EDesigns Custom Interiors

In today’s homes kitchens are beautiful rooms whatever their style from traditional to contemporary. They are filled with cabinets made from the most exquisite woods and finished with custom stains with the look and feel of fine furniture. The counter surfaces add drama and durability with materials such as granite, Silestone, limestone or maybe concrete. The backsplash can be just about anything you can dream from a lovely polished limestone dotted with black granite to a honed onyx with quarter sized polished rounds or wonderful Italian mosaics sprinkled with the sparkle of glass to a full wall of glass mosaics that bounces the light around the room.

The family is drawn to the beauty of this room to spend time together cooking and entertaining; however beauty is not the only thing kitchens today offer. Hidden behind all that beauty is a wide range of options that make kitchens the most functional hardworking rooms in the home. Designed for the specific needs and wants of the family a kitchen can deliver the optimum in cooking ease. Two or more sink areas allow multiple cooks to work with ease and also keep the salad away from the contamination of uncooked meats. A pot filler faucet over the range makes filling those big pots a breeze and no more rushing to the sink to add water to a pot that is boiling low. Under-counter lighting illuminates the task at hand and adds safety.

Storage or rather a lack of storage is usually the biggest issue in a kitchen. With custom planning your kitchen can meet any challenge you can imagine. Built-in pantry units that fold-out or slide-out can be fitted into narrow areas and used to store dry or canned good.

Dead corner areas are often wasted space. Carousel shelves which attach to two right-angled doors and rotate 270 degrees solve this wasted space issue; open the doors and the shelves are actually attached to the doors. Pivoting shelves are a variation on the carousel design and may or may not be door-mounted. A fold-down mixer shelf swings up and out of a base cabinet for use, then folds down and back into the cabinet when the mixer is no longer needed. Installed in base cabinets, slide-out trays and racks store small appliances, cans, pots and pans and other items; while slide-out bins can store vegetables, grains, pet food or even the garbage or recycling containers. Tilt-out trays are often used to store sponges or scouring pads. Other options include special racks for trays and cookie sheets; drawer inserts for organizing spices and utensils, watertight recycling bins, wine racks, fold-down recipe book-rests, built-in canister drawers, knife drawers, drying racks for dishcloths and plate racks.

There are solutions for whatever needs a family has in today’s designs; from cabinetry, lighting, flooring, windows, storage, appliances or style. Kitchens are no longer drab places with poor design and storage. Today’s kitchens are beautiful and functional; inviting family and friends to share time together preparing and enjoying a meal. As the old saying goes the kitchen is the heart of the home.