Nicely Done Kitchens Blog

Just like bellbottoms made a comeback thirty years later as flares, the butler’s pantry is gaining popularity again.
The butler’s pantry. It’s no novel idea. In fact it goes back to our Colonial past, and even before then, in Europe. But it might as well be new again as it is quickly slipping [...]

I always tell my potential clients, “its fine to shop around… just think about how much time it takes to decide which pair of shoes to buy!”  I’m sure not everyone spends as much time as I do purchasing shoes, but they usually get my point.  I actually don’t have a lot of shoes, contrary [...]

As an interior designer and first time homeowner, I was extremely excited about re-designing my new home.  My husband and I took advantage of the buyer’s market and purchased a bank foreclosure.  It needed quite a bit of work, but luckily it was mostly cosmetic.  The biggest challenge would be the kitchen… and after 9 [...]

In early May 2009, Kip and Evelyn Nicely traveled to Florida to receive their award from the Diversity Council for being a Top 500 Veteran Owned Businesses in the U.S., Top 500 Hispanic Owned Businesses in the U.S., Top 100 Diversity Owned Businesses in Virginia, and a Top 50 Women Owned Businesses in Virginia. [...]

To many it may seem that remodeling during these hard economic times is not a wise decision.  People tend to focus on the amount of time or money involved in design.  Especially with the decreased values in homes surely to bounce back in five or six years, now may be the best time to remodel [...]

I spent a great deal of my weekend thinking about blogs since I am the first person to contribute to the Nicely Done Kitchens blog.  Let me explain that first, I had to read a blog since I haven’t done so before.  My 14-year-old son can’t believe we are biologically related since his whole world [...]