Wednesday, August 27, 2008

The Latest In Kitchen Design Trends

By Kari Gibson


Considering redesigning your kitchen this year? If so, you need to know the latest trends in kitchen design. An updated kitchen is a kitchen that adds to the value of your home. In fact, you might build one outdoors.

Since all the world tends to grill during those warmer summer months, it just makes sense that a few companies would come up with a way to keep food cool outside. You will find lots of double insulated doors, drawers, and small refrigerators that fit right into your outside island.

The summer trend is all the rage. When it is warm and sunny, why be indoors? The outdoor food island is the answer. Forget old grills. Go with a covered island with quality countertops, sinks, frigs, warmers and more.

The outdoor frig is not the only one getting attention. Indoor units are seeing big redesigns. They are now larger, wider and come with a wide variety of accessories. Basically, we are talking about the ultimate refrigerator.

Another trend that falls into the take it or leave it category has to do with the walls of your kitchen. You can have panels installed that alternate colors and graphics per your wishes. Some like it, some people do not. Check it out.

Americans are famous for eating out. One needs only look at our collective belt lines to realize as much. For a variety of reasons, however, personal cooking is coming back into vogue. Quality homemade food is all the rage.

The good news is that you do not have to settle for the same stainless steel fridge that the entire block has. Kitchens are moving in a direction that is entirely up to you. While it may seem as though all new homes have begun to look alike, there is nothing cookie cutter about the latest kitchen advancements.

From indoors to outdoors, kitchens have never been better or offered more to the chef of the home. Cooking no longer needs to be a chore. Enjoy yourself. Have friends and family pull up around the kitchen island and participate.

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