As millennials join the ranks of homeowners, theyre making their mark on how those homes look, and in some cases bucking long-held preferences.

Here are some of the trends popping up among the newest generation of homeowners found in Houzzs 2017 Kitchen Trends Study. Of the surveys 2,700 participants (all of whom had recently completed a kitchen remodel project or were in the process of doing so), between 10 and 12 percent were ages 25 to 34.

Soft neutrals strengthen their hold

Millennials are a lot more focused on making sure that the style, color palette and materials used in the major elements of the kitchen stay as relevant as long as possible because theyre not planning another remodel any time soon, said Nino Sitchinava, Houzzs principal economist.

Although gray was the most popular wall color across all ages (and up in popularity 4 percent from 2015), it was especially popular among millennial homeowners (43 percent of millennials vs. 22 percent of baby boomers chose it). Boomers, on the other hand, were more likely to try warmer colors, and 1 in 10 chose green walls.

White cabinets topped all age groups, but millennials were nearly twice as likely to extend that color to the backsplash as well.

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Decorative lighting over functional lighting

Younger renovators tended to prefer decorative pendant lighting (67 percent), while older homeowners were more likely to choose more functional under- or in-cabinet lights (74 percent). Theres potentially a little more versatility with pendant lighting, Sitchinava said. Its self- contained [and] a little more affordable. But some of it could also be preferences and style aesthetic. Lighting upgrades were part of 84percent of the kitchen renovations surveyed.

Kitchen islands

The most popular built-in features for millennials were pantry cabinets and islands, appearing in 2 of 5 renovated kitchens, and younger homeowners were much more likely to install an island than older homeowners (49 percent vs. 36 percent, respectively). They are a must-have in a millennial kitchen, Sitchinava said. Millennials really do value that extra counter space.

Modern and farmhouse styles

Although contemporary is the most popular style for kitchen remodels across all ages (26 percent among millennials and 24 percent among baby boomers), younger homeowners are more likely to try a modern (19 percent) or farmhouse style (14 percent) for their renovation as opposed to boomers, who are more likely to stick with a traditional style (14 percent compared with 8 percent of millennials).

An eye on the budget

Millennial homeowners are twice as likely to be driven by cost considerations than homeowners over age 35, per the surveys findings. Younger renovators are also more willing to get to their hands dirty when it comes to kitchen remodeling, with a majority favoring stock and ready-to-assemble cabinets.

They are less likely to hire a general contractor, architect or a designer and instead take on that process themselves, Sitchinava said.

Still, about a third of the millennials surveyed splurged on custom cabinetry (vs. 42 percent of baby boomers). Millennials are going into their kitchen remodel with a sort of understanding that they want to make the kitchen as perfect as they possibly can, Sitchinava said, because they are going to be utilizing it for a long time.

Starting to turn away from granite

Look and feel (72 percent), and durability (53 percent) were the driving factors for choosing a countertop material, far ahead of cost (21 percent), and quartz and granite reign supreme as the most sought-after materials, across all ages. However, Gen Y is much more willing to experiment with an alternative, more budget-friendly countertop material, such as laminate or wood.

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Classic Kitchens & Interiors of Hyannis received several industry awards, according to a statement from the company.

The firm won a Best of Cape Cod 2016 award for kitchen designer. The awards program is organized by Cape Cod Magazine and recognizes businesses through an online reader survey.

It also won Best Designer of the Cape & Islands through the Best of Boston Home 2017 program hosted by Boston magazine, which used a poll of homeowners and industry experts to determine its winners.

The firm won two gold and one silver awards at the biennial Building & Remodeling Industry of Cape Cod & Martha's Vineyard awards program, held Nov. 10. The program is sponsored by the Home Builders and Remodelers Association of Cape Cod. The awards include best showroom, excellence in closet design and excellence in kitchen remodeling.

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DURHAM The Seacoast Home and Garden Show will celebrate its 23rd anniversary on April 1-2 at the Whittemore Center Arena in Durham.

More than 200 exhibitors will showcase their home, remodeling and garden knowledge, services and products.

The 2017 show features include:

More than 200 local Seacoast area home improvement professionals specializing in services ranging from kitchens, countertops, bathrooms, roofing, landscape and more.

12th Annual TASTE Meet the Chefs cooking series presented in partnership with Taste of the Seacoast, featuring among others Chef Rico Garcia of Anneke Jans, Chef Mark Segal of Tinos Greek Kitchen, Chef Kevin Fitzgibbon of the Chefs Cottage, Chef Jonathan Cox of the ffrost Sawyer Tavern at the Three Chimneys Inn, and Chef Ian Thomas of Blind Pig Food & Drink.

Seminar Series featuring topics including: The Changing Landscape of Solar Rules and Incentives in NH, Benefits of the Design/Build Process, How to Buy the Right Generator and more.

Artisan Marketplace, which combines unique crafts, gifts and specialty foods with a local shopping experience.

Expertise from professionals in fields including building and remodeling, kitchens and bathrooms, outdoor living, green living, and dcor.

Spring is finally here and its the perfect time to begin working on your home improvement, landscape and garden projects, says Carrie Barron, a New England Expos show producer. The show is the perfect place to get a head start on those projects.

The show is presented by New England Expos, a New Hampshire-based company.

For homeowners, there are always improvements that can be made or new features to add around the house and yard, says Beth Alles, a New England Expos show producer. Thats why our Seacoast show focuses on consumers who are in all stages of building, remodeling, landscaping and decorating their homes.

We love bringing local professionals to our shows, Barron says. This means attendees can imagine the possibilities and find the experts to complete the projects in one place.

The show will be held on Saturday, April 1,from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. andSunday, April 2, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at theWhittemore Center Arena in Durham.

Admission is: $8 for adults; $6 for seniors age 65 and older; $5 for children age 616; children younger than age 6 are free. Discount coupons are available.

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Architects have reported an increase in demand for outdoor kitchens, according to the American Institute of Architects' Home Design Trends Survey for the fourth quarter of 2016.

The survey of architecture firms found that the most popular kitchen features were a computer area or charging station (42% of firms reporting such work in 2016 compared to 49% in 2015), under-counter appliances (38% in 2016 and 33% in 2015), larger pantry space (34% in 2016 and 2015) and high-end appliances (31% in 2016 and 39% in 2015).

Additions and alterations were the most popular construction activities last year (54% in 2016 and 61% in 2015), followed by kitchen and bath remodels (51% in 2016 and 54% in 2015).

Home renovations remain a popular choice as rising home prices and persisting inventory shortages dissuade prospective buyers from entering the market or trading up. While homeowners are indeed more optimistic about selling with 69% in the first quarter saying it was a good time to do so, according to the National Association of Realtors not enough owners are putting their properties on the market to provide the supply needed to meet demand at these typically lower price points.

Instead, many homeowners are finding new ways to add value to their existing homes. According to AIA Chief Economist Kermit Baker, this trend is apparent in the rise in popularity of outdoor kitchens. With interior kitchens functioning as the hub of the home, Baker said, homeowners are trying to replicate that space outdoors and bring some of the related activity with it.

The AIA study comes on the heels of a January report by Houzz that found U.S. kitchens are getting bigger and more modern in style, with more than one-third of respondents saying they were increasing their kitchen's footprint. In another recent report, Remodeling magazine found that general home remodeling will return of 64.3% of a homeowner's initial investment upon resale, with a major mid-range kitchen remodel recovering 65.3%.

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If youre looking to remodel or update your home, you might want to attend the Novi Home and Garden Show this weekend for tips and services.

This years show, Friday through Sunday in Novi, focuses on how to grow a backyard food garden.

Since 2008, theres been a 40 percent increase in Americans growing their own vegetables, according to a National Gardening Association report. To help us become better backyard gardeners, the Novi Home and Garden Show and Great Lakes Ace Hardware, have created the Garden Healthy, Eat Healthy, Be Healthy giveaway. Attendees can enter to win a prize package of a cedar raised garden bed, Whitney Farms organic raised bed soil mix, gardening tools, assorted vegetable seeds and more.

Exhibitors specializing in outdoor spaces will show landscape designs, ponds, outdoor lighting, gardening supplies, patios, outdoor kitchens, garages, hot tubs and more. There also will be hundreds of home improvement booths for indoor spaces including carpentry, closet designs, home additions, fireplaces, backsplash designs, kitchen remodeling, bathroom remodeling, plumbing fixtures and cabinets.

One featured vendor is Ann Arbor-based Motawi Tilework. For 25 years the company has been creating decorative art tiles and will have some on display at the show. Design experts from Motawi will be available for consultation at the show. In addition, the Plant Michigan Green Theater will feature members from the Michigan Nursery and Landscape Association speaking about landscaping, hardscaping and related info throughout the show.

Helping gardeners and homeowners maintain or improve their property is the goal of the Novi Home and Garden Show. It is designed to inspire and educate people on indoor and outdoor home projects. Its also an opportunity to connect with product and service experts in the area.

The Novi Home & Garden Show is March 31-April 2 at Suburban Collection Showplace, 46100 Grand River Ave. in Novi. Hours are 2-8 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $10, seniors $9, children 12 and younger free. Parking is extra. Coupons for $1-off admission at Metro Detroit Dunkin Donuts locations, Great Lakes Ace Hardware or downloaded at novihomeshow.com. For more info, call 248-737-4477.

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YOUNTVILLE, Calif. On a sunny morning in Napa Valley, Americas most celebrated chef is reflecting on his career, the culinary empire it spawned and why he just spent $10 million to upgrade his famed restaurant, the French Laundry.

Thomas Keller describes himself as detail-oriented, a perfectionist and passionate about fine food and design. All of this is apparent in the chefs gleaming new workspace, a 2,000-square-foot state-of-the-art kitchen, which feels more like a sleek, modern art gallery than a cramped, hectic kitchen.

At 61 years old, Keller entertains the thought of slowing down. Just not right now.

Hes got a new restaurant project underway at New York Citys Hudson Yards. He flew to Hollywood last week for a segment on Jimmy Kimmel Live. And he is clearly mindful of his legacy, which is part of the inspiration for remodeling the revered restaurant he opened in 1994.

Keller says he embarked on the French Laundrys renovation to ensure it thrives for the next 20 years. Aside from the new kitchen, theres a 16,000-bottle wine cellar, extensive solar paneling, a new office annex and 9,000 square feet of new landscape design. The renovation took more than two years and was not stress-free.

For weeks, I would wake up in the middle of the night and think, Oh my God, I ruined the French Laundry,' said Keller, who holds three coveted Michelin stars for the restaurant, and another three for its New York counterpart Per Se. The distinctions make Keller the only American chef, past or present, with two sets of three-star Michelin ratings.

On a tour of the new kitchen and the French Laundrys lush culinary garden, Keller is vocally enthusiastic about the upgrades. He is also gracious, and humble, when asked about his significance to the culinary world.

I dont wake up in the morning and look in the mirror and go, Im looking at the greatest chef in America. It very seldom comes up for me personally, he says. But when the issue is raised, he feels an enormous amount of responsibility, that burden of responsibility on my shoulders to make sure that Im trying to exemplify what that chef would be like.

As a measure of his ambition, Keller compares the French Laundrys remodel to the renovation at one of the worlds great museums, the Louvre in Paris, citing how I.M. Peis 1989 addition of the glass pyramid added a modern statement to a historical site.

The Louvre was iconic. It was historic. Everybody knew it. And the French Laundry kind of represented that for me, said Keller, who even presented his architect with two pictures of the Louvre one pre-I.M. Pei and one after to capture the essence of his vision.

Keller teamed up with Snohetta, an architecture and design firm that spearheaded the recent three-year renovation of the San Franciscos Museum of Modern Art. The restaurant stayed open during the construction, but the culinary staff relocated to a temporary kitchen built inside four shipping containers. Final touches on landscaping are wrapping up this summer.

To actually stand in the new kitchen is the ultimate reward. Its absolutely amazing, says 36-year-old chef de cuisine David Breeden, who has worked for Keller at the French Laundry and Per Se for 12 years.

Gone is the stainless steel austerity of most restaurant kitchens, this one is white, spacious and sunlit by skylights and wraparound windows overlooking a garden. It has swooping vaulted ceilings meant to mimic draped linen.

Keller describes it as more feminine than most kitchens because of its soft lines and curves. It was designed with attention to ergonomics, acoustics and ease of cleaning, including all walls and counters made of an anti-microbial material.

The countertops were raised several inches from the standard height to avoid backaches. Theres a ventilated ceiling that does away with the typical noisy overhead hoods. Now theyre embedded in the ceiling with infrared sensors that gauge the appropriate speed, rather than whirring at high all day long.

The attention to detail is typical of Keller, says Breeden. We call him the omnipresent chef, said Breeden, who described Keller as a master craftsman who guides by example in his search for that constant improvement, constant refinement and reflection.

Perfectionism comes with a price. The 9-course prix fixe menu, which changes every night, costs $310. But a meal for two with wine and a vintage after-dinner cognac could easily top $1,000.

The 62-seat restaurant is typically booked solid weeks in advance.

Keller has not cooked full-time in years but is still very much the face of the French Laundry, which is inside an old stone cottage in the heart of California wine country. And when hes in town, hes at the restaurant, impeccably dressed in in his custom-made chef jacket, tailored black pants and shiny black clogs.

During the flurry of a recent dinner service, Kellers guiding hand was at work plating caviar, making artful, final touches on dishes, instructing waiters on the details of each course and even helping out in the dishwashing area.

In the span of two decades, Keller has transformed the image of the American chef and the fine dining experience in America with his innovative, playful interpretations of fine French food, says Tim Ryan, president of the Culinary Institute of America.

Ryan describes Keller as a mixture of humility and ego. Unlike todays celebrity chefs, he had no reality TV shows but earned recognition through hard work in the kitchen, Ryan says, and to this day no one has matched his achievements or influence.

Thomas Keller is the most important chef in American history. Period. Ever, said Ryan in a telephone interview from New York. Im sitting right now in a building filled with 2,000 aspiring chefs. There is no one in the world I could bring here that would generate more excitement among the student body than Thomas.

In the streets of Yountville, Keller is a local celebrity. Tourists stop him in the street to take selfies together, or pose outside the French Laundry sign. His success has spawned a dozen other bistro-style restaurants in New York City, Las Vegas, Beverly Hills and Yountville, where he lives next door to the French Laundry when not traveling.

As hes grown older, Keller said, hes more comfortable with the idea of less running around. Ultimately, hed like to return full-time to his brand new kitchen.

One day do I want to come back and solely be here? Its a dream. It gives me great sense of comfort to be here at the French Laundry, said Keller, who has long talked of building an upscale Inn alongside the restaurant. So were looking at that.

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Austin, TX - A kitchen remodeling company Kitchen Central has developed new ways of transforming the kitchen. Its goal is to transform kitchens into beautiful and functional spaces. More importantly, the company is focused on ensuring that each kitchen it remodels is an accurate reflection of the owners personality. The company says that the kitchen is the heart and soul of each home; hence, the importance of treating it well.

The spokesperson says, Its always been our desire to provide the best kitchen remodeling services to clients in Austin, TX. We want our customers to be happy with their newly remodeled kitchens. We work hard to give all our clients the kitchens of their dreams. By the time we finish remodeling any kitchen, we want to see the clients excited at cooking and eating in a room thats not only beautiful and functional but also an accurate representation of who they are.

Kitchen Central relies on several factors to make this a reality. It has a team of experienced designers who work in close collaboration with the companys trusted install professionals. These two groups follow an accurately documented process to guide each client into the best kitchen. Remodeling the kitchen requires substantial financial investment. It also requires the clients investing into the project emotionally. These kitchen remodeling experts help to produce the right results.

While remodeling the kitchen, the companys contractors take great care to do it respectfully. They show the utmost respect to the clients home, time and money. The contractors understand that remodeling the kitchen or any other part of the home for that matter can be a daunting task. Consequently, its intention is to make the process much simpler and easier for the clients they serve in Austin and Houston.

The focus of all the services the company provides is excellent customer service. Everything its technicians do is geared towards exceeding the expectation of the client. The firm assigns a designer to every client who contacts it for kitchen remodeling services. From the start, each client has a designer with whom to share more details about the project. The designer helps to build a budget, create layout drawings, and take the appropriate measurements.

Therefore, check the official Kitchen Central website to learn more about its kitchen remodeling services, packages, and rates. Also, feel free to contact these experts using any of the avenues listed below. Although there are different designs, the firm gives all its clients to go with the one they feel best represents their personalities. Contact the company for more information about the major surgery or a small face-lift you need.

Kitchen Central is located at3010 W Anderson Ln inAustin, TX (78757).

The company can be contacted via phone at512-277-2121or at their websitehttp://kitchencentral.com

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The kitchens are one of the most prominent places at our home as they are the sources of our health, hence, looking after them means that you are keeping yourself healthy. Amazingly, all mothers are inspired by the decoration of the kitchen, and this is reflected in their way of cooking.

As the kitchens are our daily life center, we are going to show you all that you need for the kitchen remodel ideas to have hardware finishes; including tiles, cabinets or any accessories. Here, we are looking forward to mentioning tips for renovating your kitchen, DIY kitchen remodel ideas, small renovation ideas, and kitchencabinet refacing.

1- Think of the priorities things you need in your kitchen,for example, the plates, pots, and spoons.Also, determine how many people are goingto cooking there to save enough space to move around it.

2-Balance between what you want and what you can afford, so it is important to have a plan for your kitchenrenovation.

3- Choose professional workers for the plumbing and electrical systems because they are the focal point for any kitchen generally.

4-Determine the size of the whole kitchen in order to know the required sizes for both tiles and cabinets.

Remarkably, working with a small kitchen is so difficult, so we offer some solutions while renovation of your small kitchen to overcome these obstacles; because of which you feel frustrated with your small kitchen, and to give you more kitchen storage, hence, working space. this will be the most inspiration tips for a small kitchen remodel ideas 2017.

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1- Getrid of unnecessaryitems in your kitchen that are used in separate periods, and all kitchen stuff as saladservers. This is must be the first thing you should start as a primary small kitchen remodel ideas.

2- Using shelves instead of countertops in saving your appliances, and make use of the space under the sink for baskets as well as the door for hanging organizers.

3- Use metal or wooden riser that fits your cabinets to be inserted in, as it works as another shelf in your cabinet and widens the space in your kitchen to reduce the distance between surfaces in a timely manner.

4- Add easy space-saving facilities for space fillers as which are used for hanging pots and pans.

5- Another smart small kitchen remodel ideas that you Install your own shelves unit for saving your dry foods in instead of putting them here and there without organization; resulting in a messy narrow kitchen.

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To change the entire feel of your kitchen, build a suitable countertop for it. While renovating your kitchen, building cabinets will be useful for organizing your overall kitchen actually, so we show you come ideas and tips to follow while establishing your kitchen cabinet refacing.

1- Determine the size where you will put your countertop, and plan for the style, materials, and finishes as well as measure the height that meets your need whether tall or short, it is up to you. that will make kitchen cabinet refacing simple.

2-If one of your cabinets goes over the sink, do not forget to keep a space under it.

3- Pick up the dark granite with the white cabinets and make them go with the wall paint appropriately.

4-Semi-custom cabinet is the durable one for your kitchen.

5- Vogue and maple materials are the best and popular nowadays.

6- Concerning the finishes, glazes are represented as the second colors for the cabinet.

The kitchen cabinet refacing will play a key role inmodern kitchen remodeling. If you like our article, please support us with a like & share.

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