No more hiding appliances ‘beyond the lens’! Why is it that when you see a picture of a period styled kitchen in a magazine, you rarely see any modern appliances in the photo? Why do you usually see photos of old work tables, cupboards, stone or copper sinks or perhaps a pie safe? It’s because  … Read More

A Furnished Kitchen in this home was the key  feature that sold the house.   YesterTec’s customers can be called true pioneers since they have ‘bucked the trends’ by searching out and finding YesterTec to help them with their dream of creating their own furnished kitchen. That’s how the original owners of this over 55  … Read More

Alternative Kitchen Focal Points Many kitchen designs currently show a Hearth/ Range as the main kitchen focal point. Many are beautiful, like the one above, and they are typically built to add relief and focus to designs that have long lengths of base cabinets, top cabinets and counter tops. But they also can have functional  … Read More

Does your kitchen need a little ‘tweaking’ to finally get it right? Does it need more counter space and storage? Or do you need a dedicated place to store and use your baking gear? Or maybe you are already tired of that stainless steel refrigerator and you want one that disappears. In this article, we  … Read More

I became involved in designing mini-kitchens for YesterTec when I helped my daughter move into her first Manhattan Studio apartment. The entire apartment including the bathroom was less than 280 square feet and exposed to view was the efficiency kitchen shown above. Granted, this was close to the bottom of the price range for Lower  … Read More

Do the phases Do-it-Yourself kitchen design and Luxury Kitchens belong together as a cohesive concept? Think about furnishing your kitchen instead of installing cabinetry. A normal luxury kitchen design project can be a daunting experience for the unsuspecting homeowner. The choices of cabinetry, counter tops, appliances and accessories on the market today are staggering. Architects,  … Read More

An About Face for a Knob Hill Kitchen YesterTec Kitchen Workstation Furniture was used to completely renovate and transform this circa 1911 Knob Hill, San Francisco kitchen. When the building was originally constructed, the kitchen was an isolated workroom staffed by servants. The present owners’ idea was to make it a more lived in room  … Read More

For most of us, we are living with a kitchen that came with the house. After all it is already there, we can cook and store food and now with a new stainless steel refrigerator it looks much better. If we bought the house new, then at least we could pick the color of the  … Read More

YesterTec, the first company in the country solely dedicated to producing kitchen workstation furniture, is also the only company in the industry to develop revolutionary, patented technology that allows cooking appliances to be safely hidden when they are not in use. Although refrigerators and some dishwashers have been concealed in cabinetry for years, YesterTec has  … Read More

“Her friends come to visit just to see her kitchen!” That’s what Sara told me as I was interviewing her about her Mother-in-law Genny’s concealed Mini-kitchen in her in-law apartment. Of course that’s certainly not a reason for selecting a YesterTec mini-kitchen, but we’ve heard similar comments like that before. After a couple years of  … Read More