a Steam Oven
Steam ovens have hit the kitchen and are a favorite among home chefs! When cooking with steam, food retains its vitamins, minerals, natural colors, and flavors. It is one of the healthiest and quickest cooking methods.
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How Your Kitchen Can Support Local Food Pantries
The holiday season is a wonderful time for reflection, appreciation, and giving. Here’s an idea that’s good for your home and good for someone else’s! This could be a wonderful new holiday tradition for all.
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Kitchen Designs Named Top 50 Innovators in US
Kitchen Designs by Ken Kelly was named a top 50 innovator for creativity and artistry by Kitchen and Bath Design News. We owe this to our amazing team as every member makes kitchen design ideas come to life.
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Work From Home in an Inspiring Workspace
Home Office Design Ideas for Inspiring Workspaces: Our digitally connected world has given many people the ability to work efficiently from home, and the demand for a fully equipped home office is on the rise. Get ideas here.
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Finally a Perfect Dishwasher for Your Apartment Kitchen!
Looking for small kitchen ideas or a way to pack everything into your new wet bar? Streamline Hoods has a new product that is perfect for apartments or small spaces — a dishwasher/sink combination. Perfect for small kitchens.
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Builders, Contractors, Remodelers – Trade Only Invitation
You’re Invited! We are extending a special invitation to Long Island builders, architects, interior designers, contractors, and remodelers. Kitchen Designs by Ken Kelly invites you to attend a trade-only “Bagels and Bucks’ breakfast on September 20. Join us!
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The Best Summer at Home on Long Island
There is something glorious about the combination of warm summer weather and extra daylight hours that makes us want to take the party outside. Here are some inspiring ways you can enjoy your summer at home and create a beautiful backyard oasis.
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Breakfast Nooks and Cozy Kitchen Seating Ideas
Breakfast nooks can be a multi-functional space savers in your home especially if you don’t have room for a table and chairs in the kitchen. Here are some ideas for creating that perfect banquette or kitchen booth you’ve been dreaming about.
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This Manhasset Kitchen is Striking with Custom Black Cabinets
These awesome clients in Manhasset knew exactly what they wanted their dream kitchen to look like. The dramatic black and white color scheme gives their home a modern, classic vibe. Take a peek.
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Potting Sheds and Garden Rooms
Potting sheds and garden rooms with workbenches are wonderful for keeping your kitchen clean and your green thumb happy. If you love having fresh flowers, veggies, and herbs in the house, we have ideas that make gardening blissfully therapeutic.
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Cindy Crawford Makes Silestone’s New Quartz Colors Even Sexier
As if Silestone’s new quartz colors shown here aren’t beautiful enough, Cindy Crawford, supermodel and international fashion icon, is now the global ambassador for the new Eternal collection. Must see…
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Leather Kitchen Cabinet Doors and Furniture
Leather is very hot this year! See how you can use leather panel inserts to add stunning texture to your kitchen cabinets, countertops, closet designs, and furniture! Leather is perfect for modern or traditional home designs.
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The Making of a Designer Kitchen: A Private Look at the Wood Mode Factory
What goes into making a high-end designer kitchen? We thought we’d give you a close look inside one of the best custom kitchen cabinet manufacturers, so you can see the artistry that goes into customizing your designer kitchen.
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Best Kitchen Products Trends Report
See the best kitchen products for 2017 in our annual Kitchen Designs’ trends report. We have so much to share, so grab a cup of coffee and hang out with me for a bit. Here are the top 10 kitchen trends.
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The Stockings Were Hung … by Mario With Care
Did you know that Mario Mulea, Senior Designer at Kitchen Designs, hand makes custom holiday stockings and teddy bears each year to benefit local shelters, community churches, and other charities? These are too beautiful not to share!
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Go Green in the Kitchen with Pantone’s Color of the Year 2017
Go Green! This kosher kitchen in Woodmere, Long Island is perfectly polished in Greenery — Pantone’s 2017 color of the year. Here are some ideas for using this green accent color in your home.
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