Dealing with your kitchen dilemmas

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Dealing with your kitchen dilemmas

It’s depressing sometimes to watch those home-buying shows where the married couple with the dazzling white smiles waltzes its way through a number of beautiful, spacious homes with open floor plans, modern kitchens, and shiny bathroom sinks. I continue watching anyways, but always with a yearning to find myself in a beautiful home of my own.

Fixing up your kitchen the way you like

However, I do find inspiration in the home renovation shows where dilapidated fixer-uppers are turned into roomy, stylish houses. If you live in an outdated home with a kitchen you dislike but insufficient funds to move, all is not lost. Meghan Carter is a writer for Canadian Home Trends Magazine and she had a few tips for frustrated homeowners with just such a problem.

The kitchen as the "nerve center"

She referred to the kitchen and dining area as the "nerve center" of the home. It is, after all, a place people are likely to frequent at least 3 times a day and is perhaps the most visible area in the home with the highest probability for disorder and mess. These days with open floor plans being in style, people want to know whether they should open up the kitchen to the dining area.

Carter said, "Though it’s popular to open up a kitchen to a dining room, one of the challenges with an open concept kitchen is that there’s no way to hide the mess and clutter" which is why one homeowner she worked with "decided to maintain a separate formal dining area for entertaining."

Incorporating casual and formal dining

Another popular trend is having a casual dining area incorporated into the kitchen. However, you’ll want to be sure your formal and informal dining areas aren’t near each other. If there is no other option, Carter said, "Come up with a seating style for the casual area that is different from the dining room." The family she helped with this scenario chose to install "a peninsula that wraps around the outside corner of the dining room wall." She described it as "the perfect spot for this family of three to connect over a meal amidst their very busy schedules."

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Source: lfpress.com/2013/11/28/home-trends-tips-to-make-your-kitchen-beautiful-open-timeless

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How to measure baseboard heaters:

Step 1
HOW TO MEASURE

Always measure left to right, and twice for accuracy

Floor to top of Fintube | EZ Snap™ Baseboard Heater Covers

Step 1: Floor to top of Wall plate

Measure the height from the floor to the top of the metal wall plate.

Follow our guide for baseboard heater cover measurement:

Any baseboard larger than 7 3/8" (188 mm) will be compatible with our standard cover.

Any measurement greater than 9 3/8" (238 mm) will fit our tall cover.

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Step 2: Bottom of Fintube to Top of Wall Plate

Measure from the bottom of the finned tube heating element to the top of the metal wall plate,

A measurement of 5 1/2" to 6 3/4" (140 mm – 172 mm) will fit our standard cover.

A measurement of 7 1/2" to 8 3/4" (191 mm – 222 mm) will fit our tall cover.

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Step 3: Back Wall to Front of Fintube

Measure the distance from the wall or the metal wall plate attached to the wall, to the outside of the finned tube heating element.

Any measurement of less than 3 1/8" (76 mm) inches from the wall will fit our

standard cover.

Any measurement of less than 3 1/8" (76 mm) inches from the wall will fit our tall cover.

Step 2
DETERMINE IF BRACKETS ARE NECESSARY

Always measure left to right, and twice for accuracy

Wall Widget

EZ Snap™ Wall Widgets are used when your old or existing wall back plate has been removed or if you have to hang your new cover 1 inch or higher to bring them up to a height that will fit our installation guidelines. Just measure your overall desired height, subtract 1", drill a hole, preferably in a stud and attach it to the wall with the included screw.

Floor Fidgets

EZ Snap™ Floor Fidgets easily raise your new covers ¾ inch to compensate for any ¾ inch floor (wood, tile, or other) that has been installed any time since your baseboard heater was originally installed. May be used for any reason when the overall height has been shortened and the total height is less than 7-½ inches for standard height or 9-½ inches for the TALL height EZ Snap™ BaseBoard Covers. Just use the self-tapping screws to secure them to the top of your existing wallplate.

Wall Contraptions

EZ Snap™ Wall Contraptions are used when your wall back plate has been completely removed. EZ Snap™ Wall Contraptions receives your EZ Snap™ BaseBoard Cover and keeps your aluminum fin tube from sagging. These completely replace your wall back plate. To install, slide up from the bottom and make sure the top is at your desired height. Screw to the wall, then bend the front finger up to hold the fin tube in place.

Step 3

HOW TO MEASURE LENGTH

Based on how your heater is configured,

choose an option below to expand and view

specific hot water baseboard heater measurement templates.

[+] Option 1: Straight Heater Configuration

[+] Option 2: L-Shape and U-Shape Configuration

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