The Heart of the HomeHere’s a residential “thought experiment” for you. Think about your home and how you and your family uses it. It could be just you and your spouse or a large family. Where do you spend the most time? Which area gets the most traffic? Or, if you had to pick one […]
Kitchens are not sedate and quiet rooms. They are rooms filled with energy, aroma and texture. Newer kitchens, while called kitchens, are so much more. Today’s kitchen is today’s family living space. These large rooms house several areas within. There is the kitchen area – the designated cooking space – thoughtfully, carefully planned and laid […]
Whether you’re looking for small or grand kitchen remodel ideas to renovate one of the most popular spaces in your home, there are several directions for you to go in. Perhaps you’ve seen some popular kitchen trends and want to add subtle touches to make your kitchen feel like it has entered the modern age. […]
Not long ago, kitchens were quiet places in the back of the house. It’s function: meals were prepared and dirty dishes were washed usually by hand. Today, the kitchen has evolved and grown-up. It’s now the heart of the home. A place of both high tech and cool fashion. The kitchen is a place to […]
A universal truth is that the kitchen is the most important place in the house. When the family is together, the kitchen is the place where everyone ends up. Even when you go to a different house for a party, during the course of the evening, the kitchen is the place where everyone congregates. The […]
A kitchen is a place of pride, engaging all five senses. What comes out of a kitchen can be both broad and artistic, A great achievement in finger painting by your child or realizing the joy of cooking for you and your family are statements of who we are. The kitchen is also the most […]
“Happiness is a small house, with a big kitchen.” Alfred Hitchcock No room in a home is as versatile as the kitchen. Here you engage all five senses: Sight, hearing, smell, touch and of course taste. The hub of every home, the kitchen space has evolved from the merely functional into a multi-functional room to […]
Great Design should be part of every home. But that great design for homes bought years ago will need to change, as we get older, to meet the needs of people with disabilities and couples who wish to age-in-place. There is a solution. It’s called Universal Design. The Experts in Universal Design (UD) […]
Homeowner Goals While the client’s loved their neighborhood, their home lacked the functionality, modern amenities, and design touches that they desired. The garage was located on the lowest level of the home and led to a stairwell that opened into the middle of the home. Because there wasn’t a transition area before the kitchen, it […]
Functional space and clean contemporary lines were the main goals of this beautiful kitchen and mudroom remodel. This active family of four, living in Great Falls, VA, with their three dogs and two cats, had decided it was time to transform their kitchen and laundry room areas into the functional space they knew they needed if […]