How To Handle the Kids....

... no this isn't a masterclass blog in pre-adult management, its about where to find handles that are great for kids - door handles. !

Actually these are great fun and whilst you might not strictly want them to be in your kitchen, here are our lovely, bright range of door handles and knobs for your children's room: Cute aren't they? Vividly painted ceramic. Visit our website to take a look at these little gems!

We've also got a great range of chrome door handles, wooden door knobs, pewter handles, stainless steel pulls, tasteful ceramic knobs - which are absolutley right for the kitchen. Visit http://www.mykitchenstore.co.uk/ for a closer look.

Are you wired?

... that's wired in the kitchen sense of course.

Which at the moment means have you got the latest chrome wire baskets in your ever-so-trendy kitchen? No? Then what are you waiting for? This, for kitchens, is like adding a spoiler to your sports saloon - they make things a bit faster, a bit sleeker, a lot more polished (we're talking the subtle, stylish spoiler type here, you understand...) . I mean if you look at my first example image here, you could be forgiven for thinking it was an upside down spoiler right? But what this beautiful polished chrome wire basket actually does, is make your kitchen storage more efficient. What you do is install them inside your kitchen cupboards rather than the staid old lumpy shelves you currently have - and because they are on runners either side, you can then pull them out of the cabinet to put in/take out your stuff. They come in standard sizes to fit inside pretty much any size of kitchen cabinet (or kitchen carcasses as we in the know call them ;) ). What's more, you can usually get two of them inside a cupboard (which is handy because we generally supply them in pairs), meaning you can have two storage levels without bending all the way down to the floor and scrabbling around in the back of the cupboard. Marvellous!

And there's more... Just like spoilers, they come in a variety of shapes and sizes. There's the plain pull-out chrome wire basket set for your cupboards. (remember, cleaner, tidier, saves all that bending down and back pain). Then there's the 'Under The Sink' variety that means your unpleasantries such as cleaning stuff can be given tidied neatly away into a wire drawer that pulls out from under the kitchen sink. There's even an industrial strength, lockable pull out unit which, all joking aside, is absolutely brilliant for keeping nasty cleaning fluids away from the exploratory hands of the children. It's less a chrome wire basket and more a cage, but it absolutely does the job it is designed to do.

The other things about these handy items (apart from the fact that they're brilliant if you have back problems or if you generally find bending down is a form of exercise you'd rather not indulge in), is that they are remarkably easy to fit. They come with runners to fit on either side of the cupboard (like your drawer runners), fit them with a few screws (also provided) and you're ready to go. So very DIY - or DFY if you prefer.

So there you have it... one of the biggest trends in storage right now means fitting a polished chrome wire basket. Take a look at our options on http://www.mykitchenstore.co.uk/ - you'll be spoiled for choice!!

If You Can't Stand The Heat - Visit mykitchenstore.co.uk

... because that's where you'll find what's cool in the kitchen!!

Despite the gloomy picture being painted by our British press, there are glimmers of hope (aside from the sparkle of an Olympic medal), to keep us bizniss people optimistic. For instance, the fact that peeps are spending more time on sprucing up their houses given the gloomy fact that they're not likely to sell them right now.

So this blog will be dedicated to letting you know about all the great value kitchen gadgets, great value fancy fittings, great value makeover products, great value new space saving kitchen storage items and many more (did I mention great value?) kitchen items to make your life easier and - er, prettier. All these marvelous items can be found at http://www.mykitchenstore.co.uk/ which has thousands of trade and consumer products.

I'm going to start with a bit of DIY help (because its not just about the pretty things, we can be practical about kitchen DIY too).

Do you know what a Blum Hinge is? You do? Good. If you don't , it's a trade name for the hinge that you find on the inside of the door of your kitchen cabinets. Many people struggle to find this little DIY gem when they need it. Well you'll find them at mykitchenstore - and for far less than you would spend in B & Q. Now 'Blum' is actually a brand name ( a bit like Hoover, it has become synonymous in the trade with this type of hinge), but actually what you are looking for is a concealed hinge and they are available in many other brands other than Blum. So if you need to change or fix a kitchen door (which is really very simple to do, more on that another time), then this is the type of hinge you want.

Now for a little bit of magic - actually a magic corner. I found out about magic corners myself when I had a sticky problem in one of my kitchen cupboards. You might be familiar with it. The cabinet in question was in the corner with that awkward blind area that you can't see into or reach properly. I put my hand in to grope around for a jar of honey - and put my hand straight in it - the honey that is, which had leaked from the jar on its side and settled in a sticky, furry pool on the base of the cupboard. Sweet - not!! Yuk and double yuk. So in searching for a way to improve access to the cupboard, I came across a magic corner: which looks like this picture. It's a great thing! It very cleverly fits onto the kitchen door and when you close it disappears into the unreachable area of the cupboard. It makes it easier for me to get the stuff I need (I often don't even need to bend down, let alone dislocate my shoulder to get round the corner). It's also easy to fit - it must be, I did it myself!

Anyway, some time along and now with my very own kitchen store, I can highly recommend these fabby items - and what's more, we have 25% off magic corners until the end of September 'o8. MAGIC!!

By the way, if you fancy working from home and earning money running your own kitchen store, check out ReadyStore.

Phew, I'm a bit hot now, best get out of the kitchen for a while! If you want to ask any kitchen DIY or kitchen refurbishment questions, feel free to do so; if I can't answer them, I know someone who can.