Kitchens
What the number one place people want to remodel in their homes? The kitchen, of course. Find out how to remodel all elements of your kitchen: countertops, sinks, floors, backsplashes, and more.
Luxury Kitchen Photos: Sophisticated Stainless
Why Do We Like This Luxury Kitchen? Dover in maple kitchen cabinets. Highly sophisticated kitchen design with stainless steel appliances and pendant lights. Mosaic 2″ x 2″ tile. Rimless sink. Undercabinet lighting. Featured Company Canyon Creek Cabinets »
Luxury Kitchen Photos: Contemporary Maple in a One-Wall Layout
Next Luxury Kitchen Photo Why Do We Like This Luxury Kitchen? Copenhagen maple kitchen cabinets. Unified one-wall kitchen layout. Wall oven neatly tucked away within cabinets. Featured Company Canyon Creek Cabinets »
Luxury Kitchen Photos: Maple Cabinetry and Distinctive Vent Hood
Next Luxury Kitchen Photo Why Do We Like This Luxury Kitchen? Dover maple kitchen cabinets A suspended stove vent hood that attracts notice. Dual-level kitchen island–one level for food prep and cooking, another level for eating. Featured Company Canyon Creek Cabinets »
Luxury Kitchen Photos: Southern Comfort?
Next Luxury Kitchen Photo Why Do We Like This Luxury Kitchen? Charleston cabinet series. Contrast in natural wood and whitewash style cabinets. Decorative tile backsplash. Wall oven for easier baking. Featured Company Canyon Creek Cabinets »
Luxury Kitchen Photos: All Wood and Dual-Level Breakfast Island
Next Luxury Kitchen Photo Why Do We Like This Luxury Kitchen? The two-level kitchen island allows for both cooking and eating in the same area. Tasteful wood Belvedere series cabinets. Pendant lights illuminate otherwise dark section of kitchen. Featured Company Canyon Creek Cabinets »
Put Ceramic Tile in the Kitchen?
When you look at it more closely, you’ll see that tile does have its place in the kitchen–but not necessarily everywhere. Let’s take a look at where tile works best in the kitchen; where it doesn’t; and where you could kinda go either way. Best: Tile Backsplash Ceramic tile probably works best in the... »
Cabinet Installation Cost
Unlike some of the messier home remodeling projects out there, kitchen cabinets come with few surprises. Any contractor or sub-contractor should be able to give you the estimate for installing a cabinet over the phone. But they won’t. It’s not their fault, really. Because homeowners often misrepresent the project, saying that it’s a simple,... »
Base Cabinets as Kitchen Island
You’ll be using nothing more than stock base cabinets from your friendly ol’ orange-and-white home improvement store (or IKEA, Lowe’s…it doesn’t matter) and tools you’ve already got around the house. About the only thing we don’t cover in this quick guide is the kitchen countertop–but since you’ll be using stock cabinets, you can also... »
Kitchen Countertop Height
Yes. But these measurements are not subject to any kind of legally-binding building code. Residential countertop height is just considered a good building practice, not a rule of law you need to follow. The height of kitchen countertops is actually controlled by the height of the base cabinets, which is 34 1/2″. This is... »
7 Steps to a European Kitchen
Remember when the word “European” stood for everything swank, sophisticated, and simply cooler than “American”? Well, those were the days when TWA and PanAm were still flying, Julia Child was a major force in the culinary world, and Francois Truffaut was an important cinematic figure (Who? Well, that’s the point). In other words, those... »