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We are so excited about the launch of our new and revolutionary CoreGuard™ Sink Base that we’ve created a game about it called Stop the GLOP! The under-sink environment can be a messy place. In this fun new game, you can scour common under-sink drips, spills and glops, using a sponge or a bucket to catch under-sink spills before they damage your cabinet floor. Set your level of difficulty by choosing between the bucket (normal difficulty level), or the smaller sponge (hard difficulty).
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Stop the GLOP! with Merillat’s New CoreGuard™ Sink Base!
Posted by: Merillat Marketing on 09/03/2010 | Permalinks | TrackbacksPlan Your Dream Kitchen with Merillat’s New Step-by-Step Kitchen Planner
Posted by: Susan Prater, Director of Marketing Services on 08/12/2010 | Permalinks | Trackbacks
Now you can whip up your dream kitchen in less time than it takes to make dinner with our intuitive new Step-by-Step Kitchen Planner. This user-friendly online tool will guide you through a customized planning process to help you find the most appropriate styles, products and features for your lifestyle.
Guided by chef Curtis Stone, you’ll be asked a series of questions that will help you determine your specialized needs and preferences, covering everything from kitchen layout to paint palettes. Once you’ve completed the customized planning process, you’ll be able to review your kitchen choices in a virtual rendering and a mood board that can be printed at home and shared with your local Merillat dealer.
Considerations in Designing a Family Friendly Eat-In Kitchen
Posted by: Merillat Marketing on 07/29/2010 | Permalinks | Trackbacks
Merillat Masterpiece Fairlane in Maple Burnished Praline
If your family is like most, your kitchen is more than just another room. These days, life happens in the kitchen. The kitchen is the hub of your home, the center of all the day’s activities. And even if you have a showcase dining room, you may actually eat most meals in the kitchen.
With your family’s busy schedule, things tend to overlap. Cooking, homework, bill paying, small talk…it’s all going on across the kitchen counter or at the kitchen table. The eat-in kitchen is the new normal, and when renovating your space you need to design accordingly to make it as family friendly as possible.
To begin, put some thought into how you want your kitchen to function – your lifestyle will dictate the design. Ask yourself what will help make your space operate efficiently and comfortably. Consider all of the ways in which you currently use your kitchen, where your children or other family members hang out, and then develop your solutions around these factors.
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Options for Disguising Your Kitchen Appliances
Posted by: Merillat Marketing on 07/14/2010 | Permalinks | Trackbacks
Merillat Classic Spring Valley in Oak Cider
As the hub of the home, the emphasis on design style in today’s kitchen is greater than ever before. With so much of our time spent in the kitchen, it’s only natural that we’ve begun to gravitate toward cabinetry that looks like furniture, and appliances that are integrated into their surroundings or make a bold design statement of their own.
For those who can afford them, high-style, high-end appliances lend a wonderful aesthetic all their own to the kitchen. From professional six-burner gas stoves to glass-front refrigerators with architectural curves to retro-modern appliances in an array of crazy colors, there are a lot of great options from which to choose.
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Making the Most of Your Small Kitchen Renovation
Posted by: Merillat Marketing on 06/02/2010 | Permalinks | Trackbacks
Kitchen Work Triangle
In a small kitchen we know how hard it can be to keep things organized and flowing smoothly. It seems like stuff piles up everywhere, from the week’s worth of mail on the counter to your kids’ after-school clutter. Combine this with existing storage and work flow issues and things can get out of hand quickly. Take heart; you don’t have to put up with daily clutter and limited storage space. When planning a redesign, a few simple considerations can help make your kitchen a “clutter-free” zone and feel larger than it actually is.
Layout Options
The first thing to do when redesigning a small kitchen is to choose a layout that fits your space requirements and needs. Here are some options to consider:
L-Shaped Kitchen – This is the most popular design, appropriate for any size kitchen. The L-shaped kitchen is made up of two walls (or legs) and gives you the possibility of having a center island depending on your available space. In general, this design will have 2 or 3 appliances on one wall with the refrigerator typically at one end, the range or cooktop at the other end with the sink located in the middle. This shape of kitchen generally provides good traffic flow.
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Design Trend – Celebrity Kitchens
Posted by: Merillat Marketing on 04/07/2010 | Permalinks | TrackbacksMovie Sets, Famous Chefs & Celebrity Athletes Inspiring Kitchen Design Trends Across the Country
"It's Complicated" Movie Set; Photo Credit: www.thekitchendesigner.org
The kitchens of celebrities, movie sets and famous chefs are influencing our design and style trend choices in many areas of the home, but especially in the kitchen. In this post, Sphere Trending, a trend spotting and design forecasting firm located in Waterford, Michigan, points out some noteworthy kitchens recently featured in film, television and magazines that have generated quite a buzz for their design appeal.
The recent film, “It’s Complicated”, centered around the eclectic and comfortable kitchen of the main character / bakery owner played by Meryl Streep. Designed by Beth Rubino, the kitchen captured the essence of the casual, “cleaned-up coastal” style currently experiencing an up-trend in home and kitchen design. The open shelving, curtained fronts, warm finishes and beachy color palette quickly made headlines on blogs and in design magazines as a trend to watch inspiring many to seek out ways to recreate the movie set kitchen’s relaxed style and comfortably chic look in homes across the country.
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