8 Ways to Make the Most Out of Your Gourmet Kitchen
While customizing your Calvosa Organization home with our designer, we don’t blame you if your very first priority is your gorgeous gourmet kitchen. After all, fresh springtime pasta primavera tastes better when it’s prepared in a space that’s stylish and personalized from top to bottom…
The true heart of your home, your spacious kitchen is your personal sanctuary to not only create and share your best meals, but also to relax, unwind, and clear your mind. Complete with high-end appliances, an abundance of storage space, and ideal opportunities for customization, there are so many ways to make the most out of your gourmet kitchen — get inspired by a few of our favorites:
1. Add a Wine Fridge
First thing’s first: wine. Now that you have more room than ever before, give your wine collection the spotlight it deserves right in your kitchen. An efficient wine fridge not only lets you control the temperature of your favorite bottles while keeping them at reach, it also adds yet another sleek and sophisticated touch to your space.
2. Expand Your Cooking Skills
One of the best parts about your kitchen is that it comes complete with every appliance you could possibly need to cook. Whether you’d call yourself a Michelin-star-chef or an amateur (and anything in between), your kitchen has your back on any meal you’ve been wanting to make, from simple dishes to complicated delicacies.
3. Host a Wine and Food Pairing Party
What better way to celebrate moving into your Calvosa Organization home than by throwing a party centered on wine and food? With springtime calling for caprese salads, bruschettas, and absolutely anything with salmon, you can whip up your best treats and have your friends bring over reds and whites to pair them with.
4. Include a Large Island
Working with our designer, you have endless options to make your kitchen as unique and personable as you are. Have you always wanted to live on island time? Now’s your chance to include a center island that’s large enough for the whole family to eat at. Luxurious and functional all at once, you’ll want to get stranded here…
5. Create Your Dream Coffee Bar
Let’s face it, there’s nothing more satisfying than enjoying a cup of your favorite coffee in the morning before the day begins. That’s why your new kitchen has the space and the ability to be well-equipped for your very own personalized coffee bar. Put your barista skills to the test and let the caffeine flow!
6. Organization is Key
Simply put, an out-of-sorts kitchen leads to stress… You deserve to have enough space to keep your pots, pans, utensils, spices, towels, etc. as organized as can be. Fortunately, space, storage, and convenience are key components to your kitchen, and we build each one to keep everything tidy.
7. Pot Fillers
At the Calvosa Organization, we believe that even the littlest details make the biggest difference. Now that your kitchen is incredibly spacious, you have wide open opportunities to add certain touches that you never had before. Pot fillers are contemporary, convenient, and of course, easy on the eyes (oh, and so much fun to use).
8. Under Cabinet Lighting and Outlets
Let there be light gets an entirely new meaning in your kitchen… With ample cabinets and space, you can add a certain glow to make this room even more regal and enjoyable than before. Talk to our designer about what kind of illuminating look you’re going for, and we’ll absolutely make it happen with the flip of a switch.
Whether it’s a milestone celebration or an everyday family dinner, the kitchen is where the real magic happens — which is why we build each one with the highest quality details and design, so that you can experience your best moments here. Get ready for your most delicious days yet…
What makes Grace Estates a luxury home community?
At the Calvosa Organization, we build luxury homes. But what does that mean? What makes a home a “luxury” home? For us, it’s the quality of our workmanship and materials, along with a heightened attention to detail.
For instance, at Grace Estates:
- The gourmet kitchens feature solid wood cabinetry, stainless steel appliances, breathtaking backsplashes, upscale quartz countertops, and large islands.
- The spa baths have showers crafted from elegant Italian statuary marble.
- Every home has classic wide-plank hardwood floors throughout the first floor and second floor hallways, and superior quality Kohler plumbing fixtures that are stylish and durable.
In addition to the finest products and materials, we are making these homes ready for the future, with smart home technology that manages sound, lighting and comfort. We’re also making them generator and solar ready. No matter what comes up, the homes at Grace Estates will be able to handle it.
At Calvosa, our classically designed homes evoke a level of grace and sophistication that’s rare in today’s pre-fab world. That’s another part of what makes them “luxury” homes. Stately front porches… dramatic paneled foyers with sweeping staircases… formal dining rooms… vaulted ceilings… built-in bookcases. This level of detail isn’t usually part of newly constructed homes today, but it is most definitely included in ours.
And our attention to detail doesn’t stop at the finished features. Even our structure is superior, with a steel-reinforced, poured concrete foundation. Also, since our area of Long Island is in a 120 mph wind zone, these homes are hurricane resistant, with special hold-downs that tie the house to the foundation. They’ll withstand wind pressure many times more than 120 mph by the time we’re finished.
All of these elements say “luxury” – and you’ll find them in every Grace Estates home, where we’re proudly raising the standard for luxury homes on Long Island.