Kitchen Peninsula or Small Island
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Small peninsula kitchen cabinet choices.......Help!
Comments (6)It might be a good idea to find a picture or two in the finished kitchens blog that you really like. It is pretty simple to take an existing kitchen and "interpret" it. If you can post what you like and how ;uxe you want to go ($$) I am sure that you'll be able to accomplish everything with the help of the folks on here. Floor plans and the palette of the adjoining room(s) are also imporant. Because you are removing the wall, you are basically making the whole room a combined kitchen/living/entertaining area and it is not a good idea to try to treat them as separate spaces. In the second layout sketch - it looks like you have a cooktop aganst the back wall, however there is a range against the other wall. I think you could create some wonderful drama by moving the fridge over to where the range is in the second sketch. On the back wall - use a cooktop with one or two ovens underneath in mock-range configuration. Put great big pillars on either side of the area and spend half of your budget on the most beautiful mosaic backsplash you can find. Your elegance can come from the colouration. Use creams accented with darks and jewel tones to make impact in a gracious way....See Morequick kitchen help needed - peninsula/island placement
Comments (5)Picture of dining room? We have a 5' peninsula and the overhang part of it is dark stained maple which abuts the granite. I did it to add interest to the kitchen so that it wasn't all granite counter. It matches the colour of our dining room table which can be seen when sitting at it. I like the mix of the two elements. For me the wood adds a little warmth, a certain graciousness to the kitchen and creates a connection to the dining room. Does that make sense?...See MoreKitchen Advice - Peninsula or Island? and Paint Cabinets or New?
Comments (4)Thank you, everyone, for taking a look. :) I'll try to answer all of your inquiries to help with the advice. I'm attaching a photo of the room on the other side of the diagonal wall. If you shoot through the small door in the kitchen you hit the dining room. If you go left it's the living room. I'm probably going to leave the diagonal wall as it makes the living room less boxy. I've swapped all the flooring to wood-look, hand-scraped tile. I wanted hardwood but wanted bullet proof tile for my dog. The picture shows the installation. I haven't finished the kitchen floor but all of the other rooms are done. I'm adding 4" baseboard molding and painting it Farrow and Ball's All White. I'm looking for a beach, light blue with depth for the kitchen/family room. The cabinets are maple and in good shape. It makes it hard to donate/toss them. The family that had the house before me took the refrigerator and the microwave did not work so I purchased Kitchenaid counter-depth appliance in stainless. My Mom felt the built in oven was too small and so I purchased a down draft oven to replace the cook top. I already have to do some electrical there to move the extra wattage. My Dad is an electrical engineer so he can help with that. I would probably put the sink in the island and so I would have to move the plumbing. The good news is that I can almost stand up in the crawl space so hopefully that will make it a little easier. Because of the changes I'm already going to have to replace some of the cabinets... The granite. It's kind of pink/salmon with black and it is on every cabinet surface throughout the house. :0 I would like to swap this with Carrera marble and tile the black splash. I'm hoping the original granite can also be donated. I really want a timeless classic look. I priced inset cabinets (including the island) I think through the cabinet joint and they came in at around $15k. I think they were MDF and I really wanted wood. I haven't decided on a sink. I was concerned that farmhouse sinks were trendy but they seem to be staying around. :) The house theme is modern cape cod. So for the island option it would probably cost $22k. I priced cabinets at Home Depot (non-inset) and they came in around $5k. So less expensive cabinets would bring me in at $12k. If I leave the layout, paint the cabinets, order the replacement ones I need, swap the counter top and backsplash it would probably be around $7k. It's a pretty big difference in dollars. I also don't know if at some point if I would rent the house out. I don't know how bad a kitchen would take a hit. That's about it for now. Thank you again and please let me know if you have any other suggestions. :)...See MoreIsland or Peninsula in this small kitchen?
Comments (23)We went through the same struggle with our kitchen (but our kitchen was slightly bigger and wider so we were able to accommodate a peninsula and we love the end result). In your current layout, a peninsula wouldn't work because where would you put the dishwasher? The island would be too small to serve its purpose. I would just leave it open (no island, no peninsula), to make it more open concept....See Morepalimpsest
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