What do you think of my Kitchen Makeover??
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6 years ago
It's not completed, it's a work in progress. I'd love to hear what your thoughts are so far. X Check it out here...
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Here's what I selected for my kitchen, what do you think?
Comments (10)I would point out that functionally there are 3 electric ovens. A better option may be to get the all gas range with an electric wall oven to have some variety. The gas ovens aren't self clean, but may be preferable in certain applications, depending how you cook. As far as refrigeration, you could get the 700bc combo unit to add freezer space if that were a problem. I personally find the pro48 fine in the freezer department. It has significantly more capacity than the 632 (11.7 v. 9.9 cu. ft.). You didn't mention dishwashers, but I would probably get 2 in your case if the volume of prep dishes and dinnerware is at all represented by the amount of food storage/cooking space you have. Maybe a Miele and a set of Dishdrawers would be good....See MoreMy kitchen ideas, so far...what do you think?
Comments (24)Thanks for the drawing--it has calmed my fears after reading other posts by you about your dream kitchen. I can imagine working in here. Has anyone mentioned the need for wood storage indoors? Although the woodpile is the main wood storage, there needs to be a direct route from woodpile to a plunk spot for the wood indoors. We have a wood stove in living room, in part to burn up wood from our yard. We use an old large copper cauldron for our wood holder--it's huge and I retire it to the garage in summer so that I can recover some space in the room. Also, the area below a stove needs to fit code. Talk to your building inspectors before making a plan. Otherwise you may end up with a deep lip of brick or tile that intrudes in places you didn't anticipate and you may need a railing on one side if it's adjacent to a walk space. Also, the area in vicinity of a wood stove needs to be sweepable, even if it's outside the code-mandated nonburnable floor. Wood debris is unavoidable. You may want to look at images of second homes, lake places, etc. for your practical inspirations. These places have to deal with such issues and they often have a 'country' feel (ignore the kitschy ones). As for the island/table, I urge a movable large cart. You can remove it and put in a table at times if you need to and you can pull it to your work area for a secondary surface or put it out for buffet serving. For most days, you already have a table very near on porch that will be more useful for enjoying that cup of coffee and a book or newspaper and you can decorate that space as gleefully as you like. I've thought a lot about the table in your inspiration picture and all it says to me is 'I'm not ready to go to work.' That's not a message I want in my kitchen. I need an inviting blank work surface that I can mess up with my cooking activity, then clean off and leave ready for next time. I hate it when I have debris in my work space from the last project or stuff plunked there that is off-topic for my current mania. I'm putting a nook/resource center into the corner of my kitchen but I won't share photos yet, except this early one. We'll have a full floor to near-ceiling 6 foot wide bookcase, perhaps small antique drop leaf table and chairs, and some funky lighting. No wood stove, but hope it will have ambiance and kooky inviting feel. But it will NOT intrude in my work, it will NOT prevent dinner being served in dining room, and it will allow some softening pieces to cut the modern feel of the rest of the room. It also gives me a non-stool work space if needed (handicap access concept). This antiques and books and art nook is out of the line of fire of the kitchen activities as yours is, but I don't foresee spending much time in it. Better places elsewhere in house for lounging and recreation. Here is a link that might be useful: roughed in table nook ambiance corner...See MoreWhat do you think of 70s ranch landscape makeover plan??
Comments (4)Are you saying you want to replace the existing shingles with more horizontal siding? If you replicate the existing siding it will look too uniform and boring in my opinion. And if you don't replicate the existing siding, using a different reveal, the two different but similar styles would look clumsy. I would keep the shingles, they are a nice feature, but I find the contrast between the bright blue siding and natural wood to be a little jarring. If I kept them I would either consider a nature like color for the siding that is more compatible with the wood or paint the shingles in a color complimentary to your siding color. I completely agree with Yardvaark, your two little rows of pavers are not wide enough and if they aren't exactly straight and level it's not going to look good. Making thin, relatively small pavers level means a lot of work on the base underneath them, just laying them on the dirt won't do it. I can appreciate the desire to save money but I would pay a concrete contractor to cast in place some much larger pavers for such an important part of your landscape. They would be geometrically precise, more stable, easier to walk on and would provide the right proportion and scale for your entry. It's a nice looking house, good luck....See MoreWhat do you think of these paint colours for my kitchen and main floor
Comments (15)Hi benjesbride! :) You've been so fantastic supporting me throughout this process. I'm so sorry, I haven't been very good with sharing updates and photos. :( We've had lots of late nights doing parts of the demo, taping up poly walls, cleaning up dust, and researching to make decisions on materials, etc. I wish I had more time to share the progress more often. It's been so exciting to see all the changes! A quick update before I go back downstairs to move boxes of hardwood (ugh!): The demo is done!! The half wall that was cutting off the new dining room is gone (turns out it wasn't load bearing - phew!) and the framing for our new double pocket doors is done (I've never loved a hole in the wall more than this beautiful hole!) The electrical is also done (super excited to see my space with new warm LED lighting and be forever rid of my old fluorescent light box!!) and the drywalling is nearly done. Now we get to start seeing some of the "pretty stuff"! ;) I've got my gorgeous Kohler Strive sink and Kohler Artifacts faucet in the house, ready to be installed. And the Thunder test patches have looked great in the evening, morning light and indoor lighting so far. Yay!!...See More
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