• Changing Kitchen Habits Of A Lifetime

    Changing Kitchen Habits Of A Lifetime

    We have never been at the forefront of cullinary expertise in my family.  I turn out a pretty decent ‘sort of’ curry, we used to have rather a lot of pasta and rice dishes, through the ease of cooking them.  However, these days we are both taking a more sensible approach to food and the […]

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  • Green, Green & More Green – Change Is Needed

    Green, Green & More Green – Change Is Needed

    Having had a new kitchen delivered and installed over a n amazingly short week, or two, I was left with the thorny problem of getting the remainder of the walls redecorated.  The new cupboards must be bigger than the others although it wasn’t obvious on the plan.   I had already felt jaded about the wall […]

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  • Kitchen Design Choices Are So Varied

    Kitchen Design Choices Are So Varied

    I have never thought a vast amount about kitchen design before.   I have had a kitchen installed to replace the one that came in this lovely spacious home I moved into twenty odd years ago.  Strangely although I thought I should upgrade because mine looked a tad shabby compared to local neighbours’, when the install […]

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  • Ideas To Make The Modern Kitchen User Friendly

    Ideas To Make The Modern Kitchen User Friendly

    When you go to one of the major kitchen suppliers, there is sequence of events that clocks into place the minute you walk through that very large plate glass door. . . . The biggest supplier these days concentrates only on kitchens;  they don’t touch bedrooms or bathrooms so immediately their interest is solely on […]

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  • Doing A Little Kitchen Research Narrows The Field

    Doing A Little Kitchen Research Narrows The Field

    I’ve had the chance to start looking at kitchen showrooms and catalogues.  The slow process of getting my own precious homestead smartened up and more in keeping with the neighbours has brought me to the point of needing to tackle the kitchen.  I have so far found it slightly inhibiting.  The incredibly huge design studios […]

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  • Choosing the Right Kitchen Appliances

    Choosing the Right Kitchen Appliances

    Kitchen appliances are often the most used appliances in the home – the cooker, oven, washing machine and dishwasher all get a daily battering, and the fridge or freezer will generally be used multiple times each day!  It is therefore important that you choose appliances which will fit with your lifestyle and needs. The hob […]

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  • Redesigning The House To Be Lived In By All

    Redesigning The House To Be Lived In By All

    The kitchen in most houses is the place that the family count on as welcoming and open for all activity.  This is especially so at christmas and anyy other cultural festival time.    Everyone loves that mix of work, organisation, good cooking and socialising.  Having the utility equipment in close proximity also encourages the  younger members […]

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  • Returning Kitchens To Working Hub Living Spaces

    Returning Kitchens To Working Hub Living Spaces

    The old farmhouses where the kitchen had a huge range for cooking and heating has captured the imagination of almost every neighbour who has had their kitchen and living area renovated or simply gutted and rebuilt.    Our houses here are comfortable size with plenty of living space, but the kitchens are a tad disappointing.   I […]

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