Kitchen Showrooms: A Wealth of Ideas

By Matthew Kerridge

You want your new kitchen to be a masterpiece of efficiency and design. Yet deciding among choices for lighting, flooring, countertops, cabinet finishes, appliances and even drawer-pulls can be exhausting. Before you drive yourself crazy, drive over to a few local kitchen showrooms and talk to the specialists. They can help your project move smoothly from start to finish.

How do you use your kitchen? Are you a gourmet chef, or a micro-wave queen? Do you like to have friends and family help in the kitchen, or do you work alone? These are questions you may be asked by designers at kitchen showrooms. You may want to add a bigger refrigerator, an island, an extra sink, or a second oven. They will help you chart your doors, windows, electric, and plumbing in order to assist you in choosing the best products.

Kitchen showrooms feature a huge range of available options on countertops and cabinets. Granite, synthetic stone and laminate are some of the popular countertops. Open-fronted, glass doors, and solid doors are some choices in cabinets. They come in matte black, pure white, and every color in between. Oak, maple, walnut, and pine are some of the wood finishes you can choose. Built-ins such as appliance garages, plate racks, vegetable bins, wine racks, and corner cabinets with spinning shelves are some of the options available.

Hardwood floors, either real wood or one of the new excellent laminates, are a trendy look for today's homes. Linoleum, both in sheet or tile, is popular, too, and comes in a wide range of styles, colors, and price options. Brick, slate or polished concrete are more unusual, but still interesting choices. Ceramic tile is a classic and beautiful alternative, and is available in many colors and finishes.

Many kitchen showrooms display appliances. Refrigerators and stoves come with many size and feature options. Explore the different ideas with the professional planner. Three-door refrigerator, standard side-by-side, and freezer on the bottom are some of the available types. Both gas and electric stoves come with grills and other built-in features. Stainless steel, black and white finishes are some of the options for finishes. For an impeccable design, designers recommend buying appliances in matching colors.

The right lights are the perfect finishing touch for a kitchen. Finding the ideal light fixture for your kitchen is easy when you look at all the styles and models available at kitchen showrooms. Whether you're looking for track lighting, overhead lights, work-area lights, or a light kit for a ceiling fan, you will find a variety of styles including traditional, modern, retro, and contemporary.

Roam through the model kitchens at the kitchen showrooms, and be delighted by the choices. Choose the elements you love and the specialists will help you bring your perfect kitchen fantasy to fruition. Lighting, cabinets, flooring, countertops-these basics plus all the little details that make your kitchen unique are yours for the asking. Visit your local kitchen showrooms today. - 30289

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