Geeking out over cab construction
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Overlay/Inset Cabs: Help me Sort these pics out PLEASE!
Comments (7)Your old cabs are full overlay-the corner base cab has a partial lip it appears...apparently just on that cab. J has reveal, but not a standard reveal-maybe half inch reveal. Not seeing that too much anymore...in standard reveal cabs[not full overlay] the reveal is bigger.Pic A is standard reveal,which looks good and will save in your budget.[the dark monochrome color makes it work].K and L are full overlay. Is E a sample of what the man is describing with filler strip? G is very nice-the question is on the base-do you want framed or frameless-that's where storage space difference comes into play. Reveals are on the face frame and a function of the door dimensions....framed/frameless is the construction of the carcass. Frameless will always have full overlay.Framed can have a door with reveal or full overlay door.On pic G, I would do the uppers to match the lowers....the inset appearance on the tops is not that significant due to size of doors/darker color/smooth grain. Inset is nice where glass is introduced/lots of crown molding/latch hardware/etc. Can't go wrong with frameless lowers/full overlay and you could get standard framed for uppers with full overlay and save over the cost of doing it as the pic shows and still look beautiful. Pic A will cost someone much less and it is more than nice, but not high end as pic G is. One's budget drives how to get a desired look if time is taken and the Cabinet Company has some wood species/stain options/maybe an edge profile, even if inset or frameless/full overlay cannot possibly work due to budget. You're studying the looks/options of cabinet choices: frameless was traditionally a European thing-has caught on here-a bit more precision in construction is needed because the frame was used as part of really stabilizing cabinets in this country. Frameless I think is pricier, and is by no means the only choice. Framed with full overlay doors is quite standard fare-nothing at all wrong with that. Are you tired of your doors or need a new floor plan entirely??...See MoreWorried: Frameless Cabs Over 32in Wide w/o Center Stile
Comments (15)The reason I prefer not to go over 32" without a center stile is that I'm known for loading up my shelves. Only a weightlifter would be able to carry a single row of the art/history books that are crammed tight onto every shelf of all 23+ bookcases we own. My DH worked in a warehouse and regularly hauled around 100-lb boxes, but even he can't carry around more than about half the books on a single shelf comfortably. Now, my kitchen stuff is very good quality but not as heavy as an entire row of my art books. However, it wouldn't take much to get there - my 6-qt cast iron Dutch oven and two 25-lb bags of rice (which a lot of Asians have on hand), and you're getting dangerously close to the 75-lb limit on most kitchen cab shelving. I have five different sets of dinnerware service, and some of them are VERY heavy, to the point where you wouldn't want to carry all 16 dinner plates at one time (unlike bone china, where an average adult could manage 16 plates with no more trouble than it would be to carry 15 lbs. of sugar or flour). If you have any doubts about your shelving in a cab wider han 32", the solution is simple. Weigh what you are going to put into it, and see what the total is. If you are well under the weight rating - your cab maker should be able to tell you what the max load limit is per shelf - then you'll be fine; e.g., you're only putting 50 lbs of kitchen stuff on a shelf rated for 75 lbs....See MoreWhat's Your Interior Design Geek Power?
Comments (27)Aaahh, I'm not alone & judging by the above, I have lots of company! I go to house museums & ask decorating or architectural questions that the docents can never answer. NEVER. My SIL & I have a standing wager about getting an answer. Once, a Curator called afterwards to enlighten me. My pet peeve is to see a tablescape (magazine, tv, movie, museum, house tour, etc) with cheap silverware or from the wrong era; I hone in on that like an eagle. Really??? A small fortune was probably spent or the setting &/or the design & still someone couldn't spring for the correct flatware? When I go on house tours, I make notes as to what I liked & what really bugged me, especially in the kitchens....See MoreChoosing cabinet color in new construction... STRESSED OUT!
Comments (34)funkycamper, don't worry about stressing me out! Building this house and being pregnant with my first child has made me pretty much perpetually stressed out. I wasn't even really given any notice that I needed to be the one who helped design the house before construction started. My husband's family owned the lot and we thought we could get more money if we built a house on it and sold it (rather than just selling the lot)--but then we figured we might as well live in it for 2 years to claim residence to limit the taxes. So that's when it became my husband and I's task since we were actually going to live in it. So I've been running around like a chicken with my head cut off! haha! The plumbing is too far down the road to really do much movement of sink/DW in the kitchen. Is there a way to make the peninsula more inviting to be primary prep space instead of secondary prep space, to limit the interference with the dishwasher? At least if it is totally annoying I won't have to live with it forever. And hopefully it wouldn't be something someone buying the home would notice. We are planning on remodeling the current house we're in while we're living in this one, so I can learn a lot from any mistakes I make here. Which sounds totally selfish to whoever buys this house, but it will probably be a vacation home anyway. And yeah, the fridge is a Sub Zero built-in (not the integrated one), so it has that grill at the top. A battle I lost with my husband. I like the integrated ones better, but they don't have a french door option :(...See Morecookncarpenter
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