is this quartzite too wild? design help urgently needed
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Comments (11)I agree Devonshire the tub spout is really plain, however, I don't really like the one she suggested as I don't think it goes with the Devonshire suite--it's a little too modern looking to go with the Devonshire shower controls. With that being said, I have never thought the Devonshire shower/tub pieces matched the elegance of the Devonshire lavatory faucet and Roman tub filler faucet. I would be very tempted to use something different that has the same elegance of the lav faucet & that coordinates well with the Devonshire lav faucet for the shower & tub. Is this going over a regular tub/shower combination or over a dedicated tub? Here are some spouts I found doing a quick google image search that may coordinate with the Devonshire suite better and give that extra 'pop' to the bath: http://www.tubz.com/images/riobel/ED05L.jpg http://www.amazon.com/Newport-Brass-3-925-26-Filler-Chrome/dp/B004D54XV0 http://www.efaucets.com/detail.asp?product_id=13283002 http://www.tubz.com/images/cifial/231.885.721.jpg If its going over a standard tub/shower combo, I have some other ideas I can offer up too. Hope this helps!...See MoreBuehl and others? Design help please! Urgent...
Comments (13)Hmmm... I'm a novice, but here's my first take. First, you may really need that filler strip to make the doors work by the corner lazy suzan cabinet. Check with the designer. Is the corner lazy susan the only part of the installation that is on an inside corner? Normally installers begin there, and in your case, would work from *right* to left, rather than in the order that you listed them. How about this, starting on the right: lazy suz (already on hand) 3" filler (already on hand) 9" pullout (converted to vertical storage for baking sheets and/or cutting boards) 36" drawers (already on hand) 12" cabinet (converted to pullout) 30" stove check to see how fast they can replace the other 12" cab and the 9" pullout with a 21" drawer bank It might be possible to then work from the left with the pantry (in hand), the fridge, and then wait to slide in the replacement drawer bank. This will hold back countertop install, so it depends how much time-to-completion matters to you. What are you doing in terms of uppers over the stove? Can the vent hood slide right 9" from what you originally planned? Alternatively... 12" deep drawers with only two deep drawers in the stack could become one bread drawer on top, and one potato storage drawer on the bottom... I think Buehl and other experienced folks are in more easterly time zones than I am, so they may already be asleep, and you may hear from them in the morning. Also, remember that you do not need to decide by tomorrow. It's your kitchen, and you can call a full stop to the project. Or wait till Monday. After all, you did nothing to contribute to the problem. Deep breaths. Hope this helps a bit!...See MoreNewbie needs urgent help - refrigerator sticking out of panels?
Comments (13)Thanks for all the help! (I feel like such a newbie - I thought I checked off email notification of replies in my OP, but I guess I didn't, as I didn't get any, and then I couldn't find my own thread to see if there were any replies!) I'm adding some pics, so everyone can see what I'm talking about. [IMG]http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/syk731/kitchen/IMG_1982.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/syk731/kitchen/IMG_1986.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/syk731/kitchen/IMG_1985.jpg[/IMG] They've offered to replace the 24 inch panels with 30 inch panels and build the over the fridge cabinet out to 30 inches. However, I think this might also look strange because the cabinet that is next to it is only effectively 16 inches before the corner. I think it would possibly look weird to have the fridge panels and over the fridge cabinet be 30 inches in depth, and then have a 16 inch wide cabinet be 24 inches in depth, and then turn the corner. Do you think that would look weird? What I think would look aesthetically most pleasing is for them to do the 30 inch panels and build out the over the refrigerator cabinet. I think they should also move out the cabinet next to it to 30 inches, so these are flush. But this means that they'd need to replace the cabinet around the corner with a less wide one to accommodate that cabinet being moved out. This would also be the most labor for them. The head carpenter that I spoke to this morning said that he wasn't sure the owner of the contracting company would agree to pay for the additional cabinet, in addition to all the labor. (The owner is on vacation this week, but will be back on Monday). I don't know how much to push for this. Like other posters have said, the other options are to just remove the panels. As I think I said in my OP, I did not know that there were going to be panels. We had planned to not have panels, so I'm highly irritated by the fact that I paid for this, even though I didn't even know about it. I did tell the carpenter today that if we did just decide to remove the panels, I'd expect them to refund me for the panels, since I'm not willing to pay for something that I didn't agree to in the first place and that ends up not being used. But now that I'm looking at it, I don't know that this would look any better, again, because of the narrow cabinet next to it. (Just to be clear, the layout I saw was before ordering was obviously not to scale, as it didn't look bad to have the refrigerator sticking out beyond the cabinet. But I think IRL, this will look strange.) The other option, I guess, is to leave it as is. I'd probably ask for compensation if I chose this. The spec on my fridge do not specify whether the 31.25 inches includes the door/handle or just is the carcass. The fridge is being delivered tomorrow, so I guess I'll find out. Would that affect your decision? Thanks for the help!...See MoreURGENT HOUSE DESIGN HELP
Comments (19)Your previous design was more consistent. RE the renderings you posted here: The other 3 sides are consistent and the front looks like a mask, it does not belong. I'd get rid of the arches up front, the foyer chandelier (shows poor taste), the ornate door and fence (go with a more contemporary abstraction in a pattern that is typical of the middle east, something that adds texture or some movement, but is not busy. Add a water feature. that stairway on the left, the one with the planters, is way overdone. I like the crown molding of your bottom picture better, for the front of the house. The front porch opening will look nicer with the same recessed fascia you used in some other places (below the beams), but do that on the 3 sides of the opening. You could add a fluted frieze, something clean, but will make the entry stand out....See Moresixtyohno
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