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December 08, 2013
Live Kitchens at UAKC
Appliance and Plumbing Fixtures in Live Showrooms Selection Makes a Difference at Universal Appliance and Kitchen Center During a recent celebrity cooking event at Universal Appliance and Kitchen Center (UAKC), comments from guests and others made it abundently clear that having a spacious showroom with great selection and live kitchens made ALL the difference. As UAKC President and CEO, Igor Royz said, "We have live kitchens in our showrooms. You can come to the showrooms. You can test drive the appliances that we sell." "To walk into an appliance store that actually has equipment that we would use in our Professional Kitchen is pretty cool...This is by far the best demo kitchen we've ever worked in." Michael Voltaggio, Celebrity Chef owner of Ink Restaurant, and Top Chef Winner. "The best kind of equipment you want - refrigerators, stoves, bathroom fixtures, kitchen plumbing fixtures. They've got it all right here under one roof, and top stuff - quality and selection." Ed Begley, Jr., Actor Speaking of the live Jenn-Air wall oven with a built-in culinary center, Celebrity Chef Michael Voltaggio said, "I came across that oven and it was like I'd just seen a Ferrari or something, I was all "WOW, look at this oven!" Designer Sarah Akbary, of Akbary Interiors... says "There's such beautiful selection to choose from that you never need to open up a catalogue and say, "This is the one I'm talking about". It's right here - installed for you to see." Akbary, added, "I think what's -
December 07, 2013
More Reasons to Shop at UAKC in Southern California
Why Customers Love Universal Appliance and Kitchen Center During a recent celebrity cooking event at Universal Appliance and Kitchen Center here's what UAKC owner, Igor Royz, had to say about his professional sales associates training. "We send our employees to appliance manufacturers all over the world to get factory training. They ARE professionals at what they do." Royz went on to talk about the services after the sale at UAKC. "We do in house installation. Our delivery personnel are our employees. They're factory certified to install the products that we sell." But, don't take it from us. Here's what others that were interviewed had to say. Baron Rogers of Kelly Baron Design says, "Universal Appliance has been an integral part of our business - being able to go from sales all the way through installation. It cuts down a lot of lag time and there's less complication when dealing with one vendor that can cover the process from start to finish." "I've experienced that at some of those big box stores the people on the floor just don't know it. They're like the people that operate the fork lift or the pallet jack. They don't really know how it works or much about it at all. So if you want to learn the features and learn the equipment, you want to come to a place like this."- Ed Begley Jr. Here's the complete video (3 1/2 minutes) featuring interviews from those above as well as others. Universal Appliance and -
October 17, 2012
More color in the kitchen
More POPS of color to make kitchens lively Today's kitchens are often a sea of stainless steel, contrasted perhaps by a granite top or wood-grained cabinets. In some contemporary-styled kitchens, the stainless may even be offset only by stark white cabinets and walls. Designers have taken to adding what they describe as "pops" of color. Some have boldly added color "accent" walls, while others have used colorful back-splashes. Here are some examples that might inspire you to color your kitchen. Below is a stainless steel kitchen inset in a wood-grained wall, behind a matching wood-grained island. With a white back-splash countertop, and ceiling the room desperately needs color. Fortunately, the floor to ceiling windows add greenery, and the orange bar chairs create a bright visual focal point. The wine colored wall of the narrow kitchen/dining area pictured below, boldly draws the viewer towards the kitchen and unifies the room. This European kitchen adds color by avoiding the wood-grain or white cabinets that are so often used in today's kitchens, and using bright orange cabinet panels. Sticking with the same orange theme, the color of the year for 2012, this kitchen back-splash provides that much talked about "POP" of color. Notice that this kitchen not only integrates the appliances with the blue-green (verdigris) kitchen cabinets, it also has a cream colored kitchen island with a contrasting dark countertop. Somehow, it all seems to work together, and in fact makes a small kitchen look larger. The kitchen below features -
May 22, 2012
Appliance Colors
While Stainless Steel is clearly the most popular finish for major appliances in 2012, designers have been welcoming a variety of finishes from appliance manufacturers. Worthy of note is the unique Oiled Bronze finish offered by Jenn-Air below. Viking has the widest variety of colors. Here is a range with their popular burgandy color: Several Luxury brands such as Bertazonni, AGA, and La Cornue have ranges available in various colors. A custom La Cornue range is pictured at the top and an AGA cooker is shown below For a complete selection of appliances in all the latest colors consult the experts at Universal Appliance and Kitchen Center 12025 Ventura Blvd. Ste B-105 Studio City, CA 91604 PH 877 696-2987
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