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By Jake Hollerand on Jan 5, 2011 |Home Improvement
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A kitchen transformation is taking place in America. Homeowners are doing away with outdated cabinets and kitchen appliances in favor of fresh, innovative updates. No matter if your cooking area is small or incredibly spacious, there has rarely been an easier time to rejuvenate the place that is generally considered the hub of the household.
The kitchen is the home’s most-used and most-important area. It’s typically where home meals are prepared, and even where the socializing for nighttime parties begins. Here are the most popular home upgrade design picks for the year to come.
Time-Honored Kitchens Meet Cutting-Edge
"Transitional" kitchens top the list of hottest concepts in kitchen renovation. This amazing mix of traditional remodeling—for instance, primitive kitchen cabinets and ceramic tile floors, along with the current sleek style—like bold horizontal lines and dramatic color schemes, are the future of kitchen trends in the coming year.
This pattern creates a type of modern-day/vintage kitchen cross-blend. In addition to the latest advances in technology and new appliances, the transitional kitchen blends soothing pastels with rich, natural hues to create an amazingly chic kitchen.
Embracing Shared Spaces
In today's times, the living area is not usually separated from the kitchen. As trends show, inclusiveness and togetherness are far more important. Today's kitchens embrace a smooth, accessible format that reworks the kitchen, eating and cooking area, and family room into one.
How is this done? In place of walls and hard barriers, distinctions can be created a lot more logically and subtly. A hardwood floor throughout the living area and tile floor in the kitchen, for example, naturally differentiate areas in the home. Walls are a thing of the past.
Functionality Like Never Before
High-tech design is another remodeling concept preferred among homeowners. It fuses usefulness together with the latest electronics, and needless to say, creates an amazing look!
Dig the look of a fridge or freezer hidden to blend right in with the cabinets? What about a sleek refrigerator with a wireless-connected LCD display attached in the actual door? And even a chandelier that also acts as a normal pot and pan rack. What you're looking at is the future of kitchen design.
Source: Kitchen Estimates
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Working with contractors nationwide, I try to bring the best ideas to remodel your kitchen. Let me know if you have any questions or need any advice!
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