Dining table lazy susan design, does it go with the rest of the room
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Is a lazy susan worth it?
Comments (24)Bellsmom, that is how I feel about my top corner cabinet. It is useless as it has that hidden useless space. Despite my cabinets being builder grade, I love my two lazy susans and want now Super Susans in my new Kitchen. This kitchen designer I am working with is getting me upset by how he does not leave his designs here so I can make changes and how he has no clue how important things are to me like the other kitchen designer that did not come here to measure. The kitchen designer in 2011 and the kitchen designer earlier before this guy both did not take the time to come here and told me to find an installer to measure but they used my measurements and came up with designs with Super Susans and no blind cabinets. If this designer would have not taken 6 weeks to give me a print-out when he came back with an installer and IF he would have left it here for me to look over and make changes instead of finally mailing it to me when he saw he lost the sale, I would have ordered my kitchen already with the many changes that I wanted. The installer was quick in getting me an estimate as he works independently and he is the one that called the kitchen designer that is only selling the cabinets about how unhappy I was and then the Shiloh price increase was able to be moved up again when he knew he did not have the sale. He finally drops off two sample doors in two of the white colors on Saturday when I had a client here but no changes yet in the blueprint with the 1 hour phone call to him Friday night about how he is not doing what I want and the many changes I need that makes his original design useless. I am now thinking of waiting until after tax season despite the price increase to be sure I get what I want. I may need to deal with a kitchen designer that realizes I am not going anywhere and to not hide anything so we can work on getting me a kitchen that I will love and not one that he thinks is good. He is again pressuring me to decide by Monday again or the price goes up as he got a special with a discount place he deals with to lock in the Shiloh price before the increase. I still have not picked out my counter and that matters with what color cabinet I want as it needs to tie in with the counter and the floor tiles I bought already. The counters I thought I wanted to go with at the end of 2011 may not be right as my taste has been changing and I see that the floor and cabinets and counter needs to all tie together. Your post makes me realize that I am changing my cabinets not just for looks but for space and usability and I need to do it right. My client arrived so I have to read this edited post over to see if it makes sense. I did not sleep last night and I am having dental pain. I want to love my kitchen and I want it to function much better than it does now. This post was edited by lynn2006 on Sun, Feb 23, 14 at 12:16...See MoreHelp me design our Dining room
Comments (8)So here's how I'd organize your dining room. Since you are clearly so handy, build a banquette the length of the wall under the opening to your front hall, painted to match the lower wall, with a reclaimed lumber seat, built in storage underneath (drawers are much easier to live with than hatch tops, but either would do), and add a bright fat seat cushion in a stripe or bold graphic print of your green, black and white. That would allow you to have fewer chairs, eliminate the need for chair clearance along that side of the table, and soften and warm up the space without losing your clean, industrial look. I'd use the bay window as the place for the sideboard, and customize the shape to the angles to make the most of the storage. Alternatively, a conventional rectangle would let you put a couple of tall narrow plants in the window - more life and warmth added. Then you'd have the option, if you have friends in for drinks and/or buffet supper, to push the table against the blank wall, and use the banquette for more casual seating. I'd furnish that long wall with a great big rectangular mirror - Ikea has several good choices - to open it up visually, and double the spaciousness of the wall opening over the banquette. Your hanging fixture could be chosen and installed so that it could be swagged up and toward the long wall, if you moved the table, so it would be low enough when the table was in its usual spot, and high enough so nobody would walk into it during a party. Two big graphic prints or canvases on either side of the wall opening, perhaps also a pair of candle sconces, and you're furnished and flexible....See MoreLazy susan or blind corner? Surprised KD recommending blind corner
Comments (42)suzi-yes that's right they are rectangle. And I am aware that I'd have lost a triangle (that would be my wasted space that I didn't need for anything) - and the circle in the rectangle does have some wasted space on the 'corners' anyhow. I thought it out and was prepared to do that. I just offered up what I have and what I contemplated as an option in case it was helpful for the OP. I would have been more than happy to do so and it would have housed the stuff that I have in my kitchen just fine, wouldn't have missed it a bit and susans are pricey. Some people love them, some people like them and some people just don't have them. You don't have to have a susan as a solution. Space calculations have been done showing that it's not really the loss of space that it can appear to be. I am okay with not preferring them even though many or even most enjoy them and find them useful. closing-off-a-blind-corner calculations beth09-I know it! I actually have a drawer stack that's somewhat empty - hahaha. It is a shock to the system. You will find what works for you. I will say the super susan (no pole) pie shaped does seem much sturdier than my old regular susan with pole....See MoreHelp! Designing our Living Room/Dining Room!
Comments (6)I think the piece the TV is on would feel more at home in the basement with the chunky coffee table. Your home looks to be more contemporary in style except for the stair railing and the big empty display/bookcase. Do you have the budget to remove the built-in? That would give you some wall space for furniture and art. What is the exterior style of your home? Can you pull off a contemporary interior design and not stray too far from the look of the house outside? I don't think the DR is large enough to add more furniture there. I suggest a great piece of art and a rug that is 36-42" larger than your table top on every side. Pull the same colors into the LR with big art on the wall opposite the FP and above a 3-seat sofa where the built-in is. You can do another rug in the LR that is similar in style and color to the DR rug. For example, here are two navy rugs that could work together. The top one picks up your wall color, and the bottom one picks up on the fireplace stone....See MoreLynnNM
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