Plain English / deVol kitchen in USA.
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Comments (29)It depends on the ceiling height of your room regarding the cabinet height. If you get rid of the cabinets (visually lighten) the sink wall, I think you can use taller cabinets on the range wall because the room will feel lighter even with the taller cabinets. You need to simplify the trim. I would make the trim the same size and feel as the stiles (or rails) of cabinet doors to visually simplify the elements that are introduced. I actually LOVE this type of look with very thin stiles (or rails I am not sure of the term) on the cabinet doors. (again, emphasizing the light) Often that is expensive because they are not stock cabinet doors. Regarding your kitchen: even though you would like your DW to be on the sink wall, I see this is counter intuitive to how an average person/kid would behave. My kids would dump dinner plates on the large counter space which would be the island.... I would be asking them to drop it next to the sink every day. My kids never stack anything on the counter when they drop off dirty dishes in the kitchen. Even adults don't stack. You see this at parties. It takes an anal retentive person like me to stack dirty dishes at a party when the entire kitchen counter has been covered with dirty dishes... With my kids, there would not be quite enough counter space around the sink to use it effectively as a clean up area. I think you would be frustrated.... (at least I would be) Regarding concrete counter top: the edges will be too heavy. Concrete edges are often 2 inches thick. The counters in these Euro kitchens are quite thin, less than 1 inch. These are standard 2 cm slabs. The thinness is what gives the sense of airiness and light feeling....See MoreHow to make it Unfitted - what to change?
Comments (16)What charming renderings! I prefer older homes and I especially like unfitted kitchens! But I never understand exactly what people mean by that term. For example, in our home here in CT, we used furniture feet, a mix of painted cabs, tiger maple icebox, an oak general store counter, a painted chippy zinc topped pastry table. Our countertops are cherry, pewter and marble. Our hardware is nickel and brass and antique bronze. We have a totally freestanding european range. We have no backsplash, except for stonework that is the back of a fireplace in another room. We have uppers only in the dish storage area, and those are glass cabs that sit on the counter. The kitchen is 31x15, with an adjoining breakfast room on one end that is 12x15, and then a small pantry on the other end. We are renovating a 1902 beachhouse and also going unfitted there. The kitchen is 20x15, plus a Butler's Pantry. The fridge and range are totally freestanding. There are no upper cabinets. The sink is a vintage double drainboard. The "countertops" are a custom table on casters with shelving, and a piece of butcher block on top of a D/W drawer with a faux front. There is no island, only an 8 foot long table. The only "built in" and upper cabs are a preexisting hutch, and then everything that is in the butler's pantry. This plan fits my idea of "unfitted"? So, to me unfitted means utilizing furniture pieces where ever you can. To me, a standard kitchen is a mix of cabinets, upper and lower, backsplash, and continuous countertops. I don't think of what you have shown as unfitted, really. For example, an island with a breakfast bar and a sink is the opposite of the unfitted feel. It seems modern, to me. Is there anyway you'd consider an old fashioned kitchen table? IMHO, that'd be the start to an unfitted kitchen. Or, perhaps you means something else by unfitted?...See MoreWhich countertop and floors for English-cottage-style kitchen?
Comments (49)Thanks, everyone! You've given me a lot to consider. Here are the main things I'm going to be looking at possibly changing: -- I'm going to take one more look at seeing if I can find natural materials for our countertop and flooring. There's apparently a place an hour away that has some quartzite and light-colored granite countertops and also limestone floors, so we'll see if we can go next week. I do agree that natural = more timeless, but it has been so hard to find natural materials that I like and that will be easy enough to care for. If I *can't* find anything I like with one more trip next Friday, then I'm just going to go with the tile I found and one of the marble-look quartz countertops I've been considering. -- I'm going to consider possibly adding a softer edge to the Shaker cabinets. Our cabinetmaker has some modified Shaker options. -- I'm going to ask the cabinetmaker if he can add legs to the cabinets so they look more old-fashioned. -- I'm going to consider using a more cottage-y style tile for the backsplash. (Thank you to Petula for recommending Winchester Tiles!) I did also love the idea of checkerboard floors, but because we have an oddly-angled transition from the hardwood, I don't think a checkerboard floor (which generally looks best installed diagonally at 45 degrees) would look right with that transition. I also love the soapstone recommendation, but I think that would look best if we were going the checkerboard floor route...See MoreLooking for alternative to Devol/Plain English
Comments (7)“Mid range” and local yokel backyard parts assembler ”custom” doesn’t enter into it. Its a sophisticated upscale design with lots of subtle details to get right. Go higher end like Plain and Fancy, or don’t even try. You still need the right designer, no matter the maker. Start there. Find the right designer, even if it is online....See Moredaisychain Zn3b
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