Making the most of the existing footprint and incorporating the pantries creates space for two cooks.
Clean lines plus hand-hewn details make for a beautiful place to cook.
A Washington state custom kitchen is knit seamlessly into its surrounding spaces.
When culinary zones are designed with a practical recipe and a dash of style, hanging out at home beats going out to eat.
Need a hip, attractive, durable counter? There's a top for that.
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Studio demonstrates alternative uses for Corian.
Concrete specialist Fu-Tung Cheng tells builders how to easily and economically fabricate their own countertops.
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Fifteen years ago, before the sustainable building groundswell began in earnest, environmentally friendly products had an organic (some might say earthy) look that only the sandal-wearing hippie fringe could appreciate. If you were looking for a refined finish, you looked elsewhere.
Conventional wisdom hits the chopping block in this year’s kitchen and bath competition.
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Gutting a space and starting over from scratch is one thing. Integrating new materials with elements preserved from a kitchen's former life is another story. That's what the design/build team at Streeter & Associates was up against in the remodel of this 1908 home.
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This month's top shelf products include the high-end bathroom suite by Troy Adams Design, screws from Trufast that eliminate the need for pre-drilling in wood, and thicker countertops from Eos Solid Surface.
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The kitchen and bath are radically different spaces than they were 20 years ago, says Suzie Williford, the 2007 vice president of the National Kitchen & Bath Association. As a result, products for these spaces are radically different as well. The spaces still perform their normal functions, but now...
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The Kitchen and Bath Industry Show (KBIS) may be half the size of the International Builders' Show-in attendees, exhibit space, and in the sheer number of exhibitors, but for a products editor it is not any easier to cover. Why? Because the concentration of cool stuff to see at KBIS is staggering.
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Kitchens and baths sell more houses than any other space in the home. They are also, perhaps, the subject of more home shows than any other area in the house (except maybe the garden). What you put in the kitchen and bath, then, is extremely important. So how can you know what's hot and what buyers...
IF THE KITCHEN IS THE HARDEST-working room in the house, the countertop is its most important surface. That's because the counter endures all manner of abuse, so the material has to be able to withstand a beating with aplomb.
BEST KITCHEN IN A SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED REMODELED HOME—LESS THAN 3,000 SQUARE FEET; SPECIAL FOCUS—CUSTOM DETAILS
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Designing a house “by committee” is, as any architect or builder will tell you, a patently insane notion. Yet every year since 1984, The New American Home has done it in spectacular fashion, bringing together the world's leading suppliers and a host of consultants and valued trade partners to...
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THE NEW AMERICAN HOME 2005 WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE without the generous support and contribution of products and services by the members of the NAHB's National Council of the Housing Industry (NCHI)/Supplier 100 and other consultants, contributors, installers, suppliers, and trade partners.
The story of The New American Home 2005 is presented as an "owner's diary" that tracks its progression from a modest move-up family house to a spectacular custom home.
