Just in time for Summer, Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet – the people who brought you their outdoor pizza oven last year - are first to market with a truly outdoor rated dishwasher. Wrapped in stainless steel, it’s ruggedly handsome – the innards are made by Asko, so you know it will wash the dishes well, and ...
It’s been a hectic week since I got back from KBIS – and it’s gone by so fast! I really need to write up some highlights before it’s all lost in the mists of time. Brizo, the fabulous fashion forward faucet people, were showing their new Solna kitchen faucet. Her (I think she’s a she) ...
Let’s start the week with some kitchens that bring a breath of fresh country air along with them: via yellowtrace – and clearly inspred by Monet’s kitchen at Giverny. I don’t know where I found the photo above – please let me know if you recognize it? Country style doesn’t have to be fussy, or ...
Call me a geek if you want, but I just love quirky statistics. And one of the best things about the big players in our industry is that they have the resources to gather and share lots and lots of statistics. Case in point – Masco Cabinetry, the home of Kraftmaid, Merrillat, Quality Cabinets and ...
Yay, we’re going to Las Vegas – this week I’m attending the annual 2011 Kitchen & Bath Industry Show (KBIS), walking the floor, checking out the latest and greatest in our industry, meeting old friends and new, and hopefully being swept away with new information and inspiration for future design projects (oh yes, and blog ...
Happy Earth Day, Good Friday, or whatever you might be celebrating this weekend. I suppose if I was truly dutiful, I’d be posting my list of 10/20/50 ways you can save the earth through simple lifestyle changes, but for one thing, everybody else has got there first, (including me myself on the Blanco by Design ...
We don’t see many old stone walls in my adopted part of the world – but you really can’t beat them for natural texture and character in a kitchen: (via and be sure to check out the bathroom, too) Bricks, we do have, although their tendency to collapse into a heap when the ground shakes ...