This funky Tritech Stainless Steel Halogen Spotlight makes a very fashionable statement to you under cabinet lighting, providing both task lighting for times when it’s most needed, as well as excellent ambient lighting to accent your kitchen design style.

Lighting Your Kitchen Task Areas

If you’re having a hard time seeing if that was cayenne or cyanide you’re putting in the sauce, maybe it’s time to improve your under cabinet lighting situation. There are many types of cabinet lights, including the old standard fluorescent, LED under cabinet mount lights, xenon and halogen. For best results, it is suggested to use xenon lights under your cabinet as they are cooler and have a longer bulb life than halogen.

Visit our article on kitchen cabinet lighting for pictures and links to online retailers.
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So, you’ve been going crazy trying to decide how to decorate your kitchen backsplash. What materials should you use for your backsplash? Should you use tile or marble, glass or copper? What would look best, as well as be functional?

Here’s a unique idea!

(Above is a sample of Julia’s hand painted kitchen backsplash tile mural, called “Wine and Cheese”)

Here you will find customer photos of installed kitchen backsplashes and tile murals. Hopefully this will give you some ideas for your own kitchen backsplash.

Well, the online world anyway.

So many people write to us and tell us how great they think our site is. I can’t help thinking that they must not see many good sites then, because there are SO MANY MORE great home remodeling and design websites out there, it’s amazing to think that we even rank among them.

10 Best Home Design Blogs

For the past while Home Rejuvenation has been asking people to vote on what they feel are the best design blogs out there, and the results came in today. Here’s what their email this morning said:

“Based on 4931 votes polled over the last month, the 10 most influential design bloggers are revealed! “

Read their post on the “10 MOST INFLUENTIAL DESIGN BLOGGERS“.

Our congratulations to all the winners!

Who I Nominated

Kitchen cabinet refacing projects are fun and can save you lots of money over replacing your existing cabinets. With the sweep of a few tools and brushes you can convert your old, tired kitchen cabinets into modern ones. For your project, you should consider fresh paint, new doors, hinges, pulls, and unique knobs for your wood kitchen cabinets. Plus, you’ll add to the value of your home.

The New Old Look…

View our small kitchen design ideas page for inspirational ideas for decorating your small kitchen!

Big ideas for a small kitchen!

Grand dreams but short on space? What can you do when you have a small, cramped kitchen but dream of something bigger? Even if you cannot physically expand space, there are definitely things you can do. Here’s a few:

1. Know What You Want

First please - and I mean it - face it: you won’t have everything in a small kitchen you’d have in a large one. So think through what you really need - I think the first thing is cooking. Entertaining, laundry and the in-house cat paradise probably comes after, if ever. When you’re ready, concentrate on these functions and priorities. Now let’s see what you can do:

We’ve been cooking up small kitchens photos.

We’ve been at it again. In order to bring you more free resources and design ideas, we’ve been hard at work collecting kitchen images of all kinds… modern, French, white, red, dark, country, funky and more. And since so many have asked for pictures of small kitchens, it was our first priority. From elaborate yet simple modern small kitchens, to as basic as it gets, we have small kitchen pictures for you to peruse to get those creative juices flowing and get some ideas for your small kitchen…. because whether it be an apartment, condominium or cabin kitchen, small kitchens need design love too!

Here’s just a sample for your small kitchen design pleasure….

It seems our research shows that ‘French Country Kitchens’ are one of the most popular design choices for kitchen remodeling or renovation projects. Not only are French country kitchens warm and inviting, but they also offer simplistic practicality for storage, workspace and design.

If you’ve been thinking about remodeling your kitchen with the French country theme, have a gander at our recently posted ‘French country kitchens photo gallery’, or get a good idea of what makes up a comfy kitchen from the South of France by reading our support article, ‘How To Design a French Country Kitchen‘. Here you’ll learn about color schemes, building materials, accents and accessories, furniture and fabrics, lighting and storage used in a French country kitchen.

While you may NOT want ‘la cuisine française de pays’, you can get some great ideas for creating ample storage space, texture ideas, the country ‘feel’, and ways to save money.

Right from the experts - those brave souls who are remodeling their own spaces and just so happen to be contestants in the Remodel, Blog & Win online contest!

1. Do The Work Yourself - Sam from Off Like a Herd of Turtles has done some calculating and figures he and his wife, Kim have saved themselves a minimum of $150/square foot because he’s done the work himself. He’s also going above and beyond minimum code requirements.
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That’s right! We’re giving you access to post on our blog!

We’re opening up the ideaBlog to the most creative, inspiring, idea generating remodeling gurus out there… YOU! We want The ideaBlog to be a place where you can share your tips, tricks, ideas, know-how and inspiration for remodeling your kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, garden, garage, or anything around the house. All you have to do is register for free, and start posting your pictures and ideas!

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Welcome to our online home where we have opened our doors to provide a place to share our remodeling ideas with you, as well as a place to let you share your remodeling ideas with others.

You’ll also find idea inspiring posts from contestants in our “$5000 Remodel, Blog & WIN” contest, where these amazingly devoted individuals share their remodeling secrets, techniques, ideas and pitfalls. They will show you that people just like you can make your remodeling dreams come true!

Have you been inspired by something you’ve seen on our site? Do you have some great remodeling ideas that you’d like to share with the world? Register for our site, and start sharing your ideas with the world! We have a photo sharing gallery coming soon, too!