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Discover your kitchen design style for your kitchen makeover. Elegant, contemporary, cottage or country?
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A kitchen backsplash area should function to protect the wall behind all work surfaces. In the Tuscan, Mexican, Spanish, or Italian kitchen, tile makes a great backsplash. In an urban minimalist or eclectic kitchen, a stainless steel backsplash looks clean and modern. A good remodeler or designer can suggest the best backsplash for your kitchen.

A kitchen cabinet remodeling job can be as simple as refacing and repairing your cabinets. Cabinets should coordinate with flooring and counters, but not necessarily match. A kitchen and bath cabinet makeover expert can help you choose between wood fronts, glass fronts, or a combination of the two. Pine, cedar, and cherry are all popular choices.

The kitchen counter is the most used space in the kitchen. Ceramic or marble tile, granite, and stainless steel are all counter materials that are durable and beautiful. European style kitchens look great with marble or tile, and modern kitchens make great use of stainless steel.

Kitchen remodeling projects benefit greatly from new countertops. Great kitchens have countertops made of tile, marble, metal, stainless steel, and even wood. Painted ceramic tile countertops add whimsy to a cottage kitchen and a homey feel to a farmhouse kitchen. Leave room in your remodeling scheme for a great countertop.

The hundreds of faucet choices prove that there is a faucet for every style kitchen. When planning a kitchen remodeling job, choose a faucet and fixtures that enhance your favorite kitchen style.

Fixtures are an important aspect of any kitchen makeover or remodeling job. Whether you choose traditional, contemporary, European, rustic, or mission, you'll find fixtures to complete the look. For an eclectic look, consider vintage or antique reproduction fixtures.

Kitchen flooring is where the finest kitchens shine. Bamboo flooring lends a sleek feel to Asian, urban minimalist, and eclectic kitchen styles. Brick, ceramic tile, wood, aged marble, and even concrete flooring can be styled to look modern or rustic. Your kitchen flooring contractor can give you plenty of choices.

Islands are a popular design feature in many kitchen styles including American country, European, farmhouse, rustic, and Italian. Don't have the room in your current kitchen design? A professional remodeler can design a great kitchen scheme that leaves room for an island.

Lighting choices enhance your kitchen style. Frosted glass pendant lights look great in a French provincial or old world European kitchen, while wrought iron lighting makes a rustic lodge or Mexican style kitchen shine. A renovation expert can help you choose the best lighting to illuminate your kitchen.

Plumbing may not be the most glamorous kitchen item, but it can make or break a kitchen. Choose a licensed plumbing remodeling contractor to install faucets, fixtures, and sinks. A plumbing professional can install plumbing that will work with your favorite kitchen style.

A sink is more than a place to wash dishes. Sinks help define the style of your kitchen and can become a focal point in your favorite kitchen. A large, deep farm sink not only works well in a farmhouse kitchen, but in an American country, Tuscan, and southern kitchen as well. A painted porcelain sink is right at home in a Tuscan, French, or cottage kitchen. Ask your remodeling expert about salvage or vintage sinks, including copper.

Tile comes in a variety of materials including porcelain, ceramic, granite, travertine, and terra cotta. Ceramic and porcelain tile works great in just about any kitchen. For an elegant touch, granite and travertine are durable and beautiful. Terra cotta is a porous material, but with a sealer makes a great flooring or counter material for a Mexican, Italian, Spanish, or Tuscan kitchen.

Kitchen windows are crucial to a well-planned kitchen makeover. Mission and arts and crafts kitchens look amazing with large banks of bare windows trimmed in fir or cedar. Cottage and American country windows are the place for the cute cafe curtains you've been considering. Large-paned windows are at home in French, farmhouse, and rustic kitchens.