home design: May 2011

Saturday, May 28, 2011

Kitchen Cabinets Design Images & Ideas

Your kitchen cabinets are the focal point of the entire kitchen. For this reason your kitchen cabinets design should be the center design element of the entire kitchen. Have you ever walked into someone’s kitchen and thought, “Those cabinets are nice but the rest of the kitchen needs work.” Unfortunately, you more than likely have.

A lot of times people who are remodeling or building a home do not give the kitchen cabinets the much needed consideration that they should. Too many times the cabinets will out do the rest of the room. Thus leaving the design and flow of the kitchen a bit askew. Kitchens are often times misunderstood as needing to be more functional and practical than anything else. This is completely untrue. The kitchen is the heart of your home. It should be given respect as that and designed in a way that conveys that message. Yes, your kitchen should be one of the most functional rooms in the house. Nevertheless, a beautifully well designed kitchen can also be the pride of the homeowner, as well as the family.

If you are remodeling or building a home, you should make your kitchen cabinet design selection a very careful one. If you make the wrong choice about the design, you may wind up with a kitchen that has an out of kilter design. Take your time and shop around. Learn about all of the different designs and styles that are available. You will most likely find several that you really like. Do not let this help you make a hasty decision that is not the right one. There are going to be designs that you love but will not fit in with any other aspect of your kitchen’s design.

Think about what you want your entire kitchen to look like, the whole picture, not just a part of it. For example, you may find some nostalgic kitchen cabinets that you absolutely love, but how good are these cabinets going to look in a kitchen full of modern decor? These are things that you will have to give careful thought.

Your kitchen cabinets design can make or break the entire style of your kitchen . Do not let your kitchen be one that people question your sense of style because of the way that it appears. Make sure that the whole room is a complete beautiful picture. One that is complete in its design.

Kitchen Cabinets Design Picture

Kitchen Cabinets Design Pictures

Kitchen Cabinets Design Images

Kitchen Cabinets Design Photos

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Orange Kitchen Cabinets Design

Kitchen Cabinets Design

Monday, May 23, 2011

European Dining Room Design

Luxury European Dining Room Design

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Reason: Stop Babying Your Kids!

Perhaps our desire to protect our children has gone too far - this is the premise of the book and blog "Free Range Kids" whose author espouses a more "hands off" approach to parenting then many of us our used to. It is difficult for us to realize that the way we protect our kids (yes, I'm talking to you helicopter Mom) is simply based on our beliefs about kids/the world, and not on fact. Check out how resourceful kids are in areas of the world that do not have the luxuries that we do:

And I was excited when our kids could get their own cereal in the morning!

Buro for Lexon: Stylish Space Saving

Adrian and Jeremy Wright of DesignWright were commissioned to create this set for the company Lexon. Buro can be arranged horizontally or vertically and can be easily identifuable since all of the supplies are labeled on their sides.

Included in the set: magnifying lens, digital calendar, hole punch, stapler, tape dispenser, calculator, and USB hub and card reader.

Available on the Lexon USA catalog for $150. You can choose the green set, or opt for the purple or black instead.

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Custom Chalk Lettering

Wow! Pretty impressive!!!

Dana Tanamachi is a graphic designer who creates custom chalk lettering for businesses and homes. Tanamachi currently resides in Brooklyn, New York and works for Louise Fili Ltd. After work, she can be found putting her chalk skills to use on people’s walls all over New York City.

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