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New and Unusual kitchen Appliance Trends

When thinking of renting, buying or remodeling your home, kitchens represent a key factor in the final decision. Different customized kitchen trends promise more comfortable, welcoming, fun, and practical spaces in the kitchen a place where family members usually spend most of their time:

#1 Design:

Design has a significant role when personalizing and giving your kitchen a unique style. Between the various options, retro style kitchens are the most preferred by inspiring a back in time feeling while offering an inviting environment. People can create retro spaces by choosing accessories in primary colors, old looking electro domestics and special lightning.

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Image taken from: www.pinterest.com

Image taken from: www.pinterest.com

Image taken from: www.pinterest.com

Besides, Far away from the norm of the regular stainless black, the matte black kitchens are having a big time in the nowadays modern kitchens. Matte black kitchens bring a sense of cleanliness, elegance and calm feeling.  There are different options of appliances and utensils in the market ranging from matte black furniture to small appliances.

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# 2 Technology:

Technology becomes one of the most important allies when preparing healthier and faster meals in a busy world. There are different methods such as inducting cooking which uses an electromagnetic field to heat the different utensils. Inducting cooking differs from traditional cooking since it saves energy as well as it heats two times faster than conventional cooking methods.

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For tea or coffee lovers smart kettles are more than a standard machine. From different sizes, designs, prices and usability smart kettles offer a variety of temperature options, are quicker when boiling compared to conventional kettles as well as are eco-friendly by wasting less water and electricity.

# 3 Spaces:

Regarding space, the market offers different options to maximize and take benefit of every piece of furniture into your kitchen. Clever cabinetry makes family members life easier by serving as organizer storage while saving space.In addition, multifunctional sinks  appear as a practical solution to help you to take advantage of small spaces as well as to become faster when cooking while dealing with kitchen messes. There are different accessories and functionalities that multifunctional sinks offer as cutting boards, colanders and drain rack.

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  • July 5, 2017
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DIY In Style: Top 5 Home Decor DIY Projects

I often spend my down time working on some sort of DIY project and so I thought it was high time that I curated a list of my top 5 home decor projects. These projects range from the fairly simple to the complex, but each one is tons of fun and will leave you with an amazing piece of decor that you can call your own. Check out my list below.

#5 — Rustic Bookshelf

A beautiful shelf at a beautiful cost.

If you’re anything like us here at HomesJournal, you’ll always have at least one eye open for the next beautiful addition to make to your home. Not only is this rustic bookshelf an absolute beauty, but also it’s a project that won’t leave your wallet empty!

A beautiful DIY rustic bookshelf with the instructions available on the Instructables website.

This bookshelf provides ample storage space and simultaneously adds charm to a room.

 

#4 — Outdoor Movie Screen

Turn the great outdoors into the greatest movie theatre.

Who says summer has to end in September? With this DIY movie screen, it’ll be a breeze entertaining friends and family in an outdoor environment! No room at your place? Not a problem! The instructions include a method to make this movie screen a portable movie screen.

A DIY project that'll leave you with a portable outdoor movie screen. Instructions provided Lifehacker

An outdoor movie screen that’ll create a great viewing experience right from the comfort of your own backyard.

 

#3 — Dining Table

Got an old door you hate? Turn it into a gorgeous table!

This DIY project is unlike any other—it’s your door (pun intended)—to creating an absolutely beautiful dining table. Take any bland door, either from your own home or one purchased from a retailer, such as Habitat for Humanity ReStore, and you’ll be well on your way.

  • Finished Table
  • The Old Door
  • The New Table
A beautiful dining room table created from an old table and various other materials.

A beautiful dining room table created from an old table and various other materials.

The starting piece of the project; an old door that can be repurposed into a DIY dining table.

The starting piece of the project; an old door that can be repurposed into a DIY dining table.

The finished product. A beautiful dining room table created from an old worn out door.

The finished product. A beautiful dining room table created from an old worn out door.

 

#2 — Mobile Bathroom Storage

If you need some extra storage space in your bathroom, here’s your answer.

Up until a month ago, my bathroom was a disorganized mess. Cologne, shampoo, soap, towels, to mention a few things, were stored in the unreachable crevices of my bathroom closet — that is, until this DIY project. This portable storage unit made a great addition to my home and it turned my bathroom from a disaster into an organized haven (that’s right, a haven).

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A DIY storage unit build with nothing but some old wooden crates.A DIY storage unit build with nothing but some old wooden crates.

A small wooden crate is the starting point for this DIY project.

A small wooden crate is the starting point for this DIY project.

 

#1 — DIY Canvas Art

Your shower curtain just became your home’s newest art exhibit.

I absolutely love art (despite how bad I am at drawing/painting) and so it’s no surprise why this project is at the number one spot. I was looking for a DIY project that was easy to do, inexpensive, and yet still produced a beautiful piece of decor for my home and this project was it. Take down that cliché Mona Lisa, my friend and get to work on this project; you won’t regret it!

  • Balloon Portrait
  • Octopus Portrait
A DIY piece of canvas art displaying a cartoony version of three balloons and a pointed building tops.

A beautiful portrait created from nothing but a shower curtain and wood.

A DIY canvas portrait created with an octopus shower curtain and wood hung up in a living room.

This octopus portrait just happens to be my favourite; it adds character to a room.

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7 Shops For Modern Industrial Furniture in Vancouver

“Modern Industrial” is in. It’s classy yet trendy. It shows taste, with simplicity in its design & function. It has soul with strength to it. While looking to decorate my own home in this fashion, I’ve come across some interesting spots where you can find such furniture and decor in Vancouver.

#1 – Moe’s Home Collection

http://www.moeshomecollection.com/

Moe’s furniture offers a wide variety, many of the pieces falling into the modern industrial category. Combining raw wood and rustic steel & iron, as well as a more linear and masculine approach to its design, Moe’s can deliver the modern industrial look you are looking for. Here are some of our favourite picks:

  • Brooklyn Bookshelf
  • Martos Desk
  • Tiburon Table
Brooklyn Bookshelf ($579)
Steel frame with solid reclaimed wood gives this piece the industrial modern look.

Steel frame with solid reclaimed wood gives this piece the industrial modern look.

Martos Desk ($825)
A unique design with a double-decker approach to the drawer unit, with a shiny steel leg & frame to top it off.

A unique design with a double-decker approach to the drawer unit, with a shiny steel leg & frame to top it off.

Tiburon Table ($1225)
Thick wood top made of solid mango wood, along with a sturdy metal frame gives it a bold look.

Thick wood top made of solid mango wood, along with a sturdy metal frame gives it a bold look.

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#2 – Himlight Trading

http://www.himlighttrading.com/

Himlight Furniture in Vancouver offers some of the highest quality solid wood and steel framed furniture for the industrial modern look.

Himlight Furniture in Vancouver offers some of the highest quality solid wood and steel framed furniture for the industrial modern look.

Himlight is a truly hidden gem in Vancouver, and their furniture is of excellent quality. Some of the showroom items include reclaimed industrial lamps, vintage drill bits restored as book-ends or shelf decoration, solid wood tables, some with steel frames etc., and their prices are very reasonable for the quality you get.


#3 – Union Wood & Supply Company

http://www.unionwoodco.com/

Known for their craftsmanship and custom made line of furniture, this is where you want to go if you want the most unique and highest quality modern-industrial furniture. While it is not the cheapest option, their quality certainly holds to justify the value in it.

  • The Porter Table
The Porter Table (Inquire for pricing, 4 sizes available)
Custom made solid wood modern industrial furniture in vancouver

On darkened steel & brass sits a solid wood top to complete this magnificent table.

Union Wood Company will also provide custom (yes, fully custom made) furniture to your order – just submit an inquiry to start the consult process.


#4 – Fullhouse Vintage + Modern

http://www.fullhouseconsign.com/

With a wide variety of vintage wood pieces, creative lighting solutions and other interesting items, Fullhouse Vintage + Modern features some interesting items, many of which are made in Denmark (we presume it’s their main supply line). A little European design never hurt anyone – their designs offer a more traditional feel than the other collections shown but with the right combination of other pieces in the room, these fine wood items can definitely help you achieve that modern industrial feel you are after.

  • Wall System
Vintage Rosewood Wall System
Beautiful rosewood unit with fine millwork finishing all over

Beautiful rosewood unit with fine millwork finishing all over


#5 – West Elm

http://www.westelm.com/

A subsidiary of Williams-Sonoma Inc., West Elm features some of the best designed furniture with a blend of vintage and modern. Many of their pieces feature solid wood with metal frames (which is the theme of this article) but they also showcase many other style of furniture. The only downside is that their showroom on Granville street features not even a fraction of the inventory that their website shows, and for many of us the idea of online shopping furniture is a worrisome thing, especially when we want to touch, feel and test how sturdy these relatively costly investments will be.

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Industrial Oak + Steel Dining Bench

Rustic with an industrial twist - Oak veneer on a steel baseRustic with an industrial twist – Oak veneer on a steel base


#6 – Restoration Hardware

https://www.restorationhardware.com/

Restoration Hardware perhaps is the ultimate source for modern industrial – its name simply suggests it. Often utilizing reclaimed wood from all around the world, along with wrought iron or brass, furniture from RH almost defines modern industrial. Their accessories such as floor lamps or vintage flatware are also great at adding to the theme.

  • Fulton Desk
  • Flatiron Dining Table
The Fulton Desk
Open steel frame with reclaimed elm wood - need we say more?

Open steel frame with reclaimed elm wood – need we say more?

The Flatiron Rectangular Dining Table (multiple sizes)
Cast metal with elmwood create a magnificent dining room table

Cast metal with elmwood create a magnificent dining room table

#7 – Pacific Design Lab

Relatively new, these woodworkers have some serious taste, and they offer a great array of cutting boards and other accessories (not just big furniture) so you can add that custom wood texture to your existing kitchen at a relatively affordable cost (and we mean affordable for hand-crafted quality, not compared to Winners).

  • Cutting Board
  • Timber Table
The Counter Top Cutting Board

Countertop Cutting Board (Vancouver)A solid wood cutting board that hugs the edges of your countertop

The Timber Table
Reclaimed Timber Table

Salvaged rustic timber table, built to last with character!

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