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      <title>The Designer Kitchen</title>
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      <description>The appliances, furnishings, electronics and accessories that are on the on this designer&apos;s must have list for kitchens she is designing for famous celebrities and clients with excellent taste.</description>
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         <title>Selecting A Pot Filler Faucet</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Perfect for the cook that has everything, especially style!  The pot filler faucet, also called a wall mount faucet, mounts on the wall by your stove or above the sink.  It's incredibly functional while at the same time, customizes your kitchen with a strong design feature your friends will immediately take note of!

<img src="/_images/faucets/pot_filler_faucet.jpg" alt="Pot filling faucets mounted above your stovetop makes filling big pots easy!  This is the faucet you'll want to have in your new gourmet kitchen design." width="411" height="278" hspace="3" vspace="3" align="center" border="0" />
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         <pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:33:15 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>Beautiful Copper Farmhouse Sinks</title>
         <description><![CDATA[One of my personal favorite sink designs for big, welcoming kitchens is a nice deep farmhouse sink.  Take a look at these beautiful apron-front farm house kitchen sinks we've found from Manhattan Interior Design.  I do love the perfect simplicity of a deep porcelain sink with a thick white apron, but these new copper models are amazingly beautiful, and at the same time practical enough to be used in the hardest working kitchens!

<img src="/_images/sinks/flower_farmhouse_sink.jpg" alt="Beautiful copper kitchen sink in the apron front style, with embossed flowers and double bowl that's made out of pure copper.  Copper Farm house Apron front kitchen sink by Manhattan Interior Design." width="411" height="278" hspace="3" vspace="3" align="center" border="0" />

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         <pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>What Is Trivection And Does Your Kitchen Need It?</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Most of us are familiar with convection ovents, which use a fan to circulate the hot air in an oven and often have a special heating element that helps things cook faster at a lower temperature.

<img src="/_images/ovens/profile_trivection_oven.jpg" alt="We like the GE Profile Trivection Oven primarily because it helps us cook food up to 5 times faster than a traditional oven" width="300" height="200" hspace="10" vspace="10" align="center" border="0" />

Trivection is now appearing on some GE models, and uses a blend of conventional, convection and microwave technologies to reduce your cooking times.  So is this latest cooking technology something you should be considering in your next kitchen design?]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 05:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>Induction Cooktops</title>
         <description><![CDATA[One of the newest trends in kitchen design works even better than it looks!  Induction cooktops speed up cooking times when compared with standard cooktops and ranges.  

Electricity passes through the magnetic elements under the cooktop's glass-covered surface, heating the pot you're cooking in while the cooktop surface remains relatively cool. 

<img src="/_images/cooktops/kenmore_induction_cooktop.jpg" alt="Induction cooktops are one of the latest kitchen trends and perfect for the prosumer kitchen - we like the Kenmore Elite model because of it's reasonable price tag and great cooking performance" width="300" height="200" hspace="10" vspace="10" align="center" border="0" />]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>Beautiful Glass Kitchen Sinks</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Oceana brings both the unique beauty of colored glass sinks and everyday practicality to your kitchen design.  The "Hard Roc" glass sinks are made of a borosilicate formula, the same material used in Pyrex to make it extremely durable.

<img src="/_images/sinks/oceana_glass_sink.jpg" alt="Oceana glass vessel sinks are beautiful and durable enough to be used everyday in a kitchen" width="300" height="250" hspace="10" vspace="10" align="center" border="0" />]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2007 14:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>The Best Indoor Grills</title>
         <description>Combine the convenience of grilling with the ease of cooking inside, in your kitchen with one of these great indoor grills.  You can choose from open grills that operate like an outdoor grill, and contact grills, that allow you to grill on both sides at the same time.

We&apos;ve taken a look at many of the models out there and narrowed the field to what we think are the best indoor grills for the money.</description>
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         <pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2007 02:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>Built-in Microwave Drawer From Sharp</title>
         <description><![CDATA[If you're redesigning your kitchen and looking for an alternate space to put your microwave other than over the oven or on the counter, now you have another option with the new Sharp KB6014L[S], the first built-in microwave drawer.


<img src="/_images/appliances/sharp_kb6014.jpg" alt="First stand-alone microwave drawer fits easily under a counter or into a cabinet, designed by Sharp and recommended by designers as a space saving innovation." width="175" height="175" hspace="10" vspace="10" align="center" border="0" />

A one touch button on the Sharp Insight Pro KB-6014 opens the drawer so you can place food in from above.  This innovative new applicance can hold up to a 9x13 inch dish and is designed to slide into a space under a counter or into a cabinet.  It's exterior dimensions are 24x15x26 inches.
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         <pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2007 00:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>Granite Colors</title>
         <description>Granite comes in over 100 different colors and pattern variations.  Each granite slab is uniquely different, but there is a general collection of colors that are known in the design industry.</description>
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         <pubDate>Sat, 28 Oct 2006 02:58:18 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>What To Know About Granite Countertops</title>
         <description>One of main reasons to select granite as your countertop is the natural beauty of this solid surface material.  Each slab is unique,with various colors, crystals, depth and &quot;movement&quot;.  Some slabs will appear almost solid in color, but as you look closer, you will begin to see the stone and crytal elements.  The &quot;movement&quot; in a granite slab refers to the waves of colors that often appear.  

The black and white granites that appear more solid work extremely well in kitchens with a modern, minimalistic or otherwise contemporary theme.  The colorful varieties and slabs with</description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 27 Oct 2006 21:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>Choosing Granite</title>
         <description>Granite is one of the most popular countertop surfaces on the market today. People select it for it&apos;s natural beauty, and since each slab is different, every kitchen application is unique.  Granite will never lose it&apos;s coloration, and will be as vibrant and stunning as the day it was first installed with very little maintenance.
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         <pubDate>Fri, 27 Oct 2006 20:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>Kitchen Budgets - Where Does My Money Go</title>
         <description>The products and materials you choose in your ktichen design will have the most significant impact on the final amount spent.  If you are installing new cabinetry, it will typically account for at least half of your budget.  The second biggest line item cost will be installatin and labor costs associated with your new kitchen design, followed by appliances.</description>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 26 Oct 2006 21:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>Getting Started</title>
         <description>The most important thing to do when beginning to redesign or design your kitchen is to make decisions.  It&apos;s also the toughest part, because of the research you&apos;ll have to do regarding available options and pricing, along with planning for your future needs.

We&apos;ve put together some guidelines to help you get started on your kitchen design adventure!</description>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 26 Oct 2006 18:34:44 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>Undermount vs. Self Rimming Sinks</title>
         <description><![CDATA[One of the first choices you'll need to make when selecting a new sink is deciding if it will be mounted undercounter or if it will be self-rimming.  There are pros and cons to both, and we will review them here.

<u>Self Rimming Sinks</u>
The self rimming sinks are also called countertop sinks and come in a variety of sizes and hole configurations.  Self rimming sinks are mounted from above and have an overall dimension that]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2006 23:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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