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susan
Susan describes her career in one word: passion! As an award-winning kitchen designer, Susan is a speaker, mentor and NKBA member. She judges new kitchen-related products, contributes to Better Homes & Gardens and is a go-to source for editors of various media, including HGTV, radio, Newsday and top home design blogs. Susan loves to share ideas on how to make a kitchen not only utilitarian in design, but also comfortable and aesthetically pleasing in a highly personal way. Therefore, she’s very excited to speak directly to HomeGoods' customers in a small effort to help enrich their kitchen enjoyment, one idea at a time.
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Recent posts by susan:
Now, I don’t mean “lay down with your feet up” relaxing while entertaining! But, ultimately, isn’t that sort of the goal? To feel less pressure, have confidence, and feel fully prepared? Tips are abundant from the HomeGoods bloggers. They come fast and furoius and there’s always more to come. Helpful tips breed ideas and inspiration. [...]
Posted by: susan 10/29/08 at 4:07 pm
Now that we’ve talked a lot about planning and decorating and lots of other ways to make entertaining a streamlined process, it could add some fun and productivity to the mix if you share parts of the process with your favorite people, don’t you think?
Take Halloween, for those procrastinators out there! Grab one or more [...]
Posted by: susan 10/28/08 at 2:28 pm
I really like change. Well, let me clarify that…change I can control! I especially love changing the kitchen to reflect my moods, the seasons, my changing taste, whatever speaks to me. Obviously, we can’t go changing the entirety of the kitchen on a whim, but we can change more than you think to keep things [...]
Posted by: susan 10/27/08 at 10:29 am
We’ve talked about organizing various parts and pieces within the kitchen, and that’s all “very responsible” but today, I’d like to take a look at the kitchen as a whole. During the entertaining “season” we spend much more time than we normally do in the kitchen. I think that, alone, is a good argument to [...]
Posted by: susan 10/24/08 at 1:06 pm
Let’s talk about getting your dishes, glasses and silverware prepped and ready. You know, all of a sudden, the thought comes in your head that “now” is the moment you want to grab these items and get them out of the kitchen, keeping them in plain sight to prepare your table when you’re ready. So, let’s plan ahead, especially [...]
Posted by: susan 10/23/08 at 3:05 pm
Ok, more checking and planning to do! Remember that menu that you have planned for your entertaining event(s)? You may have checked that you have the right cookware, but have you checked your serving dishes? And, remember the theme you decided on at the start of your planning? I’ll tell you something interesting…
Posted by: susan 10/22/08 at 6:30 am
By now, you’re nearly halfway through the organizing process in your kitchen. If you are not saying “out with the old”, then, let’s say “out with the unused!” You’ve surveyed your cooking equipment, and whether your home is small or large, I hope my tips have been helpful. Remember, in small homes, it’s important to [...]
Posted by: susan 10/21/08 at 11:16 am
What does the pantry and entertaining have in common? The first flows into the second, either wasting time, adding frustration, and adding costs, or the opposite. An organized pantry breeds organized entertaining. The pantry, where we store our boxes and jars of food, is just about the easiest spot in the kitchen to get UNorganized [...]
Posted by: susan 10/20/08 at 11:59 am
What is entertaining without food? Not very much, one can only get so far with clever conversation! Now that you’ve done some creative dreaming about your entertaining theme, it’s time to do some thinking about menu planning. There is always so much creativity in the process of choosing the food you will prepare, whether you are doing [...]
Posted by: susan 10/17/08 at 9:01 am
