To say that Electrolux promotes kitchen designs is to do them both a service and an injury. They much prefer the term Live-In Room, which is more than a clever trademarked term. It’s an entirely new way of thinking abut a room that is itself both old and new.

Bamboo plywood (laminated bamboo) is getting to be very popular these days, and for good reason. It’s environmentally friendly, sustainably harvested, harder than Maple, and it mills and looks like solid wood. This is information based on our own experiences working with bamboo plywood.

Today’s blog is on a remodeling of a kitchen smaller than my much maligned bathrooms inside a home about the size of my family room! I don’t begin to know how such a thing could be done, and especially so in view of the very real problems that faced the remodelers, a young German/American couple.

Vetrazzo Recycled Glass Surfaces is a company that has taken one of the more ubiquitous items of trash in this world, namely, glass, and put it to a new and different use. And done so with a considerable amount of flair and grace.