Kitchen Ideas and Resources

Kitchen Decorating Photo Galleries
This gallery is chock full of decorating ideas for kitchens. Using photo galleries, you can view sample kitchen and bath designs. Designs include kitchens, appliances, countertops and cabinets. Do-it-yourself or contractor kitchen remodelers can get ideas for kitchen makeovers here.

Kitchen and Bath Magazines
A selection of kitchen and bath idea magazines are offered on this website. Kitchen and Bath Ideas is filled with ideas, inspiration, and information on the latest products and trends you need when planning a kitchen or bath project. Our featured kitchens and baths showcase a range of styles from traditional to contemporary. Beautiful, full-color photographs convey a real-people/real-solutions approach to home design. Also includes links to other magazines such as Designers Showcase, Beautiful New Homes and the Home Projects Guide.

Affordable Window Treatments for Kitchens
Colonial-style shutters can cover an entire window or merely the lower half. You can paint the shutters to match the trim or the wall color or stain them to match wood cabinet tones. On half-shutters, leave the upper half of the window untreated or install a café rod, which can serve as a palette for a changing display of valances to match the seasons. You can also install shutter frames shirring fabric in the centers. Fabrics for affordable window treatments are also discussed and photos of kitchen makeovers are included.

Designing your Kitchen
Steps are noted for those who want to start kitchen renovations. Tips include gathering everything you need, including graph paper, pencils, erasers, measuring tapes and calculators. Start with a rough drawing, then draw in walls and openings, and then draw in electrical and plumbing. Measure the kitchen appliances you plan to keep and indicate heating ducts on your drawing. Double check measurements and transfer this to the graph paper. You can bring this to a dealer who can help you choose cabinets and offer design ideas.

Kitchen Artworks
Designing is easy with this company that creates fun, lively kitchens and bathrooms. Lighting controls offer general, task and dramatic mood levels to suit the whims of the users. Deep walls for deeper medicine cabinets with integral outlets hold hair dryers and electric razors. Toilets with tanks built into the wall allow placement in tighter spaces or behind privacy walls. Warming the floors with radiant heat augments central heating. Some tips for bathroom and kitchen decorating, but more so a discussion of remodeling trends.