Want to change out a portion of my backsplash, need opinions!!
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opinions needed! changing out the range--planning for the future
Comments (5)hmmm... I hate to say this, but I think I would replace the 30" with another 30" for the time being. perhaps something off of Craigslist or super cheap from Sears?? just something to get you through until you do the big reno. my thinking is that purchasing the end-range now is somehow going to compromise the design and all of the possibilities you will have before you without an obstacle such as the one you (might) create. you might only have to put a couple of hundred bucks into a replacement for now which is nothing compared to the potential compromises down the road. sears range linked below.. perhaps coupons bring the price down even more?? and then you can sell on Craigslist to recoup some of the cost or donate to a worthwhile cause. sorry to rain on your parade :( but just want you to have as many options as possible when you go to do the big renovation. also, thank you for the nice compliment on my hood :) Here is a link that might be useful: Sears range...See MoreNeed opinions on some changes...please help
Comments (44)I'm a novice at naming styles (the usual limits of my decorating vocabulary have been "that's nice") but if I were to give it a shot I would call the buffalo check a western/country/rustic/log cabin look. I think your names for your usual style are pretty good - French, traditional, also maybe formal, a bit dressy. For me, those styles don't have an intersection point with each other, but maybe for other people they do. At the moment with those drapes in the living room, it strikes me like wearing sweat pants and high heels together. That is to say, some people do it, but that doesn't make it a good thing :-) The valance at the "ledge" strikes me as good whatever you do to cover the window, because without it the window is so stark compared to the kitchen immediately adjacent. KarinL...See MoreRound 2: Backsplash color opinions. (Help get me out of ABB!)
Comments (59)Oh, gang, sorry for not responding earlier. I wanted to have something concrete to offer, at least more sample boards, before posting again, and I don't. Thank you so much for your help and continued interest. I am grateful for the support. My current game plan is to use a pattern very close to what EAM posted on 11/25 @22:55. Just a single, slim pencil liner bisecting tiles set on the diagonal: I plan to make one sample board that has the pattern like she showed, and another with the field tiles clipped a little bit so that the grout lines above the liner are collinear with the grout lines below the liner. (EAM, this is what I was trying to describe by "grout lines lining up above and below the liner" in my last post a while back.) The next question/quest is to find the right tile and the right liner. Still leaning towards a warm, neutral ceramic field tile, hopefully with color variegation, and a liner that is cut from either Rain Forest Green tile or Rojo Alicante tile. Of course, a coordinating ceramic liner is also a possibility. Walls would probably be repainted to a pale yellow. The other possibility I circle back to is a pale yellow tile, much like Circuspeanut's: In that case, the walls would have to be repainted to something complementary. DebraK and corgimum, thanks for the pencil liner vote of confidence. They helped convince me. And, of course, EAM. OB2B: I do like the color and the pattern on that BS of hoboken, but, sadly, I think it looks too busy in my application. Thanks for mocking it up! In fact, your mockup of my wide, triangular liner helped me see that the thinner liner would be better. raee: thanks for the thoughts. I agree that less is more, and I like some of your color ideas. One of the self-imposed deadlines I had was to be done by this evening. I am hosting a dinner party, and wanted to have the BS done before that. However, I had a number of other things to do to get ready; when it became clear that I was not going to make my BS deadline, I triaged and concentrated on other aspects. The good news is that I finished constructing 4 custom picture frames to display the art I chose for the kitchen! I made two of the frames from wood left over from the original door casing, which got torn out in the demolition....See MoreKitchen design opinions wanted - backsplash, layout, flooring, etc
Comments (3)NKBA recommends a minimum of 42" counter to counter for a one cook kitchen and 48" for a 2 cook kitchen. You can probably get away with only 36" between island counter and side wall to the right of the range. Less than that and you'll have a pinch point in your kitchen.They recommend a minimum of 44" behind a seating counter to allow people to walk behind seated diners. I spec'd my aisle between sink/DW and island to be 45". That's wide enough to allow me to have both the DW door and island drawers open to unload straight from DW to island drawers. Definitely upgrade to drawer bases. It's worth the cost for the increase in storage capacity. We removed 69" of upper cabs during the remodel but because we went from base cabs, most with roll out trays, to all drawer bases, we have room to spare. I'd make that decision again in a heart beat....See Morecawaps
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