Laurysen Wins 20th Consumers Choice Award
Laurysen is proud to announce that we’ve won the 2016 Consumer’s Choice Award in Ottawa for Best Kitchen Designers and Distributor. The entire team here at Laurysen wishes to thank its customers in the Ottawa-Gatineau area for voting for us. We work hard every day to give our customers the best kitchens, bathrooms and closets […]
There’s Still Time to Donate to Our Breast Cancer Benefit
It’s early in February and we’re still trying to raise as much money as possible to benefit the Ottawa Hospital Breast Health Centre. As you may have read in my original post, the goal was to raise money for a biopsy chair that will allow the hospital to screen for cancer. The new chair will […]
Laurysen Kitchens’ Designs Voted Best of Houzz 2016
We are so excited to announce we’ve been voted Best of Houzz 2016 in the Design category for the third year in a row. 35 Million Potential Voters Houzz is a database of hundreds of professional home renovation, design, architecture, landscape, and construction shops. Laurysen has a page on Houzz where you can follow us, ask us questions, and […]
How to Trend Proof Your Kitchen
Many of our customers ask us for a kitchen that will never go out of style. While we can’t predict the future, we can give you a kitchen that is easy to update, whether it’s for you or to sell in 15 years. Laurysen designer Natasha Nash walks you through the secrets to timeless kitchen design […]
How to Adjust Your Cabinets and Drawers
At Laurysen, we know that every kitchen and bathroom is different, and we have to make our cabinets and drawers ready to adapt to the real world conditions of your home. Most rooms aren’t perfectly square, plus most homes shift slightly over time. That’s why we make our cabinets and doors fully adjustable. All you […]
I Am Shaving My Head to Earn Your Donations for Breast Cancer
On Saturday February 13th, my friends and I will be holding a fundraising event for theOttawa General Hospital Breast Health Centre. The centre in need of a biopsy chair to detect the presence of cancer cells safely and comfortably. This chair will cost about $10,000 and we’ll be doing our best to raise the full […]
How To Care For Your Countertops
Knowing how to take care of your countertops is important. It will help whether you’ve already got a countertop you love or you’re trying to learn what kind would be best for you. We look at granite, quartz and laminate. Granite Countertops Granite, as a natural stone, has an individuality to the patterns that brings […]
Don’t Make These Bathroom Design Mistakes
Design is something that can so easily go wrong, especially where bathrooms or kitchens are concerned. This is because they’re very task-oriented spaces that get used by different kinds of people with different needs. It’s so easy to get caught up in trying to cram as much stuff into a space as possible, or in […]
What Does “Contemporary” Mean?
At Laurysen, we know there are two aspects to a great kitchen, bathroom or closet: how it functions and how it looks. The same set of cabinets can be styled to look very contemporary or with timeless classic style. Neither is better; it’s all about what makes you feel more at home. We are often […]
Designing a Smart Kitchen Using Zones
There is a European movement within the kitchen renovation planning industry, known as the Intelligent Kitchen (Hettich) or Dynamic Kitchen (Blum) based on the ideas and work of the Modern Kitchen Workgroup (AMK). The AMK is a group of German kitchen design experts whose focus is to maximize both efficiency and ergonomics in kitchen space. Their […]
Ask Our Designers: Kitchen Lighting
“Let there be light,” goes the phrase in Genesis, and it’s a phrase that is relevant to design of all kinds. But it’s critical in the kitchen when you’re chopping, reading labels and recipes, and plating meals. There is, however, a great deal of misinformation about how kitchen lighting works, and how it relates to […]
6 Essential Tips for Small Kitchen Design
There’s no right way to design a kitchen, but sadly there are plenty of wrong ways—especially when you’re dealing with a small kitchen. If you’ve got a space challenge on your hands, it’s critical to work with a kitchen designer. A good designer is a problem solver, and will get you a solution you’ll love […]