Deciding to remodel your kitchen is an easy choice. The floor is worn. The cabinets are outdated. Your refrigerator is small and your oven runs hot. However, now that the decision has been made, what should you do?

Your first step is to determine exactly what about the room needs fixed or updated. Clean out your cupboards and de-clutter the space. Determine if you need more storage. Decide which appliances will need replaced.

Next you should review magazines, books, and showrooms to decide exactly what you would like in your new modern kitchen. Which colors do you prefer? Which styles complement your home? Is there a particular pattern or texture that you favor? Consider contacting the professional design team at Today’s Kitchens for an extensive analysis of your needs and assistance in choosing a style specifically for you.

Professional designers can assist you in joining function with fashion. Experienced and trained individuals will help determine a satisfying color palette with woods and finishes that work in harmony with the overall design. Architectural styles will also be established. The Today’s Kitchens staff can help you establish which appliances you need and the best choices for your space and budget. With a professional’s help, your kitchen will feel like home. You will no longer need to search for items in your cupboards, nor wonder why the plates are stored so far from the dishwasher. Everything will be as it should. If your newly remodeled kitchen is done right, your kitchen chores will be simpler and your life will be easier.

Your dream kitchen

We all have a dream in which we want our kitchen to live up to. Some prefer something of a traditional kitchen design while others prefer a contemporary kitchen. Then you have others that don’t want either and who are looking for more transitional options for their kitchen design. What does this all mean, what does one look for in these different designs?

Traditional kitchen décor usually consist of very straight lines with country like appeal including wood and rustic details. In a traditional kitchen one would see maple, pine, oak, birch or cherry cabinetry. Handles often are made of iron or bronze. Countertops often made of soapstone, granite, or laminate. Colors are often those of reds, blues, and yellows. Flooring usually is tile or beautiful wood planks.

Contemporary kitchens are much different in that of a traditional kitchen, usually having straight grained woods for cabinetry like maple or birch with an acrylic finish or gloss. Handles are usually stainless steel. Countertops are often natural stone, quartz or concrete. As for colors that make up a contemporary kitchen one would usually see many options. Floors are usually made of concrete or cork.

Transitional kitchens often include modern and traditional styles into one, a fusion of two worlds. Cabinets usually are maple or birch and often include two different colors, one for the cabinetry and one to accent the cabinets. Handles are often like that of a traditional kitchen being iron or bronze. Countertops more like a modern kitchen being granite or quartz but often including wood as well to make it stand out. Colors of this kitchen design are usually bright and stand out as well. Floors are usually wood in this case.

Different kitchen designs and styles to suit many dream kitchen seekers, what will be your kitchen design. Please share by commenting below.

A beautiful kitchen

Today’s kitchen is of great importance providing families’ structure, showing our loved ones our cultures traditions, and providing each a feeling of comfort. Today my husband and I are able to show our children what are parents taught us hoping our children will take the lessons and comforting moments with them when they have their own families to share these great glories with.

My husband is from the south and he takes great pride in this. His family taught me their cooking traditions, such as collard greens, sweet potato pie, macaroni, fried chicken like no other can cook, and much more. In spending time in the kitchen I can incorporate the traditional food we cook when I was a young girl with the foods that comfort my husband. Doing so has proven to provide valuable time for my young ones in the kitchen, either be it we are making a big breakfast or peeling our collard greens for a true treat. Spending this quality time together is important, not only do I enjoy it, but they will be able to pass on these great recipes to their children.

Besides cooking together we are eating together, my father has a saying, “Families that eat together stay together.” I believe that a family eating together does provide substance in a family. When I was a young girl we ate together as a family, now that I have my own family I try to incorporate this. At times my family hasn’t eaten together and I notice the unity has changed for the better since we have incorporated this in our routine.

Remember, to teach your children the dishes of your families glory and to eat together. Today’s kitchen is of great importance provided a families ties like no other. So again, as my father would say, eat together and keep the family together creating the unity we all need and should pass down from generation to generation.

My Planet Kitchen

In my world, nothing is complicated. My relationships are a breeze, my job is fun, and my house is spotless. On my planet, life is pleasurable. My shoes are comfortable, my lipstick doesn’t fade, and eggs don’t stick to the pans. In my mind, elegance reigns. A t-shirt and jeans can still be fashionable. A simple pony tail can make a statement. High heels are not the quintessential element of style. Well, maybe life does not always go as I planned in my world, but I can at least have it my way with My Planet by Today’s Kitchens.

My Planet is natural, informal and contemporary – a new concept that creates your personal kitchen as you want it. Sleek and versatile, this modern kitchen design will make your dreams come true. Italian designers at Varenna created technically-evolved solutions for informal kitchen with highly efficient functions.. The result is a completely practical kitchen with convenient features and effective layout. And yet, the My Planet contemporary kitchen is elegant, chic, and stylish. It is a little black dress with stiletto heels. It is a curly up-do with red hot lipstick. It is perfection.

So my relationships may have some issues and perhaps my job is a bore. Maybe my shoes pinch my toes and my skirt is always wrinkled. At least I know that at the end of the day, I can return home to My Planet. On my planet, the pans are near the stove, the counter space is abundant, and of course, the eggs do not stick to the pans.

Twelve Kitchen

Your house is a gathering place for quaint parties with a few friends or large get-togethers with extended family. You feel that your kitchen – while an important part of the house – should not look like a traditional kitchen. Your mother’s kitchen counters are crowded with small appliances such as the toaster, a coffee pot, the blender, a griddle and more. A microwave is mounted under the cabinets and a hulking, mustard yellow refrigerator is against the wall. There are rooster salt and pepper shakers on the kitchen table. The cookie jar sings when you put your hand inside. While this style suits your mother perfectly, you do not want this kitchen. You want a room that is the opposite of your mother’s kitchen. You want Twelve.

Twelve, by Today’s Kitchens, is the result of meticulous research into a design of minimal horizontal thickness and maximum width of surfaces. The freedom inherent in the modular arrangements allows you to create an un-kitchen. You can assemble a room that is free from the clutter of small appliances. The large appliances, such as the refrigerator and stove, are inconspicuous as they fit seamlessly into the wall.

Twelve contemporary kitchen is an exceptional mix of chrome and wood, a cheerful co-existence of light and dark. It lends itself as a perfect room to gather for an intimate dinner party, a boys’ poker night, or a romantic dinner for two. Available in a variety of materials and finishes, this modern kitchen can be personalized for your taste to complement your home.

Minimal Kitchen

Sometimes we race through life, working to earn money to spend it on items that we don’t ever use. Setting goals for your life will center you on where you need to be now to get to where you see yourself in ten or twenty years. Gina Parris, a blogger and life coach (http://www.ginaparris.com), recommends making a timeline of your life to help you get to your future. Write down important events in the last ten years and then expected events in the next ten, including major birthdays, graduations, and anniversaries. Then fill in where you would like to be – a new house, a new job, ten pounds lighter, back to school, or whatever goals you might have. If you know where you want to be, it is easier to set a course towards it, rather than floating aimlessly.

This idea can also apply to your current life and living conditions. Is the “stuff” in your life overwhelming you? Do you spend too much time organizing and cleaning up? Then maybe it is time to reconsider your goals. If you can remove the clutter, you’ll end up spending more time doing what you want rather than sorting through the excess. If it’s not something you use regularly, then throw it out or donate it. Resolve not to bring in new items that will become clutter. Do you really need that item, or are you only getting it because it is a bargain? If you make the right choices, your home will be clutter-free and you will be stress-free.

The Minimal contemporary kitchen offered by Today’s Kitchens is completely functional while utilizing the minimalist style. Light, clean, and simple with a bold and exciting feel. The integrated handles for the cabinets and drawers add to the effortless beauty. Select from an array of different woods, finishes, and other materials to make the Minimal contemporary kitchen your own.

Resources:

http://www.ginaparris.com/

Simplicité Kitchen

In these tough economic times of lay offs and business closings, many people are being forced into learning a valuable lesson. That lesson is that less is often more. With the high flying business era in the 80s and the Dot Com boom that followed, many people began to work longer hours. In doing so, they left behind valuable family or personal time in search of more money and additional possessions. Bigger cars – SUVs and Hummers – began crowding the roads. Larger, new houses began popping up in suburbia, leaving the rental market packed with empty houses. People began buying more and more fashionable clothes at higher and higher prices.

With the large number of people out of work, and many others with less working hours, people are seeking out a less expensive way of living. A simpler way of life. They are trading in that gas-guzzler for something that is a little more fuel efficient. Rental homes are becoming scarce and the house prices are plummeting. Many people are shopping at discount stores and refurbishing things found at garage sales. With their spare time, people are rediscovering hobbies like sewing and woodworking, and they are creating useful items for their homes that otherwise would have been purchased.

This “less is more” ideology is sweeping the nation as even those who are not in danger of unemployment find the joy in living simply. Owning less “stuff” offers the opportunity for greater organization and higher quality items.

Simplicite from Today’s Kitchen offers a minimalist design for a clean, organized modern kitchen. Designed by Wm Ohs kitchen and cabinet design company, this transitional kitchen breaks away from the ornate to rely on the simplicity of marble, stainless steel, and horizontally grained woods such as beech, white oak, mahogany, or walnut. Simplicite proves that less truly is more.

Napa Classic Kitchen

Today’s Kitchens offer the Hamptons Classic kitchen and custom cabinets as a tribute to the East Coast. The Napa Classic is our homage to the West Coast. Home to rolling hills, fragrant flowers, ocean views, and endless vineyards, Napa is a beautiful country to visit and even better to call home. The Napa Valley is one of the most prolific and certainly most famous areas for wine production in the United States. With a history dating back to the nineteenth century, the area is currently visited by about five million people each year.

The Napa Classic transitional kitchen and custom cabinet design perfectly replicates the style of the Napa Valley. Deep stained woods with simple, yet elegant molding on the cabinet doors and drawer faces provide a sophistication that is timeless. The golden doors, like a sunny wrought-iron gate, create a scenic view into the wine rack cabinet. The style is reminiscent of an entrance gate into a vineyard at the turn of the century. With plenty of room to house the best wines from the Napa Valley or from your wine cellar.

So pour yourself a glass of wine produced on the West Coast, such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Merlot, Zinfandel, and relax in your Napa Classic kitchen by Today’s Kitchens. Romance is inevitable when you surround yourself in this stylish transitional kitchen design. You can almost feel the breeze from the Pacific Ocean rustle your hair when you envelope yourself and your home in a style that is truly one inspired by the Napa Valley.

Resources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napa_County,_California