Glasses with Prisms - initial experience
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Comments (5)Thank you Bill and Lazarus...it sounds like if there are no major disadvantages with it's use, maybe I will just go for it. I imagine the contractor can find it as it was he that suggested using it. I will tell the contractor what you said Lazarus about it being drier than most and being harder to force into the spaces. Do you have any other hints for this first time user? I read it takes longer to dry...do you know anything about that? I really appreciate any help you can give me. Margie...See MoreInitial layout and ? about KD's
Comments (33)I didn't catch that the island was all the way into the aisle at first look. I see that issue now. With a table and chairs in the dining room, you need at least 60" between the island and edge of the table to have enough room for people to walk through between the two spaces. I can't read how wide that aisle is, but it doesn't look 60". More like 36" between the post by the pantry and the mud room. Your island shouldn't protrude past the walls and into your aisles at all. With a real table and chairs in the dining area, you wouldn't have any walkway at all and all of the traffic would be routed around the island through your work area. You probably have room for a 48" x 24" island in the space, but no seating. It will depend on the exact depth of the kitchen area and if you manage to recess a standard depth fridge into the pantry area. If you don't recess the fridge, the island goes down to 36" x 24". You can NOT have the island space impinge into the traffic path and have your kitchen be functional. That's a pretty small island to have a prep sink be on, but maybe a 12" sink wouldn't take away from the open space too badly if it's on a corner. Make the sink area the most functional it can be by locating it in the center of the back wall. That will give you good room to the right for prep and good room to the left for cleanup. And yes, the DW is always located in the cleanup zone to avoid collisions from combining zones and crossing paths. Your main dish storage will be to the left of the sink next to the smaller fridge. I'd put a standard MW on a shelf in a base next to the 36" fridge. Now you have a snack zone that doesn't infringe too badly on the prep zone....See MoreNeed help with initial kitchen layout
Comments (7)I prefer the first layout to the second, but admit I'm having a hard time placing the second into the overall layout of the house. So, I'm just going to comment on the first layout although many of my comments can be carried over to the second as they have similaries. I would be concerned about the butt to butt aspect of the cooktop and sink too. But then, I don't really want an open DW behind me (no matter how rare that may be) for me to trip over when I back up from the cooktop or turn around with a pot of boiling water in my hands, either. So, if you are not going to move the cleanup sink and DWs off the island, I would leave them as is. If you do move them, unless you get one of those huge 3' tall industrial looking faucets that really screams for attention, it doesn't matter if the faucet is off center to the hood. I only worry about faucets being off center against windows, since they are right up against each other. You are not going to prep next to the cooktop unless you have water there, so if you move the fridge, put a prep sink on that run. If you REALLY expect to prep there, deepen the counters to 30" instead of the standard 25"-ish. If you will have a MW, make sure to put it next to or very close to the fridge because for most people, most things going into the MW come out of the fridge. Now.. here comes the part where I try to point out things you maybe haven't thought of and maybe to change your mind. Dreaming on paper is cheaper than regretting the choices of the build once it's done! :) Here we go.. Is there a reason you don't have a separate prep sink? Do you really want to prep over dirty dishes in the sink, and over the DW when you're on the counter? Also I assume that's your family room over to the left - do you want to see clean, drying (or dirty) dishes on the counter from there? I never understand why people have these nice open layouts and put the mess of the cleanup sink front and center where there's always dirty and/or clean dishes to view :) Honestly I'd tuck the cleanup sink where the serving station is and do a mirror over the sink (perhaps something window-shaped like Ballard carries), or a mirrored backsplash, etc to reflect those gorgeous windows in your breakfast room and bring more light into the kitchen. Turn a drawer cabinet in the island to face the cleanup sink for dish storage. Then I'd put a prep sink on the island and leave the fridge where it is. Or, you can put the fridge and ovens in the serving area space and cleanup sink/DWs where they were, although that's a bit more directly viewable from the family room. HTH!...See MoreLooking for Framed Initial....
Comments (67)I also used this idea for holiday gifts, with a bit of a twist - I used very small frames (about 2x2 or 3x3) & used stick-on letters, which I guess are normally used for scrapbooking. The letters had some depth to them. Some were initials, & some I did "X & Y", for couples who don't share the same last name. It was such a great idea, & much appreciated by the recipients, so a great big Thank You to everyone who posted the inspiration pics! I also did some with favorite quotes - using the pre-made letters, so that they look sort of like a pasted up ransom note (sorry, I don't know how else to describe it lol). I may do this for other peeps during the year, as I find out their favorite quotes :) A fun project!...See Moreminiscule
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