Transitional kitchen design is an eclectic mix of contemporary and traditional styles. Jan D’Atri tours a kitchen display at Affinity Kitchens and shows how the dark stained cabinetry is blended seamlessly with contemporary glass panels, concrete countertops and stainless steel accents to create a look that is both hip and homey. See more Transitional kitchens in our Photo Gallery.

This video is an excerpt from our Design Your Cuisine video series featuring Jan D’Atri.

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As the head of her household, Candelaria Sequea works to provide a better life for her kids, who are taking classes in technological training. She has a business where she sells different types of fried foods and soup. She makes sacrifices to support them in their professional development. She stands as a true example of faith and perseverance. Through it all, God’s provision in her business and family is evident.

Candelaria Sequea belonged to a trust group for four loan cycles. However, due to the rain they had on October 18th, her neighborhood of Pozón encountered heavy floods. Her family’s house was destroyed by the water. This crisis forced them to move and pay rent for many months with the hope that they would return to reconstruct a small business where their house once stood.

Through her own determination and with the help of her kids, Candelaria managed to buy some of the materials needed to start construction on her house, and thanks to Opportunity International’s emergency fund, additional materials were donated to finish the job. Today she is able to live once again with her two children in their own home and not pay rent.

She mentions that this location is crucial to her business, which is located at the entrance of the neighborhood, a very commercial area. She is confident that she will be able to reinitiate her lunch sales and continue to buy things for this year.

Astrid

Candelaria’s house (left) is completely destroyed

Astrid visited Candelaria after Christmas and there was nothing left of her home

Candelaria with her new home

Watch the first documentary from our trip to Cartagena during the Summer of 2008.
Watch the second documentary from our follow-up trip to Cartagena during the Winter of 2010.

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Opportunity International is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping the working poor. They provide small loans that allow poor entrepreneurs to start or expand a business, develop a steady income, provide for their families and create jobs for their neighbors. Opportunity International also offers savings, microinsurance, business training and many more services to 1.1 million working poor in 28 developing nations.

www.opportunity.org

1. Style – upgrade to a contemporary look.
2. Atmosphere – add color and lighting to make the kitchen more welcoming.
3. Layout – make better use of the space in and around the kitchen.

Here’s how we accomplished the transformation from dark, cramped and outdated to stunning, inviting and practical:

1. Style – we replaced the old cabinets with a clean, modern style in maple.
2. Atmosphere – we worked with our client to discover her favorite color palette and then applied it to the quartz countertops, cabinets and walls. The ceiling was raised and then practical and dramatic lighting was added in layers: overhead lights, in-cabinet lights, LED task lights and LED accents under the counter.
3. Layout – at one end of the original kitchen there was an odd space bigger than a pantry but smaller than a sitting room. This space was awkward and separated the kitchen from a great source of natural light. We removed the wall to bring the window into the kitchen and added a window seat between a built-in pantry and a bar. Our client loves to entertain, so we removed the old peninsula to make room for a large island that offers plenty of space for cooking and seating for guests.

Join us for a BBQ lunch at our showroom on Friday, July 29 from 11:00 am – 1:30 pm. We’ll have bratwurst & hamburgers for a small donation with all proceeds to benefit OCJ Kids, equipping at risk and troubled teens by providing them tools, resources and positive adult role models to succeed and excel in every area of life.

Click here for the event flier and map.

Special thanks to our Charity BBQ Sponsors:

• Affinity Kitchens
• Carpet-Rite
• dei-zinz
• Sub-Zero/Wolf
• Highpointe
• AMT Group @ PrimeLending
• Prudential Arizona Properties
• Get it from KK
• Verispect TrueVision Promotions

Seating is limited – visit www.childhelp.org/harrypotter to reserve your seat
 

Join us for a special advance screening of ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2′ as a private benefit for Childhelp, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping victims of child abuse and neglect.

We’re honored to be co-sponsoring this special event with Sub-Zero Wolf, Allstate Appliances and J.R. McDade Company.

Harkins Scottsdale 101 Cine Capri
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Movie starts at 6:00 pm

Click here to download the event invitation for details
 

Here’s the latest update from Astrid, manager of Opportunity International’s Roof & Floor program that we support in Cartagena, Colombia. She sent us this story about Wilfrido who was able to build his new home with the help of the Roof & Floor program:

Wilfrido Pérez Lucas, is married to Saudith Carpio have a daughter and a baby on the way, Wilfrido is a client Opportunity international, at this time the have six loans in the trust group “Amigos del Progreso” Wilfrido’s he is the President of the trust group.

He began his business selling coffee in the street with a small box where had a few thermos with coffee, but 3 years ago he bought a bicycle he installed a tent and adapted a support where accommodates 10 thermos that have traditional coffee, chocolate and coffee with milk and additionally sells sandwich, with this transport called Café Charly Wilfrido can go to different areas to sell their products.

Wilfrido’s works in the morning from 7:00 am to 11 am and in the afternoon from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm. In the neighborhoods around, he always alert with a horn and people know that came Charly Café, this way is as Wilfrido wins the provision for his family and also wants to achieve the dream of learning English with this hope was that he came to this city to work and study another language.

Wilfrido applied to the Roof and floor for home program, he lived with another family in a small house of wood in a small room, Wilfrido had a property where he began the construction of his house by placing wood which would functioned as columns and also bought part of the roof, he needed buy wood and make the exterior walls and Interior, today Wilfrido enjoys his new house in wood, this is a space in which they now live more comfortable with his family, and he is grateful with God and with Opportunity International that he could apply to this credit that improved their quality of life.

Astrid

Watch the first documentary from our trip to Cartagena during the Summer of 2008.
Watch the second documentary from our follow-up trip to Cartagena during the Winter of 2010.

Visit the Affinity Kitchens YouTube Channel

Opportunity International is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping the working poor. They provide small loans that allow poor entrepreneurs to start or expand a business, develop a steady income, provide for their families and create jobs for their neighbors. Opportunity International also offers savings, microinsurance, business training and many more services to 1.1 million working poor in 28 developing nations.

www.opportunity.org

Our generous sponsor Yoga Village will match total donations up to $300.

Join us for a BBQ lunch at our showroom on Friday, June 24 from 11:00 am – 1:30 pm. We’ll have bratwurst & hamburgers for a small donation with all proceeds to benefit Ryan House, providing essential care for children with life-threatening conditions and their families.

Click here for the event flier and map.

Special thanks to our Charity BBQ supporters:

• Affinity Kitchens
• Carpet-Rite
• dei-zinz
• Sub-Zero/Wolf
• Highpointe
• AMT Group @ PrimeLending
• Prudential Arizona Properties
• Get it from KK
• Verispect TrueVision Promotions

Kitchen designer Tim Huber talks about what makes a kitchen Contemporary. Tim tours a kitchen display at the Affinity Kitchens showroom to introduce the elements of Contemporary design and to show off the display’s special features including soft close cabinet doors, unique storage solutions, LED lighting accents and Kohler Karbon faucet. See more Contemporary kitchens in our Photo Gallery.

This video is an excerpt from our Design Your Cuisine video series featuring Jan D’Atri.

Visit the Affinity Kitchens YouTube Channel

Our generous sponsor Mutual of Omaha Bank will match total donations up to $300.

Join us for a BBQ lunch at our showroom on Friday, May 27 from 11:00 am – 1:30 pm. We’ll have bratwurst & hamburgers for a small donation with all proceeds to benefit The Sydney Hudson Foundation, providing vital services, equipment, supplies & activities for special needs children.

Click here for the event flier and map.

Special thanks to our Charity BBQ supporters:

• Affinity Kitchens
• Carpet-Rite
• dei-zinz
• Sub-Zero/Wolf
• Highpointe
• AMT Group @ PrimeLending
• Prudential Arizona Properties
• Get it from KK
• Verispect TrueVision Promotions

We’re partnering with Contemporary Forum to support Phoenix Art Museum’s acquisitions and exhibitions of contemporary art. Contemporary Forum’s mission is to raise funds for the acquisition of contemporary pieces and to encourage an appreciation of contemporary art among Contemporary Forum and Museum members and among Arizona resident artists, art educators, art dealers and the general public.

Visit www.contemporaryforum.org to learn more about Contemporary Forum.