Trying again, help with color and style for built ins.
I only got one response to my last so am trying again. Trying to shorten the details.
I need to add built ins to our new cabin in the mountains. Kitchen is small so will use built in for overflow and items not used regularly. Kitchenaid mixer, crock pot, blender, plus baking supplies, oh and cookbooks. Bench seat will have drawers under for ironstone dishes and such.
Wet bar in great room for entertainming and storage of liquor and fancy glassware.
Kitchen itself will not be updated for a few years at least, other than handles. Pine walls will remain. So whatever we choose needs to complement. Also, couch in main room is green fabric and leather chairs are a pecan colored leather.
I'm going with IKEA. That leaves me grey or black, third option is I paint green.
existing kitchen,
Where built in banquette will go.
Grey IKEA, more traditional look.
Visual of the grey (my program does plain glass only).
Black
Or painted green
Which color? Mullions or not on any glass?
I can work out details of exact cabinets later.
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mabeldingeldine
7 years agogracie01 zone5 SW of Chicago
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Comments (7)Thanks folks! All good input. I just emailed my brother, who's an architect, and his suggestion is: Keep the built-ins ONLY on the long wall. Don't wrap them around on the short wall flanking the wood stove. He would like to see bare wall there (with a firewood bin on the right and the chair/ottoman on the left of the woodstove.) What do you think about that? Regarding door hardware: I was thinking no hardware, actually... just those push-to-open thingies :) Color: my brother suggested stained or painted almost-black (playing off the slate woodstove wall). Palimpsest suggests wall color. I would have done white just cuz its my fall-back. I will have to think on that! Depth: The built-ins as drawn are about 11" deep. We don't have any A/V equipment deeper than that, so no need to bump any part out. I'm also not a huge fan of bumped-out cabinetry in a more modern setting. I know I said I wanted to keep it cottage-y, but it still has to work with my modern furniture :) I could probably be convinced if there was a really compelling argument, but my druthers is for simpler, usually :) Height: I considered varying the height (taller on short wall, etc) but I felt like going taller made the already small room feel a lot smaller. DIY- yes, we're building these ourselves :) .... although I think we may buy the doors from Scherr's. We have a really long project list to get through this year!...See Morecan we try this again? (layout help)
Comments (23)I didn't mean to do that. I worked on the floorplan a while after malhgold posted about two islands and didn't see your response before posting it. So, here is what I think - unvarnished. I would want to have my back to the blank wall at the living room and look out through either window and the morning room while prepping and be able to pop out to greet people who wandered into the kitchen. So I would locate the prep space and a sink in an island that faced the outdoor porch off the morning room with seating between the island and the porch. I think I would place the clean up zone against the porch wall so it wasn't quite as far away from the dining room and the morning room. I would store the dishes in or immediately next to the cleanup zone. Refs are a quandary in that space because of its sheer size. I would be very tempted to close the opening on the living room wall and push the opening to the hall wall two or three feet away from the living room wall and park the ref and a food pantry there. I'm another who doesn't see the need for the frzr to be anyplace in particular, except that its probably your source of ice or if you freeze vodka. Kids love refs and microwaves, so I might start a kids prep with a wave they could use (someday) in the center section that juts out by the hall and have their dishes, dry snacks and paper products there. I wouldn't do the bake center inna cabinet because I would feel too constricted by its sides (like trying to mix in a small closet) and its doors would get in my way when open. (Altho it would do a splendid job of hiding the turbochef.) I might do an under-counter appliance lift for the mixer. I could find enough space on the island to mount one. Eventho I think lifts are really good solutions, I might instead do a deeper counter (30") on one wall with self-storing lift doors on part that disguised a mixer and flour canisters and such like stuff on the countertop because I think it would be easier to keep clean, organized and accessible. A good undercounter beverage ref is only two-thirds of the cost of your faucet:) Icemakers run $500 to $1500. If you entertain a lot, either can make sense. Good luck with your build....See MoreNeed color help for travertine fireplace and orange cherry built-ins.
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Comments (7)Painting the cabs to a high standard is an investment in both time and money I would not do in a rental. Also, is the owner supplying the paint for the walls? As a landlord and a former renter, I would make sure that any colors chosen get the owners approval first. As to what shade could work best for you on the walls, can you share more pics? Agree with you that the current shade isn't working. And I would most likely paint out that bit of white trim to match the new wall colour, if the landlord approves....See More
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litasart
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rebeccamomof123
7 years agoAnnette Holbrook(z7a)
7 years agoThanks so much everyone! So first, all the pics of the actual cabin show previous owners furniture, currently cabin is unfurnished.
I have green couch already. But could recover or have a slipcover made.
I will be lighting the glass portions.
I need to stick with black countertops in kitchen as they are new so figured I needed to do black on wet bar since you can see the kitchen through a pass through window.
This shows pass through, old counters and not my furniture. The angled stairwall is where wetbar will go.
The floorplan, shows how you can kind of see all areas from great room.
I can paint either style of cabinet any color. Let me just say that I don't want wood of any sort, I am operating on wood overload in this place and need color, or just a flat color of some sort lol.
here are a few examples of black and green kitchens in cabins.
outsideplaying_gw
7 years ago
3katz4me
7 years agoAnnette Holbrook(z7a)
7 years agoThanks so much all! The black does make it easier. Painting would have been an option, but definitely quite a bit of work. The IKEA black is actually a black brown according to their description but I went and saw it last week and I liked it.
Here it is with a dark grey countertop.
rebeccamomof123
7 years agoAnnette Holbrook(z7a)
7 years agoThe black doesn't come with the mullions but I have seen some great diy projects for adding them easily. Could be a fun project.
Oh, here is the type of rug I'm hoping to put in the great room. So should work with the black cabinets.
Olychick
7 years agoAnnette Holbrook(z7a)
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoOlychick, this is my dream countertop for the wetbar. I have been "collecting" wine corks for years.
just_terrilynn
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoI have been thinking about another idea. How about just framing in the built-ins and drywalling. Do a deeper cabinet (if needed). Buy really good quality wood doors unfinished from Conestoga or ----. Leave a descent amount of exposed drywall wall section to paint. The doors stay the cabin color-ish (inset ?) but the "wall" section color can change easily whenever you choose to remodel.
The advantage is that you can stay somewhat in budget while at the same time getting a better quality door in more style choices. You can get a slightly deeper storage area. You have more options when decorating around the built-ins as the wall portion can be easily and cheaply painted. Since it is not a lot of wall you could also get away with more colors as an accent feature.
Basically you have something like this at the start (couldn't find a good picture).
Then, the doors can be either partial overlay or inset.
Not good pictures but I hope you get the idea.
EDITED To Add...I think mirrored glass doors with matching cabin wood on the frames would look very incredible in that section of the home...especially with the wall section painted a nice color.
Or, just hinge mirrors for doors.
Okay, I know this will break the bank but these custom live edge with or without resin inserts are very cool.
Sorry for this looonnng post but I'm having a hard time coming to terms with IKEA in that area of this very cool cabin.
just_terrilynn
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoAnnette Holbrook(z7a)
7 years agoJustterrilyn,
Thank you so much for your input. While I like the overall idea of framing in for the banquette, I think it will eat up too much storage space. A 2x4 eats up 3", so my 30" sides become 24" wide at most, more like 21" when you add in things like drawer slides. I need something like this for the base of each in order to store the most.
I checked into semihandmade doors and still may be able to do that, but budget will win out on that. As I don't want anymore wood I would still go with something either black or paintable. So in that case why wouldn't I just stick with the IKEA black and accessorize to make it work? I can add mullions to make the glass less austere and using my more rustic stiff behind the glass is a fun juxtaposition I hope. This is my dilemma.However I am in love with that last door you posted. Maybe for the bathroom that is next on the agenda.
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
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Olychick