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mostly finished white kitchen with soapstone
Comments (22)Thanks SO much, everyone! I am really in love with my kitchen for the first time in 6 years. I made my kitchen custom without having to buy a new home. I'll get back to you on the color of the green (I have the colors in the basement...) I LOVE not having that island. The kitchen was simply too small for an island. It was obtrusive and clustered. I never used it to cook on, so I didn't lose any "prep" space. I felt that I couldn't move in the kitchen before. With two dogs and two kids, it was difficult for me to move when everyone came in to visit. And my loyal labs never leave my side, especially while I'm in the kitchen! I found a great painter who saved me thousands on new cabinets. I love the job he did painting my cabinets. They are awesome. My original cabinets were cherry and they are made by Merrilat--the Classic style. My contractor made the soffit/hood cover. I wasn't thrilled with having to make the two glass cabinets shorter than the rest of the cabinets, but I think his idea turned out quite well. It was the only solution as I had to vent through the top of the corner cabinet and cabinet to the right of the stove. I was so glad I was able to give away the cabinets they tore out to a family who purchased a foreclosure home that had no kitchen. I was able to sell the stove and cooktop to a lovely young couple who were renovating their kitchen and my granite slabs were all in one piece and will be reused in another home. Thanks for the suggestion on the red valance. I'm SO not a curtain kind of girl, though. I'm working on a red rug in front of the sink. Speaking of the sink, it was pretty easy for the contractor to install. It's not undermount; it's flush with the soapstone. I LOVE having one large sink. And I have quickly gotten used to not having a garbage disposal. I couldn't have done it without such awe inspiring kitchens posted on here--especially some posted by boxerpups. Now, let me go and get that paint color for those who asked....See MoreFinished, sort of, small kitchen mostly DIY
Comments (61)Ppbenn, the wallpaper is "peonies" from tempaper. It is not standard wallpaper. Its a self-adhesive wallpaper, aka a giant sticker. I don't know how it would take water color bc of the finish. But, Tempaper sells a product that is plain that you can decorate. So maybe? Tempaper has a website with faqs, and they would likely answer questions too. It's a sm company/neat story. Good luck! I am sure my kids will paint ours soon. I've already wiped up pen and pencil. Marker and paint are likely not far behind. Fwiw: hanging this is just slightly different than regular paper. The back is very sticky. That is great if your flat walls meet crisp edges of the even/level ceiling. With my old wavy plaster walls and old wavy plaster ceiling, covered in tons of paint, a standard wallpaper likely would have been easier to hang because it would have been more forgiving to stretch, move and slide. But, this paper was worth the effort. And removal will be so much easier, though I have no plans to do it anytime soon. Fori! I remember you asked questions about the smeg. I hoped you would pull the trigger before me! I will try to remember to post a more thorough review after we use the speed oven more. I want to try to bake, heat a frozen pizza, and grill fish or meat. Then I'll post again. In the meantime, as I mentioned above, we have abused the oven feature on the smeg everyday for more than a month: reheat french toast, warm left overs, cook chicken fingers, spring rolls, eggplant parm, roast veggies and chicken, make nacho chips and cheese. It just gets hot so much faster than my 30" Berta gas range, which isn't particularly slow to get hot. And I think/hope it has to be more efficient to use the small electric oven than the larger gas oven. (?) And the mw is in use everyday, reheating my coffee, cooking frozen broccoli etc. The mw performs well, as I would expect. We have not baked, used the grill function, or done any speed/combo cooking. But to be honest, the combo features were secondary. I am not very good at following directions and I usually never use the pre-set options on anything! If and when I bake, it's usually in batches; I imagine I would usually use the range to bake and the smeg to cook dinner. I will use the grill function; hope it works well. We decided to take the leap, or be the guinea pigs, bc we only had so many spots to put a mw. The best spot was prime real estate, below the counter. To give up cabinet drawers, I wanted an appliance that would do more than mw. I cook, a lot, everyday and on holidays. A second oven was really attractive. Obviously I didn't have space for a wall oven. I don't even have space for a countertop convection or toaster oven. So we looked at combos. Since I only have 24" my choices were limited. The reviews on the Miele were really good. But it didn't sound like $$$$ better for how I would use the appliance. And I didn't have that extra $$$$ to just get the Miele bc it's the Miele. Really, my biggest concern: yes, my kids play with the knobs. But i can't blame them. It is cute....See MoreMostly finished kitchen with undecorated and family room
Comments (22)I should have known, I tend to like the Walker Zanger line, but it is pretty pricey. Since I am putting off the back splash for a while, though, when I do get it done I may be able to splurge a little more than I would have if I had done with the rest of the kitchen. Thank you, I would love to know which ones they are, esp. the color names. That inset color looks like it would go well with my countertop, and I am sure it is avialable in more than one design of tile, although I do love the ones you picked out. It also looks beautiful with the background color tile. Rich and understated. It is what I had in mind myself. I love the more colorful ones, but don't really want to limit what I can put with it for accessories. It also doesn't look to me like it would get dated very fast. Classic, I guess. You did a very nice job. Sue...See MoreFinished Kitchen: from Oak & Tile to Black & Marble, mostly DIY
Comments (74)night jasmine: They are the Gilmore 4 inch in Polished nickel. ajard: I sent you an e-mail from your blog comment - we love the counters and are over a year into using them. They haven't stained at all, but they DO etch, it's a kind of slight, lived in look we love. Once you have a bunch of etches (like when these photos were taken, there are tons on that counter) it just blends in and looks like a nice patina. Hope this helps! Thanks for all the kind comments!...See Moredee850
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