Kitchen & Bathroom,Wardrobe & Closet Design Plans

The kitchen is an important place in everyone’s life, as it is the space in which people prepare and consume food daily. These are strong arguments to understand that, in this part of the housing, it is important and necessary to combine beauty with a healthy environment; this can be done by adopting a kitchen in an eco-friendly style.

This style can be applied to fitting a new kitchen or in retooling the existing one. An ecologic kitchen focuses on the sustainability of the products and the materials and chemicals used as well as their subsequent recycling opportunities.

This futuristic Green Cuisine, inspired from the Japanese Teppanyaki cooking and serving style, helps you reduce significantly the energy consumption and make waste management optimum. Read the rest of this entry »

Design Plans
Why Invest in a Kitchen & Bath Design Plan?

Investing in a set of design plans is probably the most important decision one can make before hiring someone to remodel any part of their home. Whether it’s a kitchen, bathroom, or a complete home renovation, having a set of detailed design plans is like having a road map to get you started in the right direction. Without a set of proper plans, you really do not know exactly what you are getting for the money that you are paying. At Allied Kitchen and Bath, not only do we provide you with a complete set of architectural/design plans, but we also provide detailed specifications of exactly what is and is not part of your project. Along with the plans and specifications, we also provide a set of three-dimensional drawings so that you are able to visualize exactly what is being done, and in a way that we guarantee you will understand.

The cost for a set of design plans is minimal, and if contracted with us, is always applied to the actual cost of your project. So rather than giving a firm a large deposit, and not really knowing exactly what you are getting, doesn’t it make sense to just give a small pre-deposit, and be 100% clear of not only what you are getting, but also what the project will look like too? Once you retain Allied to design your project, we will work with you, with the assistance of our entire design team, and come up with the best solution for your project, all within the budget that agreed upon.

The complete process of kitchen and bath planning, along with design and installation requires a tremendous amount of expertise. In addition to space planning, plumbing, electrical, lighting and construction issues must also be addressed. Ultimately, the kitchen and bath must be aesthetically pleasing, functional and safe. It should do more than just reflect your personal taste, it should suit the needs of all users throughout their life cycle. We provide you with design ideas and options that exceed your expectations in order to create a kitchen and bath that is truly your own. We take your family’s needs, likes and dislikes, lifestyle and habits into the drawing room and come to you with the very best options.

The environment is an increasingly key issue, so wanting to plan an eco friendly kitchen design is understandable. Here are a few tips to creating a green kitchen.

For starters, let’s talk about lighting. Kitchen lights can take up a lot of electricity, especially when being used in the daytime to light up darker areas of the kitchen. An eco-friendly solution is to install a sky light or extra windows to bring as much natural light into the kitchen as possible and limit the amount of electricity needed. Domed skylights allow you to keep UV rays out and still enjoy a bright and airy kitchen.

Your kitchen floor is another area where you can look to be greener. Using materials like bamboo, cork, renewable wood and biodegradable lino are all environmentally friendly alternatives and still function and look great.

Insulation can be eco-friendly and limit the amount of heating you need, saving you money on bills. Spray foam insulation is the latest green craze in kitchen design and keeps the room warm when it gets cold outside.

Much like you floor, you can get your kitchen storage to be produced from environmentally friendly materials such as bamboo or any other kind of sustainably harvested wood. As an added touch, you can get built in recyling units, so it becomes less of a chore to seperate your papers and plastics.

If you want to go the extra mile then you can also get kitchen taps that will only turn on when an object is placed under the faucet. This means that taps won’t be left on when they’re not needed and water won’t be wasted.

To get hot water you can use some eco-friendly solutions like solar powered heaters or tankless water heaters that both reduce the amount of energy needed to turn water hot.

Also consider fitting energy efficient windows which come with a special kind of glass to reduce the amount of UV rays that enter the room but also retain light and heat.

We’ve got more information on eco-friendly kitchen design listed below and can also divert you to some of the leading retailers of environmentally friendly kitchen solutions.

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Kitchen cabinets with handles of various sizes that also act as windows. In this way the user can choose what to expose and what to hide. In this way the kitchen can easily change character and will be much more personal

Lift is a new kitchen concept that fulfils our daily needs for modular and dynamic systems. Apartments and houses are becoming smaller therefore we need to design products that are able to offer a lot and at the same time be compact. Our design features different sliding (up and down) modules containing all the necessary tools a kitchen must have. While your not working or cooking you can close the sliding units together and create different kinds of sideboards. Lift can be well positioned in a one bedroom apartment, in a studio, in a loft or in a open space kitchen / living room area.

As a barrier-free, mobile and flexible kitchen, the Ideal Kitchen, with its L-shaped countertop, offers a high degree of design freedom and a very high level of design, in the opinion of the jurors. The countertop is suspended from the wall, so that it can be set at any height. A 17 cm-wide rear spine serves not only as a storage option for kitchen implements, spices and electric appliances, but also to keep the wall clean. Mobile containers and a kitchen cabinet offer additional storage space.

Since space comes as a premium, we need to design for a flexible lifestyle. Case in point is the kitchen. This design by Wiwat Pitakpongsanit takes multidisciplinary worktops to the extreme. This kitchen counter top is a place to cook, serve, meet, party, eat, and work. By reconfiguring the different sections, you can create a work surface to meet your needs.

Designed to improve the mentality of a kitchen both physically and mentally. Every function a traditional kitchen has is hidden behind the kitchen wall allowing easier clear up of the kitchen. The form of hiding saves the room of the house, which exhibits a sense of freedom and comfort. Psychologically, hiding state conveys satisfaction to some extent for only the kitchen host to know exactly where all the things are. The tile colors can be changed and arranged to fit your personal style.

The CookIsland table consists of a worktop with integrated table top. The integrated dining table can seat up to five people. Centered on a rotation point the table can be pulled out, pushed in or rotated. This allows the CookIsland to be positioned right up against the wall of a small room, making optimal use of function and space. The front of the worktop, with drawers and a three-plate ceramic hob, is available in seven high-gloss colors. The body is white or silvery white.

Porsche Design Group and Poggenpohl Mobelwerke GmbH present their first co-designed P”7340 kitchen in the United States on April 11th, 2008. The Porsche Design kitchen will be on display at Poggenpohl”s showroom (Suite 138) in the Merchandise Mart, Chicago — and will be unveiled during a Kitchen/Bath Industry Show event, April 11th from 5:30 until 8:00 pm. The innovative kitchen, designed especially for men, features an innovative aluminum titanium framework, purist styling and high-quality materials.

 Poggenpohl Porsche Design Kitchen for Men.  Click Here to Download Image The new Poggenpohl Porsche Design kitchen responds to trends that show an increasing number of men are interested in cuisine and entertaining. The P”7340 kitchen”s sleek and functional design specifically addresses male customers from its exclusive sensor controlled Miele appliances to the unmatched audio system.

    The new kitchen will be sold in Poggenpohl studios around the world and will be available in the United States in summer 2008. Read the rest of this entry »

At KBC Kitchens we believe in utilizing all available space in the most efficient way. With this in mind, we design each wardrobe to suit your requirements. Drawing from a wide range of materials, we can offer an endless range wardrobe of styles. With a wide variety of matt vinyl, high gloss and bespoke solid timber doors we can carter for every client’s requirements. We also manufacture sliding wardrobes, with an endless list of panel options, including mirror, tinted glass, painted glass, high gloss panels, moulded vinyl panels, veneered wood panels etc… or any mixture of the above. Please contact our sales representatives for further information.

How to Create a Mosaic Countertop

You have been planning your kitchen redesign. You have looked through magazines and watched the home improvement and home decorating shows on television. You saw a simply fabulous kitchen redesign using mosaic tiles to create a pattern on a countertop. You want to do the same. You can do it yourself in a few easy steps.Mosaic Countertop

A mosaic is a decorative design created by setting small colored pieces of tile into a setting such as a countertop. The first thing you want to do is visit a tile shop and look at the tiles and colors that are available. Take some time to research what you want to do. You can find books in the library on creating tile countertops with mosaics. Since you are using tiles for your entire countertop, you will want to buy tiles in the size you need for the major area and complementary colored tiles for the mosaic area. Sketch your idea on a piece of paper before you go shopping. Measure your countertop. The salesperson as the tile store can help to determine how many tiles you will need for your major surface and how much you should purchase to create your mosaic.Mosaic Countertop

Mosaic Countertop

Sketch your pattern onto the surface where you will lay the tiles. Since you are creating a mosaic you want to break up the tiles you will use for it. The easy way to do this is to wrap the tiles in a towel and hit them with a hammer.

You will need small pieces for your mosaic and larger pieces for your border. You can use a tile nibbler to break the tiles into the size you need.Mosaic Countertop

Place the tiles on top of the sketch to make sure you are pleased with the pattern and the colors you have selected. Mark the location of the tiles with a magic marker. When laying the tiles on your countertop, you should start from the center and work outward.Mosaic Countertop

The steps in creating your mosaic are:

1. Prepare the surface by scoring it with a utility knife and then coating the surface with a mixture of watered down white glue.

2. Spread a thin coat of tile cement (thin set or mortar), about one-eighth of an inch, over the surface.

3. Score your mortar with a trowel.

4. Place your tiles in the cement according to the pattern you drew.

5. After the cement has set, apply tile grout over all the tiles.

6. Apply the grout with a trowel. Smooth it over all of the seams between the individual tiles.

7. Wipe away the excess grout with a sponge.

8. Let it dry overnight.

You can purchase grout in a variety of colors, not just white, to match the decor of your kitchen.

Modern Kitchen Design Collection

This modern black and white kitchen design is a nice inspiration for designing your kitchen interior. This beautiful black and white kitchen design is from the French company Mobalpa which will bring a foreign beauty and vitality to your interior design. Inspired by Tokyo, London, San Francisco and Paris, these French kitchens offer the quality construction only available from one of France’s dedicated and long establish kitchen companies.

A Mobalpa kitchen is like visiting a far off city every time you step into your kitchen, making that exotic and contemporary style an everyday treat. Glamorous modern kitchens that use dramatic materials to breathe life into simple designs, Mobalpa create not just beauty but international character in their fabulous kitchen designs.

Picking the right color might be the most important decision you make when redesigning a kitchen because it sets the tone for the room. Picking the right color may mean the difference between a great kitchen design idea that will give you pleasure for years to come or a poorly accentuated kitchen that never looks quite right. Darker shades of red will create a sense of warmth. Red will also act to stimulate and energize so it can be a very exciting and vibrant color for a kitchen. Afterall, the kitchen is an exciting place where many wonderful foods are created. Brighter reds may counterbalance neutral colors and add lexcitement to the kitchen.

Great kitchen remodeling design takes the harmonization of kitchen design ideas, the assortment of kitchen cabinets, the arrangement of contractors and other professionals, and lastly, the conclusion of exceptional workmanship to create the kitchen of your dreams.

Modern interior kitchen design ideas have become quite important now as people are seeking to have a modern kitchen along with a modern house.  Decorating styles for your kitchen can be specifically designed to coordinate with the rest of your home or to stand alone as a style all its own. Choices of cabinetry, countertops and flooring are some of the main design elements in any kitchen along with color, lighting and appliances.

Japanese kitchen producer Tayo Kitchen which have awesome dark kitchen designs under their belt has much better idea. They Porto collection is a great combination of gray, white, black and metallic colored cabinets and furniture that all together perfectly supplement each other. Their showcases are great example of kitchen designs to gather inspiration from.