Archive for September, 2009

Custom made kitchen appliances and hardware for a modular home

A modular home is no different from a traditionally built home when you look at it from the outside. The difference lies in the fact that these homes are built in a climate controlled factory environment and come at a fraction of the cost of regular homes. These homes can be custom built to suit one’s style and are easy on your purse. Custom built modular homes are more tuned to optimum space utilization in key rooms like the bathroom, kitchen and bedrooms. Whether your home is a Tuscan
style villa or an English style home there is decor to suit and fit any home style.

Companies like Emtek hardware and Fusion Navajo can provide you with distinctive hardware and cabinets that go with your home theme. Since the entire house is built bit by bit in a factory the amount of raw materials used can be monitored as well as the time consumed to construct each section of the house. The cabinets and the storage spaces are also molded to fit the space available and not vice versa. Small appliances to door hardware can be found in the market to suit your home interiors. From metallic tones to satin nickel finishes there is a range of door knobs,levers, handle sets and even towel bars come in various styles to suit one’s decor.

Antique Restoration Hardware - Restored Furniture Tips

Furniture Refinishing, Repair & Antique Furniture Restoration is a technique is a process of restoring antique
pieces of furniture or luois style french bedroom furniture or kitchen cabinets or other wood work. This is a technique
where these pieces of furniture along with the handles and antique brass knobs keeps the same color, style but makes them
look good and useful.

Hardware restoration is part of this technique and all efforts are made to clean and make the hardware look as it was when
antiue bedroom furniture was new. In case old mission style hardware is not restorable then you can contact antique hardware
stores or restorers in your area.

This is a delicate and very thoughful process and requires quite a bid of strategy and experience. Efforts should be made
not to lower the value of furniture including knobs and drawer pulls. There are many stores or online dicount coupon sites
where you will get websites that sell vintage reproduction hardware also for example hoosier, trunk parts, ice box.

Always get an estimate when hiring a restorer or if the job is too expensive and try to do it yourself. some of the supplies
you are going to need are Furniture Wax, Wood Stain, Polish, sand paper antique knobs, french handles or drawer pulls.
Another important tip on how to turn your refrigerator into antique ice box is by installing Refrigerated Drawer D-Pull Latch or Horizontal D-Pull. These comes in antique nickel finish. you may also use Ambidextrous Dog and Handle Latch. Large D pulls can also be used as sub zero handles.

Refacing ideas for your kitchen cabinets and accessorizing with decorative ceramic door hardware

Remodeling your kitchen is a large budget process. Refacing is a similar process but more cost effective. This is because when you are refacing the kitchen cabinets you are using the basic shelves and racks of the old cabinets and only changing the outer appearance of your cabinets. Changing just the doors and the door hardware can give the same results as entire remodeling for a fraction of the \cost. With a range of materials like wood, laminates and veneers to choose from there is no shortage of ideas when it comes to decor themes. To match your colonial, traditional or contemporary style home there is something to suit every style. Accessorize with fancy door hardware available with merchants like Emtek, Deltana and Schlage to spruce up the look of your cabinets and give them that extra touch of elegance.From ceramic door knobs and cup pulls, glass or crystal handles to bronze or brass handle sets that come in various patterns and textures like sand cast metals there is something for every taste and style.
Change the kitchen tiles on the floor and the counter either to match the colors of your kitchen or to contrast it. Unlike marble and granite, tiles are a more practical alternative since they are cheap, easy to replace and maintain and can come in various colors. Tiles that are non-porous, durable and heat or stain resistant are a good choice. Look for design or pattern ideas from home improvement stores like Lowe’s and Home Depot or Sears.

Kitchen Décor

Everyone enjoys decorating their kitchen. One can decorate the kitchen walls, floorings and the cabinets. Another method is buying new and suitable items that will help you around in the kitchen. Some of these items may include baker racks and shelves, kitchen mats, pot racks and many more.

Kitchen decoration is a very simple job but needs lots of thinking. A small object can turn your kitchen into one of the prettiest rooms in your home. At the same time a wrong item at the wrong place will spoil the beauty of the house. Hence, work out a plan before buying your new decorative items.

Emtek Solid Brass Knobs & Lever sets Collection

The Lancaster knobset by Emtek is a unique and interesting set that comes with matching Lancaster Rosette. Finishes include flat black, polished brass, oil rubbed bronze, and satin nickel. Sets available include Dummy, privacy, or passage.

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Decorative door hardware for unique home makeover ideas.

When planning on a home makeover, you can get a lot of ideas and guidance from kitchen pictures and magazines, HGTV kitchen remodeling shows or even you tube videos. These are definitely a good resource but they may not give you the designer look for your house. To help you achieve that here are a few tips.
When doing a home makeover it is not enough to just get tips from various sources it also helps to think like a designer or an interior decorator to give the project a more professional look.

Think of the style of your house before you decide on the color for the interiors or the kind of hardware to use. It might be easy to go to a nearby home
improvement store and find out how the painting is to be done, but take it a little further and try to make sure that the color you picked matches your Colonial, Victorian or modern home. Take for instance the door hardware, a designer would make sure to look for decorative door hardware like antique or modern door hardware to suit the house. Small things like door knobs, switch plates, door handle sets and even the numbers on the outer part of your house can make this distinction.

Make sure to look for products like Zeus handle sets from Emtek, single cylinder handle sets from Schlage. Or look for decorative switch plates or fancy door bells to give your makeover a professional and designer look.