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Archive for February, 2009

Kitchen Corner Unit Storage – A Magic Corner Can Do the Trick

February 24, 2009 By: admin Category: Mykitchenstore News, Uncategorized

corner storageKitchen corner units present us all with a dilemma – how to utilise the space available without dislocating your shoulder trying to grab the items in the farthest darkest corner? Well that’s where a ‘Magic Corner’ storage unit will definitely do the trick!

You would be amazed what these clever pull out units can do to improve your corner storage – both in terms of practical access and cleanliness. The two-tier tray style shelves shown here have a pivot and slide mechanism that means thay slide in and then sideways to fit neatly into the corner section of the cupboard you can’t normally get to. What that means, is that you can grab the front of the tray and then pull and slide it forward to get easy access to everything you have stored. They are available in gloss white, gloss black and gloss grey and for right hand or left hand cupboards.

 The units make a great storage mechanism for groceries, pots and pan, cleaning materials, pretty much any household item you would normally store on a kitchen cabinet shelf – but knowing that access will be quick and easy.

There are a number of options available – the chrome wire basket style shown here offers greaCorner storaget value and has two carousel style baskets on a central spindle to pivot the trays into the corner storage area.

What’s more, youll be surprised how easy these units are to fit – definitely a DIY taks that most people can take on.

The sets all come with the appropriate fittings and instructions to make the job as straigtforward as possible.

So, if you want clean, easy access corner storage, these magic little number could be the best solution for you – at least in future you’ll be able to easily find that elusive can of baked beans you were sure you had bought!

For more information about these and other great kitchen storage solutions, visit www.mykitchenstore.co.uk.

Cutlery Trays: Should You Fork Out On a New One?

February 16, 2009 By: admin Category: DIY Guides, Mykitchenstore News

white cutlery tray… crumbs yes! And therein lies one of the reasons why! If your cutlery drawer is anything like mine, then the cutlery tray would be enough to make Kim and Aggy recoil and reach for the marigolds! Crumbs are only the start of it when it comes to kitchen dirt finding its way into my drawers!

Buying a new, fresh and clean cutlery tray is probably much easier than you think – we have a widsilver cutlery traye range of white, cream and frosted green inserts that can be fitted quickly and easily into your kitchen drawer – and you won’t have to fork out a fortune to do it with prices starting as low as £5.58.

Though when it comes to cutlery trays, you should know that silver is the new white and we have a fabulous range including the new ‘wave’ cutlery inserts that come with spacers so that you can set the widths of the sections to suit your needs. All our trays are designed to fit standard kitchen drawer widths – the majority are suitable for 500 and 600mm widths, but we have some designs as wide as 1000mm to suit today’s trend for wide drawer designs.

wooden cutlery trayAnd if you want to push the boat out and treat yourself to something really special, then you could consider our beautifully crafted Beech cutlery trays, formed in steamed and oiled beech wood especially for this purpose.

 So now that we’ve spoon fed you all the choices, there’s no excuse for not replacing your old and tired cutlery tray – get to it, sharpish!

Spotlight On Kitchen Lighting

February 01, 2009 By: admin Category: Mykitchenstore News

kitchen lightingKitchen lighting is an area in which many of us are unaware of just how many options are available – and how installing the right variations can make a fantastic difference, both in terms of ambience and visual effect.

Ceiling lighting, wall lights, under cabinet lights, cabinet interior lights, spotlights, even drawer lights… all of these are options that serve to either add a bit more light on the subject matter when you are preparing food in the kitchen, or make a feature of some of the more elegant and attractive aspects of your kitchen.

 

Kitchen cabinet lights in particular have become a very popular ambient lighting option in the last year or so. Available in a range of formats, but shown here in the immensely popular triangle lights, under cabinet lighting is easy to fit and makes a great difference to your worktop area for food preparation.kitchen cabinet light

 

Another new development and one which has great value particularly for those whose sight is impaired, is interior kitchen drawer lighting. These are narrow flourescent tubes that sit neatly under the drawer compartment and have an auto sensor that switches the light on and off when the drawer is opened and closed – much easier to find what you’re looking for and looks lovely too.

 kitchen drawer light

Cornice lights are another feature that serve both to add mood and direct light to areas of the kitchen that either deserve to be under the spotlight – or where you need a little extra help to see what you are doing! These come in a variety if styles to suit the look and feel of your kitchen.

 We also have a great range of wall and ceiling lights – in fact we can probably shed some light on just about any product that you need to add ambience to your kitchen, so come and take at look at www.mykitchenstore.co.uk