a key issue in kitchen planning...or not?
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Got the keys to the new kitchen toay!!!!!!!!
Comments (53)You really have created a wonderfully inviting place, Poohpup. I can see a neighbor schmoozing over a glass of wine as comfortably as a noisy family divvying up the pizza. Sadly, our house in our climate requires a fan, but if the chance arises I'll have a chandelier in some kitchen someday. That's on my long-view list. :) Happy cooking!...See MoreUsing "standard issue" kitchen cabinets to best advantage
Comments (8)Molding is always a key to achieving a more custom look. Multiple piece stacked crown as well as light rail molding. Even modern kitchens with slab doors can look more custom if you choose the appropriate finishing touch. All cabinets look better with proper lighting. Under cabinet lighting as well as the proper amount of recessed lighting, semi-flush lighting and pendants. That will show off your cabinets to their best, no matter what brand they are. Proper installation. A good installer can take 5K worth of cabinets and make them look like 50K worth, and a hack installer can butcher 50K worth of cabinets to look like cheap crap with a poor install. Not saying that this is beyond the realm of a DIYer if they have good finish carpentry skills, but yes, it IS beyond 95% of most DIYers. Having the proper "surroundings". Putting in a gorgeous new kitchen in a home that doesn't match it stylistically or with the same level of detail just makes it look wrong. If you live in a center hall Colonial and want Tuscan Old world cabinets with gazillions of grape corbels and onlays, it will only look transplanted from Mars, not an integral part of the home itself. Also, if the rest of the house is standard 8' ceilings, with minimal builder grade moldings and popcorn ceilings, unless the kitchen is the start of redoing the whole house to a higher level, you don't want to be putting in super premium cherry cabinets with elaborate stacked moldings and an exotic granite and a pro style range. It's not appropriate to the level of the rest of the home. It works vice versa too. If you live in an expensive neighborhood of custom homes where SubZero's and Wolf's are everywhere, putting in a Maytag range and off the shelf cabinets from Home Depot won't cut it either. The most successful kitchen remodels give you a "wow" without a "WOW!" factor. Bad quality materials and installation are more apparent than are good quality materials used in a more subtle manner appropriate to the home. You want the room to look current, without being a slave to current fashion, as that will quickly date it....See MoreKitchen Layout Issues Help
Comments (2)The existing floor plan. but the sink is not where it shows and is not centred (20" on one side and 28" on the other). Don't think that matters but thought I would at least point it out. Thanks again....See Moreany issues with kitchen before putting cabinet order in?
Comments (4)Have you checked and double checked every dimension against the walls at relevant heights above the floor? Have you determined the squareness of the walls to the floor and each other, and accommodated errors with enough filler strips? Have you developed a lighting plan, and checked illumination at various key standing locations? Have you developed your wiring plan, and determined that it is compatible with stud layout, cable passage, attic, appliance requirements? Is there room behind wall ovens and refrigerators? Can higher current appliances, such as wall ovens and induction cooktops, be disconnected easily, or have you decided on a lock-out/call-out scheme for their breakers? Is the floor impervious to water, or have you decided how to flood sense and cut off water flow? Is the DWV system interface for the sink low enough for a higher powered garbage disposal to interface with it? Where sink fixtures pass through the countertop, is there room to work on them from underneath? Do their underparts intersect with the cabinet rear requiring significant ravaging? Will the DW connect to the garbage disposal, or will you use a standpipe for lower noise, and is there room? Is the cabinet gap at the DW wide enough for American dishwashers, and do you plan to have made/make a filler strip for European dishwashers? Is the cabinet area deep enough for the worst case dishwasher to fit with hose and cable room? Can one safely get around the DW door when it is down? Have you determined how make-up air is to be supplied to the kitchen so that it doesn't cause turbulence at the cooktop? Required duct size may depend on whether passive or active. Assuming the hood has been selected according to the requirements for capture and containment, are you certain the wall studs and ceiling joists and whatever is overhead provide no impediment to the ducting plan? If you are using stone for countertops, and/or the floor is somewhat marginal for stiffness, have you determined how it will be stiffened and whether this scheme is feasible? Can all the parts actually get into the kitchen? E.g., the refrigerator/freezer doesn't have more height than some archway/doorway, or it does but it won't fit through a doorway its side, or maybe can't be put on its side or raised from its side due to its diagonal dimension vs. ceiling height?...See MoreTexas_Gem
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