September 2013
Bringing the art of fine cabinetry home...
Solid Wood, Veneers & Wood Grain Laminates
Traditional vs. Open-Concept Kitchens
Tips For Organizing Kitchen Cabinets
Renovating Your Bathroom
Laundry Room Design Inspiration
PLUS Designer Spotlight:
Jeanne At Gallo RossoKitchen Design
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Solid Wood, Veneers & Wood Grain Laminates
When choosing cabinets for your new home or remodeling project, you will be presented with a wide range of choices in wood species and materials that look like wood. In this article, we’re breaking down the differences between the three main options.
Solid WoodDesign trends may come and go but the beauty and distinctive appearance of natural wood will always be in style. Natural wood has a warmth, beauty, and individuality that give it a unique personality. Just as no two trees are alike, no two pieces of wood will be the same. Trees of the same species, even growing side by side, are affected differently by the climate and elements required for growth.
The wood components used in cabinetry will include different species with various densities, colors and grain patterns. The tree diameter and type of cut determines the growth ring size and orientation, which in turn affects the grain pattern and color. All of these variations combine to produce unique characteristics that provide the beauty and essence of natural wood. That’s why you can expect the wood parts and pieces that make up your cabinets to look different from one another.
Cabinets can be constructed from virtually any type of wood and maple, cherry, alder, beech and oak are some of our most popular.
For an eco-friendly wood, you can select beech or bamboo. Beech (right) is a plentiful wood product that is sustainably harvested under some of the toughest forestry laws in the world. Bamboo is one of the fastest growing plants on earth, and is an endlessly renewable resource.
Engineered wood is simply a product that is made of wood particles or pieces, and is bound together with an adhesive.
Solid Wood, Veneers & Wood Grain Laminates continuedWood Veneers Wood veneers are thin slices of wood adhered to a substrate to simulate the look of solid wood. Veneers are especially well-suited to modern designs that use flat panel (slab) doors, as the grain pattern tends to be more uniform. Another advantage of veneers is the ability to bring a high-end wood into your home at a fraction of the cost, since a relatively small amount of the wood is used. Exotic wood veneers from Canyon Creek (at right) provide the beauty of rare woods while helping to protect endangered rainforests. From beautiful African hardwoods to wild American red gum, wood veneers will give your cabinets a sophisticated, worldly look.
Wood Grain Laminates Another man-made material that looks like wood is Greenlam, available in our Millennia frameless line. Greenlam (left) is a GREENGUARD-certified laminate program, available in a variety of simulated wood grains (also solids and textures). Greenlam uses alternative fuels and recycled materials to help support a clean indoor air environment for homes.
Available in our two frameless cabinetry lines, Thermo Structured Surface (TSS) is a unique alternative that looks like wood but isn’t. TSS (shown at right) features a textured wood grain face that has been thermally fused and heat stamped to a particleboard core and is available in five different grain patterns.
It’s difficult to show the beauty of wood and the texture of wood grain laminates in photographs, brochures or from the web, and that’s why you should view an actual sample before making a final species and color selection.
Greenlam is also available with a No Added Urea Formaldehyde (NAUF) plywood box option, meaning the cabinet box, wood veneer interior and dovetail drawer are built without adding urea formaldehyde (commonly used as a bonding agent) to the adhesives. The result is that there will be no additional formaldehyde than what exists naturally in the wood itself.
If you’re tired of cans of soup spilling out of your kitchen cupboards whenever you open them, it may be time to get organized. If you’ve been living in a house for several years you may find that your established “order” isn’t working anymore, but once you get organized you’ll be amazed how much easier it is to find what you’re looking for.
Extra spaceTo make the most out of the shelf space in your kitchen cabinets, purchase organizers to divide the space. This way, you can stack coffee cups on top of plates or bowls without everything toppling over.
Store wine glassesTo create a DIY rack on which to hang your stemware upside-down, head to your local home improvement store and buy T-molding normally used for wood floor transitions. Cut the molding to the proper length, predrill screw holes and secure it to the underside of the shelves in your cabinet.
AccessibilityWhen organizing your kitchen cabinets, it’s all about putting the things you use every day in places that are easy to access and that make sense. For example, mugs should be in cupboards near the coffee maker, while spaghetti and soup cans are best placed near the stove. Things you don’t use very often can go in the pantry, or a storage closet.
Traditional vs. Open-concept KitchensYour new kitchen should be the perfect fit for your family’s lifestyle, as this room is often the heart of activity within the home. As you plan your kitchen remodel, you’ll undoubtedly have to give some thought to whether you’d prefer a traditional or open-concept kitchen design.
Traditional design. If you live in a historic or classic home, your existing kitchen is probably not in the open-concept style. Don’t let all the hype fool you: There are plenty of stylistic benefits to having a traditional kitchen layout. For one, if you are an avid chef or otherwise spend a great deal of time in your kitchen cooking up gourmet dishes, having a space separated from the rest of your home can eliminate the possibility of guests hanging out in a less-than-tidy kitchen. Your kitchen will also appear more cozy and retro than an open-concept kitchen would.
Open-concept design. In contrast to older homes, most homes built during or after the 1990s tend to be open-concept. This is because modern homeowners tend to prefer great rooms and other all-encom-passing living spaces for entertainment purposes. If you’re the kind of host who prefers buffets, cocktails and hor d’oeuvres, and wine tastings to formal dinner parties, an open-concept space can be ideal for enter-
taining your guests as you maneuver to and from the kitchen area. As an added bonus, an open-concept kitchen allows you greater flexibility with how you lay out your custom cabinets–twin islands, anyone?–as there is generally more room to use your imagination.
Tips For Organizing Kitchen Cabinets
Keep Practicality In Mind When Renovating Your BathroomIf you’re considering giving your bathroom a makeover, there are a few things you’ll want to consider before turning your visions into a reality.
Function. How do you use the bathroom? Is there going to be more than one person using it? How old are the people that are going to be utilizing this room the most? Keep all of its functions in mind when choosing the sink, tub, shower, toilet and other bathroom essentials. Think about where you want the soap dish to be and where you want to store towels, toothbrushes and more.
Storage. Consider where you would like to store items in order to keep the bathroom clean, tidy and free of any clutter. Frameless and framed cabinets work great even in small spaces.
Style. A bathroom isn’t just a space to get ready in the morn-ing; you should feel at-home and welcomed. If it’s a more formal space, you may want to consider a black-and-white color palette. But if you want the space to evoke a more casual vibe, neutral tones might be your best bet. Maybe you want the walls to wake you up in the morning; if that’s the case, go with a bold color!
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Hidden washer and dryerInstead of having your washer and dryer in its own separate room, consider tucking them both into the pantry, hiding them from view with sliding paneled doors that match the finishes on all of the other cabi-nets and doors in the room. Install shelving over the appliances for a place to fold the laundry.
Extra storageStore laundry supplies like softener and detergent conveniently above the washer and dryer. Modern cabinets will pair well with a sleek and streamlined design and serve as a functional piece for the room. You could also take advantage of floor-to-ceiling wall space with cabinetry and pull-out drawers for plenty of ways to store laundry-related items.
Incorporate decorJust because it’s the laundry room doesn’t mean it has to feel like one. Add some luxury to the space with beautiful cabinet hardware, or incorporate design elements from the rest of the home, like the backsplash material at left that matches the adjacent bathroom. A soothing wall color and cheerful win-dow dressing make this a pleasing room to be in.
Design Ideas For The Laundry RoomThe laundry room is often an overlooked space when it comes to design, but it can be a space in which you feel happy and comfortable. Check out this inspiration for your laundry room.
The ProjectWorking in partnership with Jeanne At Gallo Rosso Kitchen Design, this kitchen restoration on Long Island that was damaged from the Hurricane Sandy flooding has recently been completed.
Resident Keith has lived in Oceanside, NY for over 60 years (his wife Vilma close to 20 years) and this was the first time that water ever flooded the southern end of their town. They don’t actually live on the water, but on that fateful night, water came up through the storm drains and began to slowly creep up their street and seep under their front door and up through the flooring. Before it stopped and the water receded, the first floor of their home was covered in over two feet of water. Their walls, heating system; kitchen, furniture and flooring were ruined. Their two vehicles were flooded beyond repair while their boat floated above its trailer in their driveway.
While their neighborhood banded together and pooled resources during the 15 long days that it took for the power to be restored, Keith and Vilma struggled for months with government and insurance claims and just “making do” with their home in the state it was until the repairs, renovations and replacements could be completed.
Designer Spotlight: Jeanne At Gallo Rosso Kitchen Design
Superstorm Sandy made landfall on October 29, 2012, wreaking serious
damage and devastation to homes in a large area of our country. Wanting to help home-
owners in those storm-ravaged areas who needed cabinets as part of their rebuilding efforts, Canyon Creek Cabinet Company launched its Hurricane Sandy Support program. The program provided an “employee pricing” discount to residents in those areas
who purchased cabinets through any of its dealers. In 2013, the program was expanded and now encompasses natural disasters where entire communities have been devastated and have to “be rebuilt. (See Helping to Rebuild for more info.)
Gallo Rosso Kitchen Design was founded in Blue Point, NY, in 2003, and Jeanne DeMata-Pothos branched off with her own side of the business in 2011 with Jeanne At Gallo Rosso Kitchen Design. Jeanne prides herself on taking a personal approach to each project to create designs as unique as her customers.
“From builder spec houses to gourmet kitchens, a minor kitchen facelift to a total gut and redesign, no job is too big or small to incorporate the innovative use of design, space and materials,” says Jeanne.
Jeanne’s paternal great-grandfather was a well-known and respected architect in Italy, so it is only natural that her design ambitions would eventually lead to the area of kitchen design. Having graduated in 1983 with a BFA from the prestigious Parsons School of Design in NYC, Jeanne was an award-winning graphic designer and design director prior to entering the field of kitchen design. Jeanne has been designing kitchens professionally since 1999.
See more of Jeanne’s work at:www.jeanneatgallorosso.comEmail: [email protected]
Helping to Rebuild
Keith in his “home away from home” after the storm: a local coffee shop with power & wi-fi.
“Before it stopped and the water receded, the first floor of their home was covered in over two feet of water. Their walls, heating system; kitchen, furniture and flooring were ruined.”
Because the damaged cabinets were Canyon Creek, (purchased in 2006 through a dealer who was now out-of-business due to the flood) Keith contacted Canyon Creek directly for help. The company put him in touch with Jeanne who met with the couple early on, and spent many hours designing cabinet solutions that would allow for more space and efficiency in their home.
They were going to keep the existing footprint of the kitchen, along with the undamaged wall cabinets. To keep a uniform look with the new cabinets and blend any variance between the older finish colors with the new, Jeanne opted to use new crown and light rail molding. She tweaked the pantry placement and pushed it back to keep it at 24-inch depth and put panels on both sides of the fridge. (The previous design had the pantry making up the side of the boxed in fridge.)
”They couldn’t use the pantry correctly because of a very tight corner. By switching the position of the trash compactor and moving the sink over, I was able to give them a larger 36” corner super susan cabinet and make the corner space more usable,” says Jeanne.
Keith and Vilma are very pleased with their new space. They report: “Jeanne was nothing short of a magician and it was worth the wait! Her design almost doubled our usable storage space, especially for large items like pots and pans, cutting boards and large appliances. When it came time for the installation, Jeanne was on site to supervise and inspect every aspect of the work.”
Keith adds, “Canyon Creek responded to our request almost immediately, and we were treated like family. I highly recommend them to anyone who is considering a redesign or remodel of their kitchen! You will not be disappointed.”
Designer Spotlight: Jeanne At Gallo Rosso Kitchen Design continued
The new and existing sections of Millennia frameless cabinets blend beautifully. The design features Canyon Creek’s Nantucket door style in Maple with a Pecan stain.
