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Kitchen Design

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Planet Friendly Kitchen Design Basics

If you’re in the early stages of planning your Plymouth kitchen remodel, it’s a good idea to ask yourself what’s important to you. Many people are very concerned about the planet and want to make environmentally friendly choices when creating their new kitchen. Here’s what that can mean:

Choosing Cabinets Carefully

Cabinetry is one of the major elements of kitchen design. Choosing cabinets made from eco-friendly materials like bamboo is an easy, elegant way to demonstrate your commitment to a healthy planet. An added bonus? Eco-friendly cabinetry can have a positive impact on interior air quality – a top concern if someone in your family has allergies or asthma.

Enjoy a Wealth of Planet Friendly Hardware Options

For many people, picking hardware is one of the most fun parts of a kitchen remodel. Keep it planet friendly by choosing vintage or antique hardware, hardware made from recycled materials – you’ll find some stunning glass knobs out there, or eco-resin, which is available in a variety of styles and finishes.

Maximize Natural Lighting in Your Kitchen Design

One of the advantages of bringing your kitchen design team into your Plymouth Kitchen remodeling project early is that they’ll help you identify smart ways to boost the appeal of your kitchen while keeping it planet friendly. Case in point – maximizing natural lighting is good for your health and can reduce how often you need to run the lights in your kitchen. Smart kitchen design integrates window placement to maximize your natural lighting and make the most of your view.

Choose Appliances Carefully

Today’s kitchen appliances are generally being designed to be planet friendly. Some brands and models are obviously more energy-efficient than others. Which ones are best? It depends on what you need. Your Plymouth Kitchen design team can help you make the c

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Plymouth Kitchen Design: Integrating with your Home

Jenny Says “I’m thrilled that we’re getting a new kitchen, but at the same time, I don’t want it to look like a “New Kitchen”, you know? Because if one part of our home is obviously new, it makes the rest look older. I want it to seem like my kitchen has always been fantastic, that our home has always been this way.”

Seamlessly integrating new kitchen design into your Plymouth home’s existing aesthetic is what we do best. Kitchens don’t exist in isolation – they’re one component of the entirety of your house. This means kitchen design should complement and enhance the other rooms in a way that centers your family’s lifestyle and preferences.

This whole-home approach to kitchen design is especially important in open floor plan homes. You’re going to be living with your kitchen for a long time, and it’s a huge visual component of your home life.

Plymouth Kitchen Renovation Secrets

Smart kitchen design has always been important, but recent history has taught us to see our kitchens in a way we may never have considered before. It may be that you’re going to be spending more time at home than you ever imagined. It’s important that your surroundings contribute in a positive way to your emotional health.

That’s why it’s critical to find a Plymouth kitchen renovation contractor who listens. It’s even better when your builder brings next level design skills to the project: you get the full range of expertise from one cohesive, coordinated team. This saves you time, money, and makes the project much less stressful.

The best time to begin researching your choice of kitchen contractor is fairly early in your planning process. You don’t have to have your new kitchen fully envisioned or have every little detail figured out. Talking to contractors early in the process, when you have a general idea of what you want to accomplish, is the best way to determine what kind of budget your project will demand. One of the advantages of working with kitchen design build contractors is they can help you identify ways to get the most for your budget.

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Plymouth Kitchen Contractor Reviews

I worked with Bill Tierney at Rock Solid Kitchen and Bath. All the work done in our home was extremely professional and done within the exact timeline that he laid out for us. I highly recommend this company to anyone looking for a reliable company to do amazing work.

Dave W

Plymouth, MA

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Some Kitchen Design Trends Have Changed After Covid

Staying home most of the time for the better part of a year changed how people feel about their kitchens. Many busy families who were always on the go may not have used their kitchens so much before. Now, everyone’s busy again but those kitchens have been used for a prolonged stretch. Homeowners have become intimately acquainted with what does and doesn’t work well with their current kitchen design.

As South Shore kitchen designers, we’re seeing this experience influence how homeowners are approaching their remodeling projects. Design trends that are having a moment right now can all be traced pretty directly to the lessons learned during COVID. Homeowners want larger sinks, more storage, and high quality appliances that function flawlessly.

This emphasis on functionality and a more comfortable kitchen to live and work in also explains what may be the death-knell of some popular kitchen design trends.

We have to admit that it might be too soon to count any of these trends out, but nationally, there’s been much less demand for monochrome kitchen design. The all-one color scheme – most usually white – can lose its appeal when you’re in the space for long periods of time. Not to mention, it can be very hard to keep an all-white kitchen looking its best.

Open shelving is also losing fans at a record pace during the pandemic. Because they’re constantly visible, open shelving requires some degree of organization and cleaning to look its best. Closing the cabinet door is much faster and easier. Hidden storage is the hottest trend of 2021, if industry experts are to be believed.

It’s important to give design trends the appropriate amount of weight in your South Shore kitchen remodel process. This varies on your goals for the home. If you’re planning to sell the house within the next 5-7 years, having an on-trend kitchen makes sense. The longer you plan to keep the home, the more sense it makes to focus on classic good design principles tailored to your personal style preferences.

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Planning A New Kitchen? Inspiration Tips from Top Plymouth Kitchen Designers

While things may slowly be starting to get back to normal, we all know that in some way, we’re never going to go back to the way things were. Life has been very different for many of us, and opened our eyes about the central role home plays in our family’s health, well-being, and group identity. At the same time, putting dinner on the table every day for a long, long stretch really illustrates what does and doesn’t work well in your kitchen.

If you’re planning a kitchen remodel and need some inspiration, you’ll appreciate these 3 tips from top Plymouth kitchen designers:

Kitchen Design Tip #1: Think About Where Your Family Really Eats

Take a week and pay attention to when and where your family eats when they’re eating at home. How many meals are eaten at the island, in the built-in breakfast nook, or in other seating areas you have in the kitchen? If these areas don’t see a lot of use – and it’s not unusual for family dining patterns to change as the kids get older – you may want to try reimagining those spaces being put to use differently.

Kitchen Design Tip #2: Think About How Your Family Prepares Food

The type of food you prepare in many ways dictates what you need in your kitchen. For example, if you’re regularly filling up the oven with roasts, casseroles, rolls, side dishes and desserts, it’s worth thinking about whether a double oven is a smart investment for you. For the family that lives a more on-the-go, lots of delivery lifestyle, easy clean convenience is the key to smart kitchen design – there’s no need to invest in serious cooking gear, but you want the dining experience to be superlative.

Kitchen Design Tip #3: Think About How You Want to Feel in Your Kitchen

If ambiance is important in a restaurant, it’s even more important in your home. Defined as a room’s character or mood, ambiance is created through specific design choices. Working with Plymouth kitchen designers, you can create a uniquely comfortable kitchen that’s tailored to your family’s preferences and style.

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Sure Signs of High End Kitchen Design

If you’re thinking about remodeling your kitchen or having a kitchen addition built, there are some signs to watch for during the design phase. Quality, high end kitchen design can be identified by anyone with a knowing eye – so if you want a gracious space that will truly impress your guests, watch for the following:

Smart Use of Space: Professional kitchen designers excel at creating customized layouts that make sense for your home and lifestyle. Smart workflows rooted in a deep understanding of your unique lifestyle are essential to the look and feel of a bespoke kitchen.

A Cohesive, Unified Design: While every element in your new kitchen should be beautiful on its own, it’s best when everything in the room, including the countertops, cabinetry, flooring, wall treatments, and more, works well together to create a welcoming, distinctive space.

High Quality Materials: The best materials for the high end kitchen design are not necessarily the most expensive. Instead, look for design that indicates materials were individually chosen as the best choice for your unique, one of a kind home. For example, many luxury home owners prefer sustainable building materials, particularly in their cabinetry. Integrating these type of value-driven criteria into the selection process while still achieving your aesthetic and functionality goals is so much easier when you’re working with a professional kitchen designer.

A Gracious, Welcoming Ambiance: While individual approaches to high end kitchen design vary – some people love a very traditional look, while others prefer to push the envelope with really modern design – they all feature one thing in common. The warm, inviting feel of a luxury kitchen doesn’t just happen: it’s created choice by choice by choice until the space is a perfect reflection of your style and personality. The earlier you bring your kitchen designer in on your renovation or kitchen addition project, the more completely integrated the new ambiance will be.