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All These Years – Still In Love (Dream Kitchen)

January 12, 2011
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I’ve been in-love with this kitchen for so long: I just can’t get it out of my mind. And this weekend, my water heater went south. Doesn’t everyone, when faced with a water heater replacement, say “Well, I guess we might as well just rip the kitchen on out and re-do it.”? I know I [...]

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Use Open Shelving In Kitchen Design

March 2, 2010
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How to save money, create great visual impact, and get efficient kitchen storage at the same time! Kitchen Cabinets and Shelves Mix Great One of the hottest new trends in kitchen design is the use of open shelves in-place of traditional upper cabinets. As usual, the use of the word “new” isn’t entirely accurate. Open [...]

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Replacement Kitchen Cabinet Doors — An Alternative to New Cabinets

February 19, 2010
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“I need a new kitchen!” These words are often spoken with some combination of feelings. These might include excitement, anticipation, and maybe a bit of old-fashioned fear! Fear of the work being too hard, fear that the cost will be too high, and fear of a bunch of contractors making life way too complicated! I’ve [...]

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Colorful Kitchens – Still My Dream

February 11, 2010
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I just can’t get enough of these colorful kitchens! I wrote apost just over a year ago with one that is still my favorite. That post was titled: Colors in Cabinetry — A New Trend? If it wasn’t already a major trend then, it certainly is now! And I’m one person who is happy, happy, [...]

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Great Ideas for 2010: Idea#2 — Get Creative With Cabinets

January 6, 2010

Call me a rebel, but I’m much happier when things are used in ways other than what was originally intended. Something about seeing real creativity in action makes me feel more creative. More energized really. You may not realize it, but Remodeling Can Change Your Life, and little acts of rebellion are a great way [...]

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A Perfect Space Saving Kitchen Window Seat

November 8, 2009
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This one is a perfect 10 if you ask me. I found the picture at one of my favorite haunts Houzz.com, and the kitchen is by Valerie Pedersen who works in the SF Bay Area. Wow! I love, love, love it! I was searching for window seats and I came across this shot. I really [...]

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Painting Your Cabinets – Brush Finish Results Revealed

April 14, 2009
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Here we go! Finally, the end result of the cabinet door, Plan A version. It looks pretty good! You may recall that we originally had to vote to decide which Drillbit Art pattern we would use. The winner was the bird! So I eagerly got started, sanding and priming, in Painting Your Kitchen Cabinets – [...]

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Painting Kitchen Cabinets Part 1 – Sanding and Priming

March 26, 2009
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Finally the “Paint Your Cabinets” post you’ve been waiting for! Let’s Jump right in! A Clear Finished Wood Door We’re working with a door I had laying around in my shop. It was a beautiful solid maple door already. But we have other plans for it! Since this door had a clear coat of lacquer [...]

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Hooked on Islands – Kitchen Islands that is!

March 19, 2009
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I love an island kitchen! They work for a number of great reasons and the creative opportunities abound. Here are a few examples of great kitchen islands: Great Stone! I really like the way the stone counter looks in this kitchen. The light color works well with the creamy color cabinets against the dark wood [...]

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Drillbit Designs Cabinet Door – Time to Choose!

February 21, 2009
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Hey Crew! Time to pick a cabinet door winner!   It was really fun hearing everyone’s ideas and it was not easy at all to pick three finalists! Some of the ideas were great, but beyond either my abilities, or at least my time constraints! I would have enjoyed trying to create the flowing hair [...]

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Colors in Cabinetry – A New Trend?

January 25, 2009
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This looks like a bright way to start the day! Colors seem to be all the rage in cabinetry these days.  I’ve been seeing this in magazines all over the place!  The way this job ( featured in Southern Living) is done really impressed me though.  It just seems like the perfect mix of colors.  [...]

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