A blog about kitchens, furniture and family time
← Older postsWe have updated and improved our popular one day Interior Design for Homeowners course! If you are interested in Kitchen Design why not join us on April 4th, 2019 in Redleaf Business Park, Donanbate. Coffee and welcome at 10:00 and … Continue reading
Posted in Home Time, Interior design, News and Events |Sometimes a wooden worktop fits the aesthetic you wish to achieve in your new kitchen but you may have some concerns about the maintenance and practicality involved. Here are some guidelines that may help. Make sure your wooden worktop is … Continue reading
Posted in Home Time, Interior design, Irish Kitchen Companies, Irish Kitchen Designers, kitchen design | Tagged sinks, taps, wooden worktops, worktops |Here’s a really nice Danish style cake that I like to make in Spring. I honestly can’t remember where the recipe is from as I’ve had it for a long time! This is one I made earlier (a few years … Continue reading
Posted in Home Time, recipes | Tagged easter cake, spring cake |The IKBA has introduced a set of Kitchen Design and Planning Codes (KDPC’s) for professionals working in the Irish Kitchen Industry. The codes are based on best international practice and are inclusive of all EU and Irish Building Regulations pertaining … Continue reading
Posted in Home Time, Irish Kitchen Companies, Irish Kitchen Designers, kitchen design, News and Events |A number of Kitchen Companies will be exhibiting at the 2017 Ideal Homes show in Dublin this weekend. Here’s a list of the companies websites and their stand locations: Stand Number: O20 Website: www.kitchenspace.ie Stand Number: N94 Website: www.kitchenresurfacing.ie Showhouse … Continue reading
Posted in Interior design, Irish Kitchen Companies, News and Events |The Interiors Association and the IKBA have teamed up to bring you a Sketching Workshop on May 30th 2017 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm at the Maldron Hotel, Newlands Cross, Dublin. Learn to convert your 2D plans to impressive … Continue reading
Posted in Home Time, News and Events |Congratulations to the Una Ennis, Kildare who is the winner of our Spring Cookbook Giveaway. Una wins The Happy Kitchen Cookbook!!!!
Posted in Home Time, News and Events |On our design courses and in conversation with clients we are regularly asked about current interior design trends and what’s in fashion. In an attempt to answer that question I’ve chosen my top three Interior Design and Colour Trends for … Continue reading
Posted in Home Time, Inspiration, Interior design | Tagged color, colour, home interiors, houzz, interior design, trend 2017 |This is a fantastic cookbook! And this from a cookbook addict. It’s original. It’s accessible. It has soul. Here at the IKBA we believe that kitchens should be happy and nurturing spaces. That’s why we’ve selected The Happy … Continue reading
Posted in Home Time, News and Events |This is a lovely book; a perfect mix of practicality, fun and nostalgia. It is beautifully presented and photographed and contains crafts, recipes, contributor memories, little quotes, anecdotes and snippets of poetry.
Posted in crafts and hobbies, Home Time, Inspiration, recipes | Tagged books, christamas, irish country womans association |IKBA have teamed up with the Interiors Association to create a one day Professional Kitchen Design Course specifically for Interior Designers. The course will be held on March 1st in The Maldron Hotel at Newlands Cross, Dublin. For more information … Continue reading
Posted in Interior design, Irish Kitchen Companies, Irish Kitchen Designers, kitchen design, News and Events |In this series we will look at emerging kitchen design trends for 2016 and beyond. Hopefully it will give you some ideas for your new kitchen. Kitchen design trends have an interesting provenance originating from an amalgamation of food trends, … Continue reading
Posted in Home Time |Want to be the one listening to the bedtime story for a change? Storyteller Rab Swannock Fulton will be in The Cottage Bar, Salthill, Galway on Thursdays until March 14th (which by my reckoning includes Valentines Day). The nights are … Continue reading
Posted in crafts and hobbies, Home Time | Tagged Alternative Valentines Date, Galway, Rab Swannock Fulton, Salthill, storyteller, The Cottage Bar |The kitchen design trend for mis-matched dining chairs continues unabated. Here are some of my current favourites: This Eames Style Eiffel Chair is just £36.00 on Amazon right now. Amazing! A classic Camargue chair is hard to beat. Available … Continue reading
Posted in Home Time, Interior design, Uncategorized | Tagged chairs, cool, kitchen |I’ve been making this barbeque sauce from some old notes for a number of years now. It tastes particularly good for breakfast with bacon, eggs and coffee. This batch here is a bit special as it uses chilli peppers from … Continue reading
Posted in Home Time | Tagged barbeque, best, Best Barbeque Sauce Recipe, recipe, sauce |In 2012 and 2013 the Irish Kitchen and Bedroom Association are conducting an ambitious market research survey to help improve the buying experience for Irish Kitchen customers. If you live in Dublin and plan to buy a new kitchen in … Continue reading
Posted in Home Time | Tagged irish, Kitchens Dublin |If you live in any part of Ireland and are buying a new kitchen in 2012 or 2013 then the Irish Kitchen and Bedroom Association would like to invite you to take part in our nationwide market research survey. This … Continue reading
Posted in Home Time | Tagged kitchen planning, Kitchens Ireland, survey |So what is an Irish Kitchen? Fifty years ago our grandparents would typically have had a parlour where they ate and welcomed visitors and a back kitchen or scullery where the real business of washing potatoes and the like would … Continue reading
Posted in Home Time | Tagged Irish Kitchens, scullery |If you are considering buying a new kitchen in Ireland then there are a number of Irish Kitchen magazines that you can buy to find inspiration. Irish Kitchens and Bathrooms is an annual publication by Dyflin Media who also publish … Continue reading
Posted in Home Time | Tagged annual, bathrooms, home interiors, irish, kitchen, kitchen guide, magazines, publication |You know how it goes; you’ve never heard of "*" and suddenly it’s everywhere! Well not exactly everywhere but in this month’s issue of "Bon Appetit" AND Rachel Khoo’s "Little Paris Kitchen." Now rhubarb thrives on neglect (and not being … Continue reading
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