Suggestions needed for 'open look' wall
The old kitchen is demolished and I'm in full TKO madness planning the new one.
The new kitchen will be bumped out 3' to be approximately 16'x16'. Along one wall will be the range, with a 12" pullout, DW and sink on either side (this will be a kosher kitchen which explains what may look like a whackadoodle layout to some, but it makes sense for us).
The new back wall will be a sliding French door to a deck, surrounded by fixed French windows and then double-hung windows over the counter areas--essentially a wall of glass to let in lots of light.
The wall opposite the range wall will have two equally sized counter runs, one with a three-sided glass china cabinet sitting on the end and the other with wall ovens; these two items will flank the DR entry. Yes, I know the wall ovens are a bit far from the main prep area. It's the best I can do and it works to have an oven which can double as a warming drawer close to the DR, so I'm happy with it.
The wall oven counter will be perpendicular to the area which houses the fridge and a pantry area to either side. (The odd corner is a chimney we have to work around.)
In the middle will be a 7.5'x4' island with tons of storage but no sink, just a flat expense of prep area. The side facing the range will have drawers and on the opposite side there will be 12" deep cabinets storing nondaily items under another 12" overhang for seating
Most of my design decisions are made, but I'm wrestling with what to do with the wall that the range is on. I really LOVE the open look--either shelving or maybe a plate rack like the one below. I don't want to put cabinets on either side of the hood as I want to maintain the open look, but am having a hard time deciding exactly what to put there. One end will have the window and the other will be open. I thought about adding a wall there but nixed it since I don't want to lose the space and to keep the rather cavelike stair/downstairs foyer area more open.
We should have enough storage space that I can sacrifice cabinets there, but what to put instead? The hood will most likely be a plain boxed hood with an insert liner, painted the same color as the walls and with a shelf at the bottom painted to match the cabinets. I was thinking of having the shelf wrap around and continue to the ends (obviously leaving enough space for the window to operate) and having lights put in under them, � la Sochi's beautiful kitchen. OTOH, I saw a plate rack I love and am considering having one made to hang over each sink to store the dishes we use on pretty much an everyday basis.
Below is the architect's drawing of the kitchen plan. (Ignore where it says BAKE; he forgot to take that out, and the oval dotted line over the island represents a pot rack which I may or may not put up; my other major design dilemma).
Ideas? Suggestions? Pictures?
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13 years agoIt's also from Martin Moore:
I love the colors and the calm feel, but mine will be tweaked, of course; frameless cabs and a warmer cream instead of the pale gray-white, open space to either side of the range instead of the countertop cabs since both sides will be used for prep. Cork floor that mimics the limestone look. Don't think I'm bringing the sides of the hood down like that, but I haven't ruled it out.
It's funny, but I realized when I'm looking at all these quiet, calm, lovely kitchens that what I like about them is that THERE'S NO ONE IN THEM. No teenage boys fighting over whose turn it is to empty the garbage, no family members standing in your way and yapping as you're madly trying to finish a sauce and saute veggies at the same time, no cats on the counters, no neighborhood children inviting their entire families over for dinner that night....ah well. The lovely empty kitchen that looks like a staged set or a Hopper painting is the fantasy part. Maybe I'll start coming home for lunch to enjoy that one. :-)
rococogurl
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13 years agoOkay, here are my mockups. I was being a bit lazy but hopefully you'll get the general idea.
French door wall and china cabinet/oven wall:
That's an actual shot of my dining room just for the color. Disregard the Godzilla-like table. I would hang some kind of painting there that would tie in the colors of the kitchen and the DR.
Fridge/pantry wall and (this is the tough one) range wall:
It's hard to see here, but the cabinets around the fridge would be a very warm off-white with yellowish undertones. I put a wine rack over the fridge in the gray and counter-height strips of gray that would separate the top cabinets from the drawers beneath in the pantry area to tie them into the rest of the scheme.
I think I would also have the plate racks painted gray or cream. My dairy dishes are white and would pop nicely against the gray. And I need to buy new meat dishes so I can pick something harmonious.
Here's a cleaner view of the layout:
Colors under consideration are:
1. MS Bedford Gray for base cabinets and window trim
2. F&B Pavilion Blue for walls
3. F&B Pointing for crown molding
4. F&B Tallow for cream cabs surrounding fridge. It may not be the right shade but I love it so much it's the one I keep pulling out of the deck.Matte off-white subway tile the length of the range wall OR painting the area under the shelves in Pointing and using a frosted aqua glass tile just behind the range. I know it sounds nuts but the colors are gorgeous together and it would certainly be unexpected. I would pick up the color with art glass and jadeite cookware elsewhere in the room. Mulling over if I can get it to work; otherwise I'll still have accents of that color in the room.
Pot rack over the island or no? As much as I've always insisted on one, I'm now leaning toward no...I don't want to lose all that beautiful light coming in. I'm thinking maybe just some understated blown glass pendants over the island instead.
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