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Harman Kardon brings music in your kitchen. Its high performance audio technology is ingeniously utilized in the elegant, high performance kitchen music system, developed by Verburg Audio for a discreet installation in various kitchen units. Designed for minimum visibility and maximum listening pleasure, the advanced audio system can be mounted flush and with a grid dimension of 60cm, it can be integrated with your existing 60cm wide built-in appliances. The compact Harman Kardon MaestroKitchen music player consists of a CD player, radio and amplifier, giving a kitchen an acoustic value and turning it into a communicative living area.

Maestrokitchen 100 Sound System comes with a USB interface to meet the fast growing trend whereby the kitchen plays an increasingly central role in modern households. Now you can listen to music via radio, CD, iPod, mp3 and mobile telephone.

The innovative kitchen music system offers concealed audio performance in a fully built-in innovative system. Instead conventional speakers, the kitchen cabinet doors serve as the speakers. And all your glasses in the cabinet are perfectly safe, with no shaking or vibration.
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Designed by Fu-Tung Cheng, Zephyr Cache is the stylish under cabinet kitchen hood from Cheng Collection with subdued design and high end performance that you expect from Zephyr range hoods. Available in 30-, 36- and 48-inch widths, Cache projects simple elegance and makes your kitchen less cluttered.

Under this curved under cabinet range hood and its signature utensil-rail, you have a spacious storage compartment, where herbs, spices and other small kitchen accessories can be conveniently stored.
The understated yet very sleek under cabinet hood works only in ducted configuration and can achieve 1,000 CFM extraction. Other key features include, stainless baffle filters, electronic touch controls, 3-speed fan, 5-minute delay off and 2 halogen lights 50 watt each. Price starts from around $1,200. Zephyr.

As part of the fabulous Blog Tour 2011 group, founded by Veronika Miller of the equally fabulous Modenus.com website, our trip to Decorex, part of the London Design Festival, was simply fantastic, end of story. The creativity and innovation was such a joy to experience. Another type of joy was to see the way that classics, that is, materials or design, were updated to create a new aesthetic, a new definition of classic as well as modern. THAT experience = inspiration.
Here are some kitchen design elements that I found interesting at Decorex.
Below, cabinetry by Woodstock – who doesn’t love that name? Of course, the star is the fresh color, but I love the function too and the height of this taller cabinet.

Below, also from Woodstock, the cool mix of light and dark neutrals. Notice, too, the subtlety of the rounded moldings. Love. Backsplash and styling – needs some love…

Below, gorgeous Dominic-Schuster mirror – could be a backsplash or wall area maybe? For pantry doors? Yummy! [...]
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Kelly Morisseau, CMKBD, author of Kelly’s Kitchen Sync, just released, has been a great friend, colleague and fellow blogger for many years. Kelly’s new book provides a wealth of practical information and tips on all those pesky little details which make ALL the difference in a kitchen design that works for the way you live, both aesthetically and functionally, for perhaps, the next few decades or so.
I have reviewed a few books before. In one case, a long term professional relationship completely dissolved forevermore because my colleague’s book on kitchen design, sent to me for review, was so far below my standard for useful (and current) information, that I felt that I could not and would not endorse it (there is no way to say that gently to a colleague, trust me on that). My memory fades on another two books that I also could not endorse, but one refusal was due to flat out inaccuracies that I easily uncovered. Point? My professional standards for information relating to the kitchen and bath industry and design process are VERY high and no, friendship does not trump endorsing what I might consider to be sub [...]
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One of the ways that dryers can start household fires is by igniting the excess lint that accumulates around the motor, burner shroud (for gas dryers) and cabinet interior. Lint is composed of very small, dry clothing particles which includes cotton and polyesters–both very good fires starters. Polyesters are particularly pernicious fires starters and are very difficult to extinguish once they ignite. Polyesters, vinyl in particular, pose another fire hazard when used as vent hoses, which we’ll talk more about later.
There are three things you can do to prevent the threat of fire from accumulated lint inside your dryer. First, clean your lint filter before every load. This will minimize the lint blow-by around the filter and save energy by helping the dryer run more efficiently.
Second, inspect your lint filter each time you pull it out. If you see any rips or distortions in the screen, replace the filter immediately.
Finally, have your dryer professionally disassembled and cleaned annually. A thorough professional cleaning removes accumulated lint and dirt from the dryer cabinet interior, motor, and burner or heating elements. In addition to substantially reducing the risk of dryer fires, this type of regular cleaning will help the drum [...]
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