Farmhouse kitchen remodel, paint suggestions
daisy522
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Comments (18)Thanks for the additional input. I didn't realize a couple of you had posted since the last I checked. Not much has been done yet on the kitchen but we are starting to work on it now. I actually painted primer on the island today :) The progress so far is that we have a solid oak countertop soon to be made for our island out of local wood. A friend of ours called last fall and said he had someone he knew who had firewood that needed cut and removed. The trees ended up being straight oak trees. My husbands old shop teacher owns a sawmill and he is going to make us a countertop for the island and "coffee" bar. My husband is planning to call him tomorrow to set the plan in motion now that we've heard he's back from overwintering in Florida. I intend to treat it probably with Waterlox to keep it's natural color I have decided to paint the island and "coffee" station area. My first thought is cream because it's neutral and not risky. There is still a chance I could go apple green but I'm leaning cream. If the island isn't green, my husband would like the wall color to be the green. I am currently getting quotes on soapstone. We are hoping to make it work with the budget for the perimeter countertop. There's not a lot of it, but boy is it pricey. We have a friend who does Corian installs for a living who says he's done soapstone before and he is going to check on the pricing he can get on a slab. My husband talked to him so I have no idea what particular stones he has access to. My husband is trying to get more details. I have also gotten quotes from M Teixeira for DIY slabs. Our friend said we can use his shop and cutting tools to work our soapstone. If we decide the cost is too much we will do the laminate version that is the closest to the soapstone we liked... It is mostly black with some white veining. At this point the DIY pieces from M Tex are about 3-4x the cost of laminate. It's the first time I've looked at "real" stone.. it's not a demand in our area....See MoreFarmhouse kitchen remodel, paint suggestions
Comments (7)I think it really depends on how the cabinets come out...painted gray with blue-green on the ends?? For what you describe with floor and counters you have cool grays and so forth......the blue green tweak to cabinets would say you really could do a very cool pale yellow [blue undertones] and generally the yellow will give this all a liveliness. Not hearing about your backsplash....maybe get that nailed down and then go for the paint lastly. With paint, generally you can just blend it all together with a similar tone, or make contrast , or take your color tones you are working with but add intensity.....I think this kind of a choice depends on you and your tolerance as well as how the space reads as far as size/ character/ need for a new element, namely color....or need for restraint in that regard....See Morecentury-old, partially remodeled farmhouse
Comments (247)Claire, nope they are all level. But maybe you’re seeing the gaps in between the planks that are typical for old floors. We choose to not fill them in. They still have to finish the toe trim....See More1880/1950 Farmhouse remodel/Addition
Comments (23)Your situation is almost exactly like ours. Similar family, similar home. We did as Sophia describes. We did a old-style new barn addition, that is sympathetic to the history of the house. The original house contains the bedrooms and office. The kitchen spans the old and new portions. The new barn-style addition contains open-concept living space for a young family. When we got estimates on doing a structural reno, they were as much or more than the cost of adding the new addition. We will be renovating the old house but mostly cosmetically. Also an architect was helpful. Ours had young children as well and she made good suggestions in that regard. It cost money upfront but saved money long term. The budget Sophia suggests is accurate in our experience. We are in New England area. Finding financing was a challenge because equity was lacking due to the recent market meltdown. Even though prices have come back up, appraisers were using comparables that were several years old. In the end, we were able to free up money via loans with our state, using incentives to renovate old structures and apply green energy credits. You might pursue that if you have a similar financing challenge. Also, agree with the "live with it for a year, at least" advice you are getting here. We did and it made a huge difference in our thinking and identifying needs we hadn't initially realized we had. I'd love to see how this progresses....See Moredaisy522
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