House Beautiful Home Design Suite

Everyone has a beautiful house in them. Discover yours with the amazing new House Beautiful Home Design Suite. Integrated design tools allow you to master a wide variety of projects from interior design to complete home remodeling, all at the click of a mouse. Envision your home in 3D with incredible tools like fly-throughs and doll house views. Want to remodel your kitchen or bath? House Beautiful Home Design Suite makes it easy to transform your kitchen or bath into the room of your dreams.

The Cabinet Wizard allows you to create custom cabinetry to fit any space. Drag-and-drop tools allow you to add appliances, flooring and counter tops to envision your room's true potential. Try wall paper or paint to find a style that is uniquely yours. Looking to give your home a face lift? One-click decorator palettes allow you to change or update the look and feel of a room at the click of a mouse. Try new furniture, window treatments or lighting. Add a skylight or bay window. Envision your entryway with wood floors or marble tile. The possibilities are endless.

Want to improve your curb appeal? Curb appeal isn't just a buzz word; it's the key to improving your home's value! House Beautiful Home Design Suite allows you to try new doors and windows, remodel your landscape and change the color of your home, all without opening a can of paint. Add a new porch, patio or deck with the incredible Deck Wizard. Give your landscape the edge it needs by planting zone-friendly varietals. PlantFinder will help to ensure your success by letting you select growing parameters, climate, water and soil conditions. Get the right plant height and spacing for your home using the Automatic Growth Tool which allows you to see how your landscape will look years from now.

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Instant Kitchen - Bath 12

Easy Kitchen and Bath Design Solution - Kitchens, Bathrooms, Remodels, Appliances, Lighting, Cabinets & More! Design & Visualize in 2D and 3D Enhance Your Home Value No Experience Necessary Kitchens, Bathrooms, Remodels, Appliances, Lighting, Cabinets & More! Everything You Need to Design Your Kitchen or Bath Quickly design realistic 3D models of your kitchen or bathroom project-with no experience necessary! Create the perfect kitchen or bath exactly how you dreamed it would be. Design: Create the perfect kitchen automatically or design your bathroom using one of the included sample layouts.

We've made it simple and take you step by step through the design process. Easily add materials, cabinets, plumbing, appliances, floors, lighting, and much more! Visualize: Walk through your designs in realistic 3D to see every detail and make sure everything is perfect before you begin to build.

You can also fly around or look around at everything up close! Build: Once you have your design just the way you want it, you're ready to build. Easily calculate square footage, costs, and material requirements in a familiar spreadsheet format with the built-in Project Cost Estimator and start building today! System Requirements for Windows Windows® 7, Vista, XP SP2 Pentium® III 500 MHz or faster 1 GB RAM 750 MB free hard disk space Color monitor with 1024 x 768 resolution or higher 64 MB video card with OpenGL driver DirectX® 9.0 or higher DirectX®-compatible sound card & speakers 4X CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive Windows®-compatible mouse

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Kitchen Essentials - The Complete Illustrated Reference to the Ingredients, Equipment, Terms, and Techniques

A concise, colorful resource for both the novice cook and experienced chef

This comprehensive, highly illustrated book is chock-full of enlightening and eye-opening culinary information, covering a vast range of topics that teach readers what they need to know to be successful in the kitchen—from cooking techniques and equipment to essential ingredients. Le Cordon Bleu Kitchen Essentials offers expert guidance on everything from choosing pots and pans to deboning poultry to storing ingredients—as well as logical solutions to common mistakes. The easy-to-follow text, clearly defined terms, and uncommonly helpful tips make this reference a must-have for all modern kitchens. It demonstrates techniques with 1,100 step-by-step color photographs. Plus, the book outlines the vast range of equipment, along with buying tips and cleaning and care information. Le Cordon Bleu Kitchen Essentials illustrates the cleaning and preparation of food, as well as cooking times and features classic recipes to teach the principal uses of each ingredient.

Le Cordon Bleu provides expert training in cuisine, pastry, and baking. Through its six schools, a student body of over fifty nationalities, and a distinguished team of thirty international Master Chefs, Le Cordon Bleu is dedicated to preserving and passing on the mastery and appreciation of the culinary arts.

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Kitchen Junk - Word Tracks Studio

America's triumphant Queen of Junk homes in on where the heart dwells--in the kitchen--with vintage treasures that add spice to life and cost next to nothing

In the effervescent yet practical style of her American Junk and Garden Junk, Mary Randolph Carter tracks down and rescues kitchen gems everywhere from thrift shops to tag sales to country auctions. Kitchens are often the source of our earliest memories--eating oatmeal before school, lingering over a cup of hot chocolate. If the kitchen is old, with appliances that challenge decorative instincts, or characterless and crying out for touches of nostalgia (old Tupperware is more and more in demand), the answers lie in Kitchen Junk.

From the era of "good housekeeping" come bib aprons and blue feather dusters, wooden ironing boards and handcrafted scrub brushes. Dinette sets, gingham notepads and oilcloth picked up coast to coast for $2 to 10 cents...vintage cookbooks and old milk bottles...a porcelain-enamel table top and sentimental kitchen samplers...midcentury calico roosters and white granite-ware pitchers a hundred years old but timeless...the stoves, toasters, and clocks of yesteryearall contribute to the author's signature arrangements and inspire readers to create their own. Before and after photographs, prices, and hints on junk hunting and haggling mingle with tips on cleaning old linens, avoiding rust on baking pans, and much more. With an extensive Junk Guide that lists flea markets and other "junking sites" countrywide, Kitchen Junk is the reference for thrifty, evocative, eclectic furnishing of the hub of the house.

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Kitchen Planning - Guidelines, Codes, Standards

The leading resource for student and professional kitchen designers—completely revised and updated

Kitchen Planning is an essential reference for any designer working in the kitchen field, containing everything a professional needs to know to design kitchens that are convenient, functional, and efficient, and that meet the needs of today's lifestyles. Based on the National Kitchen and Bath Association's Kitchen and Bathroom Planning Guidelines and the related Access Standards, this book presents the best practices developed by the Association's committee of professionals through extensive research.

This Second Edition has been completely revised and redesigned throughout, with new full-color photographs and illustrations and a special emphasis on client needs, research, and references to industry information. Features include:

• New and expanded information on universal design and sustainable design


• The 2012 edition of the NKBA Planning Guidelines with Access Standards and up-to-date applications of the 2012 International Residential Code®


• New information about storage, cabinet construction, and specifying cabinets


• Metric measurement equivalents included throughout


• A companion website with forms and teaching resources for instructors

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Kitchen Remodeling - For Pros By Pros

This latest edition of Kitchen Remodeling from the editors of Fine Homebuilding provides all the advice you need to remodel a kitchen of any size or shape, on any budget.
 
In this all-new edition, articles cover how much a kitchen remodel will cost, the key ingredients for a great kitchen remodel, and how to remodel a kitchen on any budget. Additionally, Kitchen Remodeling is brimming with practical, up-to-date information on choosing and installing kitchen cabinets, countertops, flooring, and lighting as well as advice from the pros on designing and building storage solutions, getting the proper kitchen ventilation, and creating a kitchen island.
 
Written by builders from all over the country, these articles were originally published in Fine Homebuilding magazine, the most respected residential construction magazine in the country.

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Kitchen Things - An Album of Vintage Utensils and Farm-Kitchen Recipes

Each object, and each recipe, tells a story of discovery from the land of the everyday, common things that surround us.

Many home cooks—and professionals, as well—swear by the tried-and-true implements they’ve used for years: the Foley Food Mill that works like a charm every time; the manually operated juicer that’s a tradition of family breakfasts; the cast iron skillet that’s been handed down through the generations. For serious cooks, there’s nothing like a familiar implement, a thing that works exactly as you expect it to.

Similarly, most people usually have a library of favorite recipes on which they rely: some passed along from relatives and friends, others from mentors and teachers. These are the recipes cooks return to time and time again, in part because they evoke memories of the people who have enjoyed them and prepared them in the past.

Kitchen Things, by master photographer and respected novelist Richard Snodgrass, celebrates these well-loved objects and recipes and showcases them in an unexpected way—a way that touches upon the science of food, the physics of cooking, the sensory pleasures of eating, and indeed the very nature of life itself.

In his reflections, the author is aided by his patient, persistent, and very perceptive wife, Marty, and her mother, from whose Western Pennsylvania farmhouse kitchens the objects and recipes were sourced. The gentle, often humorous repartee between the author and these wise and knowing women forms a running narrative throughout the book. 158 color and b/w photographs

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KitchenAid Three Cookbooks in One

KitchenAid 3 Cookbooks in 1: Pies & Tarts; Cakes & Cupcakes; Breads is a collection of more than 140 recipes that are sure to please both novice and longtime bakers. Most of the recipes are accompanied by a color photograph of the completed dish. A KitchenAid product is not necessary to make the recipes.

Here is a look at each section in the KitchenAid 3 Cookbooks in 1 collection:
Pies & Tarts. Classic and contemporary desserts for every palate, including recipes for Banana Cream Pie, Sweet Potato Pecan Pie, Deep Dish Blueberry Pie, and Cherry Frangipane Tart.
Cakes & Cupcakes. Layer cakes, sheet cakes and cupcakes, including recipes for Velvety Coconut and Spice Cake, German Chocolate Cake, and Caramel Walnut Banana Torte.
Breads. Quick and yeast breads, sandwich breads, muffins, and scones, including recipes for Cinnamon Raisin Loaf Bread, Glazed Espresso, Maple Magic Muffins, Garlic Pull Apart Bread, and Jalapeño Muffins.

The KitchenAid 3 Cookbooks in 1 collection is spiral bound and lies flat when open for easy use.

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KitchenAid Recipe Collection

The KitchenAid Recipe Collection features more than 400 recipes from one of the most trusted names in cooking. This all-encompassing cookbook opens a world of culinary possibilities. In addition to the hundreds of recipes, it contains an extensive glossary of cooking terms that will help budding chefs master or refine basic cooking skills, such as blanching, deglazing, and scalding. Every tool you ll need to become a master of the kitchen is included in the pages of this cookbook.

The KitchenAid Recipe Collection is comprehensively divided into 20 categories: a glossary of cooking terms; breakfast and brunch; biscuits and scones; muffins and coffee cakes; appetizers; breads; salads; soups and stews; pasta; beef entrees; fish and seafood entrees; pork entrees; poultry entrees; vegetarian entrees; side dishes; brownies and bars; cakes, cupcakes, and frostings; cookies; pies, tarts, and cobblers; and desserts. Handy tabs make it easy to find a specific chapter, and each tab lists the chapter s recipes.

Every full-page recipe has simple, numbered preparation steps and a helpful color photo. The book s hardcover, five-ring-binder format is designed for durability. The KitchenAid Recipe Collection lies flat for practical use in the kitchen, and each recipe can be removed by simply opening the binder rings.

With so many recipes, the KitchenAid Recipe Collection is a must-have for novice and experienced cooks alike. Here is just a small sampling of the book s recipes:
Orange-Cinnamon Rolls
Minestrone Salad
Mustard Crusted Rib Roast
Drunken Roast Chicken
Cocoa Brownies
Lemon Drops

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Koolatron Lunchbox Stove

Enjoy a hot lunch anywhere, anytime by using the Koolatron 12 Volt Lunch Box Stove! The Koolatron 12 Volt Lunch Box delivers what you've been waiting for - a hot lunch while you're on the road without stopping for a questionable roadside meal! You can cook your food at home and bring it with you on the road and to your work site. The Koolatron 12 Volt Lunch Box plugs into your car's cigarette lighter and cooks or warms your food to 300°F right in your vehicle! You can keep your whole family happy on road trips. This handy device warms your baby bottles, baby food jars, soups, stews and pizza slices in minutes! Your family won't have time to be hungry because the Koolatron 12 Volt Lunch Box Stove cooks or warms your meals in minutes.

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Koolatron Compact Cooler

Designed to fit between the driver and captain's seats in today's minivans and SUVs, the Koolatron 18 qt. Compact Cooler is truly ready for travel. This slim electric cooler is powered by the 12V cigarette lighter outlet in any vehicle, and provides sealed cooling for up to 23 12-ounce cans. It also boasts a latchless opener for one-handed opening, easy carry handle, and rugged body design. About Koolatron Koolatron is a Canadian company with headquarters in Brantford, Ontario, a branch office in Orlando, Florida, and warehouse locations in Batavia, New York and in Rochester, Kent in the United Kingdom.

Your satisfaction is important to Koolatron, and they value your trust. That's why they're committed to providing quality products and supporting every product they provide. Auto-powered electric cooler for food on the go. Slim profile fits between van and SUV seats. Latchless lid effortless one-handed access. Unique cord wrap, lighter storage spot, and interior fan. Handle swings up for easy carrying. Cools up to 40° below air temperature. Holds up to 23 12-ounce cans. Dimensions: 17.5W x 8.5D x 16.25H inches.

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Maxi-Matic Elite Platinum Deep Fryer

Enjoy your favorite foods cooked to perfection. Elite by Maxi-Matic's dual cooking baskets allow you savor twice the foods.6-quarts of cooking volume with a brushed stainless steel dual body and two enamel removable inner containers allow you to enjoy cooking more than one food without changing oil. Features include immersable and removable heating elements, adjustable thermostat control, removable frying baskets with cool-touch handles.,detachable cords with storage, vented cool-touch lids, and 1500-watt for each unit, a total of 3000-watt of cooking power.

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Mind Reader Anchor Coffee Pod Storage Drawer for 36 Keurig K-Cup

The Anchor Coffee Pod Drawer is the new generation of coffee pod storage! Choose from three models: K-Cups (holds 36, and available in black or white), Vue Packs (holds 20) or Nespresso Capsules (holds 50).

NOTE:The K-Cup model is also compatible with Rivo pods (72),Verismo pods, (42) and CBTL pods (42). The Vue model is also compatible with Tassimo T-Discs (48)

Forget the cheap wire mesh holders with sticky drawers and flimsy construction that eventually sag. This holder is built to last with attention to detail and superior materials. The patent-pending heat-resistant panel means you can safely place your coffee machine directly on top of the drawer without worrying that it will eventually sag or that the heat will compromise the coffee pods underneath.

• Choose from three models: K-Cups (holds 36, available in black or white), Vue Packs (holds 20) or Nespresso Capsules (holds 50).


• clean and modern design perfect for home or office


• chrome handles


• pantented heat-resistant panel


• K-cup model: 13.5W x 3.2H x 13.2D


• Nespresso model: 9.2W x 2.2H x 15.2D


• Vue model: 13.39W x 3.19H x 13.62D

Why buy the Anchor over cheaper products? Simple, because you get what you pay for. The Anchor looks great (much better than wire mesh!) and is made with quality materials so the drawers will remain smooth even with the weight of a coffee machine over it. The heat-resistant panel means the structure will not be compromised over time by the constant heat from the machine, unlike all other models in the market. The panel will also protect your coffee pods from the heat of the machine; fresh coffee is the whole point, right?

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Portable Kitchen Appliance Oven Cooking Play Set

Portable Beauty Kitchen Set With Light And Sound. This wonderful pink kitchen set looks just like the real thing and is perfect for little girls. Your child can pretend cook when they place pots and pans on the burners or use the oven. The range features light up burners, oven with sound, sink, and countertop. Comes complete with pots, pans, mugs with saucers, utensils and condiments. Features: Ketchup, Pan With Lid, Pot With Lid 2 Mugs With Saucers, Fork, Spoon, Butter Knife, Kitchen Knife, Spatula, Ladle, Salt Shaker, Range, Counter And Sink. Adult Assembly Required. 3 "AA" Batteries Required (Not included).

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Pressure Cooker Perfection

What s the most important trend in cooking in the last 50 years? No, it s not organic farming or the globalization of American cooking. The biggest change in how we cook is speed. Americans want to spend less time cooking.

Enter the modern pressure cooker, which can cook foods in one-third to one-half of their normal cooking time. In addition to being easy to use and fast, pressure cookers ensure maximum flavor, and they use a fraction of the electricity or gas required for conventional stovetop cooking. Today s pressure cookers are safer, quieter, and easier to use than the old-fashioned models your grandmother used to use. But still, many home cooks are hesitant to give this unfamiliar appliance a chance. With Pressure Cooker Perfection, the first in the America s Test Kitchen new line of essential single-topic handbooks, our editors and test cooks prove through in-depth research and testing that there s nothing to fear and much to gain with today s pressure cookers.

Pressure Cooker Perfection is more than a cookbook, it s a guide. The in-depth Pressure Cooker 101 informs home cooks about everything they need to know regarding buying, using, and caring for a pressure cooker. Beyond outlining each step of cooking under pressure, this section also demonstrates key test kitchen techniques discovered over the course of our recipe development. Our detailed testing of 12 models, both stovetop and electric, ensures home cooks know what to look for when they go to purchase a pressure cooker, while the safety and care section ensures users know how to keep their appliance working in top form, and working safely, for years to come.

Thorough charts give instructions for cooking rice, grains, beans, and vegetables, while 61 essential recipes cover stews and chilis, roasts, fancy dinners, barbecue classics, one-pot pastas, and side dishes. Every recipe is accompanied by troubleshooting tips, and most are also accompanied by full-color step photography that walks cooks through the test kitchen process.
With the test kitchen as their partner in the kitchen, home cooks can feel confident using a pressure cooker every step of the way.

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Rust-Oleum Appliance Enamel 12-Ounce Spray

Rust-Oleum 7881830 Appliance Epoxy Enamels Spray Paint, White Rust-Oleum Specialty Appliance Epoxy is an ultra-hard, moisture resistance enamel that is specifically formulated for indoor metal surfaces. It provides a smooth, washable surface for refinishing the exterior of appliances such as refrigerators, dishwashers, laundry machines, and other indoor metal applications (cabinets, tables). Do not use on objects exposed to heat (stovetops, oven interiors, etc.) Rust-Oleum 7881830 Appliance Epoxy Enamels Spray Paint, White Features: Make appliances look like new for just a few dollars Hard epoxy finish washes easily and resists abrasion Stops Rust formula Protects against moisture and scratches Also great for metal cabinets, desks and more Gloss White 12-Ounce rosol.

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Slow Cooker Revolution

Who doesn't like the idea of throwing ingredients into a slow cooker and coming back hours later to a finished meal? Too bad most slow cooker recipes deliver mediocre results you'd rather forget than fix again. A team of ten test cooks at America's Test Kitchen spent a year developing recipes, and what they discovered will change the way you use your slow cooker.

Did you know that onions garlic, and spices should be bloomed in the microwave for five minutes before they go into the slow cooker? This simple step intensifies their flavor and requires no extra work. Did you know that a little soy sauce mixed with tomato paste adds meaty flavors to almost any stew and can often replace the tedious step of browning the meat? And do you know the secret to a moist slow-cooker chicken? Start the bird upside down to protect the delicate white meat from drying out.

The 200 recipes in this family-friendly collection deliver a revolution in slow cooking like only America's Test Kitchen can!

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Sylvania Heavy Duty Appliance Timer

The Sylvania Heavy-Duty Mechanical Timer features a 3-prong time controlled grounded outlet which has added protection from stray voltage. The 48 On/Off settings allowed by this device give the user flexibility with scheduling and a deterrent against break-ins while away from the home. Added security and safety can be provided when programmed to automatically switch On and Off at random times to give your home a lived-in look. This is perfect for use while at work or on vacation. This device is programmed with the pegs which are not capable of being removed. Set-up is very easy, you will select the On/Off times by adjusting the position of the pegs permanently housed in the timer.

Because they are permanently housed in the timer they will not be lost over the life of the product. Use this device to automatically control heavy-duty lamps and appliances. An indicator light is provided to show the status of the load, "On" or "Off". The decorative cover included allows you to protect your timer settings as well as match your home decor. This device offers an untimed outlet which allows you to power another device through the same receptacle powering the timer. There is a master switch allowing the user to manually switch the timer On and Off. The timer can be used with lighting or appliances with a maximum load of 15-Amps.

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The 1950s Kitchen-Shire Library

The 1950s was the first great age of the modern kitchen: labor-saving appliances, bright colors and the novelty of fitted units moved the kitchen from dankness into light, where it became the domain of the happy housewife and the heart of the home. Formica - a new space-age material - decorated with fashionable patterns topped sleek cupboards that contained new classic wares such as Pyrex and 'Homemaker' crockery, and the ingredients for 1950s British staples: semolina, coronation chicken and spotted dick.

Electricity entered the kitchens of millions, and nowhere in the home was modern technology and modern design more evident. Bold color, clean lines and stainless steel were keynotes of the decade, and it is no surprise that 1950s kitchen style is now the height of fashion once again, with names like Cath Kidston picking up on the best of '50s kitchen kitsch, and manufacturers like Dualit, Kitchen Aid and Aga doing healthy business with retro appliances.

This book - a celebration of cooking, eating and living in the 1950s kitchen - is a feast of nostalgia, and a mine of inspiration for anyone wanting to recreate that '50s look in their own home.

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WellnessMats Anti-Fatigue Kitchen Mat

WellnessMats are the premier anti-fatigue mat on the market today. These revolutionary floor mats are ergonomically engineered and medically proven to provide unsurpassed comfort, safety, relief and well-being while you stand. WellnessMats are the perfect kitchen, vanity, laundry, and even garage mat. Proudly made in the USA, WellnessMats continue to be proven effective and virtually indestructible in the toughest commercial environments. WellnessMats are the mat-of-choice for world-renowned chefs and are found in professional and residential kitchens, hotels, airports, spas and retailers all over the world. WellnessMats' unique one-piece construction from a proprietary formulation of 3/4" thick, 100 percent polyurethane- the gold standard for anti-fatigue mats- ensures its quality.

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