Grow Your Own Tomatoes and Peppers and Help Fayette County 4-H

As spring temperatures begin to warm up the soil, many of us are busy studying seed catalogs and dreaming about eating luscious homegrown tomatoes and sweet peppers this summer. Our Fayette County 4-H students are making vegetable gardening easy for you this year. Club members have been potting up tomato and sweet pepper seeds to [...]

Start your own herb kitchen garden

Spring is still just a promise on the horizon, but savvy gardeners know it is now time to prepare for spring planting. If you have ever yearned to grow fresh herbs to enhance the flavor of your culinary efforts, why not plan now to start a small herb kitchen garden? To get the best advice [...]

Kitchen Trends

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nancyhugo The themes of several posts here at Thoughts of Home lately have centered on kitchens—kitchen sinks, kitchen cabinets and track lighting for the kitchen.  A few future posts will also feature a specific kitchen theme.  Today, I thought we’d take a step back and look at a few general trends in kitchen design that [...]

The Kitchen Sink

Popular Materials for Kitchen Sinks: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nancyhugo Stainless Steel is one of the most popular materials for kitchen sinks. It is durable, long-lasting and does not rust. However, it can scratch. Copper and brass sinks have become somewhat popular recently. They evoke and old-world atmosphere and are also very durable. Glass sinks are another somewhat trendy [...]

Track Lighting

©  http://www.flickr.com/photos/nancyhugo A relatively low-budget, minimal-mess project for updating the kitchen is to remove fluorescent box lights and replace them with track lighting.  In addition to updating the kitchen with a more modern, en vogue look, track lighting has the added benefit of being adjustable so homeowners can angle the lights as needed.   While often modern [...]

Kitchen Cabinets

 © http://www.flickr.com/photos/nancyhugo Studies indicate that cabinets have the most significant impact on homeowners’ perception of a new kitchen.  While replacing kitchen cabinets can be an expensive endeavor, there are a few less expensive options for updating the kitchen and sprucing up the cabinet design.  Oak cabinets are no longer in style, but they can be [...]

The Touch-Activated Kitchen Faucet

Pilar Touch-Activated Handle Pull-Down Kitchen Faucet with Touch H2O® Technology http://www.flickr.com/photos/mliu92/ How many times have you had your hands covered in flour or dough or contaminated with raw meat and cringed at the thought of having to dirty the faucet handle in order to wash your hands? Well with Delta’s new faucet, you don’t have [...]

A New Kitchen Faucet

© http://www.flickr.com/photos/walktheline Replacing a kitchen faucet is one of the easier do-it-yourself remodeling projects.  A few things to keep in mind when shopping for a new kitchen faucet are: Brass faucets are desirable because of their resilience to extreme temperatures.  They rarely need to be replaced.  Built-in filters that remove chlorine, lead and other contaminants are [...]