Great Kitchens

Not only is the kitchen the epicenter of your home, the place where you spend the most quality time with family and friends, it is also the room that creates the most value if or when you sell your home. Regrettably, home improvement and design television have created completely unrealistic expectations among consumers because those shows rarely include the cost of labor in their price estimates and they often feature timetables that are even more unrealistic than the budgets. If you want to create a realistic budget for your new kitchen, a good rule of thumb is to allocate 10 to 20 percent of the value of your home, with the spread being determined based on the size of the space, the scope of the renovation and quality of materials selected.

Not all parts of your kitchen are created equally. The materials that make the biggest impact are cabinets, countertops and appliances. These items set the tone for the remainder of the space and help to provide direction for other materials such as backsplash, lighting, paint, flooring, and wall coverings.

We recommend starting product selection with cabinets because cabinets set the tone for the remainder of the remodel and have the greatest impact on the look and feel of the space. Cabinets are also key to the longevity of your kitchen. It’s relatively easy to replace an appliance. It’s more difficult to change out cabinetry. If you plan to live in your home for more than five years, invest in custom cabinets. Custom cabinets provide the ultimate flexibility to meet your needs and they also can withstand the test of time. JM Kitchen & Bath offers promotions on our cabinets from time to time, so be sure to visit our current promotions tab.

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Countertops are where almost every kitchen activity begins and ends. Because countertops are one of the first things you see when you enter a kitchen, they naturally serve as a focal point. Countertop color, shape, and material options are virtually unlimited, enabling you not only to make countertops the functional workhorse of your new kitchen, but also the ultimate expression of your design and personality.

Investing in high-quality, high-performing, statement-making countertops makes a lot of sense. Not only are countertops relied upon for meal preparation, but they are also used for cooking, eating, entertaining, doing homework, charging electronics, reading, relaxing and spending quality family time together. Countertops serve practical and aesthetic functions that can make or break a new kitchen.

Today’s combination convection steam ovens take convection cooking up to the next level. Using steam to prepare meals retains more moisture and vitamins in your food, making your meal healthier for you and your family.

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If you love to cook, you will appreciate a commercial-style gas range. If you love to entertain, two dishwashers will become your best friend. Consider combining a traditional dishwasher with a drawer model that can be used daily. Some models can limit cycles to one drawer only, enabling you to save water and avoid the temptation of having dirty dishes sit for days until the appliance is full.

Technology has not bypassed kitchen appliances. Smart refrigerators can help keep track and order groceries, offer customizable temperature settings that can turn an area of the fridge into a freezer zone, feature touch screens, cameras that allow you to view contents without opening a door and multiple apps ranging from those that organize recipes to maintaining grocery lists.

In the past 100 years, the kitchen has morphed from merely serving as a functional space to the epicenter of the home.

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This transformation is brilliantly described and illustrated in a great new book recently published by Gestalten and Michelle Gailndo titled, Kitchen Kulture. The book gives you permission to dream, and our designers at JM Kitchen and Bath can help turn your dreams into realities.

The Galindos explain whether Nordic or futuristic, the kitchen is the new living room – a place to cook, eat and celebrate. As the new living room, the kitchen serves as the space for social gathering, collaborative cooking, event hosting and communal dining. Undergoing immense transformation through time and continually adapting to current social and aesthetic trends, the room that used to be a service area relegated to the back of the house is now the multi-functional hub of the home.

Opening up your imagination and working with JM’s talented professionals, your new kitchen can be an inspiring visual feast that shines a light on all that the twenty-first-century kitchen can be. By listening carefully to the needs, wants, and desires of our clients and working with prescribed budgets, we can help you create a kitchen that serves as a shining example of environmentally friendly innovations as well as a lively space that inspires an improved lifestyle. Whether you prefer an open-plan design or have space that may only accommodate a galley, recognize that anything is possible.

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Today’s kitchens play host to the best parties, can serve as a proving ground for a culinary startup or the perfect setting to host your neighborhood supper club.

“What was once a pragmatically designed place for food preparation has now become a stage on which the act of cooking and eating is celebrated as a social event. At the same time, the kitchen is being opened up to become a living space and pivotal meeting point in the home.”

Your new kitchen, whether you want a small-scale multifunctional footprint or an expansive living and cooking environment, can be as individual and charismatic as the personalities that use them. Our approach accounts for high-tech innovations by well-known manufacturers, surprises and delights that bring smiles to your face every time you walk into your new kitchen, and out-of-the-box design concepts that blur lines between the kitchen and living spaces.

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Similar to most well-thought-out and executed plans, creating a new kitchen requires paying microscopic attention to the details. A detailed approach is not only functional but also works to meld practicality with aesthetics.

New kitchens come alive when used. We want to help improve your lifestyle and better enjoy every day. Give us a call or stop by either of ourkitchen and bath showrooms in Metro Denver to find new and creative inspirations to the exciting yet challenging task of improving, extending or rebuilding your kitchen.

Call any of our locations or click here to have one of our designers contact you or to schedule a showroom consultation.What makes a great kitchen? We asked design editors and readers to choose their favorite kitchens from the House & Home archives. Here, we’ve gathered the top picks, including a range of styles from modern to traditional, bistro, country, European and more. Vote for your favorite below! 

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This kitchen designed by Lynda Reeves for the 2011 Princess Margaret Showhome has so many standout features — barn-style pendant lights, Noce Travertine flooring, a custom-made range hood — but it’s the mustard cabinetry that makes it so memorable.

In the kitchen of food photographer and blogger Nikole Herriott of Herriott Grace, open shelves and cupboards keep her eye-catching collection of kitchenwares on display, while a vintage French faucet adds a dose of patina.

Knotted wood barn doors bring a cottagey feel to this traditional kitchen, while black hardware offers a modern edge. Serving as an entrance to the family’s pantry, it suggests the idea that even utilitarian features can make style statements of their own.

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A monolithic marble island brings a sculptural feel to the Scandi-style space, while rustic pieces, like wood stools with tractor-style seats and pendants with jute-clad cords, offset the sleek finishes.

Classic country cabinets painted in Farrow & Ball’s Green Smoke (47) function as furniture, while a brass farmhouse sink and beadboard panelling bring plenty of charm.

Light-filled windows, olive trees and a fireplace oven bring the best of the Italian countryside indoors. Ceiling-height subway tiles and brass hardware offer a contemporary feel.

French Bistro Style For The Perfect Cook's Kitchen

Stacey stayed away from trends and instead opted to keep the kitchen as simple as possible, with white walls, counters and cabinets — the perfect recipe for a timeless kitchen.

This kitchen designed by Tommy Smythe riffs on period kichens, but is completely contemporary. Graphic Escher-style tile floor, a handsome black island, and a cherry-red lantern light fixture combine to create a standout space.

Inspired by the villas and chateaux of the Italian and French countrysides, this kitchen is full of the charm and character typical of old-world kitchens across the globe.

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Steel-framed french doors let incredible natural light into this small kitchen, while a Saarinen table and Thonet chairs lend a chic bistro note.

Designers Suzanne Dimma and Sarah Hartill created this kitchen for the Ikea booth at Toronto’s 2015 Interior Design Show. With white nowhere in sight (except for the ceiling), the kitchen’s moody palette proves color has a place in the kitchen.

From the blonde wood herringbone floors to the dark-painted cabinets, everything about this British kitchen is a master class in building character and charm.

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Designer Samantha Sacks nails the mix of modern and vintage to a T in this Toronto Victorian kitchen. Light Calacatta marble lightens up the warm walnut cabinetry, while a brass light fixture hovers over the island with pride of place.

James Davie didn’t play it safe in his extraordinary kitchen. From the blue and rust cement floor tiles to the professional French range