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Best Way to Prepare For Your Kitchen Installation or Any Renovation: 5 Steps
The best way to prepare for your kitchen installation or any renovation is to be prepared beforehand. Your kitchen designer and construction team will help you achieve the best kitchen renovation experience possible. The tips and ideas in this blog post will help you...
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Beautiful Kitchen Design Inspired by Neighborhood Bakeries of Yesteryear
I thought I'd blog about the design elements in this recent kitchen and bath remodeling project we completed. Light and informal, the space is packed with significant details. The kitchen was once a handful of small chopped up spaces with varying ceiling...
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Organic Rant: When Organic Really Isn’t Organic
One of the many things I learned during my after yoga class pow-wow, was that some of the “organic” body care products I stock in my master bath are not, in fact, organic. Sadly, some of my so-called healthy, “organic” purchases aren't even certified…so much for...
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Kitchen Designer’s Elegant Classic White Kitchen w/ Striking Black Viking Range
Kitchen Designer: Ken Kelly, CKD, CBD, CR – Kitchen Designs by Ken Kelly, Inc. See a video tour and detailed photos of this kitchen designer's dream kitchen here. Custom cabinetry is an ideal choice for this kitchen and media room. This classic kitchen is in Jericho...
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Blackened Chicken Pizza
Pizza topped with blackened chicken covered with melted cheese. This flavorful, crispy crust recipe is awesome in the Kalamazoo Pizza Oven.
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Kitchen Designers Reveal Clients’ Personality In Tile
Beautiful tile can add an extraordinary element to the design of your kitchen or bath. The use of rich textures, hand carved designs, and fabulous colors offer unlimited options. There is something exciting about creating a dramatic visual impact using color, varying...
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Designer’s Luxurious Geometric Long Island Bath Design
It gave us great pleasure ripping out the original dingy, tired builder's beige bathroom with its swimming-pool sized platform whirlpool tub and white laminate cabinetry in order to create this now luxurious and peaceful oasis. This Long Island bath has an...
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Kosher Kitchen Design With a Modern, Eccentric Take on Going Green
A kosher kitchen is designed to separate items used for preparation and serving of meat and dairy. Mario designed this kosher kitchen for a Jewish family in Woodmere, Long Island. Mario specializes in kosher kitchen design here at Kitchen Designs by Ken Kelly....
read moreCutting Edge Hidden Television Technology for Bath & Shower
Multiple showerheads, overhead "rain" showers, body sprays, hand sprays, steam showers, towel warmers... move over and make room for the new bathroom necessity -- cutting edge hidden television technology directly in the mirror. The bath is no longer...
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Oatmeal Cranberry Orange Cookies
Creamy soft oatmeal cookies with orange cranberry flavor. Blend butter and both sugars until light and fluffy; then, add eggs, and vanilla. Whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, oats…
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Eco-Friendly Bamboo Green Kitchen Design on Long Island
Designer: Ken Kelly, CKD, CBD, CR – Kitchen Designs by Ken Kelly, Inc. My clients chose bamboo because they were looking for sustainable materials to use in their green kitchen renovation. Bamboo is one of the hottest materials in home building and...
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Designer Mario’s Long Island Kitchen & Den Design Makeover
Designer Mario Mulea, CR at Kitchen Designs by Ken Kelly, designed this Long Island kitchen and den makeover. When we first entered the space, it was an extremely dated 1980's white Formica kitchen with vaulted ceilings and skylights. Now, as seen here, this space...
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NYC Apartment Makeover: Kitchen Bath Office & Bedroom by Ken Kelly (Bentwood Cabinetry)
Designer: Ken Kelly, CKD, CBD, CR –Kitchen Designs by Ken Kelly, Inc. Merging the latest in technology with the warmth of transitional simplicity was our client’s wish for this Manhattan’s Upper West Side apartment. Ken Kelly’s goal on this project was...
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Elegant Long Island Kitchen Design For A Large Scale Room With Grand Ceiling Details
Kitchen Designs by Ken Kelly recently finished this elegant Long Island kitchen in Garden City, New York. The home has spectacular large-scale rooms and grand ceiling details. The client wanted the kitchen to fit the family’s lifestyle. All the details were selected...
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An Insider’s Look at Wood-Mode’s New 2010 -11 Kitchen Cabinetry Designs
Here you have it--an insider's look at Wood-Mode's 2010-11 new designs. Ken and I had the opportunity to preview these new kitchen cabinetry designs during a private viewing at the Kitchen and Bath Industry Show in Chicago (KBIS). These new design themes range from...
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Modern Wood-Mode Kitchen & Adjoining Office With City View
Continuing with this month’s "Wood-Mode" theme, I thought I would show you a a modern Wood-Mode kitchen with fine custom cabinetry details. (click images to enlarge) Wood-Mode's collection ranges from timeless, old world traditional elegance to sleek, innovative and...
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A Wood-Mode Contemporary Bath and Kitchen Design
"Since its inception in 1942, Wood-Mode has been the unequivocal leader in custom and semi-custom cabinetry designs in the nation. Recognized for its uniquely themed creations, faultless material selection, incomparable construction, and fantastic finishes, Wood-Mode...
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Fine Furniture for the Kitchen in Wood-Mode’s Stonehill Design
I've decided to spend some time this month showing you the new designs and looks in custom cabinetry using Wood-Mode. Design details are at the core of what we do, and our team is excited about the many new options--especially when it comes to high-end distinctive...
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Luxury Bathroom Vanity Mirrors from Kimball & Young
This post was inspired by a current client's email requesting that we send her photos of luxury bathroom vanity mirrors with magnification and lighting options. We saw this nice selection at this year's Kitchen and Bath Industry Show (KBIS) in Chicago. An appropriate...
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Kitchen Designs: Wood-Mode’s New American Classics Design Theme
Hudson Valley is Wood-Mode's latest design theme and addition to the American Classics Design Group. It has a fabulous variety of new cabinetry design options. The Providence door style is new with a mitered corner door available in raised and recessed panels...
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Meet Designer Daniel Ogassian: A Master Tile-Maker for All Surfaces
There is an Italian fine art term – Sprezzatura – which describes a master painter’s technique for producing a painting which appears simple on the surface, but is actually a very difficult process to master. Apt description for Daniel Ogassian, Master...
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