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Bamboo Sinks for Kitchen and Bath: Beautiful, Durable, and Ecologically Responsible
Not your ordinary sink, Lenova recently introduced these new bamboo sinks, which offer a fabulous way to combine elegant decorative style with responsible living. You can add the beauty of bamboo into your kitchen or bath design and choose from several different sizes...
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Green Kitchen-Greener Garden: Blanco’s Solon In-Counter Compost System
We’re all living a little greener, and BLANCO’s SOLON compost system creates a beautiful way to incorporate composting into our kitchen environment with an integrated system that collects organic waste below the counter. The stainless steel unit installs next to the...
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Outdoor Kitchen Designs: Kalamazoo Outdoor Pizza Oven Video
Recently I blogged about Outdoor Kitchen Designs and Kalamazoo's newly designed Outdoor Pizza Oven. The video and interview below was shot at the Kitchen and Bath industry show (KBIS) by CLTV explaining how the Kalamazoo outdoor pizza oven works. The original post...
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Kitchen Designs by Ken Kelly wins a National Award in the NKBA Design Competition
So happy to announce that Ken Kelly won an NKBA Design Competition award for "French Elegance" -- a luxurious master bath design. From among hundreds of entries received, the judges selected the best designs in the nation for the NKBA Design Competition. Ken...
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Party Prep: Blanco’s Sink in the Round with Built-In Cutting Board
Blanco Sinks For someone that likes to entertain, this is a great new sink featured at KBIS. This innovative “sink in the round” is Blanco’s award-winning RONIS sink, which combines stainless steel with glass. Perfect for parties, the accessory tray floats along the...
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Design Windows & Doors on a Photo of your Kitchen with this iPhone App
Planning to add windows & doors to your kitchen or remodeling project? Tearing pictures out of design magazines may soon become a thing of the past as new “see-it-first” design applications for the iPhone become available. This Windows Shopping app from Marvin is...
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Functional, Illuminated Closet Wardrobe Organization
Functional wardrobe organization and closet lighting was in full swing at KBIS (Kitchen and Bath Industry Show) this year. These space-saving systems are ideal to eliminate clutter and simplify our busy lives. It’s nice to be able to select your outfit for the day...
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Jewelry for your Cabinetry-Unique Pineapple Inspired Design Element
At the Kitchen and Bath Industry Show (KBIS) we found this unique pineapple inspired design element. This decorative piece comes from Hafele’s Pineapple collection and is available in a metal or wood finish. The onlays and inserts can be made in a metal finish to...
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Countertop Color Selector: mySurface for iPhone iPod
This is a fun countertop color selector gadget to have when trying to match countertop colors with your kitchen cabinetry. DuPont's mySurface is a free app which allows you to compare and browse a wide selection of Corian® solid and Zodiaq® quartz colors by hue,...
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A New Bathtub Designed for Kids
Bathtub for Kids: Having built something similar to bathe my three dogs, I have to admit I think this new bathtub for kids by Safety Tubs is rather clever in the kids bathroom design! If you look closely at the side shot I took, you can see that it temporarily...
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Fire Ambiance with a Twist: Affordable, Portable & Clean Burning
A personal favorite at the Kitchen Bath Industry Show (KBIS 2010) were these table-top fire pits featuring Venturi Flame™ Technology, which uses a proprietary turbo disc combined with a glass cylinder to create a unique ‘spinning’ aesthetic for fire ambiance...
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2010-New Colors of Corian Countertops Offer Great Alternative to Marble
Corian Countertops At the Kitchen and Bath Industry Show (KBIS 2010) we had the opportunity to see eight new reflective metallic colors of DuPont™ Corian® (Aqualite, Olivite, Azurite, Silverite, Sorrel, Graylite, Bronzite, Copperite) as well as the new Designer White...
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Green Tip: Dimmers Save Money and Energy. See How Much by Trying This Energy-Saving Calculator
Installing a dimmer is one of the best green home improvements you can make. If you dim your lights by 25 percent, you’ll save almost that same amount in energy. This Energy Saving Calculator lets you see how much money you can save if you install a dimmer. Dimmers...
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Cook with Any Combination of Charcoal, Wood and Gas on a Kalamazoo Hybrid Grill
Not your typical run-of-the mill Bar-B-Ques--this is one incredibly designed product. It is no surprise that the Kalamazoo hybrid grill inspires such a loyal following. Over 115 BTUs per square inch of primary cooking power. This grill gives me the ability to cook...
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Easily Organize Your Kitchen with This Zone List
Click to learn about kitchen organization ideas and tips that will keep everything within easy reach. The key is to ensure everything has a logical “home.”
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Kalamazoo Artisan Fire Outdoor Pizza Oven…Right in Your Own Backyard
Bring old-world outdoor pizza oven cooking to your backyard kitchen with Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet's stainless steel pizza oven. Create perfect crusts on the professional composite cooking decks and enjoy the convenience of the countertop designs. Engineered to...
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2010 NKBA Award Winner
This master bath, designed by Ken Kelly, is an NKBA Award Winner for this year's Design Competition. We will find out if this master bath took 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place at the KBIS conference in Chicago. It was also a finalist in the HGTVpro Consumer Choice Awards....
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How to Design your Kitchen Space to Encourage Healthy Eating
The design of the kitchen and the way the space is created can actually encourage healthy eating. Here is an experiment we are trying in our own kitchen that is actually working well for us. We designed two pantries on opposite sides of the kitchen. Stage left is the...
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Two Steps to a Healthy Kitchen
Healthy Kitchen It's easy to create a healthy kitchen. The most common excuses for putting off resolutions of health, fitness, and overall wellness are time and expense. We are constantly on the run, racing from one place to another with little time to prepare for...
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Artistic Personal Expression Through Backsplash Tile
Backsplash Tile: Your ideal backsplash tile is a reflection of your own personal taste and style. This mosaic tile composition was created from a painting from the client’s personal collection. We added the white dogwood blossoms to the outer edges of the mural to...
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Protecting the Environment- Making sure more than just your cabinets last!
Protecting the Environment when Renovating Your Kitchen Whenever you buy cabinetry with the ESP seal, you can be assured that you’re doing your part in protecting the environment. The cabinet lines we carry (ie...Wood-Mode, Brookhaven, Ovation) They have been...
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Blog Author: Grace Kelly
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