Slab doors--are they always modern?
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Comments (9)trailrunner ... I do remember cat_mom's table, it has been a great source of inspiration for me. Good advice about the height of the white oval sink, I hadn't thought of that. I'd love to see pictures of your bathrooms again, I think I have seen them already, but just about everything is your house seems to be pretty fabulous, so I'd love to see them again. I'd love to not have a curb into the shower, but we cannot drop the floor in the shower area, we have to raise it up to accomodate the curb, drain and the teak mats. I love the look of wet rooms, but I'd also like to limit (at least a little) the amount of water on the floor in front of the vanity, so I like the curb for that. My layout picture isn't great, sorry about that. The operational end of the bathroom is the 'top' of the bathroom layout, with the toilet. The shower head will be there, separated from the toilet space by a 32" long glass wall. This wall is 88" long, so about 44" for the shower and 44" for the toilet. The vanity is on the opposite 88" wall. The layout shows a short vanity, but in reality I will have a long piece of walnut perhaps spanning the entire 88" span, at the 'non-operational' end of the shower. Similar to my second inspiration picture from Houzz. The sink will be centred on the half (44") of the slab in the 'vanity' area, not centred on the whole 88" length of the slab. While the width (if you will) of the bathroom is 88", it is only 80" in length. The entrance to the bathroom will be between the toilet and the shallow plank vanity. Hope that helps, sorry it is so confusing....See MoreAre slab cabinets too modern?
Comments (38)mkiv, perhaps the reason you aren't getting an answer is that we don't know what you are seeing as a cloudy effect. The picture resolution doesn't show the grain clearly. Maple is a very light wood with a very fine grain that isn't very much darker than the rest of the wood. So I think what you are seeing is that when it is stained as dark as in that picture the grain is very muted. Also I've been told that it is difficult to get maple to take a dark stain evenly so that may be what you are calling cloudy. Cherry starts out darker than maple. It's grain has more contrast to the background and there is more color variation in it. That provides the interest that I love in cherry. It contrasts the simple lines of slab or shaker cabinet styles. Perhaps you prefer a less prominent grain that blends with the simple lines instead of contrasting them. My cabinets above are natural cherry and I think catmom's are also natural cherry. Hers are veneer which is better for slab and mine are solid. They did a really good job on hers of using the plywood with cherry veneer well - if you look at a drawer stack, it is all cut in sequence from a piece so that the grain matches from drawer to drawer. You can also see that grain match on the pantries to either side of the microwave. It shows a care for craftmanship in building the cabinets. We went with shaker partly because in the natural cherry there is a depth to the grain that I don't see in the veneer - it is like one is seeing the effect of several layers of wood cells. But that goes away once the cherry is stained to get darker colors. The grain in cherry will be muted somewhat by going to a darker stain but probably not as much as the grain in maple. BTW, I don't agree with giacomo about the origin of the shaker style. It was created in a time when plywood didn't exist to be functional. It was done to be practical - which in the sense of an economical approach might be called "cheap" but it wasn't to minimize the amount of material. The extra labor cost somewhat balances any material savings. Shakers were all about having things simple and functional. They used a 5 piece construction for wood doors to make a door that tolerated the expansion and contraction of wood better than a slab. The wood panel in the 5 piece frame can expand or contract a bit within the bounds of the frame because it is held in the slot but not glued. Now that there is plywood, that an economical way to make dimensionally stable slab doors as an alternative to 5-piece. The panels on our doors are thinner because of the 5 piece construction, but they aren't "tiny". They are very sturdy. In the book of measured drawings of Shaker furniture (as in furniture made by Shakers rather than "Shaker" style furniture) that I got for my woodworker husband, all the drawers have slab fronts. Only the large doors are 5 piece. It kind of grates on me when people call something "shaker" with 5 piece for even small drawers. Here is a link that might be useful: comparison of wood grains...See MoreWhat wood for modern slab cabs/ and floor color
Comments (45)YoungDeb-I grew up in Dallas, over by WR lake. My family is still there and it's home. You're very lucky to live there and in such a gorgeous house! I really love your office. I am definitely going to try the tape trick on the cabs. Jakabedy- yours is another kitchen that I've spent much time studying the pictures of. It's so gorgeous, and I love how true it seems to the original feel of your house. I love your range niche, and your bs is gorgeous. Louisiana- join the club on over thinking! I definitely sweat every detail, which most people don't even think about. I think minimal crown is probably ok. It's when you get into the gigantic moldings that it starts to jar with the original style of the home. Laura- is the doors will be solid walnut, you will have to have battens-the ones my cab maker proposed are pictured above. Do a search for slab cabinets on this site-veneer is often the choice of even higher end lines. I am also using semi handmade walnut doors. Scherrs has walnut ones too-both solid and veneer IIRC. Writers block-thank you, yes, I saw that on IF. Their website is not easy to search and seems to crash my browser so I try to minimize how often I visit. But I saw that some had recommended a specific blade, which I will buy. Also going to try to find an as is door for practice. Joanie- thanks for the thoughts on the floor. I think you are right about the white being too high maintenance. I ordered a 12x24 grey tile, so hopefully it doesn't show too much dirt....See MoreShow me your slab doors!
Comments (44)Yes they are painted from Shiloh. I love them don't get me wrong, I just can tell they are going to scratch easy. My husband just tried to open a cabinet without the pulls and scratched the corner:(. My old house had oak cabinets. That is what I was meaning. Thank you on the light fixtures. I searched forever and I couldn't find anything I liked until I found these at a local lighting place. They are Kitchler Lighting 65408 Crystal Ball Mini-Pendant....See MoreTexasCatherder
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