Many people think that Kitchen Workstation Furniture (KWF) requires a large amount of space to be effective. This article shows how even the most modestly sized kitchen renovation project can benefit by using furniture instead of cabinetry. The living area of this 1960s era 1400 sq. ft. 3 bedroom, 2 bath ranch house, as shown  … Read More

Loft Kitchens for The New Loft. Do they need to be a different kind of kitchen? The expansive but humble, artist’s work/live loft that has evolved from its industrial debut in New York’s Soho district is now the ultimate ‘right’ place to live. As many of our more sensible citizens re-discover the advantages of living  … Read More

Condominiums are becoming more attractive to retiring baby boomers, return-to-urban dwellers, as well as the second home/vacation home and condo/hotel market. Though some can be as big as and amenity filled as the country homes that have been left behind, most are not. And what about the always in view condominium kitchen? Is there a  … Read More

Innovative design ideas for one-room, multi-task studio apartments   How can one room become an entire house, and still have all the comforts of modern life? That’s what I (David Beer, President of YesterTec) was trying to envision as my daughter was describing her new East Village home in one of New York City’s infamous  … Read More

When does a full sized kitchen turn into a disappearing kitchen? When it is a Stealth kitchen! Normally, YesterTec makes Kitchen Workstation Furniture(KWF) that is designed to help kitchens blend into adjacent dining rooms, family rooms or great rooms by using the same design concept (furniture) that is used in all the other rooms of  … Read More

It’s not your Mama’s Kitchen. It’s more like Great (great,great) Grandma’s kitchen. Its a Period Style Kitchen With Attitude! Wood beams, an old plank floor, tongue and groove ceiling, board and batten wood walls, big windows and lots of them. This Period Style kitchen is like the old keeping room of a 19th century stone  … Read More

Kitchen Workstations (instead of cabinets). They may be just the ticket for your next kitchen project! Kitchen Workstation Furniture by YesterTec is the exciting concept of using a few, specially designed pieces of furniture to create a complete kitchen instead of using built-in cabinets and continuous countertops. Congratulations! You have just discovered the most innovative  … Read More

This Part Two presentation resumes from the end of A Designer’s Guide: Kitchen Workstation Furniture, Part One. Please try to read  A Designer’s Guide: Part One first if at all possible. Please Note: Captions are typically below the images. 1. Eliminating the wall hung top cabinets prevalent in typical inline design is one of the most  … Read More