Summer is just around the corner – could your home use a fresh look? Get inspired by these cheery, colorful makeovers from our stars. This collection of kitchen dining room visualizations covers just about every design style in the book, so lets take a walk through them to see what it is that makes a great culinary crossover space.

Outdoor rooms are perfect for gatherings and outdoor entertaining in summer, late spring and early fall. Adding summer kitchens and dining areas to backyard designs are modern trends that create a perfect atmosphere for starting a day with a cup of coffee, enjoying summer picnic lunch or inviting friends for a barbecue party in the evening.

Outdoor rooms add more fun and comfort to backyard ideas. The summer kitchen and dining area are wonderful additions to backyard designs, that make cooking, dining and making jams outside pleasant and enjoyable. Outdoor kitchens can become the center of summer fun, providing excellent opportunity to enjoy warm days.

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Consider a mixture of hidden and open storage to make sure all of the essentials are close at hand.

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Combine classic materials with up-to-date amenities to keep your kitchen timeless in style but modern in functionality.

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Design your kitchen for efficiency and easy upkeep so that it’s a pleasure to both work and dine in.

Cozy and comfortable outdoor rooms, summer kitchens and dining areas look inviting, bringing more style to backyard ideas and increasing your house sale price. Outdoor kitchens, basic or fully equipped with a sink, small fridge, stove, kitchen cabinets and shelves for storage, make family life more interesting and help sell properties faster for better peices.

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Developing a summer kitchen design remember the triangle rule and create ergonomic arrangement, functional and comfortable for moving between kitchen appliances and a fireplace and requiring a minimum effort.