The holiday season is approaching and if you’re hosting dinner for family and friends in the near future, you’ve probably spent some time considering the best way to set up your living room.
But what about the kitchen? While hosts almost always intend for guests to socialize on couches and chairs in the living area, the kitchen is where the food and drinks are prepared.
This all means that your friends and family will be spending some quality time in the kitchen as well.
In that case, how do you prevent your kitchen from becoming overcrowded? How do you keep guests entertained and still be able to prepare the food?
By setting up various kitchen stations.
Custom kitchen stations from Organized Interiors allow you to serve guests coffee, wine or appetizers in the kitchen and still keep the busier, cooking area clear.
With ample counter space, drawers and upper cabinetry, guests can easily find mugs, sweeteners, glasses and plates to serve themselves without getting in the way.
Not only do kitchen stations keep your guests satisfied, but they also allow you to spend more time with family.
With guests in and out of the kitchen, you, the host can still take part in conversations and take part in the fun.
This year, enjoy stress-free holiday entertaining with custom kitchen stations. With dedicated areas set up in your kitchen, you can spend the day preparing for a delicious dinner and still have space for family and friends.
Contact us for my details about how to make your kitchen more functional.
Why is it called a finish when it’s one of the first things you have to choose?
It actually makes sense. Think of it like a jigsaw puzzle. You look at the box and see the whole finished picture, but when you open it there are only pieces inside.
It’s a process to make everything fit properly to complete the picture. Creating a well-designed, functional space follows a similar process.
Where do you begin?
It starts with a vision. Whether it comes from a picture, a design consultation, or an idea of your own, that vision is the ‘picture on the box’ and to complete the picture you have to assemble the pieces.
A finish is what you see on the outside of cabinetry. It covers shelving, desks, closet fixtures, cupboards drawers and more. It’s the colour, tone, texture and style of your cabinetry that give your room a finished look.
If it’s a home office, laundry room or closet, the cabinetry, desks and shelving – open or closed – take up a lot of real estate, visually speaking. So you want to choose the right finishes.
No matter what your decorating style, there is a finish for you
Whether you like a modern flat panel in a solid, contemporary colour or you prefer an exotic species of wood, you may be surprised to know that virtually any finish is achievable now thanks to modern technology.
Through today’s manufacturing methods, wood grain patterns and textures can be duplicated with strong, man-made products like melamine that are built to last.
Solid wood looks beautiful and is versatile, but it can expand and contract depending on the moisture levels in the air. This can lead to warping and cracking.
With today’s veneers, you get the beauty of real wood but with the added benefit of custom-cut, warp and crack-resistant construction at a lower cost than wood.
So, back to your vision.
Imagine luxurious floor-to-ceiling shelf-lined walls surrounding an expansive desk in your home office. You see a subtle light wood grain in a tight, linear pattern that creates a room showpiece.
Big box retail options
You have a choice. You can make a small investment at a big box store where you will have some choice of styles, finishes and sizes. Not quite the style or finish you imagined, but close enough.
Then, after getting all the pieces home, you still must assemble and install them into place. Visually, it may look great but quality and endurance will be the test, especially if you have to move and reassemble the furniture in a new place.
Quality custom cabinetry
What’s the alternative? Make the investment into beautiful, strong, long-lasting custom cabinetry.
Now imagine your finished room with built-ins that are custom-fit to your space in your chosen finish. You now have a well-designed, sophisticated, and one-of-a-kind finished space that adds value to your home.
Invisible finishes
Maybe you have a multi-purpose room that requires lots of storage but instead of the cabinetry being the focal point, you want it to disappear or blend into the room.
Pick a solid finish in a colour you will repeat elsewhere. If you’re looking for dramatic and sophisticated, consider a deep, inky Gunmetal Grey, or if you’re looking for a great neutral that adds a crisp finish try an earthy colour like Avalanche Stone.
Gunmetal
Avalanche Stone
The key is to wrap that colour throughout the space to blend in. This lays a solid foundation of timeless, practical cabinetry and allows interchangeable accessories and other furnishings to add a pop of colour and texture.
There’s a reason they’re called finishes. It means completion, done, the icing on the cake. And who doesn’t want to enjoy the icing first?
Learn more about our premium finishes
To find out more about our premium bespoke cabinetry finishes, visit our showroom or schedule a free in-home consultation with one of our designers.
Every person is unique, and so it makes sense that every person’s storage issues are also unique.
Depending on your lifestyle, you might struggle with:
golf clubs and hockey bags in the entryway
too many clothes, shoes and accessories to fit in a closet
papers and magazines stacked on the dining table
children’s toys scattered wherever they lost interest and dropped them.
Whatever you need to store, custom-made storage offers two key advantages that can make a huge difference in your home.
1. Custom storage is designed to meet your unique storage needs
If you’ve struggled to find adequate storage, you’ve probably been through the aggravating process of first measuring empty corners or wall areas in your home.
Then there’s a drive to an IKEA-type warehouse and finding a decent-looking bookcase or wardrobe that will fit the space you have, without clashing too much with the rest of your furniture.
Over time, you end up with a hodge-podge of storage units that don’t match each other (or anything else) and never seem to provide quite the storage space you need.
2. Custom storage takes advantage of your home’s available space
Custom storage brings all that to an end. And at Organized Interiors, we specialize in custom-made storage.
Our design consultants work with you to design and build a storage solution that meets your specific needs and makes the most of the space you have available.
Whether it’s a bedroom closet, a home office, or a children’s play area, we can find an attractive and practical design option that works for you. We can even make sure your custom storage fits in with the overall look and style of your home.
Having the right storage helps you keep your home a neat, well-organized place where you can relax and enjoy yourself.
Get in touch with us today and one of our design consultants can visit you for a free in-home consultation.
