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Backsplash Rights
The rumor among backsplash tiles is that the 3” x 6” rectangle has gotten way too popular and squares, parallelograms and mosaic shapes feel it is time for their voice to be heard. From its lonely beginnings as tile for transportation tunnels in London...
A Long Island Farm Stand on your Kitchen Counter
With a Long Island summer approaching, we are looking forward to scrumptious fresh fruit and vegetables from our local Long Island farm stands. We found some great fruit display stands which you can fill with colorful produce to create a mini farm stand right...
Some of the Best Kitchen Cabinet and Drawer Organizing Ideas
Customizing your kitchen so it is completely functional for your lifestyle is part of the fun when you're working with your designer. Here are some of the best kitchen cabinet and drawer organizers that work well for our clients. These are important...
Reusable Everyday Products for a More Sustainable Green Kitchen
With an environmental policy graduate in the house, the Kelly's are always looking for ways to be more green in the kitchen. Replacing disposable everyday items in the kitchen with sustainable alternatives is easier than you might think. Here is a...
Our Blog Tour Vegas Team Featured with Blanco One in Inspirations Magazine
Our Blog Tour Vegas team is featured here on the cover in "The ONE™ Issue" of Inspirations Magazine celebrating the launch of the BLANCO ONE™ Sink Collection. This one has our kitchen designers reeling over the idea of individualizing...
If The Shoe Fits
Wine Holder: Talk about putting your best foot forward! Give the wine you love the glamour it deserves. The 6-inch leopard-pattern pump is trimmed with faux diamond studs, and the boot will surely keep your bottles wrangled. The shoe wine holder is...
Countertops – Concrete is the New Wood
For years Kitchen Designs has been implementing solid wood butcher block style tops for island counters varying from maples to cherries to beautiful teak wood tops. Although they are absolutely beautiful, they might not be the best choice for a family with a...
Pulled Pork with CocaCola
Cooked with CocaCola in oven or slow-cooker. Easy ingredients, sweet and delicious, pulled pork when done cooking. Finally cover in barbecue sauce.
Easy Three Bean Salad
This easy three bean healthy salad recipe is perfect for backyard barbecues and has the just the right amount of tang. This and our famous Tennessee caviar will be your two go-to bean salad recipes.
Fletcher’s Lighthouse Pepper Mill for the Coastal Kitchen
Pepper Mill by Fletchers A pepper mill for that coastal kitchen perhaps? These 9" gourmet pepper mills from Fletcher's are endearing and come in several different looks: white with red top, and white with black top, and natural maple. They are hand crafted in...
Wood-Mode Custom Cabinetry Provides Innovative Storage Solutions with Kesseböhmer
Wood-Mode custom cabinetry provides innovative storage solutions with Kesseböhmer, resulting in a powerful blend of design, function, and quality.
Black is The New Stainless
Appliances: Black is The New Stainless (Sounds like a new pilot for HBO) ...As the world trends, so do kitchens. Once clients have decided that stainless steel appliances are the way to go since they have been trending for so many years, up comes another trend....
Faucet Design – Black is the New Chrome
Faucet Design Love! Faucet design: Don't you love these black faucets for the kitchen and bath! This is trending for a nice, fresh updated look…..you can mix the black with the chrome or go bold with all black. Brizo and Dornbracht are two...
An Herb Bath
A Bathtub for Your Herb Garden Now that's an herb bath! Plant your herbs in a raised container near the kitchen with this vintage bathtub. It has been a long winter in New York, and I am starting to think about how I am going to plant this year's herbs. I...
New Stainless Steel from Blanco is Harder and More Scratch Resistant
We had the luxury of seeing BLANCO's new Durinox™ stainless steel countertop and sink during a private tour at ACHEO's showroom during our recent trip to Milan's EuroCucina 2014. Nestled in the heart of Milan's Brera design district, our design council...
The New Kitchen Desk Landing With No Bulky Phone Chargers
For years, many kitchens have included a desk area -- a place to sit down, write checks, file recipes, and possibly have a computer hooked up alongside the infamous junk drawer. With all the upgrades to technology, these old desk areas have become a cluttered...
A Wake Up Call for Bacon Lovers
Bacon Scented Alarm Clock Calling all bacon lovers! This app turns your iPhone into a bacon-scented alarm clock. Imagine waking up to the smell of freshly cooked bacon every morning without even having to step foot into your kitchen? There's an app for that -- a new...
Kitchen Designs Appears on a Taste of New York TV Featuring Blanco One
Kitchen Designs recently had the wonderful opportunity to shoot a video in our Long Island showroom featuring the new BLANCO ONE™ Collection televised on A Taste of New York TV for their March Home Design Show Christy Emens and I discussed some of the...
15 Unique Wine Rack Displays
15 Unique, Artistic Wine Rack Displays Your wine rack display never looked so good. Here are a few unique, artistic, and interesting ways to display wine. The customized anniversary wine box is a clever gift for the bride and groom -- don't you think? 1....
That Color Purple
Just like the Fashion World, the World of Interior & Industrial Design also revolves around color trends. Manufactures look to Pantone for trend forecasting in all facets of design and manufacturing. Known for their forecasting ability, Pantone monitors the color...
Dinner in a Bag With SousVide Cooking
If you haven't tried SousVide cooking at home, it is gaining stride as a favorite tool in the kitchen. One of our best friends is an incredible home chef, and he and his wife swear by SousVide cooking. It is basically four steps: 1) Season your food 2) Vacuum seal...
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