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Wine Refrigerator – Guidelines To Choosing The Perfect One

A wine refrigerator may seem like a frivolous expense that only rich people and “wine snobs” would concern themselves with. But, in truth, if you enjoy entertaining and you enjoy wine, it can be a great addition to your home appliance collection-especially if you are someone who likes to collect and serve vintage wines. A “wine cooler” as this refrigerator is sometimes called, keeps the wine at an ideal storing and serving temperature. It is a lot less expensive and takes up a lot less space than a wine cellar, so it is affordable for even beginning wine enthusiasts.

Is It Different Than A Regular Refrigerator?

A wine refrigerator is different from your regular refrigerator in many important ways. This is why many people choose to get a special refrigerator for their wine. Your food refrigerator is kept at well below 50 degrees-this is well below the ideal temperature for storing wines. Also the refrigerator in your home is opened and closed several times each day which alters the temperature many times which is bad for wine storage. A wine refrigerator maintains the temperature at the perfect level for wine and it is not opened and closed several times every day.

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Maximizing Storage Space in a Small Kitchen

While the DIY shows and home improvement programs often show grand, expansive kitchens, on average the kitchen is still one of the smallest rooms in the house. Especially in older homes, the kitchen was merely a place of food preparation, not a place of gathering like it is in today’s lifestyle. The National Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA) considers any kitchen 150 square feet or smaller to be a small kitchen, but that doesn’t mean you can’t make it look more spacious with some big ideas.

Use unique storage solutions. Installing floor to ceiling pantry cabinets is a great way to maximize storage space where smaller cabinets would have been used. Add pullout shelves, rotating inserts and tilt-out bins to increase accessibility and storage within the cabinets. Adding undermounted lights, mullion doors, and even using lighter cabinet finishes are all great way to create the feeling of a larger space . Also, by adding more open display shelves/cabinets, the room will look greatly expanded. Too many cabinets, especially made of dark materials, will give the illusion that the room is much smaller.

Choose your appliances wisely. While everyone would like to that the 5-6 burner professional cooktops in their home or condo, it doesn’t always fit todays lifestyle or space constraints. There are numerous high efficiency, sleek appliances that will allow individuals with small kitchens to have the same luxuries as those with large kitchens. Maximize your space by keeping your cooktop and oven in the same area. When at all possible, mount appliances like a microwave, to save valuable countertop space. Any appliances that are not utilized on a daily basis should be store away in a cabinet or appliance garage if possible.

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Freshen Up Your Kitchen

So you’re selling your home and you’ve read all the books on staging and how to effectively get your home ready for showing. Once of the simplest things that many people overlook is cleaning. Their home may be tidy and staged beautifully, but is it clean? There is nothing like a truly clean home to eliminate any unwanted odors and leave a home smelling fresh and new.

Some of the worst offenders come from our appliances that we used every day. Baked on foods or lingering odors get absorbed into the walls of our refrigerator, countertops and other surfaces, and before you know it we’re spending money on fragrance laden air fresheners to try and mask the smells.

Implement this list of cleaning tips to extend the life of your appliances and freshen up your kitchen for your next open house.

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