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Feng Shui Your Kitchen

Posted by admin in Kitchen Design Ideas, Kitchen Remodeling Tips on September 2, 2010

In Feng Shui, the kitchen represents nourishment and prosperity; after all, it’s human nature to associate food and nutrition with nurturing and sustenance.  Believers in Feng Shui say that how you design and decorate the kitchen can influence your prosperity and health.

The first thing to bear in mind when considering any Feng Shui advice is that ultimately, Feng Shui is a complex practice with several different schools, and the recommendations will vary from school to school and from one practitioner to another.  So too, advice will differ depending upon the unique home — and the unique people living in it. Despite the fact that different schools may have diverse views on some topics, there are basic Feng Shui principles that apply to all kitchens. Kitchen Placement

The first thing to consider when looking at the kitchen is its placement in terms of the whole house.  We can’t always decide where each room in a house or apartment will be in relation to the others, but if you’re working with new construction or doing extensive renovations, ideally the kitchen will be in the back of the house, at least behind centerline of house. In any case, it’s better if you don’t see the kitchen immediately upon entering the house, as this can portend digestive, nutritional, and eating problems.  Having the kitchen at the entry point can also mean that guests will come over and eat and then leave immediately, and such a placement can also encourage the inhabitants to eat all the time.  But if your kitchen is in the front of the house, don’t panic; there are remedies that can take care of this. Use this as an opportunity to get creative.  Try hanging sheer or beaded curtains over the kitchen door. Or, install louvered doors.  Another idea is to provide something delightfully eye-catching across a hall or in a vestibule near the kitchen. That way, attention is diverted from the busy kitchen. Kitchen Layout It is very important for the cook to be in a “commanding position” when at the stove.  The cook should be able to clearly see the doorway without turning away from the stove.

Renovating a kitchen so this is achieved can be particularly challenging.  Many modern kitchens have the range facing the wall.  Some Feng Shui consultants recommend an easy solution: hang something reflective, such as a mirror or a shiny sheet of decorative aluminum, over the stove.  The reflective surface can be any size, but the bigger it is, the more powerful the correction will be.  For a more dramatic solution, consider installing a cooking island.  Placing the stove in a central island allows the cook to see the entire room, including the doorway.  Beyond the Feng Shui benefits, a cooking island is practical. The wider your view, the more you’ll be able to comfortably talk with dinner guests or keep an eye on the kids as you prepare the meal.  Cooking islands have become a popular trend in kitchen design.  Designing a kitchen around a cooking island will help keep the cook involved in whatever is happening in that Great Room, whether it’s clever before-dinner conversation or hearing about a child’s English homework.

Feng Shui-inspired kitchen design dovetails with the contemporary trend toward “group cooking.”  Instead of isolating the cook, families and guests often gather in the kitchen and participate in the meal preparation. Also, busy working couples use dinner preparation as an important time to unwind together.  It is truly amazing how much the ancient Feng Shui beliefs have to tell us about the design of modern kitchens.  For help in choosing lighting and appliances, read on.

In any room, fluorescent lights do not promote good health; they are constantly flickering, affecting the eyes and nervous system, and can cause hypertension, eyestrain and headaches.  However, they do serve a purpose, as they provide bright light at low cost.  If you decide that you do need fluorescent lights in your kitchen, use full-spectrum bulbs. A good kitchen design is based on a traditional triangle model, with the sink, refrigerator and range making up each point of the triangle.  There should be a 6-8 foot distance between each appliance; this allows for maximum convenience and a minimum of repeated moves.  Because you’ll have that space between each of the major appliances, it should be easy to adhere to the Feng Shui principle of having fire elements—such as the stove and microwave—separated from water elements—such as the refrigerator, dishwasher, and sink. They can be separated by something made of wood, or by something representative of wood, such as a plant or a painting of a plant.

Because the stove represents health and wealth, you want to use the burners on the stove top equally, rotating their use rather than habitually using a particular burner; this represents getting money from multiple sources. The old-fashioned stove, as opposed to a microwave, is often preferred because it is more in keeping with the Feng Shui belief that we should slow down, become more conscious of each activity, and do activities with intention. Heating a quick meal in the microwave is certainly convenient, but doing this may not lead to the most serene state of mind.  Many Feng Shui practitioners are concerned with excess radiation and electromagnetic fields and would therefore prefer to avoid the microwave altogether.  Obviously, each home and family will have to find their own balance between modern conveniences and optimal Feng Shui practice.

As with all rooms in the house, the kitchen should be kept neat and uncluttered, and any broken appliances should be tossed out—even if it means living without a toaster at all for a while, it’s better to have no toaster than one that doesn’t work very well.  In some cases, building code regulations actually reflect good Feng Shui principles.  In New York, it’s illegal to place a window over the stove.  Feng Shui believes that windows should not be placed over stoves because heat represents prosperity, and you don’t want your prosperity flooding out the window.

Luckily,  Feng Shui isn’t only about having a room with good “qi,”, or energy; it’s also simply a practical guide for design.

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The Versatility of a Kitchen Island

Posted by admin in Best Kitchen Showrooms, Countertops, Kitchen Design Ideas, Kitchen Remodeling Tips, Modern Kitchen Cabinets on August 30, 2010

Not every kitchen is designed with added purpose or function in mind.   Adding a kitchen island to your room can provide you with useful options.

A well-designed kitchen island can provide extra drawers, shelves and cabinets for greater storage and additional space for preparing your meals.  An island also can serve as  informal dining for kids, or  additional seating for guests when you entertain.

If you’re lucky enough to have a larger kitchen space, adding a kitchen island will provide such useful options as adding preparation sinks, refrigerator drawers, or an  additional cooking area .

So if you thought a kitchen island was just for show, think again.  From greater storage to increased seating, any sized home can benefit from the design of a versatile kitchen island.

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The Kitchen of Today

Posted by admin in Best Kitchen Showrooms, Countertops, Kitchen Design Ideas, Kitchen Remodeling Tips, Modern Kitchen Cabinets on August 11, 2010

The kitchen is not just another room in your house.  Today’s kitchen has become “the” room — the living space in which you want to cook, gather,  and entertain. Your kitchen design should not only  invite you to prepare meals,  but should enrich your everyday life spent with family, friends and invited guests.

The recipe for a well-designed kitchen is equal parts funtionality, beauty, and sustainablity.  To create a well-designed kitchen you need to mix beautiful, sustainable solid wood cabinetry with a cup of your intended use. Blend it well with your own sensibility — be it traditional or contemporary — and top it off with aesthetically-pleasing non-toxic finishes.

Once all these ingredients are mixed together well,  you will have created the ideal living kitchen architecture for the perfect meals of a lifetime.

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INTERVIEW: Workshop APD’s Sustainable New Orleans

Posted by admin in Best Kitchen Showrooms, Countertops, Eco-Friendly Kitchen Ideas, Kitchen Design Ideas, Kitchen Remodeling Tips, Modern Kitchen Cabinets on July 9, 2010

INTERVIEW: Workshop APD’s Sustainable New Orleans

by Jill Fehrenbacher, 11/29/06

Back in late August, Global Green and Brad Pitt announced the winners of the Global Green Sustainable Design Competition For New Orleans. The winning proposal, titled GreeNOLA and submitted by Matthew Berman and Andrew Kotchen of Workshop APD, calls for six houses and two multifamily units which employ energy-efficient appliances, solar power, and recycled building materials, as well as providing social services like child care and a community garden. Workshop APD’s proposal is designed to cut pollution and decrease operating energy use by 50-60 percent, compared to traditional homes. The success of the GreeNOLA design is its seamless integration of cutting edge green technology with the traditional building wisdom of the region. This combination creates healthy and affordable new residences for displaced residents of New Orleans. Groundbreaking of the new complex starts this January.

I sat down with the two architects to discuss their winning design proposal for rebuilding in New Orleans….

JILL: So tell me about your design proposal for the 9th ward in New Orleans

Andrew: It started with researching the 9th Ward and the Holy Cross area, where our site is. In our research of the greater context we wanted to propose new ideas for how to redevelop the area by bringing commercial, bringing in retail, revegetating the landscape, creating more of a linear park across the river and then begin inserting our ideas onto the site. Our focus was to achieve a greater understanding of prefabricated modular construction – these pieces end up evolving and becoming three-dimensional elements and then getting assembled in an infinite configuration and through a series of selection processes you end up with a structure.

Jill: So there’s a market and community center on the lower level of the site?

Matthew: The idea is that this whole open corner would be the farmer’s market and public area as it reaches out into the rest of the community. Then you come into the interior of the site: parking, day care, children’s play space, market with the community food production area; again it’s sort of buffered by the other buildings. This is the bridge. It’s a community bridge that pulls you in from the rest of the community right through the middle of the site and up onto the levy. The idea is that the residents can control access to the site. We were intentionally trying to activate the site by pulling the community through it as opposed to walling off the site and creating an interior that’s only for residents.

Jill: Is it specifically designed to be affordable or lower income housing?

Matthew: It’s intended to be affordable housing, not necessarily lower income housing. It’s trying to be affordable housing through its sustainability. For example it was designed as a net zero site so that all of the energy production happens on site, and it’s done through affordable tax and more efficient systems that reduce the load- the energy load- so the idea is that nobody would have an electric bill.

Andrew: Net zero is the sewer waste and water, it’s all cisterns, we reclaim water, reuse gray water and recycle the water through the site. The idea is that nothing goes out and nothing comes in to the site.

Matthew: It’s also intended to be affordable through the design options. A lot of these single family houses are set up and it works well with the typical New Orleans prototypes, the shot gun house and the Creole cottage, but most of these houses have either out buildings or internal apartments that can be rented out and that’s how a lot of people maintain the affordability. So there were different ways of thinking about affordability.

Jill: So lets talk about the climate down there and the systems for heating and cooling. I know it’s really humid in New Orleans and people tend to use air conditioners. Is it possible to use passive design elements in this sort of climate?

Andrew: In New Orleans the humidity averages at 75% throughout the year so it is impossible to cool spaces without mechanical cooling. So it can’t just be passive ventilation and breezes blowing through – so we’re using a geothermal system that is combined with a Z-coil dehumidification system, which is essentially a pumped-up air conditioning system with a few other modules put onto it that’s more efficient.

So there is a form of mechanical cooling, which is supplemented by a geothermal drawing from the earth’s temperature and circulating it back up through the structures. And we’ve oriented our buildings so that they can get maximum cross ventilation. That’s why everything has this shotgun effect. We have louvers systems at either end so that at certain times of the day you can open and close them to minimize heat gain, but open them for breezes to come through. All these strategies have been in use for 30 or 40 years. We’ve just packaged it together in a place that’s never heard of or seen it before.

Jill: Have you done any market testing or interviewing of residents of the area, or anything to get a sense of what local New Orleans residents think about your designs?

Matthew: Yes- the second phase for this competition was very intense and very well choreographed. They invited the six finalists down three separate times to New Orleans to meet with design jury members, technical jury members, and community groups.

We made several presentations to community groups over this six-week period — where we would go down initially with our first boards, an hour presentation where we talk for ten minutes and then respond to questions with answers and really try and develop and flesh out what their needs are and their interests are. So we definitely got to know them and develop a really good rapport and understand their needs and desires.

 Andrew: Global Green has set up an operation down there that sponsors of the competition and they’ve done a lot of community outreach where they’ve done several presentations. So, the competition is on the heels of them already being there for about four months and trying really to establish this notion of sustainability.

Matthew: We were very successful at listening to what each of the constituents had to say and filtering it through our own ideas to see, to work those things in so that we felt comfortable with the product we were producing, but we also felt responsible about what it was that we were contributing down there.

We are going back again next week – this is all really exciting for us. We do most of our work in high-end single-family residential custom architecture. This is a larger scale and a totally different opportunity so we just embraced it. Construction should start in the spring of next year.

Jill: So much as I hate to do this, I have to ask: What was it like working with Brad Pitt?

Andrew: He was really nice and seemed to know what he was talking about, honestly. A lot of architects are skeptical about Brad Pitt’s sudden interest in architecture – but I have to tell you that from what we could tell, he seems pretty devoted to the cause of sustainable design, and of course the celebrity interest just helps elevate interest in our project, and we can’t argue with that!

 http://www.workshopapd.com/

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ASTER CUCINE DEBUTS “TIMELINE,” NEW SIGNATURE KITCHEN COLLECTION IN COLLABORATION WITH WORKSHOP/APD

Posted by admin in Best Kitchen Showrooms, Countertops, Eco-Friendly Kitchen Ideas, Kitchen Design Ideas, Kitchen Remodeling Tips, Modern Kitchen Cabinets, Uncategorized on July 9, 2010

NEW YORK (July 9, 2010) –  Eurocucina 2010 set the start of the debut of TIMELINE, a new signature kitchen collection from ASTER Cucine, one of the world’s leading contemporary kitchen manufacturers, in special collaboration with New York design studio workshop/apd.

For the TIMELINE kitchen system, Matthew Berman and Andrew Kotchen, design principals at workshop/apd, drew upon the history of craftsmanship and artisanship in centuries past to create a kitchen collection with a “vintage” look and feel for contemporary life.  Familiar but unconventional in a modern kitchen, the epoch collection features exquisite cabinetry, countertops and backsplash accents in the finest selection of materials including Venetian ceruse (a whitening compound used in the 16th century on human skin as well as cabinetry) applied to white oak; wire mesh inspired by French country cabinets, antique mirror glass; oxidized metal, weathered steel, and bronzed glass.  Kitchens also can be “personalized” with art panels by famed Toronto artist Murray Duncan.

“Our Aster Cucine partnership with workshop/apd has produced a custom design kitchen system that yields both an astonishing piece of design and the ultimate in functionality,” commented Jacob Kindler, U.S. managing director of Aster Cucine.” TIMELINE represents as much a work of art as the next generation in modern family living.” 

Having taken its cue from the centuries of craftsmen and artisans who spent time carefully selecting the best materials and working them with precision and skill, the TIMELINE kitchen system reflects the quality of the handmade and the patina of the hard worked, yet it is decidedly modern, clean-lined and efficient.

“Our kitchens, the heart of family life, are now part of our living environments and no longer hidden from view,” say Mssrs. Berman and Kotchen. “They are often times at the very center and should be as welcoming as the rest of the home.”

Available now to consumers in the U.S., TIMELINE will be on display starting in September at the award-winning New York City kitchen and bath design company Urban Homes Inc.

An ideal target for people looking for unique and luxurious design in the kitchen, ASTER Cucine also debuted four other kitchen collections at Eurocucina 2010 in Milan. Included is the new futuristic DOMINA, a trendy Italian kitchen that uniquely features custom cabinetry with end to end curves and without any straight lines.  Other collections include the ease and simplicity of the classic AVENUE, merging the traditional with magical modern twists; the ultra-modern CONTEMPORA, which through strong design makes the most of its beautifully grained Tinoe wood and glossy lacquered surfaces, and the exquisite OPERA HALL, a classic take on the French idea of “Les Plaisirs de L’Isle Enchantèe,” with pieces rich in artistic and cultural references that date from the 1500’s to our present day.

 

 About ASTER Cucine

Established in 1983 in Pesaro Italy, Aster Cucine is one the European leaders in innovative modern and kitchen design. Deeply pervaded by a “service oriented” philosophy, the company has developed a comprehensive company-product-distribution system geared to meet fully the aesthetic and functional requirements of each individual customer. www.astercucineusa.com

 About Urban Homes, Inc.

Urban Homes is an award-winning kitchen and bath design showroom that offers “one-stop shopping” with talented in-house kitchen designers as well experienced installation crews. The company features a wide variety of custom and semi-custom cabinetry as well as numerous countertop, flooring, appliance, light and hardware products. By combining outstanding service, extraordinary craftsmanship and sensible pricing, it has built a reputation as a firm that builds relationships first. The Urban Homes Showroom is located at 325 West 16th Street, (between 8th & 9th Avenues), New York, NY 10011.  212.246.7700  www.uhny.com

About workshop/apd

With an emphasis on sustainable practices that directly affect how we live, workshop/apd specializes in high-end residential renovations, new home construction, and commercial development.  Since its inception in 1999, the workshop brand has grown and now extends to custom furniture, lighting, accessories, products, and kitchen systems. This year the company also launched RightFrame, a technology firm that automates home design to change the face and the carbon footprint of the suburban landscape. It combines serious, modern style and responsible living in a moderately-priced well-designed house.

With offices in New York City and Nantucket, MA, workshop/apd is headquartered at 555 8th Avenue, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10018.  Tel: 212.273.9712.  www.workshopapd.com

Media Contact for Aster Cucine, Urban Homes, workshop/apd:

Lisa Hanock-Jasie, Director of Communications

212.273.9712 office OR  646.764.4959 cell

lhj@workshopapd.com

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Jesco Lighting Group

Posted by admin in Best Kitchen Showrooms, Eco-Friendly Kitchen Ideas, Kitchen Design Ideas, Kitchen Remodeling Tips, Modern Kitchen Cabinets on July 9, 2010

 

Jesco Lighting

JESCO LIGHTING was founded in 1998 and is a New York City based company with its headquarters in Glendale, New York; with a distribution center in the City of Industry, California. The company started with a basic line of track and downlighting, and served the local lighting market with great success. Today, we are one of the nation’s fastest-growing lighting manufacturers offering a comprehensive selection of contemporary, architectural, energy-efficient lighting fixtures for a broad range of commercial, institutional and residential applications.

We have since formed the Jesco Lighting Group that comprises of three companies – Jesco Lighting, Jesco LED Lighting Solutions, and Bleu Lighting.

In the past 2 years, the Jesco Lighting division introduced nine new product catalogs that includes two lines of track lighting namely the Low Voltage Monorail System and a collection of Metal Halide track lighting; three Recessed Downlights catalog including the Modulinear Directional Luminaires, and recessed downlights ranging from 3”, 4”, 5” and 6” Aperture; as well as two Specialty Lighting catalogs – one is our award winning Sleek Plus Mini Fluorescent line; and the second, a Display Lighting Solutions collection. We also released two collections of beautiful decorative fixtures under the Envisage I and II brand.

Our LED division released an impressive array of nine product catalogs, offering the latest in energy-efficient high-performance LED lighting fixtures ranging from Indoor decorative linear lighting, undercabinet/shelf lighting, cove lighting, miniature recessed downlights, surface mounts and pendants, to commercial Outdoor die cast adjustable and regressed wall washers, surface mounted adjustable accents, as well as commercial/residential recessed, in-ground and wall, path and garden and wall mounts.

Jesco Lighting is aggressively working on three more lines of track lighting, three decorative lines to be branded under the Envisage Collection, a complete and comprehensive undercabinet/shelf lighting solutions, and a full line of LED products and more. We are committed to bringing you innovative and attractive products using the latest technology that minimizes energy consumption to limit our impact on the environment. Our entire line of products may be viewed in our showrooms in Dallas, Manhattan NYC, and the third to open June 2008 in Las Vegas.

We are very proud of our record-breaking growth in the past 3 years. We attribute our success to our leadership, the experience and skill-set of our design and engineering teams and the dedication of all of our employees and support staff, as well as our strategic partnerships with reputed companies in Asia, Europe and Mexico.

Our goal is to become a one-stop solution for the residential, retail, hospitality and commercial markets. Jesco Lighting is dedicated to providing the best products in the best prices with the best possible service levels you have come to expect.

www.jescolighting.com

JESCO LIGHTING is available at:

Urban Homes, Inc. – Innovative Design for Kitchen & Bath

325 West 16th Street

New York, NY 10011

www.UHNY.com

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Showroom Offers Circular Experience

Posted by admin in Best Kitchen Showrooms, Countertops, Eco-Friendly Kitchen Ideas, Kitchen Design Ideas, Kitchen Remodeling Tips, Modern Kitchen Cabinets on May 4, 2010

New York — Most people don’t enjoy walking in circles, but at Urban Homes, that is the ideal way for clients to find their high-end kitchen or bath product.

Derek Zylewicz, the third-generation owner and president of the kitchen and bath design firm, based here, explains: “The showroom was designed by Matthew Berman and Andrew Kotchen from New York, NY-based Workshop/APD and Urban Homes. They worked with Mirko Del Prete, the managing director of Aster Cucine and Renee Pecquex of Van Nuys, CA-based CaesarStone to create unique displays that feature distinctive kitchen cabinets, pull-out islands and LED lighting, all with a floating ceiling design.”

Zylewicz, who runs the firm with partner Jacob Kindler, explains: “The floorplan shows the various rooms and products in a circular pattern revolving around a central kiosk. Visitors can move in a circular pattern and see [everything] on display.”

Visitors to the showroom include designers, architects, builders and consumers, and they can view products from a variety of lines, including appliances from Viking, quartz countertops from CaesarStone and cabinetry from Aster Cucine. Also featured arecustom cabinetry from Urban Homes, tile selections from Daltile and kitchen fixtures and fittings from Blanco America.

“Our mission at Urban Homes is simple,” reports Zylewicz. “We are dedicated to providing our clients with personalized service and innovative design solutions using premiere products and technology.”

The firm played host to hundreds of architects, builders and clients in March, in celebration of its official grand opening. Featured were culinary dishes prepared by Viking Range Corporate Chef Trish Sebben-Krupka, as well as commissioned art, which turned the showroom into an art gallery for the event.

Space Saver

The goal of the 4,000-square-foot, two-level site was simple. “The showroom was designed to be a showplace for the urban cabinet market, a space to showcase these products,” Zylewicz remarks.

To achieve the look, the maximizing of space was paramount, Zylewicz continues. “The concept is based around a centralized piece that ties the space together,” he explains. “[We wanted a] space that would replace a two-dimensional portfolio and could showcase samples of the products that would be used in clients’ homes.”

The showroom features 12 displays, including eight kitchens. Five bath vanities, office displays and a living room and dining room setting are also included in the showroom.

“We have one full working kitchen, and this kitchen will be used to host events, seminars and cooking events and classes,” he reports.

Screen Grabs

Technology plays a featured role within the Urban Homes showroom. AutoCAD is used to create room plans and designs.

A plasma television is also featured to showcase project possibilities to visitors.

But, the firm’s forward thinking isn’t just reflected in the hottest gadgets. Urban Homes also takes pride in the fact that it offers the recycling of materials and green design options, particularly through its kitchen cabinetry offerings, Zylewicz adds. The showroom also features LED lighting for all of its undercabinet displays in keeping with its green initiative.

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Urban Homes announces the opening of the new Urban Homes showroom in downtown New York City

Posted by admin in Best Kitchen Showrooms, Kitchen Design Ideas, Modern Kitchen Cabinets on January 4, 2010

New York, January 4th 2010:  We are

pleased and excited to announce the opening of the new Urban Homes kitchen and bath design showroom in New York City.

The new 4,000-sq.-ft. showroom is located at 325 West 16th street in Chelsea. The space was designed to create a showroom designed for the urban cabinet market and as a space to showcase for work and products. In order to create a space that would replace a mere 2-dimensional portfolio, but rather could showcase samples of the actual products that would be used in clients’ homes, offices, kitchens and bathrooms.

The showroom, located in Chelsea in a very expensive real estate market, needed to concisely display his product line in this ground floor showroom. The maximization of space was paramount. The major design concept is based around creating a centralized piece that would tie the entire space together. The floor plan shows the various rooms (offices, bathrooms, kitchens, bedrooms) and products (closets, cabinets, countertop and faucets) in a circular pattern revolving around a central kiosk. Visitors inside the store can move in a circular pattern and see all the different types of rooms on display. From the street, passersby get vignettes of the various rooms that partially reveal themselves and disappear as they walk by, inclining them to come inside to further discover more.

The new Urban Homes showroom offers the following products:

Aster Cucine - This is an Italian crafted cabinet design company. The designs are sleek and ultramodern. The cabinets come in stainless steel, high gloss lacquered and wood finishes. Italian designers are known for unique and durable design and it is apparent when viewing their products. Aster’s designs may be viewed at www.astercucineusa.com

Urban Homes Custom Cabinetry -We are proud to present Cabinets By Urban Homes; high-end custom kitchen, bath, and furniture grade cabinetry. Products are offered in many different wood species, stains and paints and over 100 different door styles, with the option to match custom colors or door styles. We have an extensive catalog of cabinet configurations. These designs can be further explored at www.uhny.com

Viking - Urban Homes Showroom displays Viking Appliances, the next generation of home appliances – the Viking Designer Series.   This full line of appliances caters to today’s discerning homeowners.  Subtle, contemporary styling and casual, clean lines integrate into existing cabinetry and kitchen décor, giving the new Designer Series broad appeal. www.vikingrange.com

CaesarStone – Comprised of 93% natural quartz – one of nature’s strongest minerals – and backed by a 10-year warranty, CaesarStone Quartz Surfaces offer the ultimate combination of form and function, allowing for a more diverse, durable, and practical surfacing material than either granite or marble. With its stain, crack, scratch, chemical, and heat-resistant properties, CaesarStone is the ideal choice for care-free kitchen countertops, bathroom vanities, flooring, table tops, wall paneling, and much, much more. These products may be viewed at www.caesarstoneus.com

Daltile - is US Largest tile manufacturer (500 million square feet – annual manufacturing capacity), and one of the largest in the world. Daltile’s broad product line and its broad distribution network make it a favorite tile choice. Daltile is Urban Homes’ most recommended tile source. Daltile is the largest, therefore they make sure that all products are at a high quality, and if necessary customer service provides solutions. Being a large and well established firm, it eliminates the risk of buying tile from smaller, lesser know operation. These products may be viewed at www.daltile.com

Blanco – BLANCO, founded in 1925 by Heinrich Blanc in Oberderdingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg Germany, is a company with a history spanning over 75 years and a tradition of manufacturing high quality products. BLANCO is one of the leading providers of innovative, design-oriented system solutions for work stations in domestic kitchens and food service equipment. www.blancoamerica.com

The National Kitchen and Bath Association :is a growing non-profit trade association with over 25,000 members. We’ve led the kitchen and bath industry for over forty years by providing resources for consumers and industry professionals. Not only does NKBA host the world’s largest trade show and offer educational programs, but we also enhance the success of our members by promoting professionalism and ethical business practices. In order to benefit consumers, our association monitors national and state legislation to protect the industry, our members, and consumers. This information may be viewed at www.nkba.com

 

About Urban Homes  

Urban Homes is an award-winning New York City kitchen and bath design showroom founded by a third-generation kitchen specialist with over 20 years’ experience. Our mission is simple–we are dedicated to providing our clients with personalized service and innovative design solutions using premiere products and up-to-the-minute technology. With our accessible, state-of-the-art showroom on the Westside of Manhattan, we are one of a select number of firms that offer a one-stop experience to clients in New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey. We carry only the highest quality manufacturers with the widest range of styles. Our experienced designers are personally available at every stage of a project-from the initial consultation through the design phase to the selection of products and our expert installation. We invite you to experience Urban Homes and make your dream kitchen, bath, or living area a beautiful, functional reality. When a customer is working with Urban Homes they will work with designer and project manager that will review all of their options at all points of the process. Our staff is always willing to put in the extra effort that is necessary to make their home interior design project successful and as stress free as possible.

Urban Homes is located at 325 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011. The telephone is 212.246.7700 and the fax is 212.246.7701. The website address is www.uhny.com.

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Urban Homes, Inc. – Innovative Design For Kitchen & Bath

Posted by admin in Best Kitchen Showrooms on February 24, 2009

Urban Homes, Inc. - Innovative Design for Kitchen & Bath

We are an award-winning New York City kitchen and bath design company founded by a third-generation kitchen specialist with over 20 years’ experience. Our mission is simple–we are dedicated to providing our clients with personalized service and innovative design solutions using premiere products and up-to-the-minute technology. With our accessible, state-of-the-art showroom on the Westside of Manhattan (Chelsea), we are one of a select number of firms that offer a one-stop experience to clients in New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey. We carry only the highest quality manufacturers with the widest range of styles. Our experienced kitchen, bath, and home cabinetry specialists are personally available at every stage of a project-from the initial consultation through the design phase to the selection of products and our expert installation. We invite you to experience Urban Homes and make your dream kitchen, bath, or living area a beautiful, functional reality.

Discover a wide-range of the highest quality European and North American products in our state-of-the-art showroom created by a leading architect. We offer an extensive lines of Italian cabinetry and closet systems, ranging from custom-made European to traditional American. We are proud to be the exclusive dealer of Aster Cucine, a premium Italian kitchens cabinet manufacturer, and we also carry Cuisine Cabico , BMT Italian Bathroom Collection, and custom cabinets line . Our showroom and sourcing capabilities include the latest in appliances, countertops, flooring, lighting, fixtures, faucets and hardware to realize your design goals.

Urban Homes professional designers take the time to know you and your home in order to create the ambience ideally suited to your lifestyle, location, and budget. Your unique design is fully realized in 3-D with our cutting-edge CAD technology, making it easy to visualize the final results. Explore our portfolio gallery to view the finest contemporary kitchens, bathrooms, and living areas in the metropolitan area, exclusively designed and expertly installed by our outstanding team. We take pride in the services we offer…and it shows.

Showroom:
325 West 16th Street, New York, NY, 10011
(Between 8th and 9th Avenues)
Tel: 212-246-7700

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