Did you purchase aftermarket cabinet accessories/parts?
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Which part of your design/color scheme did you start with?
Comments (10)Our builder uses a design consultant and a design center where the buyers go and select their materials. I chose a paint color (SW Macadamia) and a granite (Santa Cecilia) before meeting with the designer. I walked in for our consult and the designer had a selection of granites out on the table---apparently to encourage the granite choice first. I showed her the granite we had chosen and she saw right away that the paint color we had chosen was too "green" to go with the granite we had selected. She pointed out a warmer, darker (SW Latte) paint color (saved me from a disappointing paint choice. I probably ever after would have wondered why things just didn't quite work well together.) We already knew generally what we wanted in cabinets (Merillat Alder Sedona). From there, we made the flooring and bathroom counters and the paint trim color (SW Softer Tan). I guess it all flowed from the granite choice...But I think choosing your colors around a precious keepsake like the table your dad made you makes the best sense and I would have done the same. You'll have that table forever!...See More'After market' cabinet/drawer additions? What did you change?
Comments (3)I bought: a pull out trash for my trash/recyclables a sink tilt out tray A Lee Valley pull out pantry larder unit My cabinets are being installed now so I will wait to see how everything fits once I have moved back in. I might add a few more storage accessories. ie tray dividers, under sink pullout and ???? Good luck! Here is a link that might be useful: Larder unit...See MoreLovers of pull-out trash cabinets, what did you have before?
Comments (23)I agonized over the trash location as well. I've always had freestanding trashcans sitting somewhere - usually in the way - on the floor of my kitchen and have always hated them. I've never been able to find one that I liked or that matched my kitchen, so I've always just had to settle for whatever I could find. I can't stand to have my trash can in the pantry - it just seems incongruous to have my trash in there with my food. I don't like the idea of having it under the sink because I don't like having two functions in the same place. Why agonize? I loathed the idea of having to open the trash with my potentially dirty hands and those free standing cans always had a hands free option. Enter the GW Kitchen forum where I learned about the foot pedal for trash cabinets and the whole thing was decided. I absolutely LOVE having my trash hidden in a cabinet. No one has to move out of the way in order for someone else to access it. Yes, guests have to be told where it is -- but how is that different than anyone else's kitchen? In any kitchen that doesn't have a freestanding trash cans out in the open, aren't guests always having to ask? I never know if it's under the sink or in the pantry or in the adjoining utility room, etc. To review: I love my pull out trash because it's: -- Hidden -- Accessible -- Hands free -- In a convenient and acceptable (to me) location...See MoreWhat made you choose the cabinets you did?
Comments (13)What style of cabinets are you looking at, what style is your house and what kind of setting/climate do you live in? Those answers may help you decide the colour or stain to go for. We have a post and beam house with lots of windows, the setting is in a rainy climate in forested hills and we had decided on shaker-style cabinets because we like strong,clean simple lines (which is why we live in a postandbeam house) The colour was decided by the face that I wanted dark maple stain, my husband wanted natural maple and we did a complete turn and have creamy painted maple cabinets which we absolutely love. We did put natural maple in the bathrooms and I'm glad that I don't have a whole kitchen of it. Part of our switch was based on the fact that we also have maple hardwood floors and that, combined with living surrounded by trees, we were concerned that our entire setting would be too "woodsy", if that makes sense. For others, that would perhaps be a look that they would want and be comfortable living in. Go to showrooms which was suggested and the other thing I did was to tape up some pictures of different looks and tried to imagine my self in them. The choice is so personal and based on the look that makes you comfortable. There are so many things to consider but be assured that there is no right or wrong answer. Good Luck...See MoreUser
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