Tag Archives: galley kitchen

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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Kitchen Cabinet Inspiration

By ADD | Published: August 20, 2010
This lovely kitchen from Domino by photographer Melanie Acevedo reminds me that kitchen cabinets don’t have to be white.  I wasn’t interested in stained wood or laminate cabinets for our kitchen renovation.  I ultimately decided that we needed white painted cabinets to open up our tiny space, but I love these dark, matte, painted cabinets. [...]
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Kitchen Renovation Update

By ADD | Published: April 8, 2010
This is just a quick update on the kitchen.  The open shelves that I designed and Marcello built are now hung above the shallow cabinets in our galley kitchen.  We opted for shelves instead of cabinets on this wall to keep the space as open as possible.   We are on the hunt for the right [...]
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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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