Welcome to my third annual series of posts on French kitchens inspired by the Tour de France! This 3 week event is an excellent opportunity to celebrate authentic French kitchens and to study their many wonderful design details.
In the coming weeks, I’d love to look at all sorts of French kitchens, from modern to (really) rustic to those French country kitchens rich with charm and texture. Let’s take these kitchens apart, look at the details, compare and contrast, and just admire what makes these French kitchens uniquely….French!
This year of the Tour is particularly exciting for me. After all, it’s the Tour de Lance! Lance Armstrong has returned to the Tour to raise funds and awareness and to bring people together toward a common enemy…cancer. I think what he is doing is amazing. Check out Lance’s videos and explore the site of Lance’s foundation, Livestrong. Follow Lance on Twitter, I love his tweets.
SO…onward! The prologue of the Tour began today in fabulous Monaco. What kind of kitchens do they have in Monaco? If you rented an apartment in one of the many apartment buildings surrounding the harbor to see the start of the [...]
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With so many choices in materials, appliances and accessories, sometimes it can be difficult to know where to start when choosing the components that make up your new kitchen.
A good designer should be able to point you in the right direction and sites such as this can give you some good hints, tips and ideas, but ultimately the choice of kitchen style is entirely up to you.
If you have any questions about kitchen design that are not covered in these pages then visit our Kitchen Design Guide site here.
Planning
Obviously, planning is the first and most important part of buying a new kitchen.
The main steps involved are usually the following:
List the reasons you want to remodel, or the problems with your current kitchen. These can be such things as:
old cabinets
limited storage
old style
too cramped
Measure it fully and accurately. Remember to include the following:
the width of all windows and doors
the position of the window or door from the corners of the room
the height of the bottom of the windows above the floor
the height of the ceiling
the height, width and depth of the appliances you want to keep
the height, width and depth of the appliances you intend to buy
the [...]
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