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How to Decorate a Kitchen in Ultra Mod Contemporary Style

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The contemporary style is spare, artistic and made out of natural materials like recycled glass and wood. Big name designers enter into this style starting with the lighting fixture. Elegant and rustic chandeliers made out of recycled wood that have been bent to look like branches are a start. The Brothers Dressler made a teak version that was a hit of Toronto’s Interior Design Show.

Your Faucet should also look like something that would be in the galley of a space ship. Choose a tall, chic and handsome fixture like the Axor Citterio Semi-0Pro faucet which brings maximum style and function to the kitchen sing. The arm is coiled and has a maximum 360 degree swivel. You can get utilitarian yet beautiful fixtures like this at Hansbrohe, USA.

Instead of the usual tile go for glass tile. watery green glass tile gives a kitchen a clean hygienic look that is not so hygienic that it says “hospital.” Maternity green light fixtures are also a hit simply because that color does mean that recycled bottles are in the equation. Think of a Coca-Cola Bottle color of green and you are getting the picture of what is hot in the cotemporary kitchen world. Pendant lamps in this type of green color are very popular in modern kitchen.

Most furnishings in the Tate of the art kitchen have functional items that look like works at art. An example would be Tahiar Manmood ‘s items. Tahiar makes a hard wood rolling pin with long thin handles separate from the roller. Tahir Mahmood also makes a mortar and pestle in the same style a the rolling pin. The effect is elegant and ecologically correct.

A great place to purchase modern style furniture and decor is AllModern.com they have a huge selection. If you do order from them be sure to get a AllModern.com coupon code for a discount. You can find codes on site like CouponPirate.com and save some money.

Melamine is common in the modern kitchen as are some retro touches like the mash up of vintage Formica with a metal frame so it can be a cutting board. Vintage Formica is also often found in end tables and on items such as microwave coasters and cutlery caddies.

It is also very haute to put rack trees filled with bottles on your counter. These are four holding fine wine. Putting long wine bottles on the bottom and shorter ones on the top makes it look like a Christmas tree.

Instead of a cookbook in your contemporary kitchen you will have a Falvor Thesaurus. This is a book written by Niki Segnit that helps you make innovative dishes as a cook by adding signature popular flavors that you create on your own with every day elements.

How to Decorate Food With Watermelon Carvings

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Watermelon is an incredibly versatile fruit that can used to decorate a number of desserts, main dishes and also cocktails. You can do more with it than carve it up into chunks and throw it into fruit salad. Watermelon is easy to work with and holds it’s shape which is not something that can be said of all fruits.

One way to get artistic with them is to make watermelon roses. You can line a bowl with these roses or, perch them on top of an arrangement with a toothpick. The roses can also be used to rim a cake or a dish of a sorbet. They are the perfect frozen garnish for a sorbet or ice cream cake. They also suit many types of cocktails, especially those using a melon based liquor.

Makin a watermelon rose one is easy enough to do. You use a knife to cut a large chunk of fruit from the watermelon and then carve out five to seven thinner strips of watermelon in different thicknesses and lengths. You then take the strips at either end and coil them around each other to make a rose shape. Fruit dip or melted chocolate can help your roses stick together. You can also spear them on the green stem of a toothpick.

The types of watermelon carvings that can be made are as only as limited as your imagination. Using a kitchen knife you can hollow out the flesh from the rind and make a decorative bowl. People make everything imaginable from watermelons including pirate ships and baby carriages. The finished carving be filed with blueberries, melons, grapes and strawberries.

You can also use a melon baller on watermelon flesh. You can spear these with other fruits, stack them or use them as décor for ice cream or any other dessert. Watermelon balls also look great frozen in an ice cube or frozen by themselves and dropped in a cocktail. They go especially well in a tall frosty glass of coconut water.

Another interesting project is to simply cut flat slices of watermelon and then use cookie cutters to create watermelon themes. You can then arrange these shapes as desired on a plate or around a dessert.

One of the nicest carvings to be made out of a whole watermelon is the lotus shape. Simply cut the peel off of the top of a watermelon and then start making wedge shaped cuts into the flesh that look like petals. Keep doing this in a spiral upwards until you have what looks as a closed lotus bud shape.