White kitchen - warm vs. cold
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Comments (27)I would think that the wood LOOK is what warms up the kitchen. Since this is a rental, you do need to think more about wear and tear. What is your substrate that the floor will be going on? Is it a concrete slab? Wooden floor joists with plywood subflooring over a basement or crawl space? That will determine how easy it is to install different types of flooring and will affect flooring recommendations. I love my cork and real linoleum floors. I would not put that much money into flooring in a rental, however. If you are on a concrete slab, it could be economical to do the porcelain tile that looks like wood, if you can get some that is reasonably priced. I have worked at a job that took me into various nursing homes, and several put in that vinyl wood-like flooring. It quickly took on the look of greasy wood-like flooring. It was quite obvious that it was not wood. I don't know if they used some kind of waxy finish on it, but in every instance, the stuff looked greasy enough that you expected to hear your shoes peeling off of it with every step, though you didn't. A tough-as-nails laminate would look nicer. Having the same flooring in both rooms is an excellent plan. In a rental that you may be selling, I would want to get the cabs from a product line like Ikea or Sherrs, where I could buy replacement door fronts if needed before resale. Check Craigslist for anybody selling a whole kitchen suite of appliances. During the worst times of home foreclosures you could buy anything a person was able to detach from their house before the bank took it over, and there are a few still out there. You may be able to get the appliances for the kitchen cheap. As to warmth vs cold, how do you feel about the third kitchen posted by Nosoccermom? It is a warm vanilla white. Do you see the difference in the three light bulb colors that she posted? Some men cannot, that is why I ask. If you get lighting in the "warm" range, get whites with a tinge of yellow in them, you are going to be getting a warm kitchen. Think of creamy whites. Creamy white cabs or wall color, brown flooring that resembles wood, and warm color lighting will go a long way toward making sure your white kitchen is warm....See MoreMixing Soft and Day Light Bulbs - Warm vs White
Comments (21)After much research, I got what I wanted at amazon.com. But you have to know what you want. The recommendation above for 3500 kelvins is a good one for the atmosphere I like and I even dialed it down to 3000 kelvins for several fixtures. These are soft white (which has a soft yellow but not the really yellow warm white). My contractor who changed my old cans with these LEDs said they only came in daylight but he was wrong. Daylight is too sterile in the comfy rooms at night...living room, dining room, bedroom and even my hallways. I switched everything out today and it's so much better. Now everything is in soft white but bright enough. I'm replacing all the warm bulbs (were too yellow) in the lamps to soft white. Replacing the dimming candelabras in my chandelier with soft (was warm). Brightens things up but doesn't look like an operating room. I'm leaving the bathrooms in daylight - they have no natural light - and have the lights on dimmers which is nice at night even though they cast no yellow at all. Besides the consideration for ambience and eyesight comfort more pleasing with soft white in my opinion, the daylight bulbs are kind of creepy at night. Every light shouldn't be a reading light brightness imho. I'd recommend a supplemental reading light that is different than your atmosphere, general lighting. It's not to be on the same time the other lights are on when entertaining for example. And finally, the paint colors I have look nice in the soft white - and better than if they were in the deeper yellow warm light....and better atmosphere/ambience compared to daylight or brighter bulbs....See MoreWarm Walnut + Cold Steel = freedom from tone concerns?
Comments (23)Also, in your middle photo, I love how you bridged that upper span between white cabinets and the eucalyptus cabinets! Is that your countertop material up there? Ah yes, that was a big last-minute change. We had originally planned on having Neolith countertops and we weren't quite decided on the backsplash, but backpainted glass was a distinct possibility. This all fell apart, when people reported that Neolith stopped responding to complaints about cracks and chips. They simply fell quiet on Houzz for over a year, I think. We panicked and switched to stainless steel for the countertops. We're actually really happy with this choice. Goes well with the modern and functional look we were going for, and matches the eucalyptus material really well. But it messed up our plans for the backsplash. After much running around to different showrooms, we decided on Dekton for the backsplash. The light grey color is a wonderful complement to the rest of our materials, the single big slab gives us a really clean look, and I am less worried using a sintered material on the wall rather than on the counters. No risk of chips, and hopefully very little risk of cracks. It's a pretty thick material, so that should help, too. Our contractor cursed though having to drill the holes for the pot filler. The big hole was done by the fabricator, but not the four small screw holes. Eventually, the contractor had to call back the fabricator for those small holes. This material is really tough....See MoreMy kitchen is very modern and a bit cold - how can I warm it up?
Comments (43)thank you everyone! and Leslie I'll do a tester with the lights and see if a taller person doesn't get bothered by them before I decide what to do...See Moresheloveslayouts
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