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Spice up the kitchen with design tips to transform your kitchen into a room you can truly enjoy!

Chefs have always considered the heart of the home to be the kitchen, but now architects and designers are spicing up their designs and turning kitchens into eloquent kitchen great rooms. Kitchen Solvers offers a variety of solutions that help homeowners achieve a kitchen great room haven.

A recent study conducted by Electrolux Group found that a typical family of five spends 175 hours in the kitchen each month. Responding to this growing trend, more people are combining their living and family rooms with the kitchen, and transforming their kitchens into family-friendly rooms perfect for entertaining.

Kitchen Solvers simply defines kitchen great rooms with these three design factors:

Flexibility

Homeowners who enjoy entertaining or spending time with the family should consider keeping a flexible floor plan. In the past, designers and architects perceived the kitchen and the living room as two separate spaces. In today's innovative design world, trends are demonstrating the kitchen great room to be the heart of the home.

'In order to achieve a great room effect, it's important for designer's to realize the lifestyle the homeowner is looking to achieve,' said Chuck Teders, Design Consultant for the Kitchen Solvers Corporate Headquarters.  'Then we design the best solution that will accommodate their needs.'

Function and Organization

Function and organization are two of the most important factors to include when determining a design plan for a kitchen great room.

Allowing space for a flexible floor plan is an innovative way to allow for optimal use and functionality. This may include knocking out walls to open up the space and create a flow throughout the living spaces.

Another common element in the design is the addition of a dry bar, desk or island. Catering to the chef, these elements are a great solution for additional seating and an increase in productivity and storage space.

Appeal and Conversation

Custom-made accents can also spice up the kitchen with an elegant great room effect. The addition of simple molding and engraving designs on cabinetry is a technique used to update the cabinetry and add a custom-made flare to the kitchen which makes for great conversational pieces.

 According to Teders, a homeowner looking to achieve the custom-made look in a cost-efficient manner should consider cabinet refacing. The technique not only uses the existing cabinetry and allows for engraving designs into the existing framework, but also allows for simply staining and changing the color, leaving the kitchen with a dramatic result.

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