Possibly because it is one of the most used rooms in a house or apartment, the kitchen always seems to need cleaning, organizing, storing, or decorating. Most people cannot afford to design and build professional-level kitchens with unlimited storage space and the most up to trend décor. But that doesn’t mean that the kitchen is a lost cause. Wanda Colon, the host of TLC’s Home Made Simple, compiled five tips to maximizing the kitchen’s storage and decors, without breaking the bank.

Whether your floors are wood flooring, laminate flooring, carpet, linoleum, or shell stone tile, they should be as clean as possible before showing your home, and you can automate the process with the use of automatic vacuums you can find online. If your home has concrete floors, make sure that they don’t look worn and that there are no cracks and if they do hire the services of polished concrete Gold Coast to fix them.

Storing Pot Lids and More in a Cabinet

The lids of pots and pans can take up a large amount of cabinet room, room that has the potential to be put to better uses. Colon suggests installing a towel rack to the back of the cabinets’ door. The handle of the lid rests on the bar of the towel rack, suspending the lid between the rack and the inside of the door.  Another way to increase storage space is to install S hooks to the backs of cabinet doors for a little extra space.

Use Kitchen Items Creatively

A good budget decorator and organizer is able to come up with new ways to use old kitchen gear. Colon uses the example of a dish rack that one normally places in the sink to drip dry washed dishes. The slots are excellent mail, paper, and note organizers (though obviously don’t put this one in the sink). The cutlery cup can easily store pens. Window shutters are another one of Colon’s ideas; window shutters hung on a wall become files for organizing papers. As a bonus, if painted a bright hue, the shutters also serve as cheap and functional décor. Find more ideas at https://goodfoodblogph.com.

Don’t Forget the Spices of Life

Most spices have a shelf life of six months to a year, but few people use their spices by the printed date. Prevent spices from falling victim to “out of sight, out of mind” by using a tiered spice rack next to the main cooking area to keep the jars visible. One of the messiest cabinets is usually the spice cabinet, Colon points out, but with a metal spice rack and little magnets glued to the base of the spice jars, the jars won’t fall over and the racks will stay clean and organized.

Keep It All Together

Flour, sugar, baking powder, and baking powder are rarely used unless baking is involved. Storing all the baking supplies in the baking pans themselves not only clears up the pantry for items used more frequently, but also keeps everything together. When it is time to bake, simply pull out the baking pan and most of the ingredients and utensils will be right there as well. Less hunting, and less clutter. New Hampshire kitchen remodeling has more useful tips on keeping your kitchen organized.

Do More than Eat Greens

Even if someone can’t seem to keep a plant alive for more than a week, he or she can probably tend to succulents. These plants are low maintenance and come in a variety of shapes and colors that can add a little something extra to the kitchen. Colon—ever the one to find new uses for common items—uses wooden drawer organizers as decorative planters instead of purchasing new and expensive planters for the succulents.

Creativity and innovation prove that big results don’t require a big budget. Using everyday items in new ways help to maximize the kitchen’s storage space, to increase the cleanliness and organization, and to bring that little something extra to set the savvy person’s kitchen apart from the rest.

In my many years of being an Interior Designer, I have felt my culture has influenced my design work. My designs are beautiful, elegant and vibrant. As one of the few Hispanic Designers on Television, I always wanted to make Interior Design and Home Staging accessible to the Hispanic Community. I have now done this by creating our New Bilingual Hispanic Home Staging Certification & Design Classes.

The Academy of Home Staging & Design’s New Hybrid Bilingual-Spanish Courses combine two weeks of online study followed by three days of intensive hands-on training.

Our new format allows you to take our exclusive hands-on training in the safety and comfort of your own home and at a reduced cost
The two weeks of online education in Spanish, includes reading, exercises, activities, video instruction and quizzes followed by three intense days of hands-on bilingual Spanish instruction with guest speakers to help you start and launch your business.

The Hands-on training includes virtual home staging exercise, accessories exercise, mock presentation to owner, room redesign, 5-minute sales pitch, mission statement exercise, and much more. Guest speakers include a marketing expert alongside other specialized speakers in their area for each course.

We are one of the only Schools to offer Bilingual Courses in Spanish. Call us for more information 1-800-574-5576

Wanda Colón Former HGTV/TLC Design Show Host and Co-Founder of The Academy

The Academy of Home Staging & Design Alumni of the Month January

Alexis Peters, 2020 Home Staging and Interior Design Graduate 

Owner of Reimagining Spaces

Alexis took our Virtual Home Staging Course and Virtual Interior Design Course, During the Pandemic and Her Business has taken off. There were many reasons why Alexis was chosen as our January Alumni of the Month, besides the success she has had with her business. Alexis has a passion for Design. She was able to envision a prosperous future for her business, in spite of the lockdowns and limitations to her business. Attitude and a drive to succeed, are key attributes to success and Alexis showed this to us from the moment, she registered for our course. After taking the Virtual Home Staging Course, she immediately continued her education by taking the Virtual Interior Design Course. She is now doing the continued Coaching program and in record time has her business not only up and running, but has many projects under her belt, including the improving of houses with the improving of roofing with services online. They’re literally one of the best flat roofing services in dublin. Contact the best flat roof repair specialists today for this.

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The Beauty of Our Program and The Continued Coaching, is Creating a Business that encompasses what our Students envision. A business that represents their skills, experience and passions. Besides Interior Design & Home Staging Alexis Also added Home Organization to Her Business. Alexis told us on her initial phone call, that Design and Home Staging was something she had always wanted to do, now she’s living her Dream. We couldn’t be prouder!!!

If You are looking for a Designer, Home Stager, or Organizer in the Los Angeles Area, Contact Alexis at Alexis@re-imagining.space or check out her website  at https://www.re-imagining.space/.

We, at The Academy of Home Staging & Design can’t wait to see what other amazing things Alexis will do. Our motto for 2021 is Be Bold, Design Your Life and Alexis is definitely doing this, how about you?

We are always excited to see predictions for the new design trends for the coming year.  Everyone from magazines, to paint companies, have an opinion as to what will be in vogue. Some trends from the preceding years, turn out to be impractical (white kitchens) and we are glad to see their demise. Here are some trends that seemed to be agreed on:

As we become more and more aware of preserving the world around us, many experts are predicting sustainability will becoming a focus with natural woods, bringing the outdoors in as design elements,  Recycled materials will be used everywhere from furniture, floor covering, even artwork. We will also see a design trend towards reuse as vintage pieces see a resurge in popularity.

Homes will be going from hard edge lines to soft and welcoming with soft feminine colors such as pinks and soft cozy fabrics. Floral wall paper is also predicted to be popular as well as geometric designs. Sherwin Williams has announced their paint color of the year as Naval. Benjamin Moore announced their choice of color as First Light, a pale blush pink. Sherwin Williams also offered “Romance” , a dusty shade of pink as one of 2020 colors. 

Architecthural Digest is predicting Japaneese Influences that speak to minimalism and eco friendly design.

Good Housekeeping is predicting high-contrast decor, black and white to add boldness in a space.  Many sites suggested black was going to be making a comeback in design.

While the design trends are always interesting and fun to follow, a good rule of thumb is to buy quality pieces that will stand the design test of time and to allow trends and fads to be implemented in paint colors and accessories, unless there’s a piece you fall in love with. If you want to paint your house with this shades as well, try to call the house painting dublin experts to help you on this. You can also ask any real estate agent who has tried to sell a house with avocado green sinks and orange countertops and they will advise be cautious when making big changes with trends. They will lead you in the right direction which is investing in tristone seamless worktops.