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Designing your kitchen to accommodate your lifestyle will result in an efficient kitchen that makes entertaining and multi-tasking easy. Here are a few things to consider when planning the room where great memories and recipes will be prepared…
Multiple Workstations
A kitchen can be broken down into several zones: baking, cooking, serving, casual or formal dining, wet bar, storage and clean-up. If you like to entertain, wide aisles and dual sinks allow for more than one cook as well as banquet-style serving. Close proximity to both the dining and great room means the cook can enjoy the company of family and guests. Remember, your kitchen should be equally comfortable whether you’re entertaining large groups, or dining solo.
Tasteful Tops
Varied heights, colors and textures of counter tops adds dimension to your kitchen and will help separate work and serving areas. In a recent project, the homeowner chose natural stone slabs, deliberately selected based on its location and size so the several large red streaks would be visible - softly suggesting an accent color that is seen in varying strengths throughout the home. A hand rubbed bar top finish on the wood surfaces emphasizes the craftsmanship and durability that wood can offer in the kitchen when properly installed and finished.
Cabinets & Storage
Selecting the right cabinetry ranks right up there with choosing fine furniture. Look for solid, customizable brands, and flawless finishes. Even the most rustic cabinets can still have a sense of sophistication with a raised panel design or deep, warm finish. Wisconsin Log Homes’ in-house cabinetry design services allow clients to view both floor plan drawings as well as three-dimensional colored renderings to virtually understand what their cabinets will look like before it’s too late.
Be sure to count and measure all your well loved and regularly used countertop appliances so their storage needs can be incorporated into the design. Not only will they end up having their own space, but you can design extra outlets in all the right places so they can be used with ease. True happiness often lies in hidden details such as spice racks, tray dividers and roll-out drawers.
Kitchen Colors
Ever wonder why fast-food restaurants are often brightly colored and cold? They want you to come hungry and move out fast. Color theory plays a strong role in designing a pleasing kitchen. Warm, neutral colors keep the walls soothing and accent colors can be found in counter tops, lighting and accent walls in adjacent rooms.
To learn more about designing and decorating kitchens or other areas of your home, log on to Wisconsin Log Homes website or e-mail our resident Interior Deisgner, Stephanie, at info@wisconsinloghomes.com.
Multiple Workstations
A kitchen can be broken down into several zones: baking, cooking, serving, casual or formal dining, wet bar, storage and clean-up. If you like to entertain, wide aisles and dual sinks allow for more than one cook as well as banquet-style serving. Close proximity to both the dining and great room means the cook can enjoy the company of family and guests. Remember, your kitchen should be equally comfortable whether you’re entertaining large groups, or dining solo.
Tasteful Tops
Varied heights, colors and textures of counter tops adds dimension to your kitchen and will help separate work and serving areas. In a recent project, the homeowner chose natural stone slabs, deliberately selected based on its location and size so the several large red streaks would be visible - softly suggesting an accent color that is seen in varying strengths throughout the home. A hand rubbed bar top finish on the wood surfaces emphasizes the craftsmanship and durability that wood can offer in the kitchen when properly installed and finished.
Cabinets & Storage
Selecting the right cabinetry ranks right up there with choosing fine furniture. Look for solid, customizable brands, and flawless finishes. Even the most rustic cabinets can still have a sense of sophistication with a raised panel design or deep, warm finish. Wisconsin Log Homes’ in-house cabinetry design services allow clients to view both floor plan drawings as well as three-dimensional colored renderings to virtually understand what their cabinets will look like before it’s too late.
Be sure to count and measure all your well loved and regularly used countertop appliances so their storage needs can be incorporated into the design. Not only will they end up having their own space, but you can design extra outlets in all the right places so they can be used with ease. True happiness often lies in hidden details such as spice racks, tray dividers and roll-out drawers.
Kitchen Colors
Ever wonder why fast-food restaurants are often brightly colored and cold? They want you to come hungry and move out fast. Color theory plays a strong role in designing a pleasing kitchen. Warm, neutral colors keep the walls soothing and accent colors can be found in counter tops, lighting and accent walls in adjacent rooms.
To learn more about designing and decorating kitchens or other areas of your home, log on to Wisconsin Log Homes website or e-mail our resident Interior Deisgner, Stephanie, at info@wisconsinloghomes.com.
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