Quick, Easy, Affordable Kitchen Updates

Is your kitchen in need of an extreme makeover? Unfortunately, many are, but few of us have the money for a complete floor to ceiling overhaul. Not to mention it can be overwhelming to plan such a project.

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Fear not, you too can have a kitchen you will truly enjoy cooking the family dinner in. There are plenty of quick, easy, and affordable options to update your kitchen and make a big difference in its appearance.

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Replace the kitchen hardware. You'd be surprised what just changing something as little as the knobs on the cabinets can do to revitalize a kitchen's look. Replace the light fixtures with something. Throw a new paint color on the walls. You can do all these things in one weekend and together or apart, they can make a world of difference. Another, more involved, but still a weekend project would be to replace your backsplash with a new tiled backsplash.

Higher end changes:

Islands, tropical Caribbean or kitchen, are a mom's best friend. Don't have a kitchen island, but have room for one? There are many options available in stores today for stand alone islands, no need for expensive built ins or even matching your existing cabinetry. Pottery Barn for example offer semi-custom stand alone island with 3 options for the design and they look like pieces of furniture. Stores such as Target also offers smaller kitchen islands, some on wheels that roll for easy maneuverability. It's a great alternative to an expensive trip to a tropical island and you get to enjoy the results of your efforts on a daily basis.

So you see, these are just a few suggestions for weekend kitchen updates that don't have to cost a fortune or take months to complete. Quick and easy updates will give your kitchen a whole new look and feel and make meal preparation a much more pleasant endeavor.

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Kitchen Playsets For Toddlers

It was only yesterday that I was watching a film and saw a toddler-playing kitchen with her pet. It really feels quite amazing to watch the young ones play full of imagination with their kitchen sets. It is very useful in bringing out creativity within the child. It makes me remember the scene from "Hook" wherein Peter Pan is imagining he is eating yummy delicacies and suddenly food comes up in real. It is all believing and imagining which can make things possible. A kitchen playset signals this kind of imagination to bring out the best from a child.

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Let toddlers weave their own story

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It is very important until a certain age to let your kid grow independently. These practices will only let the baby have a steady mental growth. Self talk, making up games to play are all elements that will reflect success tomorrow in your little ones life. Kitchen playsets for toddlers are such innovative toys that fully let them play and weave their own kitchen story. They prepare their own food, and feel happy with their imaginary success. Not only do they learn to be independent and have their own way with their games but also they learn to distribute and share from a very young age itself.

Play kitchen - the best way to teach etiquettes

Not everything can you teach your kid, certain things are meant to be developed naturally. All throughout the playing spree, the toddlers learn on their own the few basics of manners and etiquettes. They learn to cooperate, work timely and also cleanliness and hygiene. They are taught to be particular about their kitchen sets, keep them tidily and arrange them each time they want to play with it. You can go buy a kitchen set for your kid also at the same time you can custom make it. The easiest thing about the kitchen playsets for toddlers is that once you fix it up, it lasts for quite sometime.

Kitchen playsets for toddlers - choose the right one

It depends on the parents as to what they want to buy for their kid. The range also the age of the child matters in this case. You select the color and size of the playset depending on your requirements. Once, you have decided all this it is time for you to decide that after how long you will replace the old one for the kid. Generally once you have laid out the play kitchen set it can be kept that way without dismantling for a longtime. You also have to consider your child's taste in this case as the toddler might want to play with something else within a few days.

While you are selecting kitchen playsets for toddlers remember to go for loud colors and vibrant graphics. These will help your child grow better and faster having a swift mental growth. The colors and the other features like numbers and various objects in the play kitchen ensure educational qualities along with the whole playing fun. The toddler starts learning colors, numbers, and identifies objects faster when introduced to such toys from a young age.

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Dollhouse Kitchen Design and Layout

When you are building your dollhouse it is important to have a great layout before starting to buy furniture, wall paper and flooring. One of the principle rooms is the kitchen. This article's intent is to describe some of the basic designs when it comes to your dollhouse kitchen. In this way you can avoid some of the bigger design mistakes that can happen. These points are as follows: First Design to Scale, Design to Style, and Design for coordination.

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Design to Scale

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Most new dollhouse kitchen furniture shoppers don't realize that there are actually many different scales in dollhouse furniture today. The most common is a 1 inch scale, meaning that every inch equals a standard 12 inches or foot. Most dollhouse kits are 1 inch scale and if you have a 1 inch dollhouse this is the size that you will need to get.

There are also smaller and larger styles on the dollhouse scale. The smaller sizes are the ¼ inch and the ½ inch. These again reference to how many inches represent a real 12 inches or foot.

The most important thing to remember with dollhouse scales is keep consistent with your dollhouse and other furniture. The most common scale that you will find in stores and websites is the 1 inch scale, and we recommend working with this scale. If you are interested in a smaller scale perhaps for a smaller home décor display then make sure when you are shopping that you get the right scale for your dollhouse kitchen furniture.

Design to Style

Style is important when it comes to giving your dollhouse a certain feel to it. This is especially true if you are using your dollhouse more for display than for play. There are a couple of common styles that you will find for dollhouse kitchen furniture: Victorian, classical, traditional, modern, retro, and many more to count.

Our suggestion with styles is twofold: First, insure that when you are deciding on style that you are coordinating all of the furniture, wallpaper, and décor to match the specific era or style. Second, there is no reason why you need to keep one style of furniture for your kitchen as your bedroom or bathroom. Yes it will look more consistent if you keep within the same style, but we recommend that you get the furniture that is most appeasing to your desires. For instance I really enjoy dollhouse kitchen furniture sets with an island as opposed to just a cupboard. On the other hand there are some really cool Victorian dollhouse kitchen sets.

Design for coordination

Designing for coordination is more about picking a great color combination that works within the dollhouse kitchen room. There are a couple of hints in getting this right. First, look around your own kitchen and the colors that you have chosen. Have you coordinated the cabinets with the wallpaper or flooring for instance? Of course you have, and making sure that you have that type of detail come out in your dollhouse kitchen furniture will prove to have similar great reactions from visitors and friends.

Conclusion

A little planning can go a long way. We recommend that when you are looking for dollhouse kitchen furniture that you take some time to research the right scale, style, and color that will work for your dollhouse!

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Most parts are dishwasher-safe.
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This assortment of attachments makes your KitchenAid stand mixer as flexible as a Swiss army knife. You get the food grinder, the slicer and shredder, and the fruit and vegetable strainer. Pull out the first and you're grinding meat, breadcrumbs, and more; the second churns out sliced vegetables for potato chips, coleslaw, and the like, or shredded potatoes for hash browns; and the third has you whipping up apple butter in a snap. Each has its own instruction booklet, with tips and recipes. An excellent gift set for your favorite stand-mixer fan. --Betsy Danheim

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Use these lightweight plastic tubes to stuff your home-ground meats into natural casings for hand-made sausages. The small tube shoots out breakfast-sausage-size links; the larger one is great for boudin blanc, Italian sausage, and more. Each works in conjunction with KitchenAid's food grinder attachment, and the set comes with instructions for handling and stuffing casings. Tubes are dishwasher-safe. --Betsy Danheim

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Adding a 1950's Theme to Your Kitchen

Retro is in. Just about everywhere, you see retro designs. If you're looking to remodel or redecorate your kitchen, you may want to look into a retro styled kitchen. Retro designs incorporate nostalgia into the 21st century.

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The 1950s are often viewed as a conservative, prosperous and optimistic decade. Entertainment was revolutionized in the 50s, with televisions being introduced to family living rooms, movies geared towards teenagers, and of course, the beginning of rock and roll.

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In the homes, open, airy floor plans were introduced. Kitchens were being outfitted with new appliances with chrome and stainless steel, and sweeping designs. These appliances helped to make cooking quicker and more convenient. Pastel colors, turquoise, aqua, pink, and yellow were popular for kitchen decor. Plastics and formica were featured materials in kitchens for tables and chairs.

Formica countertops, were easy to clean, and came in colors to match the tables and chairs. Vinyl came into use for tablecloths, and furniture covers. Bark cloth was another material used in kitchen decor, patterned in boomerang, and abstract shapes. Entertaining came to the forefront, with home bars, barbecues, picnic, and party accessories. Tupperware containers, melmac, and melamine dishes were popular at the time as well.

1950's kitchen design may bring back warm memories of childhood for those that grew up in the 50s. If you want your kitchen to have a nostalgic 1950s look, you can find many items with retro 1950s styling available.

1950's style fabrics, including bark cloth are available. You can build a new countertop in Formica. If you look around, you can find 1950s style table and chair sets, complete with chrome legs, and vinyl seats in many different colors.

Stoves, refrigerators and other appliances, toasters, and drink mixers can be found with 1950s styling, but modern 21st century technology. This way, you can have the retro styling, with the convenience of modern technology.

In some stores, you may be able to find canisters, breadboxes, silverware, and other items in a 1950's style.

If you just want to add a touch of 1950's diner decor, you can add replicas of 1950s radios, jukeboxes, and pay phones to your kitchen. Vintage Coke machines, and metal picnic coolers will also fit in well with the decor. You may also be able to find replicas of 1950's diner and car hop signs to brighten up the walls.

Second hand stores, garage sales, and flea markets are good places to find old furniture that can be refurbished to add to your kitchen. Try to find some old magazines from the 50's, and look at the kitchens featured in them. Take notes of what you like in those kitchens, and try to find the same or similar tables and decor to add to your kitchen.

For some, a kitchen with a '50s design will bring back the warm and inviting feelings of the past and of days spent in their mother's or grandmother's kitchens. For others, a retro look to the room will provide a unique look that is not often found in today's kitchens. When it comes to giving your kitchen a nostalgic look, the important thing is to be creative and have fun with it.

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The three kitchen towels in this set are each different to ensure that drying dishes never gets boring. Woven of 100-percent cotton in a thick 'popcorn' texture, the towels offer excellent absorbency and easy care. Simply toss a dirty one in the washing machine. The set is an economical way to keep a steady supply on hand, and makes a great housewarming gift. Each towel measures approximately 16 by 28 inches before initial washing and drying, during which some shrinkage may occur. --Ann Bieri

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The History of Farmhouse Kitchen Table Sets

The true origins of the farm table are something of a mystery. There are various theories about how these tables became incorporated into many American farm homes at the beginning of the 19th century. Perhaps the most believable and well known theory is that American farmers copied the designs that were around at the time, and fashioned tables that would be used for work as well as for eating meals. These tables soon became the central meeting point for the family at dinner, and they were often large enough to sit 8+ people at once. They were designed to seat all members of the family as well as any guests that may have been visiting.

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But who made the original designs that were then copied? Many point to three English men: Thomas Sheraton, George Hepplewhite, and Thomas Chippendale. These were the three main furniture makers in England at the end of the 18th century. Of these three, Chippendale published a design book, entitled 'The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Director'. It is thought that editions of this book filtered through to America in the early 1800's, and furniture makers there began to construct designs similar to those printed, but these tables began to be simplified in order to cut the manufacturing time down.

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However, farmers tended to make their own furniture by hand, and they were not trained as cabinet makers. So they began to further simplify the design of the tables they made, and built them to last and survive the constant use they would receive. The result is the sturdy, solid tables we know as farmhouse tables today!

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