Giralot is a design by Stefano Bettio that takes color to a new level. These rotating cabinets are designed for any room of the home. In the kitchen picture, Giralot is being used as a pantry with the colorful shelves available for storage while at the same time, bringing a lot of color into the other wise white kitchen design. The rotating bathroom cabinets create an awesome backdrop of purple, blue, and white creating a stunning visual for the home. Other ideas include media storage, entertainment centers, and general bookshelves. There are many possibilities for this product. The two things that I like best are the introduction of color into rooms and the way that things can be "put away" quickly by rotating the shelving. Product information: here.
The Jura Capresso ENA 5 is the world's thinnest espresso machine measuring in at a sleek 9½ inches wide, freeing up counter space while offering a true bean-to-cup experience. Despite it's compact size this contemporary espresso machine offers features any coffee enthusiast will appreciate like an LCD three-color alphanumeric display, automatic cleaning cycles and the ENA CLEARYL water filtration system that eliminates the need for decalcification. A stainless steel lined ThermoBlock heats quickly to minimize wait times before initial brewing and steaming. A separate automatic ground coffee funnel lets you use pre-ground coffee, ideal to brew either decaf or another coffee roast, and a Zero Energy Button and Energy Save Standby Mode shuts down power consumption while not in use. The ENA 5 series offers the best in authentic crema coffee, espresso, cappuccino and latte in a modern design that is perfect for small space living. Available from Crate & Barrel $1195
Where we have saved on trees by moving from paper grocery bags to plastic, we have created another problem. Plastic is "free-flowing" these days with most retailers giving plastic away for any goods that were purchased. Here are 4 plastic grocery bag holders that you can use to store them for recycling later. I have one of these mounted inside my pantry that I use after each trip to the store. After I put my food away, I stuff the plastic grocery bags into the holder to store them away neatly. Before the next trip to the store, I empty the holder out and take the plastic bags back to the store for recycling. Each of these models is inexpensive.
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Arclinea released "Lignum et Lapis" their newest modern kitchen creation from architect Antonio Citterio at Eurocucina 2008 which will be available in the United States this Fall. According to Citterio "The kitchen is increasingly a series of design solutions that become architectural solutions" and the Lignum et Lapis is definitely not short on design or solutions.
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Lago of Italy invites you to "play your house", after all life and your surroundings don't have to be overly serious. Designer Daniele Lago's latest venture takes us into the contemporary kitchen of the future that adapts to any floor or wall plan thanks to a variety of modules that gives shape and substance to the space by creating segments of varying length to be mixed and matched in order to create endless storage solutions. The 36e8 contemporary kitchen system is the second wave of the design originally released as a modular storage and entertainment wall unit. See the entire collection of extremely creative and colorful home furnishings with personality from Lago.
