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Double-Duty Houswares
A look at the latest electric housewares paints an interesting picture of Americans. Judging from the contents of our countertops: we’re busy but like to party on the weekends.
Building a College Survival Kit: appliances for heading back to school
You’ve waited 18 years for this: your child is now a college student. Now comes the first challenge: how to outfit a tiny dorm room or apartment so that your college student feels “at home” in their new surroundings.
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Gourmet Guru - Juicers Comparision
Have you ever experienced a product for the first time and then wondered how you ever lived without it? That is how the chefs at Parties that Cook felt when we tested juicers and juice extractors!
Electric Housewares - Small Appliances Are Hot
If someone said that you had about as much appeal as a toaster, would you be insulted? Not if you've seen what today's toasters-and other small kitchen appliances-look like and how they perform.
Home Remodel - Home in Deep River
Tracy Shiring likes to joke that her husband, Mark, never should have left the room to put their young girls to bed that one spring evening. But if he hadn't, then perhaps the Shiring's beautiful Victorian-style home in Deep River, CT, wouldn't be what it is today.
Floor Care Appliances - Cleaning Up Disaster
Vacuum cleaner maker Oreck Corporation utilized resources and relied on its employees to get up and running within 10 days after both its headquarters and manufacturing plant were hit by Hurricane Katrina.
Feature - Waterfront Paradise
As you enter the gated community in which this dream home resides, you are presented with nature at its finest. Iron lanterns light your path down a winding road. At the fork in the road you have a decision to make: right or left? It doesn't matter, because the road will take you where you need to be, or if you prefer, throughout the Forest Preserve to sightsee.
Microwaves - Fast Food At Home
Quick and energy-efficient, there's a microwave oven to suit every kitchen and every user. Here's how to narrow your choices and get cookin'.
Gourmet Guru™ - Blender Comparison
One Gourmet Guru rule that we have about useful kitchen appliances is that the appliance should make the intended job easier than doing it manually. Nothing is worse than spending more time figuring out how to use and clean an appliance than if you had just done it by hand in the first place.
Special Appliances for Special Needs
If the world around them has products that are easier for them to use, well, it means they're easier for all of us to use. That, in a nutshell, is universal design, and it's happening in appliances.
Expert Advice - Real Estate Agent Jeannie Anderson
How many people own the same brand of appliance that their mother used and their mother before that? As more women have become involved in the Real Estate industry, it shouldn't be any surprise as to what brand an agent is going to be proud to recommend to a client—it's like a piece of family history, almost legendary, as the stories of vacuums, refrigerators, and dishwashers are passed down through the ages.
Expert Advice - Kitchen Designer Anna Maria Vona
The kitchen is such an integral part of the home, and is the core of everything that says and means “family.” We celebrate birthdays, anniversaries, job promotions, and graduations by inviting friends and family to share in our joy by sharing a meal together. In turn, when things are somber, we take solace in the comfort of the kitchen.
Expert Advice - Home Builder Randall Hall
New appliance innovations have taken the lead in changes we make to kitchens today
Dream Home - A New House With A Lifetime of Memories, Part 2
Big Ideas, Small Budgets
Stainless-steel and chrome accented with black and punches of color are making a statement in the kitchen. Retro designs are turning ordinary countertop appliances into small works of art. In the living room, bulky electronics are slipping into sleek, thinner designs.
Retro Appliances - Going “Retro” with your Appliances
Nostalgic charm meets high-tech function in reproduction appliances. Installing a retro range or refrigerator will give your hardworking kitchen a stylish focal point—and make you smile.
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