Design Trends worth reading about…
I’ve been reading about some new design trends and products on interiordesign.net. You should check it out!
Modern house tour
New Silverlake modern house tour worth checking out!
Lindsay’s lovely bright apartment sits on a hill in Silver Lake and serves as a home and music studio. New to Los Angeles, she was lucky enough to find a bright airy space to hold all her vintage finds and East Coast memories.
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/la/tours/lindsays-modern-bohemian-silver-lake-home-house-tour-161349
Need NEW Cabinets?
The kitchen has evolved into the key gathering place in a home, making its appearance crucial to its atmosphere. As the popularity of open, large kitchens grows, homeowners are not using as many traditional wall cabinets and are leaning towards more modern styles. Before you begin your kitchen modernization, consider the following options and tips:
Types of Cabinets
Cabinetry is available in three classifications, each providing different features.
Stock cabinets come in standard sizes and shapes, and are usually available to take home from home improvement stores on the day of the purchase. This style is perfect for remodelers on a budget as it is considered the economy-grade style.
Semi-custom cabinets are built based on certain options of size and style a remodeler may choose. These cabinets make up the largest cabinetry market and require a long lead-time for delivery.
Custom cabinetsare made by hand to tailor the remodeler’s standards. These cabinets are the most expensive of the three types but cater to the homeowner’s specific style. The price varies widely according to size, materials and options.
Reface It
If you are happy with the overall layout of their cabinetry, then refacing might be an option to consider. Refacing gives existing cabinets a “facelift” by removing existing door and drawer fronts and replacing them with new ones, but is an option only if the basic cabinetry and drawer boxes are in good shape.
Modern Trends
Whether you are refacing or replacing your cabinets, Karen Winstrom from Dura Supreme Cabinetry and Heather Argo from Kraftmaid identify the following modern trends to consider:
Unusual and exotic wood species
Letting the natural wood grain show
Hand-detailing and distressing
Molding to add interest
Furniture-like accents including feet and legs
Functional storage
Door inserts such as glass, stainless steel, louvers and rattan
Maine Home Design …thoughts?
Here is a great Designs Magazine I found. http://www.mainehomedesign.com/ Maine Home Design has some great photos and a lot of clean airy designs.
They are based in Portland, Maine. I recently visited the city last month on a New England trip of my own. It’s a beautiful city with a lot of old architecture and beachfront homes.
social media
As I continue to sit here and spend endless amounts of time on twitter, facebook, and blogging (www.twitter.com/mckelvey designs, http://www.mckelveydesigns.wordpress.com, and facebook McKelvey Designs – Home Remodeling) I can’t help but be thinking about a guy named Gary Vaynerchuk (www.garyvaynerchuck.com). He started the initial surge of social media marketing with his fathers wine shop in new york. He turned that into a multi million dollar store and then wrote a book about his success called “Crush It.”
This begins the new school of McKelveyDesigns.com. The school of socail media. Please follow us on one or all of our new initiatives.
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