Kitchen ideas
Backsplash
Return wall with shelves
Floating Shelf
Cabinets on the horizontal
Two of her fellow Googlers saw the end result and each hired her to do their homes. Then a neighbor’s friend saw the house, knocked on her door and hired her. After that a different neighbor procured her services as well. With such demand, Lin decided to start her own interior design company, Urbanism Designs.” — Mitchell Parker
Stools
Island lights
A center pedestal leg on a table allows people to pull up at the counter anywhere without straddling a leg or bumping into one as you get into place
Step down eating area
Cabinets and lighting
Comfy seats
Step down eating ledge
Rift-cut oak
In this kitchen the island itself makes a strong horizontal statement.
Flow to dining room.
Hmmm.. Coffee station
With larger and larger kitchens, and the importance of them in daily life and entertaining (ever been to a party that didn't end up being centered in the kitchen?), they are ideal for skylights. Skylights can aid in lighting work surfaces and parts of the kitchen that might otherwise be dark. The view out the two windows in this kitchen is of trees that shade the space, but the skylight helps to bring in some sun to brighten it.
One more thing to keep in mind: select pulls over knobs. Pulls allow any user the ability to open the door without having to grasp a small knob — something that's difficult to do for those with arthritic hands or dexterity issues.
Traditional rollout shelves come in handy when you prefer the aesthetics of doors over drawers. You must take care, however, to fully open the door before pulling out the shelves to minimize the inadvertent scraping of the inside of the door. The shelves come in a wide variety of traditional and other materials, such as this wood dovetail version. A base cabinet with a standard door can usually accomodate three shelves, depending on what you need to store.
Make sure you select heavy-duty rollers or glides to accommodate the extra weight of the dishes.
Organizational accessories such as this pegboard for dishes allow the heavier items to be stored within reach and the flexibility of rearranging items to suit your needs and dishes. Storing your dishes in base cabinets allows even the little ones to get in on the action of setting the table. It also eliminates the sometimes dangerous reach into upper cabinets for a stack of plates.
Stemware rack. If you are tight on kitchen storage space, you'll want to make use of every nook and cranny you can. Here's a great option for storing your stemware under a wall cabinet. I've mounted a similar rack inside a cabinet, and I really like its functionality — you can store a good number of glasses in a small amount of space without the risk of having them tip over onto one another like dominoes. I should note that this may not be the best storage option if you don't use the glasses very often, or if you don't have adequate ventilation in your kitchen, as the stemware is likely to attract grease and dust.
Jar opener. For those who struggle with opening bottles and jars, here's a clever gadget that's easy to mount under your wall cabinet. This would make an excellent gift for someone who suffers from arthritis, or anyone else who could use some assistance with tough-to-open lids.
Under cabinet electrical plugs
Beautiful kitchen layout. Especially love the island.
Island waterfall
Waterfall countertop
The designers felt fortunate to work with a homeowner who had such a vision and passion for the idea-generation process. Her kitchen ended up being a laboratory for some of her favorite design ideas and materials. The backsplash is covered in a combination of a Trove wallpaper featuring the likenesses of famous historical queens and a geometrical porcelain tile from Global Tile Design. The Design-Craft cabinetry is semimodular, delivered in one of its standard finishes, Smoke Gray.
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