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Cabinets are for More Than Your Dishes
We hear a lot about consumers' kitchen design and spending preferences - especially those of millennials, the top generation conducting renovations today according to RICKI. According to Builder Online, millennials (50% of them) want luxury kitchens, kitchen islands, multiple work stations in kitchens, floor to ceiling cabinets - basically, they want their kitchens to work harder for them. This means space can be limited and HOW that space is utilized becomes more important.
A recent post from Houzz contributor Yanic Simard talks about one way to find more space for kitchen essentials in a time where space can be the most important commodity in a kitchen. One such essential being sacrificed? Pantries. Yanic explores how cabinets - traditionally used for dishes and tupperware, can solve the issue.
Book End a Galley Kitchen
Millennials are drawn to the city vs. the suburbs - this means smaller galley kitchens and often no pantry or extra storage space. A creative solution can be a floor-to-ceiling cabinet that book-ends the galley. "This sort of layout creates an appealing symmetry," Yanic explains in his post with a tall cabinet mirroring appliances on the other end of the kitchen.
"Using a tall full-depth cabinet provides a great deal more storage capacity and gives the kitchen a weighty and mature air." This excess space can be critical in city apartments.
Photo courtesy of Woodstock FurnitureStand-alone Cabinet-Pantry
Rather than adding a full set of wall cabinets, a standalone unit can serve as pantry space, in addition to providing an interesting focal point for the room if painted in a contrasting color to the other cabinets in the kitchen. In addition, a stand-alone piece can "later be moved to a new home more easily than a true built-in" saving money down the road. Photo courtesy of Houzz.comClick here to read the rest of Yanic's post for more great ideas on how to re-purpose, re-imagine, and prioritize space for those kitchen essentials (under the stairs, re-purposing other rooms, small otherwise un-used nooks to name a few. And visit the KCMA website to learn more about becoming a member.
The Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association developed this infographic as a quick and easy way to explain how the KCMA Quality Certification Seal can show consumers why they should pick KCMA-certified cabinets. Visit our website to learn more about the ANSI/KCMA A161.1 Quality Certification program.
We’re back with the second installment of our 2019 predictions – trends in manufacturing technology. Today we are experiencing what many refer to as the fourth industrial revolution, or “Manufacturing 4.0.” Whatever you call it, there is no denying that a shift is occurring within the manufacturing industry as companies have the opportunity to combine information technology software and hardware to bring tremendous value to their customers and businesses. We have scoured the internet for the top manufacturing technology trends we can expect to find in 2019 and here’s what we found: Industrial Internet of Things Most everyone has heard of Internet of Things (IoT) at this point – but it’s more focused on consumers and how objects in our homes connect. According to the Per the Spec blog , Industrial IoT (IIoT) is revolutionizing industrial environments like power plant and factories, making them smart and efficient. Medium.com thinks that for the manufacturing industry,...
Check out what’s been happening in the cabinet industry the last few weeks from the Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association: AKCA Initiates Trade Case Against China On Wednesday, March 6 the American Kitchen Cabinet Alliance (AKCA), made up of cabinet manufacturers, filed a historic trade case at the Department of Commerce and International Trade Commission (ITC). The AKCA is a coalition of kitchen cabinet manufacturers whose mission is to move forward the petition against China’s illegal trade practices at Commerce and the ITC. The AKCA is calling on the Trump administration and congressional allies to join in the fight against unfair Chinese cheating and to create a level playing field for American kitchen cabinet workers. If you'd like more information, contact info@kitchencabinetfairtrade.com Click here to read more. Death Tax Repeal Act of 2019 Recently Senator John Thune (R-SD) and Congressman Jason Smith (R-MO) introduced the Death Tax Repeal Ac...
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