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Comments (26)I'm being given too much credit for a so-so video, but thanks. Golddust, I sent you the link through a message on your FB page. But if you go to my FB page you can share from there as well. Thanks, M....See MoreNeed your vote!!
Comments (20)Jakuval discussed the two options for corners in a recent thread, which I'll link. There's the easy reach, which hinges the door in the corner, and a blind corner. I have a blind corner. I chose that approach because it allowed me full cabinets on both sides of the corner and helped make the width of all my uppers within a few inches of each other. I sketched out your U on graph paper, and I think you should try centering the range. If you used a different corner than the Super Susans, you'd have drawers ~32" wide (corner cabs need a 3" filler for hardware clearance). Check out the LeMans and Hafele Magic Corners that pull out from a side door. You should have room next to your trash for an access door, and the other corner is just a drawer base, so no conflicts there. With the range centered, your 45" uppers divide nicely into three doors of ~ 15" on both sides of the range. With a blind corner upper, you'd get a 34" cab to the left of the sink vs. the 27" you now show (I accounted for a 2"corner filler). That 34" splits into two 17" doors. To the right of the sink, you could have 51" of cabinet instead of the pantry. (I assume you're keeping the closet pantry.) That cabinet divides into 3 17" upper cabinet doors. I brought the cabs in a few inches from the window. I didn't figure the drawer sizes for keeping the Susans while centering the range. However, if you use a drawer base to the right of the DW, you'd have a 33", perfect for pots and pans. Pots and pans don't need to start out near the range. How often do you take a pot out and put it directly on the stove? Normally you fill it with water, so it's next to the sink now. What do you do after you cook? You put the pot in the sink or in the DW. So it goes back into the drawer on the sink wall now. I also like the idea that your view from the front door will be of a nice drawer bank, counter, and upper cabinets instead of a pantry. You could put all glass in the uppers on the window wall, and also in the cab to the left of the sink if you use a blind corner. Hope this all makes sense. I'm not a night person and I'm coming down with a cold! Draw it on your graph paper and see how it looks. Here is a link that might be useful: blind corner discussion...See MoreI need your vote! Pretty please!! Pics
Comments (25)Gray! Gray! Gray!!! No white walls, though! Light gray cabs with darker gray walls works. Or pale yellow walls. This will keep it bright and it works with your accent colors (My favorite colors are actually aqua and chartreuse). Use a GOOD quality paint on those cabinets though! Fine Paints of Europe or BM, not Home Depot stuff (Behr's, Martha Stewart) - find a color and get it matched, preferably in oil. I don't have pics, but my bedroom colors are Behr's Melted Butter walls (might be a bit too dark in kitchen - it is a very warm yellow), Behr's Flint Smoke trim and built-ins (medium gray), and Amphibian (charcoal) accent wall. Pale blue-gray ceiling (Misty Surf, I think - bought Sparkling Spring to match other grays, but was too light). For the cabs the color "River Rock" might work - lighter than Flint Smoke, darker than Sparkling Spring. Maybe "Whisper Yellow" walls - a shade lighter than mine. Again, Behr, but BM or FPE can color match. In my bedroom these colors appear a true gray - but you really have to try them (or any paint, for that matter) in your own space - the same paint can look totally different from one room to the next depending on lighting and sheen. Buy some sample sizes first. I also see this with a warm white trim around doors and windows. Our white trim is Behr's Pot of Cream, but seriously, it takes 3-4 coats (on top of primer) to cover well - not worth the "savings."...See MoreYour vote needed for stairwell lighting!
Comments (34)Many great choices but I will emphasize what nidnay said. Carefully consider the cleaning aspect. Clear glass globes or shades show every speck of dust when lit. Ones with the opening at the top are even worse. Putting them in a stairwell is not a good idea unless you husband doesn't mind climbing up there more than once or twice a year to dust. Dusting can also be insufficient. Often, the only way to get clear glass sparkling like new is to take it down and wash it in the sink....See More- 10 years ago
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