My stupidly expensive, huge, over-done kitchen.
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huge thanks. final floor plan done!! help with cabinet tweaking??
Comments (19)Thanks guys! :) OK, I am refining the desk/pantry area. I drew it again and holligator is right, there's too much wasted space there! No need for a 5 1/2' wide desk with nothing underneath! Now I am thinking that only the right-hand 30" or so is a knee-hole for a stool and a counter-height desk area, with a drawer unit base to the left, and then, perpendicular to the desk wall, 18" of floor-to ceiling storage which houses, on the counter and behind appliance-garage-type-doors: microwave and coffeemaker, grinder, etc. Above those doors are two tall sliding panels, below then is just one sliding panel to access the left-hand space, (with a blind reach-in situation back 12-15" or so, and some wasted space behind that.) Since we can't afford all that cabinetry to match our kitchen cabinets, DH says: we'll build shelves into the framed and drywalled space, and he'll build the sliding door panels from cherry to match our kitchen. Since they're on sliders the fit isn't as crucial: he has done this on boats he works on. WE'd get an Ikea base drawer cabinet and he'll make matching drawer fronts and side panel. Another option is make them from poplar and paint them to match the trim... we can wait and decide once the kitchen is in. (might make the space brighter... that's one concern I have about the cherry cabinets in the middle of the house.) I worry because he has so much else to do on this kitchen (all the plumbing, electrical, and finish!) but he says he can work on it at work on lunch break and it'll be fun. I quite like this idea, he can watch the sunrise while making coffee just like he does now, and I'm using more of the space, holligator! I just don't know how those coffee stations work in practicality: doesn't the heat/moisture hurt the cabinets? Or do you have to slide it out onto the counter when in use? Now I can see where having a small sink there would be helpful for filling the coffeepot and stuff, but (even though the plumbing is already there) I don't think I can justify the extra expense for a nice bar sink and faucet (since it's so visible!!! When it was a laundry room I had no problem leaving the existing.) PLUS I rally do like the idea of the desk nook there. It would be my bill-paying area. I was wondering where I was going to store that stuff at the island.... here I have drawers. I do like it....See MoreHelp - Have I made a hugely expensive mistake?!
Comments (27)If your cabinets put off a yellow tone, you need to get rid of that blue first thing. Your blue is much too bright for a yellow toned cream cabinet and together, they'll look awful. I'd go with either the gorgeous blue suggested above (in the bathroom example) which has a green undertone to it, or go with a soft green, but stay away from pastel or violet blues. They clash something awful with yellow tone cream. I'm afraid you did make a mistake, and it's rather a big one (I hate painting trim...mind you, I'd do it in a heart beat in your situation, but I still hate it LOL). White and cream need to be carefully mixed if they're going to work out. The white needs to not have blue undertones (crisp white) but instead needs to lean towards the yellow or pink. Yours looks to be in the crisp blue tones of white, (think snow or iceberg). Ya just can't mix that well with yellow toned ivory or cream. It again clashes just as bad as your blue paint. It needs to be painted again, and in a color matched, but perhaps a shade or two lighter, than the cabinets, if you want a nice flow. Your mistakes aren't hugely expensive, but they are hugely visable if you leave them as is. Even going to a soft green or changing the blue won't fix it. Either the cabs need paint (I wouldn't paint a new factory finish myself) or the trim, and definately the walls!...See Moremy kitchen is done!!!! before and after pics
Comments (45)Zecchini, I love your kitchen renovation so much from the color of the cabinets, to the hardware, to those big beautiful floor tiles on the diagonal, to that gorgeous backsplash, to those counters are stunning and that little doggie really enhances the pictures. Thanks for sharing some information about the kitchen to give me ideas....See MoreAre there any pros on here that can help me with my half done kitchen?
Comments (94)I think the current hood is maybe a little small, but I think it could be made visually larger with lighting and a nice tile especially if you ran the tile to the ceiling, or by adding some contrasting trim to the hood maybe? But someone early on in the thread did a mock up with a big rectangular cabinet hood and it just looks huge and overwhelming in the space, and bland. Plus that would close off the space on the backsplash over the range, so if you choose a tile to add interest, it’s probably not going to show very well, at least with the lights off and with no under hood/cabinet lighting. Here, from earlier: Just looks to me like anytime you were at the range you’d be working in a cave. And the hood dominates the space because it’s so big....See Moredeedles
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