Engineering High-Fashion Kitchens (NAPSA)—Kitchens today are really cooking with the help of new materials that can help the most functional room in the house also be fashionable. For example, high-end lami- nates today feature wood grains— especially darker woods—and solid colors mixed in, as is popular in Europe. You can even get laminates that look like stainless steel. One cabinet supplier notes, “Mixing laminates that look like stainless steel with wood grains has become popular with designers, often as a bank of drawers or a top section.” Here are a few more hot items found in the coolest kitchens today: * Personalized storage such as open shelves, a built-in wine rack, china displays or a wall of cubbyholes. The kitchen triangle. The refrigerator, stove and sink are set up so the cook can easily move among them unimpeded. Many families are warming to the idea of the warming drawer, whether the game goes a little late or the big dinnerisn’t all coming out at the same time. With a warming drawer, you don’t have to worry about food getting too cold or dried out. : ae Homeowners can now make cabinet-level decisions thanks to high-quality kitchen designs. Cabinet-Level Decisions Many homeownersare discoyering that their kitchens can not only be better organized but a lot more beautiful when the cabinets and drawers are made with a composite panel called MDF, which stands for medium-density fiberboard. These composite panels not only offer cutting-edge design and more space, but are cost effective. They can be shaped and molded to fit any decor and are quite easy to paintover. To learn more about making cabinet-level decisions in your kitchen, visit www.pbmdf.com.
