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Two-tier kitchen islands are the future of kitchen design |
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Two-tier kitchen islands are the future of kitchen design |

We take a deep dive into the world of two-tier kitchen islands and discover how interior designers are working with these bespoke islands in their projects and how they offer a myriad of work and social spaces in one piece of furniture.

They might be sized up in larger kitchens, or of more compact proportions in smaller rooms, but either way kitchen islands are an attention-grabbing feature.

Designing a kitchen is a complicated affair, this central room in the home needs to offer work, storage, preparation, social and dining space, and on top of all these demands it must be

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Room Planner & Best Room Layout Designer [Free & Paid]
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Room Planner & Best Room Layout Designer [Free & Paid]

Easy-to-use room planner software. Design a room layout in minutes. Create professional floor plans and stunning 3D visuals – perfect for home design projects.

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Ferry H testimonial

“We use RoomSketcher to draw all the things we want to (re)build in our new home. We really like it, and RoomSketcher gives us a very good insight into how our new home is going to look like.”

Ferry Heitkönig

Home owner

Plan Your Room Design Online

Using the RoomSketcher App, you can create your room design on your computer or tablet. Your projects are stored in the cloud and they sync across devices,

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Ten lighting designs by students at the University of East London
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Ten lighting designs by students at the University of East London

Dezeen School Shows: a lamp made out of recycled leather from the sports car industry and light consisting of a cluster of tubes are included in Dezeen’s latest school show by students at the University of East London.

Also featured is a light source embedded inside a miniature brutalist residential block and an undulating mood lamp that is made from industrial tubing and concrete.

Institutions: University of East London
School: Interior Design and Interior Architecture
Courses: BA Interior Design
Tutors: Pol Gallagher, Keith Winter, Dominic Eley, Lilly Nguyen and Nayden Hadzhiev

school statement:

“Focusing on personality, materiality and making, the

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Home Improvement Center for Energy and Environment

The Top 10 Angle-Measuring Tools These are the tools you need to measure, lay out, and make accurate cuts of any degree. By the time contractor Stephen Bonesteel arrived on the scene, the condition of this pine deck was bleak. Twenty years of harsh upstate New York weather without a lick of care had turned its once-bright boards a weatherbeaten gray, flecked with slimy algae and black leaf stains. The burgundy red floor in the master bedroom of Sara and Andrew’s Massachusetts farmhouse didn’t fit the fresh and energetic personality of the newlyweds. So to update the space, they painted …

Lauren Kay Sims’s Texas Lakehouse
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Lauren Kay Sims’s Texas Lakehouse

Texas is famous for its unparalleled barbecue, its gargantuan size, and—arguably our favorite reason—the collection of castle-like homes scattered across its hills, mountains, and plains. One such property, a seven-bedroom lakehouse in east Texas, belongs to lifestyle influencer Lauren Kay Sims, who is known for her fashion and style blogging, and her musings on building what she calls “a radiant life.”

As part of her pursuit of radiance, she enlisted Urbanology Designs’ principal designer and owner, Ginger Curtis, to help ensure their new vacation house would reflect her family’s style, without doing an entire remodel. She asked Curtis to outfit

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