Incorporating Art Details in the Kitchen

I have been debating with myself whether I can truly benefit from OxyElite Pro when I chanced upon these small but beautiful details in incorporating art pieces in the kitchen.

Look at the stamp of royalty in the basement kitchen. Love the combination of steel + wood:

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Notice the stencil of a pink bird against the aqua-teal-bluish tint of the walls? Love it.

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Pink Kitchens!

Who said you cannot carry a pink shade in the kitchen? It doesnt only belong in a children’s playhouses! PINK can WORK! Look at the amazing pictures I have found while I was reading some information off from www.wholesaleinsurance.net.

If only I can get my husband to agree on having pink accents in the kitchen..if I cannot have it in the master’s bedroom, then I will it on my second domain – the KITCHEN!

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pink kitchen

My FAVE!

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Guide to Buying a Popcorn Machine for Your Home

Popcorn machines are excellent items to have in your home. They let you make tasty popcorn in a snap so that you can have your popcorn fix anytime even when you are at home. But before you go and buy the first popcorn machine that you see below are some things you need to consider when choosing the perfect popcorn machine for your home.

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  • Kettle size. So how much popcorn do you want to make in a single batch? This will often depend on your family size or the number of people who will usually be eating the popcorn. Of course, popcorn machines with bigger kettle sizes are more expensive than the smaller ones. For the usual home use popcorn machine, a 4 ounce kettle size is often adequate.
  • Cleaning procedure. Unfortunately, making popcorn can be a bit messy even with a popcorn machine so make sure that the machine you will buy is easy to clean. You may want to go for machines whose cleanable parts are made from aluminum and tempered glass because these materials are the easiest ones to clean.
  • Warming feature. Popcorn is best eaten while it is still a bit hot. You would not want to eat stale and rubbery popcorn, right? Choose a popcorn machine that has a warming feature like a warming tray to keep your popcorn warm and in best condition for eating.

·         Price. There is a wide range of prices when it comes to popcorn machines so you will have to limit your choices to the ones that fit your budget.

Efficient Pantry

Kitchen Pantry

I have been wanting a kitchen design similar to this for so long. I have been looking for a shelf that can hold our microwave oven, toaster and broiler so everything is just on top of one another (similar to the picture you see above, to the right). Ideally, right beside that should be the pantry cabinet, where you can stock everything. I hope I can score one before the year ends.

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Some Kitchen Loving

I have been looking for the a similar kitchen setting I saw from my aunt’s newly renovated house and I stumbled upon an acne scar cream I can actually recommend to her daughter who is undergoing some hormonal changes because of puberty. Her kitchen has a nice cabinet with china placements and wine and is very very shabby chic. I love to have one like that when we have our own home. But I would love a kitchen bar counter too.

Most of you know already my love for all things white:
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Things to Consider in Buying Kitchen Cabinets

The cabinets of a kitchen are very important. Not only do they provide storage, they could also serve as décor and they could define the whole look of your kitchen. Cabinet doors in your kitchen could come in a wide range of styles. For a more together look, choose Replacement cabinet doors that match your Kitchen doors. Below are the usual options in buying kitchen cabinets.

  • Frame. The options for the doors of your kitchen cabinets are face-frame and frameless. Face-frame cabinets have a wooden frame that encases the wooden box while frameless ones are built without this outer frame.
  • Material and finish. There’s a wide variety of material and finish available for kitchen cabinets. There are wooden laminates that you could even easily assemble. You could choose from lacquer, vinyl, paint, and many more.
  • Handles. One of the most distinguishing parts of any cabinet is the handles. A short visit to any hardware shop will show you that there are a wide variety of handles from the most simple to the most intricate.
  • Design. You virtually have an infinite number of options when it comes to design if you want your cabinets custom-made. Try to browse through pictures of kitchens on the internet to get an idea of what appeals to you.

Home lighting fixtures are not my forte

Home lighting fixtures are not my cup of tea. It’s not that I don’t like being able to alter the house’s ambiance every now and then with the lighting, but it’s more because I don’t know much about lighting fixtures in general.

I’m more of a function-over-design kind of person when it comes to lighting. For me, if the lighting fixture provides enough illumination for the room, is relatively inexpensive, and promises to last at least two years, then it’s good enough for me. The truth is I’m not going to spend so much time choosing between designs, patterns or even hues. You won’t even catch me looking into this particular section of the department store unless it is already absolutely necessary to replace the light bulbs or any component of the fixtures. In fact, it is usually my husband who calls my attention when discount lighting fixtures are available. But even then, it would take some prodding to get me interested in buying.

I do care about designing everything else in the house though. But the lighting business, I leave to my husband. In fact, everything from the layout to the specific kitchen light fixtures is his area of responsibility.


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Martha Stewart Kitchens

If only I knew when I was younger that even if I do learn medical stuff and engineering concepts and eventually land medical jobs or even tech jobs I would still need to learn domesticity if I wanted to have a family with a content husband and well-fed kids – I would have spent all my time learning to cook. As cooking is my waterloo of all time. Even if I have killer kitchens like these Martha Stewart kitchens you can now get at the Home Depot.

You all know my obsession with white. And after seeing my aunt’s renovated country cottage home, I now want a mix of modern country cottage houses.

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White Kitchen

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I will never get tired saying this – someday I will own dream white kitchen. It doesn’t matter if I don’t cook – I will have it :) . All I need is more prayers, more blessings and a lot of hard work to make this dream come true :)

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