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Spice Up Your Kitchen With These Must-Have Accessories
There are many parts of our home that could use a little work. While an immediate and entire remodel might not be in the budget, gradual improvements are affordable and easy. If you’re considering remodeling your home the kitchen is always the best place to start because of its frequency of use. Choosing furniture and kitchen accessories is a great way to spice it up. The difficult part about modifying any part of your home, especially the kitchen, is choosing what exactly to change. Whichever parts you choose first, any and all with help breathe new life into your home. Switch Drawer Fronts Drawer fronts are a great place to start with your new kitchen. It can be expensive to completely replace an entire cabinet or drawer so changing the front can be an easy and affordable way to go if you are strapped for cash. Drawer fronts can come … Continue reading
Choose a Murphy Bed for the Right Reasons
Whether you have a small apartment or a single family home, the best thing about having a family is to have relatives and friends stay over. It sure is a lovely feeling to be in the company of friends and family. Along with that comes the need to see that they are comfortable when they decide to have an extended stay at your home. If you have overnight guests, it makes sense to have an extra bed – traditional or the murphy bed. Murphy beds today have evolved from more than just a fold up bed. Today, most homes have a contemporary and a modern look. The new Murphy beds fit in seamlessly with the modern interiors that sport an urbane style. They are more than just functional, they look good in an apartment or in a bigger home with a spare room. Murphy Bed: Great for a Spare Room … Continue reading
The Best in Media Walls
Your home is where you can put the imprint of choices. The formal living room, or the informal family room, and your media room are places that are used for formal or impromptu gatherings. You can make it unique with your choice of interior décor. You can be different from the rest and have a media wall that stands out and livens up the room. Stone Creek Furniture in Phoenix is a one-stop specialist when it comes to helping you with your media wall. You may wonder about the importance of doing up your media wall and how does it contribute to the décor of the room or the house for that matter. These days one does not deny the allure of a big flat screen television. With the latest technology, like Blue Ray and 3D, it just makes everything come alive on the screen. The huge gadget can make … Continue reading
Kitchen Trends for 2012
The new year has come. It is 2012, and your home design may be a bit behind the times when it is placed in comparison to the beautiful layouts that you see in magazines, on television shows, and at your friends houses. You may have made your new year’s resolution to finally get around to updating the appearance of the kitchen and bathrooms in your home. You may have even decided that it is finally the right time to buy new furniture, linens, and paint for each room. You have big plans, yet find yourself wondering which room to begin the remodeling. They say that the kitchen is the heart of every home, which means that your kitchen may be the perfect place to begin the transformation of your home. With each passing year, many will notice that the kitchen design trends will have changed slightly from that of the … Continue reading
Ideas for Remodeling Your Bathroom
It isn’t uncommon to want to change something about your home after a few years. In fact, many people these days are buying homes that are cheaper and haven’t ever been remodeled to cut down on initial costs. As we all know times are tough for many of us and the extra cash to remodel our homes just isn’t there. Fortunately for many of us we can afford to remodel particular rooms or areas of our homes and cut costs by not investing in changing the entire thing. One of the greatest areas of the home to begin a remodel is the bathroom. Knowing about some ideas for remodeling your bathroom can help you decide where to start and what to do. Repaint: Changing the walls by removing wall paper or simply repainting is a great place to start with your bathroom. Many people don’t realize that if they have … Continue reading
Cookies In The Kitchen
The past 10 days have been amazing! Not once, but twice, I have been invited back to a clients home to oogle over their finished kitchen project. Not to just look at the kitchen but to have lunch or share a snack while we chat. Just sitting in these new spaces makes me so proud to have been a small part of something that will bring them enjoyment for years to come. As I walk towards the kitchen I keep my head down and then like a kid on Christmas morning, I open my eyes. Now,you would think that this would get old after awhile.How much beautiful cabinetry, granite and backsplashes could one get excited about. Well apparently alot, because I never get tired of it. As I sat in my clients kitchen and we talked about how great it turned out, we toasted a flute of champagne, ate bruchetta … Continue reading
The Kitchen You Didn’t Know You Wanted
If you are considering a kitchen remodel, most likely you have a good idea of what you want the end result to look like. Many times I arrive for my first meeting with a client and they bring out the “folder”. This is like peering into the design head of your client! I love paging through these ideas, Tuscan ,contemporary, classic, modern, log cabin rustic. Sometimes this little peek will tell a story…enough to get a true feel for a direction that would make the client very happy. Now for the clincher. I’ll do my best to bring those magazine photos to life. Choosing like materials that were in the photos, right down to the exact granite and similar backsplash. Then I’ll throw in a design that “I” think the house needs. And wouldn’t you know it. They choose the design that the house needed, not the one they been … Continue reading
Save Your Sanity
Let one company manage your kitchen remodeling. I heard once that the cast of “One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest” was actually a group of homeowners who tried to remodel their kitchens on their own. It can drive you crazy, cause divorce, stress and not to mention, irritable bowel syndrome. I’ve seen it happen and thank God I didn’t fall victim to it when we remodeled our kitchen. As marketing director of Stone Creek Furniture-Kitchen & Bath, I’ve seen how smooth the process can be when all the workers have experience working together and know exactly what to do. A kitchen remodeling project runs like a fine tuned machine, but if one of the workers is out of sync, it’s the homeowner that is going to overheat. Stone Creek Furniture has developed a team of professionals that “gets ‘er done.” In fact, the team can have you cooking in your … Continue reading
The Simple Bedroom
I remember getting married years ago and my husband couldn’t understand why we had 12 pillows on the bed. The way I figure it, he was just annoyed, because the rule at our house is, last one out of bed has to make it. Had he been the early riser and I was making the bed everyday then I am sure the subject never would have come up!! My point is this. Gone are the days of the 12 pillow bed. The bedroom is getting simpler. Colors are more serene and the pillow count is down dramatically! Page through any shelter magazine and you’ll get a feeling of comfort and refuge. Can you say sanctuary? Our bedrooms should be a special place where we unwind at days end, have intimate talks and heaven forbid watch TV. I’d you haven’t seen our collection of Stone Creek beds lately you need to … Continue reading
Your Perfect Sized Kitchen
My past three kitchen projects have jettisoned me into the lives of the people who live in very special homes. Even the smallest square footage will ultimately jumpstart ideas of life in a cottage kitchen. Produce from the farmers market on the counter waiting to be turned into some gourmet delight. Cabinets done in a warm white finish with classic stone tiles for a backsplash and you have a cozy, warm spot to entertain or give the kids a snack after school. I can stand in the space and become that homeowner for a few moments and imagine what life will be like in their new space. I think it helps me to be a better decorator. In a medium sized kitchen you can pretty much get all the bells and whistles you want because you have the space to do it. If budget and imagination are your friends then … Continue reading
