IKEA Laxarby Sektion Reveal!
The kitchen is finally done! Thanks again for all the layout advice - I implemented almost all of it. It still needs a bit of touch up paint, grout haze cleaned off tile, and some edge banding in a few places and black dishwasher seal etc but you get the idea! I may have to do something more exciting with the window treatment or that wall - looks a bit blank under the window.
Cabinets IKEA Laxarby Black-brown
Countertop "Breaking Wave" (Fantasy Brown Quartzite)
Sink IKEA Bredskar
Range - IKEA Nutid slide in electric
Hood - Ikea Luftig
Backsplash - Home Depot Daltile white subway with Snow White grout
Faucet - re-used from previous facelift - Delta Leland
Fridge - already owned Frigidaire Gallery
Dishwasher - re-used Bosch Ascenta, previously white ordered new faceplates and buttons and changed myself.
BEFORE
These photos are after the original facelift I did shortly after moving in - painted cabinets, put concrete overlay on ugly cracked tile counters and added hardware. I did the floors before we moved in (LVP). Things I hated about the kitchen here: closed in feeling, lack of good storage (too many corners with wasted space) fridge sticking out, range next to doorway, feeling that 2 people in the kitchen would run into one another.
This was the original floor plan, or at least as close as I could create in Ikea Kitchen planner - this is probably a bit better than the reality was :)
Pantries! Yes they pull out :)
Need to get black trim for around dishwasher, the white showing is the rubber sweep
this is the new floor plan
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8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoRan out of photo room... continuing!
love the motorized trash pull-out
How they managed the disposal and plumbing
dishes are so easy to unload from DW into the drawers, for inspection by curious kitty.
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8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoOh I forgot to share some of the great IKEA Bredskar accessories - cutting board and drainer that fit into the sink!
BTW the air gap is only needed to pass inspection - the Bosch DW of course has one built in, but tired of trying to convince city inspectors of this we had the usual installed, and have a soap dispenser to replace it with once all is done.
Since we under-mounted the sink with a slight positive reveal, we will have to dremel the cutting board slightly to fit, it's a tight fit. So in this photo it's not level, but we used it last night sitting on top of the sink edge and level - it was great to push crumbs and scraps right off the edge into the sink!
and the drainer/colander for rinsing veggies, draining pasta, even drying small hand washed items:
With the drain guard/strainer - I like covering the disposal when not in use, I have an irrational fear of disposals even though I wouldn't want to forgo one :) Now I want to see if I can find one in stainless or even a brushed or satin nickel would match the sink better.
Now we're just waiting for the IKEA sale so we can get our gift cards and buy our closet organizer systems!
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8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoMaking soup and bread tonight. We are loving the layout - everything takes only steps to do, and yet DH and I can work on different tasks without colliding (getting veggies out of fridge and rinsing them, while the other is chopping, adding to broth or starting the breadmaker! Oh - and feeding the cats as you can see from the empty bowl on the floor (they always have to eat before us).
I like the texture the subway tile brings without competing with the countertops. The hood is much higher than our old under-cabinet, which makes it feel much roomier to cook - I like the hood, it's quiet except on the highest setting, and powerful.
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