Keeping Your Kitchen Clean and Healthy Tips & Ideas!

If you want to live healthily then you must start from the kitchen. Seeing a dirty kitchen is so unpleasant and can bring bacteria and germs which can cause diseases. Kitchen is the place where we cook, produce food and it is the place for food storage, and it’s very crucial to keep that kitchen, no matter your kitchen design is hygienically. Your kitchen’s health also affecting your family’s health and so how do you exactly keep it clean and healthy?

We have to face it that it’s a tough job maintaining your kitchen in a good healthy and clean shape and here we are with our special treatments for your kitchen to keep it clean and healthy.

1. Make sure your kitchen gets sufficient sun light. Having enough sunlight else than for the purpose of lighting can also remove that annoying pests and vermin like cockroaches, fleas, rats where they just love damp, humid and dark area, like cockroaches, fleas, rats where they just love damp, humid and dark area.
2. Enough fresh air. Fresh air is needed and this can be achieved by having a large windows or sufficient windows sizes to keep the air circulating.
3. Always clean your kitchen from oil stain and food scraps. You need to clean from that oil stain and food scraps every time you cook and this is done to hinder your kitchen from germs and bacteria.
4. Never ever use plastic for your crockery or kitchen appliances. By the time you learn that plastic can cause a severe impact to our health as plastic is made from chemical and toxic substances and can become poisonous to your food.
5. Clean your bins routinely. You need to clean your bins routinely everyday and every time it’s full. Don’t leave them stay at your kitchen forever because it can cause not just unpleasant smell but also invite cockroaches, rats, fleas, and germs.
6. Clean your fridge container. Clean your fridge container located at the back of your fridge every twice a year at the least. This is needed prevent mould or fungus at that container.

Now how does your kitchen feels? Refreshing and great isn’t it. We’re happy if you stay healthy. Don’t go anywhere because there’re plenty more tips and ideas for you waiting. You can subscribe any emails to automatically keep update with the latest tips and ideas from us.

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Interior Design’s Tips and Ideas Chapter II

Now as we promised you before, we’re now will begin with wall colors as our today’s topic of interior design’s tips and ideas.

White and cream colors are the most neutral color for walls in the living room. But we prefer that they’re used not just at living room but majority of the house. Why is that so? It is because on whatever furniture or accessory or even kitchen appliances in retro version, those colors are neutral and suitable for everything.
Lightings cannot be underestimated. Choosing the right lightings can be a decisive factor in creating an atmosphere. Sufficient lighting can create a comforting atmosphere. You can start using uplight and downlighting. The use of uplight usually to light a certain area like a niche found at your house interior, corner of an interesting wall or a statue. Downlight is the opposite of uplight and this kind of lighting is used to light up a painting and usually found in painting exhibition.

Usually at the market there’re two kinds of lamps, one with the clear crystal lighting and the classical white or yellow. Yellow or classical white as they called it can gives feeling of warmth and bring more of artistic interior design while the clear crystal white gives an atmosphere of clean and bright. Use them accordingly to your need.

When you’re at the kitchen, use a clean and bright sufficient lighting as this will prevent any injuries and can make you see well. In your bedroom try to use three kinds of lamps, they’re the bed lamp, reading lamp or side lamp and chandeliers. For the living room where it’s a place for socialization, we rather suggest that you use strip lighting for a modern minimalist interior and chandeliers for that classical interior and luxurious interior design. For the bathroom you can either use a lamp which isn’t too bright or too fade and add it with a fireplace if you’ve a Jacuzzi or bath tub.

Next issue we will bring you more on home decoration ideas and tips to beautify your house.

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NKBA 2008 Award – Large Kitchens

Large Kitchens Winner – Terri Ruth Hosken

Terri Ruth Hosken is working in BEYOND THE BOX – KITCHEN DESIGN, Anchorage, AK. The kitchen was designed for restaurant owners who knows what is working kitchen. However, they wanted not just functionality but also creative and inspirational place. Photo is made by Frank Flavin.

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Floor plan for Large Kitchens Winner

The method of design focused on a composition that provided versatility and innovative storage ideas. Successfully integrated behind the tranquil facade is a range of components that allows the kitchen’s layout to be customized to suit all space requirements. The island plays a key role as it permits the main functions to be brought together in an area designed to ensure freedom of movement. A mobile service cart rotates freely to reveal small appliances below the counter, or it can be removed to serve elsewhere while providing additional counter knee space.

A stainless steel door lift conceals the microwave adjoining the steam oven and drawer below, joining the adjacent oven and coffee system. In contrast to the reflective steel block, clear rift-cut maple instructs the eye toward unity. The hidden pantry interacts with the surrounding cabinetry to create conformity without interruption.

Large Kitchens Second Place

This kitchen is designed by Peter Vanderhyden who works in IMAGES KITCHEN & BATH DESIGN INC, Stoney Creek, ON. It was redesigned to accommodate large people gatherings while allowing a family of four and their pet to enjoy family meals and expeditious breakfasts. Photo is made by Roy Timm.

Large Kitchens Second Place designed by Peter Vanderhyden

Floor plan for Large Kitchens Second Place

A complete gutting of the kitchen, laundry and pantry spaces was necessary, requiring the home to be updated and space planned, allowing seamless flow to adjoining rooms and an actively-used outdoor patio and pool area, immediately adjacent to the kitchen. Plans and details were thoughtfully designed. Space for gathering around a built-in banquette seat with views to the exterior patio, stone fireplace and television allows for those seated to interact with the cook. A raised breakfast bar next to the new patio door permits a quick morning meal and provides an excellent gathering spot.

Cooking, cleaning and food preparation on professional appliances are aligned in the central core, with easy access to the food pantry around the corner. Away from the main cooking zone is a coffee and refreshment area, allowing guests and family to communicate but not interfere with the chef.

Large Kitchens Third Place

The kitchen is designed by Anthony Albert Passanante who works in PETER SALERNO INC., Wyckoff, NJ. The client requested a functional kitchen with unique features, inclusive of a traditional French country design. The overall design was inspired by focusing on key features such as the island, paneled hood and pass-through, creating a sense of uniformity. Photo by Peter Rymwid.

Large Kitchens Third Place designed by Anthony Albert Passanante

Floor plan for Large Kitchens Third Place

The most prominent piece, a traditional sloped and raised paneled hood, takes this kitchen to a new level. This distinct feature, which houses spices at the bottom, has a nine-inch depth, allowing for a more convenient workspace. To create an interesting texture, a combination of chicken wire and glass was added to the flanking wall cabinets.

The pass-through creates an exceptional view from the great room into the kitchen, highlighting the glazed cherry wood cabinets. In addition, the full-size separate thirty six-inch refrigerator and freezer accommodate any family’s needs. Bridging these two appliances is a graceful custom arch held by two traditional corbels, which are highlighted by two light sconces.

Bookshelves have been installed on the backside of the refrigerator wall, adding a finishing touch to the adjacent great room. These bookshelves match the kitchen’s theme by using the same custom valance cutout.

Honorable Mention

The kitchen was designed by Gerard Ciccarello who works in COVENANT KITCHENS & BATHS INC, Westbrook, CT. Photo by Steve Wegener.

Honorable mention kitchen designed by Gerard Ciccarello

Floor plan of honorable mentioned large kitchen

This kitchen is in close proximity to the front door, so the cooktop was positioned on the north wall, where it could be easily seen when approaching the room. The cooktop with decorative hood, in a pale cream with a Vandyke brown glaze, provides a focal point from the kitchen entry. Since the cabinets do not reach the ceiling, the hood looks more dramatic and remains in balance with the rest of the cabinetry.

Since the windows take up a major portion of the wall space, the island-in a different color from the perimeter-serves in several capacities, including storage, home for the microwave, seating and a generous work surface.

The beautiful marsh view acts as the main focal point from this kitchen. The warm color palette, balance of the elevations and efficient use of space gives this kitchen a casual elegance. It is a well-designed space for a family to reconnect and relax after a long day at work or play.