Integrate Your New Kitchen After you’ve spent all the hard work creating the perfect look for your new kitchen, the last thing you want is your appliances sticking out, ruining the feel of the entire space. Thankfully at My Beautiful Kitchen we’ve got the know-how and the expertise to make sure your appliances stay out of sight and your kitchen maintains that sleek, chic and seamless look. The answer, of course, is integrating your appliances. Some refer to them as built-in appliances, but built-in and integrated are one and the same thing. The idea is that you fit your choice of cupboard door to the front of your appliance, so you’d never know it was there when you’re not using it. It simply looks like any other kitchen unit. The most common appliances that tend to be hidden around the kitchen are your fridge freezer (if you’ve got

Recycling Kitchen Waste Many people make big changes to their lifestyle at this time of year and, while many resolutions fall by the wayside, giving your kitchen a makeover and changing the way you use it can make an impression for years to come. For example, with rising food and energy costs this could be the ideal time to give your kitchen a ‘green’ makeover. By developing good buying, cooking and storage habits, you can significantly cut household costs and perhaps even save enough for energy saving appliances, such as a induction hob. Stop food wastage The secret to improving your buying habits is to become more aware of your consumption. Look at your storage cupboards, see what’s at the front, what’s hidden at the back and what’s expired. Knowing what you use most frequently and what you don’t use can help you make better decisions when it

Choosing Your My Beautiful Kitchen Kitchen

If you’ve had a look through the My Beautiful Kitchen kitchen range, you might have noticed that we have huge selection to choose from (281 to be precise), so no one could blame you for being a bit undecided when it comes to making a choice. In order to help you, we’ve come up with a few guidelines to steer you in the right direction when it comes to choosing your dream kitchen from the My Beautiful Kitchen range.

My Beautiful Kitchen is very much a family run business supplying kitchens and we appreciate that kitchens aren’t the safest places in the world for children. There are sharp utensils, electrical appliances, hot surfaces, and, more than often, sharp edges on furniture and cupboards. So if you’re having a baby or your little one is at the age when they’re starting to explore their environment, then it’s essential that you take steps to make your kitchen as safe as possible. It’s also the ideal time to plan and install a new kitchen. Fortunately, our expert team have many many years of experience designing safe kitchens for families that not only look fantastic but are practical for the family home. Some of the things you need to think about when planning your new kitchen: Oven – An integrated oven that’s built into the structure of the kitchen offers fewer hot surfaces

Turn Up The Heat When It Comes To Your Oven What is it that makes a kitchen practical? Is it the layout? The materials used in the build? The quality of the appliances? The fact is, it’s a mix of all of these factors. Creating your perfect kitchen means looking at your needs and adding in little details to meet those needs. But, perhaps the number one way to get functionality into your kitchen is the appliances you buy for it. And the two most important appliances are your oven and your hob. The engine room of your kitchen Very often, owners will make the oven the centrepiece of the kitchen. An old Aga, for example, might look quaint and traditional, but if you’re not going to be in your kitchen much, it won’t be very practical. If you’re a hard working mum with kids, or a single person

Light Up Your Life With Some Lighting From My Beautiful Kitchen When it comes to how your kitchen looks it's often the small things that can make the biggest difference and lighting is one of those things that can make all the difference. Lighting can be used for setting the mood, functional purposes, or to highlight design features. But, the best result is always achieved by using a combination of different types of lighting. That way, a quality fitted kitchen can look absolutely stunning. My Beautiful Kitchen offer a wide range of kitchen lighting, and our technicians have the expertise to illuminate you with all the information you need to get the right solution for your kitchen plan. Getting light right Perhaps the most common mistake when it comes to DIY kitchen lighting is that too many people design a great looking kitchen, but try to light it all with

When It Comes To Your Kitchen, The Real Deal Isn’t Always Best A kitchen design with a floor made of varnished wood can look fantastically warm and welcoming as well as making the room appear larger. However, the downside with wood is that it’s not really practical in an area where there’s the chance of water being spilled and in a room that will get a lot of traffic (and most of that involving muddy feet). One way you can have the beautiful wood effect in your kitchen and not have to worry about wear and tear is by laying wood-effect tiles instead. These come in two sturdy and hard-wearing materials in particular – ceramic and porcelain. And because these are tiles they’re easy to replace if the worst happens ie a pot or heavy object lands on them and causes a crack (it’s certainly a lot easier