Tag Archives: appliances

Design Idea: Microwave Cubby

By ADD | Published: August 23, 2010
Whether you’re planning a big budget kitchen renovation or a small budget kitchen upgrade, it’s the little details that matter.  One detail we took into account was the microwave.  Since we hardly ever use it, and since microwaves aren’t sexy, we didn’t want it to be front and center in our kitchen.  We definitely didn’t want [...]
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Less is more in our compact kitchen

By ADD | Published: July 1, 2010
I’m not a kitchen designer, but I play one on my blog diywithadd.  I’m excited to guest post on brooklynlimestone because Stefanie’s blog was an inspiration to me when I was planning my own renovation, especially the photos of her gorgeous kitchen.  Like many a would-be Renovationista, my kitchen dreams were constrained by some serious space [...]
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New Kitchen

It’s great to be home

By ADD | Published: April 29, 2010
We are all settled in to our newly renovated kitchen.   It is great to be back in our home, but the to-do list is long and the bills are daunting.  Forgive the blog silence, but Scott and I have been busy traveling, unpacking & DIY’ing. Here’s our kitchen to-do list that we hope to complete by [...]
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Kitchen floorplan by Josh Pulver, www.apluscny.com

sleek appliances for our small galley kitchen = big budget

By ADD | Published: February 23, 2010
Redoing the small galley kitchen of our brownstone apartment is eating up a BIG part of our renovation budget. We have splurged on some pricey European appliances because they tend to have a shallower profile, which we need in this narrow space. Our kitchen is not only a workspace, it is also the throughway to [...]
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