Whether you’re renovating or just refining, Elle Décor’s style guide will bring you inspiration and innovative products that will improve any room in your house.

• Cooking Class–Celebrated chef Giada De Laurentiis has teamed with Target on an eponymous line of kitchenware, stainless-steel and cast-iron cookware, and Italian foods. Included, from top, are a 4-quart covered braising pan ($70), a 6-quart Dutch oven ($90), and a panini grill pan with press ($70). All are crafted of cast iron enameled a cheerful tomato-red. Call 800-800-8800; target.com.
• Glass Act–The Small Round Freestanding sink by Vitraform makes a striking statement in the bath with its elegant hand-cut detail. The durable laminated-glass basin is available in a variety of engraved designs and colors, including the Battuto pattern, shown in Cristal, for $3,675. Call 888-338-5725;

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Back splashes help liven things up in any kitchen remodeling project. They can be created from a variety of different materials such as metal, glass, ceramic or stone. Your possibilities are endless. Come see our pictures on kitchen back splash ideas from high-end custom back splash to budget friendly designs. Our gallery of kitchen back splash show many different choices for you to choose from.

In this example, an inexpensive ($1 to $10 per square foot uninstalled), ceramic tile is a backsplash classic. Choose glazed (it has a glasslike finish), unglazed (it has a more rough-hewn look), or porcelain. Styles seem infinite: from Spanish and far Eastern motifs to abstract art pieces, elaborately carved squares to sleek subway tiles. Consider laying basic square tiles in a diamond or brick pattern, suggests Gilmer. You can also play with scale. Gilmer likes to cut oversize, 24-inch-square tiles to fit a small area: “Whereas tiny tiles can look busy, larger tiles help open up the space,” she explains. Aside from sealing tiles and grout twice a year to protect against stains, ceramic tile is easy to care for — it wipes clean with soap and water.

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Kitchen Back Splash

Met Home’s Favorite designers tell it all on renovating tips. All you’ll need to know before you start a home makeover from eco-friendly walls, to bright lights in your home remodeling idea. Consider one of these remodeling tips to simplify things in remodeling project.

·         Kickin’ Storage

When storage space is at a premium, raise kitchen cabinets and slip undetected drawers.

·         Time Saving Plaster

Although luminous and breath-takingly beautiful, Venetian plaster is a time-consuming, laborious and costly wall finish that’s a great renovating idea.

·         What a Ceiling

In this New York apartment, Barsanti applied dark wallpaper with a slight metallic luster to the ceiling of the foyer and living and dining room to reflect light and render a more emotional room.

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Renovating & Remodeling Ideas

Research finds that individuals looking to make home upgrades said they were looking to invest, on average, more than $11,000. These home remodeling projects were quoted for mostly kitchen and bath makeovers. Experts say that this is wise since kitchen and bath investments offer the best return when selling a home. Some tips to think about in order to make smart decisions when remodeling is to first think about how long you plan to stay in your home. For example, if you’re getting ready to sell, it’s probably best to avoid a big budget remodeling project. It would be a wiser choice to focus on smaller upgrades that prep your house for a good sale like a fresh coat of paint. However, if your plans are to stay in your home for a few years, a major investment will likely pay off. Before you start in on your home remodeling project, look at the market in your area and get a good feel for your home’s value. Do some research and inquire on what comparable homes are selling for because the last thing you want to do is price your home out of the neighborhood. Other popular remodeling projects include:

• Landscaping and yard work
• Painting inside or out
• Flooring
• Doors and windows
• Decks and porches

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Remodeling Tips

This family reconciles their remodeling wish list along with reality. Homeowners had many different ideas for their kitchen remodeling project. First they wanted an open space that would also be separated from adjacent rooms. They threw their many ideas from magazine clippings in a gigantic album and settled on an African-Asian blend, with unfussy lines and natural, neutral colors. The old kitchen in their Oakland, California, home was a small space, isolated from the rest of the house.

Wish list: The couple envisioned adding a

• A built-in refrigerator,
• Multiple sinks,
• A big-screen TV and lots of storage—but without too much visual clutter.

Reality

• A bank of cabinets wrapped around the ovens and warming drawer compensate for the storage lost when the designers made the wall cabinets disappear.
• Two sinks on generous swaths of counter top produce a kitchen where multiple cooks can function just as comfortably as one.
• Getting rid of wall cabinets allowed the homeowners space for a big-screen TV and a piece of African artwork.

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Kitchen Remodeling Project

When it comes to renovating your home, Met Home’s favorite designers have valuable remodeling secrets for solving the toughest challenges faced. Take some of these tips into consideration to make the project a little easier.

1. Time Saving Plaster—Our pros feel that even though luminous is beautiful, Venetian plaster should be used in order to save time and money.
2. What a Ceiling—Most, when making home improvements, forget about their ceiling. Designer, Dan Barsanti, wants to change this. He applies dark wallpaper with a slight metallic luster to the ceiling in order to reflect light.
3. Eco-Friendly Walls—Yet another genius idea from our designers is to create environmentally friendly walls. Room dividers and bathroom vanities are designed from ecoresin panels that encourage light flow between spaces. This material is lighter than glass, made of a nontoxic LEED standard material creating privacy with different levels of translucency.

For more remodeling secrets from the pro’s, visit us at Point Click Home.

Remodeling Secrets from Pro's