Summer entertaining is a sport. You’ve got to move fast, stay cool, and keep everyone hydrated, full, and slightly impressed. That means your kitchen can’t be phoning it in. It needs to work with you—not against you—when friends roll in with rosé and dietary restrictions.
Let’s talk real upgrades.
Lighted Mirrors: Because Your Guests Will Use Your Powder Room
You're not just prepping the kitchen—you're hosting a full-home experience. That includes the bathroom (and yes, guests will judge it). Lighted mirrors from Electric Mirror and Robern are game changers. They're not just glowing rectangles—they're smart, sleek design elements that elevate the whole vibe.
Electric Mirror’s Integrity Lighted Mirror has built-in defoggers and dimmable lighting, so no one’s staring at a steam-covered mirror with salad in their teeth. Robern’s Profiles Collection even offers tunable lighting that shifts from warm to cool tones—because harsh blue light at golden hour? Criminal.
Tiny detail. Huge impact.
Brizo Touchless Faucets: Because Messes Happen
There’s always that one cousin who wants to “help” but shows up mid-sangria with sticky hands and a cutting board full of who-knows-what. Enter: Brizo SmartTouch® kitchen faucets. Tap the faucet with your wrist, forearm, elbow—whatever’s clean—water flows. Need it off? Tap again.
It’s hands-free without being sensor-overload. No frantic waving. No flickering. Just fluid design and actual functionality.
Bonus points: models like the Artesso or Litze with SmartTouch also offer TempID LED indicators, so you know when the water’s lava-level before filling that pasta pot. Hosting with kids around? That’s a quiet win.
The Waterstone Ultimate Under Sink System: Hydration, Elevated
Pitchers of tap water? Eh. Half your guests won't drink it. Others will politely fill a glass and abandon it on the windowsill.
Waterstone’s Ultimate Under Sink System changes the game with multi-stage filtration, instant hot water, and a cold filtered tap—all integrated cleanly into your sink station. It removes sediment, chlorine, VOCs, and that weird mystery aftertaste older pipes tend to leave behind.
Throw in a Gantry faucet or PLP Pulldown with a matching filtration faucet and your hydration station starts looking like a Michelin prep area. Guests will notice. Especially the smug ones who “only drink filtered.”
Mountain Plumbing Stealth Garbage Disposal: Quiet Power Behind the Party
You’ve got music playing, people laughing, drinks clinking—and then someone fires up the garbage disposal and suddenly it sounds like a lawnmower in your kitchen. Not with Mountain Plumbing’s Stealth.
This disposal is a hosting essential disguised as a sleek under-sink upgrade. The Stealth system uses a permanent magnet motor that grinds fast and efficiently—no waiting around while it chokes on celery strings or corn silk. It’s also got sound insulation technology, so it runs whisper-quiet, even during heavy use. Think of it like the Tesla of garbage disposals: powerful, smooth, and nearly silent.
It handles food waste quickly (you’ll need that when half-eaten apps and cocktail garnishes start piling up), and with its anti-jam design and stainless steel components, it won’t flinch mid-party. No mid-event clogs. No smelly backups. Just clean counters and a sink that keeps flowing.
Pair it with Mountain Plumbing’s air-activated switch, and you've got a no-fuss, easy-access way to turn it on with a tap of the finger—no greasy hands reaching behind the soap pump.
If you're entertaining even semi-regularly, this is one of those behind-the-scenes upgrades that makes everything look seamless. Because nothing kills party momentum like plunging a sink at 8pm.
Nantucket Sink Workstations: It’s a Sink. It’s a Countertop. It’s a Zone.
Nantucket’s Pro Series Workstations don’t just hold water—they run the whole pre-party show. Think: a stainless-steel ledge system with a fitted cutting board that spans the entire sink. Not some flimsy plastic insert—this is full chef-mode.
Need to slice limes, rinse berries, or hide a soaking pan? Do it all right there. Basket strainer catches debris (save the drain), bottom grid prevents scratches and chips (save the sink), and you’ve got yourself a flexible prep hub where guests don’t crowd your counter like it’s a dive bar.
And when someone inevitably dumps wine-soaked strawberries in the sink? No clog. No chaos. Just keep hosting.
The Takeaway
Your summer kitchen shouldn’t slow you down. It should be a finely-tuned machine—equal parts beauty and brute force.
So go ahead. Elevate the mirror. Tap the faucet. Filter the water. Pulverize the peels. Slice on the sink. And most importantly—enjoy the party. The kitchen’s got your back.
Planning a summer refresh? Our expert sales team is here to help you find the perfect hosting upgrades to fit your style and budget. Call us at 858-879-0449—we’re just a conversation away.
