Kitchen Remodeling Ideas Video
Tim Carter shows off his kitchen remodeling, some of the demolition of the old kitchen, his remodeled kitchen ideas, and all the great new amenities. A lot of dust between the start and finish when remodeling a kitchen, but that is long forgotten ... [... more]
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Vintage stoves and refrigerators
The best selling stoves and refrigerators at Jowers Appliances these daysaren't sleek models with computerized controls. What folks can't getenough of are the stoves and refrigerators that the store would have sold when it openedmore than 50 ... [... more]
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Cost-Cutting Kitchen Remodeling Ideas
There's a new breed of homeowners redefining the way homes are built: creative individuals who thrive on the challenge of finding inexpensive materials and using them in innovative ways. Here are the results of 10 kitchen renovations and the ... [... more]
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The Old-House Kitchen Magazine Scenes
Gleaned from ads from 1930s and '40s magazines, these illustrations show kitchens as they were supposed to be in new houses from the era. As you browse the pictures, note of the cabinetry: In many scenes from modern kitchens of the day, cabinets ... [... more]
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Soggy cold cereal, warm memories
From "Cooking Spaces," by Helen Thompson and Anna Kasabian, 2002. Cooking Spaces, a new book by veteran writers Helen Thompson and Anna Kasabian, is filled with such reminiscences as the above passage. You'll find plenty of practical advice and [... more]
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Re-creating the Shaker Kitchen
The Shakers were a religious sect from England during the late 1700s that brought their ideas to America. Their focus on clean lines and simplicity carried through to the homes the built and the kitchens they live in. Many of today's home owners ... [... more]
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Kitchen flooring
From fabric to paint, from ceiling trim to floors, the materials we choose to design a room contribute to the whole look. Depending on what we choose, we either make that space a focal point, play it down or blend it into the scene. Try looking ... [... more]
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The Old-House Kitchen Real Life Scenes
During the 1930s and early 1940s, a group of U.S. government photographers fanned out across the nation to capture scenes of daily life -- especially those that would show how rural Americans were coping with the Great Depression. The images they ... [... more]
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Kitchen Redesign Before After
Reusing an existing set of 30-year-old cabinets while totally rebuilding a By my standards (and perhaps by yours) the existing kitchen in this 1960s house in the Washington, D.C., suburbs was neither old nor dumpy. And in fact, the owners of the ... [... more]
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Period kitchens
The kitchen has been the heart of this antique cape in a tiny fishing village in Maine for 220 years. So when the new owners decided to update the house, last remodeled in the 1970s, they focused on the kitchen. The owners wanted a kitchen with ... [... more]
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Original Molding
The period styles that were popular from the mid-1700s to the beginning of the twentieth century showcased a wide variety of ornate molding. Styles were often highly decorative and took the shape of ten-inch baseboards, seven-inch crown molding ... [... more]
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A kitchen to bank on
Looking at this pleasant kitchen, it's hard to imagine that a few short years ago this space was a cellar with exposed pipes and wiring. That was before Doug and Jeanne Robinson transformed a bank in Bucksport, Maine, into an art studio and ... [... more]
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