Trendy Kitchen Redesign Ideas For Your Home

<font size="3" color="#990000"><strong>Trendy Kitchen Redesign Ideas For Your Home</strong></font> <strong><font size="2">By Anne Harvester</font></strong> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: ‘Verdana’,’sans-serif’; letter-spacing: 1pt">No other room defines your home quite like the kitchen. If you are trying to put together a completely unique look for your home, then the kitchen is the best place to start so make sure you have a bunch of ideas ready to go. Remodeling the kitchen is not a tough job nor is it rocket science. It simply needs a little bit of hard work combined with some imagination.</span></p><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: ‘Verdana’,’sans-serif’; letter-spacing: 1pt"><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Remodeling kitchen could be a difficult and strenuous task for someone lacks a creative mind and imagination. Take a walk through your local hardware store for a quick inventory of items you can use and need. From items such as a soapstone counter or soapstone stoves to a stainless steel refrigerator, the choices are almost limitless. Here are a few trends in the design world for kitchens:</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: center"><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0" width="425" height="282"><param name="movie" value="../images/banners/2b.swf" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="wmode" value="" /><embed src="../images/banners/2b.swf" wmode="" quality="high" menu="false" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="282"></embed></object></div>  <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><strong>Color is in</strong> – You won’t find too many all-white kitchens these days. Instead, people are decorating their kitchens with a variety of colors. Brown in particular is the hottest color right now, but grays, soapstone, blues and greens are also quite fashionable. Refacing your cabinets in a colored laminate is the most common way to incorporate this color trend. Vivid mosaic backsplashes, soapstone stoves, soapstone slabs, soapstone blocks and cork flooring are also drawing rave attention from kitchen designers.</p>  <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><strong>Dramatic impact</strong> – Unique and strategically placed windows, multi-leveled center islands of soapstone slabs, open kitchen spaces with cozy adjacent sitting nooks, a soapstone stove, built-in seating areas, and environmentally-friendly kitchens are all the rage right now in kitchen trends.</p>  <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><strong>Pantries should be seen</strong> – That formerly kitchen eyesore is now becoming a focal feature. If you need lots of storage space, think about a walk-in pantry. If space is something you don’t have a lot of, a built-in pantry may be a better option for your needs.</p>  <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><strong>Sophisticated touches</strong> – Beamed ceilings, soapstone decorative items, impact-adding molding, dramatic lighting, soapstone slabs, soapstone blocks and porcelain backsplashes can add a major wow to your kitchen.</p>  <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><strong>Decorate around a central theme</strong> – Keep things realistic by designing your kitchen around a feature authentic to your home’s age such as building upon an old soapstone stove. More and more people are bringing back the centuries-old trend that revolves around the energy-enhancing arrangement of its furniture pieces.</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: center"><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0" width="425" height="282"><param name="movie" value="../images/banners/2a.swf" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="wmode" value="" /><embed src="../images/banners/2a.swf" wmode="" quality="high" menu="false" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="282"></embed></object></div>  <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Every kitchen, big and small, has unique characteristics. It’s true that every kitchen requires some changes here and there, like that soapstone counter you’ve always dreamed about. Yours is no different. These changes cannot be started until you know the actual style and trend which will be useful and functional to make this room the most elegant kitchen it could be.</p>  <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Anne has worked on many home improvement projects with a <a href="http://www.doradosoapstone.com/" target="_blank">soapstone counter</a>. Her specialties are redesigning ordinary kitchens into the extraordinary using <a href="http://www.doradosoapstone.com/" target="_blank">soapstone slabs</a> and soapstone blocks.</p>  <p><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: ‘Verdana’,’sans-serif’; letter-spacing: 1pt">Article Source: <a href="http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Anne_Harvester" target="_blank">http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Anne_Harvester</a></span></p></span>