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Laminate

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latest kitchen look

DECORATIVE LAMINATE has come a long way since the
days when it brought gold-flecked counters to every diner in

the land.

Today, it is still known for its
durability and wipe-clean cfficien-
cy, but of late it has also become a
trend-setting fashion product and
the up-front Favorite of talented
kitchen designers everywhere.

The options available in today’s
Jaminate include pinstripes,
geometrics, stone and metal look-
alikes, free-form florals, and every
color under the sun but the way
this material is now used in the
kitchen has changed just as
dramatically as its looks.

Of course, it still goes on
countertops, bui never before with
such aplomb. Then you have lam-
inate-covered cabinetry, which was
first made popular by the
Eurostyle influence and, lately,
many designers, conscious of the
working woman's need for
carefree kitchens, are specifying
laminate for walls, window
frames, doors, rangehoods, tables,
desks, shelves and any other imag-
inable surface.

Much of the laminate industry’s
news zeroes in on the countertop.
This is where the new col-
or-through laminates make
beautiful sense.

Since the color goes all the way
to the core, nicks and scratches
show less than in traditional lami-
nate, and these products’ make-up
makes it possible to create multi-
Striped, routed and beveled edges
for great fashion punch, ;

Many of the best-looking cabi-
nets in today’s kitchen showrooms
are inevitably laminate-covered.
Featuring frameless construction
and hidden hinges, these cabinets
look sleek and light and, covered
in white or almond laminate, to-
day’s most popular choices, they
are terrific kitchen brighteners.

Other colors are coming in,
however. Gray is the new neutral,
and a great future is predicted for
clear blues and yellows.

Designers also see a return to the
pinks and mauves previously
associated with other rooms in the

By LIS KING
Contributing Writer

house, and they look sensational in
the company of black or gray ap-
pliances.

Up till now, America has con-
sidered these cabinets a contevn-
porary style, but change is in the
air. In Eusope where the style orig-
inated, manufacturers are offering
more traditional looks as well, and
North American designers have
been quick to follow suit.

While they stick to the frameless
construction, they bring in more
than a hint of traditionalism and
even the country look via warmer
and richer laminate colors on the
cabinets. Wine reds, deep greens,
and Williamsburg blues are among
the colors that strike a traditional
note.

Wood-look laminate, so real-
looking these days that one might
fear a splinter, also beckons a
more traditional or provincial look
for cabinetry.

Topping the counters of
Eurostyled cabinets with marble,
granite or slate-look laminate is
still another way to get away from
the ultra-contemporary scheme.

And to add texture contrast to
superslick surfaces, consider one
of today’s many tambour designs.
These flexible, deeply dimensional
laminate products bend naturally,
so they are excellent for curved
and. concave walls and islands,
table pedestals, and columns.

To see today’s fashion laminate
in action, visit the showrooms of
good kitchen designers and
retailers.

And don’t be discouraged if they
only seem to show white or off-
white cabinetry. Most cabinet
manufacturers offer a full range of
laminate colors and designs, so
you can order anything at all.

Laminate distributors and inte-
rior designers can recommend
shops that will create that very
special kitchen you have in mind.

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THE LATEST look in kitchen design is heavily influenced by the European style, which gets its sleck looks
from frameless, laminate-surfaced cabinetry with concealed hinges. The design above adds high-gioss luminate

for extra glamor.

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