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Feature Walls - for Your Kitchen - the Easy Way

by Majjie | Sat, 31/07/2010 - 09:29

Feature walls have been in fashion for a while ... and Dulux have just made it very easy to choose a patterned one and a co-ordinated paint colour scheme. Dulux Feature Wallpaper comes with suggested paint colours ... and you can try out the different paint colours in their on-line pictures. I think it's a great idea ... and I tried one out on some kitchen CAD pictures too ...

Are White Appliances Making a Comeback?

by Majjie | Tue, 27/07/2010 - 18:58

Whirlpool have just launched a new colour into their very modern looking Nova range of American style fridge-freezers. Is it something startling and zany? Or a trendy pattern? No - it's "Intense White".

The front finish is made from a material Whirlpool are calling "Luxilen" which has a high gloss, tough finish that looks like glass. The Nova fridge-freezers are also very energy efficient with an A+ rating.

Modern Matt Finish Kitchen Doors

by Majjie | Sat, 03/07/2010 - 12:32

Are you looking for a modern kitchen that doesn't have the ubiquitous high gloss doors? A high gloss finish is still very popular but the shine and the hard reflections can be a bit harsh and - although easy to clean - fingerprints show up really well on shiny doors. The Alto range from Burbidge is much more refined with a choice of subtle colours:

Looking for Green Worktops?

by Majjie | Sat, 05/06/2010 - 12:44

I'm going to write a blog about eco-friendly worktops one of these days - quite a few have been introduced recently - but in the meantime I wanted to tell you about GLASSeco. They're one of the most environmentally friendly worktops you could wish for. They're made predominantly from re-cycled wine and beer bottle pieces, set into solvent free resins.

Appliances for Tiny Kitchens

by Majjie | Thu, 27/05/2010 - 12:05

It's often a problem in tiny kitchens ... to fit in all the appliances that the owners would like. Two new models, which might help, are the little wine cooler and dishwasher shown above. Both are "compact" appliances at 450mm high. They can be teamed with a warming drawer - as shown in the top picture of the dishwasher - to make them the same height as a standard single oven ... or they can be fitted individually ... one on top of the other in a tall housing, for instance.

Second Nature Fights Back

by Majjie | Thu, 08/04/2010 - 12:25

I reported here a while ago, that Burbidge had introduced a new, painted in-frame kitchen called Petworth ... and that I reckoned it had the edge on the Second Nature Milton range (from PWS). Well ... guess what ... PWS have just launched a "Painted Collection" within their Second Nature kitchen range.

The New Mercury Cooker

by Majjie | Wed, 24/03/2010 - 20:07

When it was launched in 2000, the Mercury RC1090 was a real design statement in cookers. It was produced by the Lincat Group and designed in collaboration with Seymourpowell to be modern and innovative whilst blending with any style of kitchen furniture. The brand was bought by Aga Rangemaster last year (see my blog "The New Aga is a Mercury") and they have just launched their new version of the Mercury cooker (at the KBB trade show at the NEC).

Maia Worktops Keep Up-To-Date

by Majjie | Fri, 12/03/2010 - 16:18

Maia is a solid surface worktop ... what used to be known colloquially as a "Corian lookalike" - when Corian (a DuPont Tradename) was virtually the only player (worktop) on the block that had seamless joins. There are lots of these surfaces about now ... but Sylmar (makers of Maia) seem to be doing their best to keep abreast of new kitchen trends. Just last month they introduced splashbacks to their range (shown in "Cristallo" white above).

Try a Splash of Lime Green in Your Kitchen

by Majjie | Sun, 28/02/2010 - 14:10

Highly coloured, high gloss kitchens are going from strength to strength. Colours like plum or aubergine are very up-to-the-minute, as well as reds and oranges. If I was having a high gloss kitchen, though, I think I'd plump for lime green ... and I think I'd have a mix of finishes not a startling green throughout. The kitchen in the picture, with a kidney shaped lime green island, was designed by Matthew James Kitchens, using Parapan.

Fancy Making a Statement with Your Fridge?

by Majjie | Tue, 16/02/2010 - 18:58

Accent colours are important in many areas of interior design ... and the kitchen is no exception ... but it can be quite difficult to introduce just limited areas of colour into a kitchen. It used to be done with wall tiles ... but colourful wall tiles have slipped out of fashion. The trendy kitchen is now more likely to have upstands in the same colour and finish as the worktop. These Gorenje fridges could stand out, though.