kitchen design

2011 House Beautiful Kitchen of the Year: Anticipation!

by Susan on July 17, 2011

in Kitchen & Dining

House Beautiful 2011 Kitchen of the YearThis year the 2011 House Beautiful Kitchen of the Year is venturing outside with a large outdoor cooking space.

Chef Tyler Florence worked in collaboration with Lori Yeomans of USA Interior Design to create House Beautiful’s Northern-Californian inspired kitchen, complete with manly undertones (can’t wait to see that illustrated!).

The big reveal takes place on Monday, July 18th atRockefeller Plaza,New York City. In the meantime, here’s some scoop to start you drooling: [click to continue…]

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Ideas for that awkward space above your kitchen cabinets

by Susan on November 8, 2010

in Decorating,Kitchen & Dining,Room by Room

I’ve been house hunting the past two months, and I’ve seen my fair share of awkward spaces over kitchen cabinets.

You know what I’m talking about – they tend to look like little boxes super-glued to the wall with accessories stuffed above them.  Allow me to illustrate:

kitchens with awkward spaces above cabinets

But I’m going out on a limb here by saying that loading that space with accessories just because it’s there is a bad idea. If you’ve got high ceilings and a couple feet above the cabinets to work with, you have more options to create some interesting vignettes. But it should fit your design strategy – not just be filler.

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