Quarter sawn oak-painted uppers yay or nay
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Can a quarter sawn or black kitchen be fun?
Comments (25)Not exactly being a fan of black cabinets, but not seeing anything else that would look right for our kitchen we're going with black. I too wanted to make sure my kitchen still would be a place that made a person happy to be in there. When using black cabinets, I thought it was important to keep the upper cabinets to a minimum, have a lot of white in other areas (counters, walls) and loads of natual lighting (adding two windows). After we got our plan decided we happened to luckily come upon a model home with a kitchen with close to our kitchen design and many of the same attributes. The kitchen had grey counters and no natural lighting in the kitchen and it still seemed fun enough. I'm anticipating a super fun kitchen. Here's an IKEA replication we have (the best the software provides)....See MoreLooking for photos of quarter sawn oak cabinets with light granit
Comments (18)Yes, it does, but unfortunately, there are only 4 kitchens with quartersawn oak cabinets. Three of those have mostly dark counters. The 4th kitchen has light counters but very darkly stained cabinets. Finding images of quartersawn oak kitchens that aren't geared to Craftsman style is not an easy thing to do. linelle, that vanity is stunning! As is the rest of the house (thanks for the link, andreak100)....See MoreStainless steel toe kick plate, Yay or Nay!!
Comments (21)Mindy- just doing my kitchen (2021) & thought of doing stainless at base of island. Found your post - what did you end up doing & if SS using? I am like you - don't want scratches showing, cheap look etc. I need 11 foot long x 4 1/2 inches tall. Not finding anything that long, so concerned about the sight of a seam where the 2 pieces meet, also need to bend at corner on both ends of island. Found some stick on & they will send sample. Ikea nothing, & will check the SS tornado listed above. Thanks!...See MoreWhat would you do: budget kitchen remodel w/ golden oak cabinets?
Comments (63)@Beth, first thanks for all your tips and ideas on the hardware. Good idea to mark them out and good to know that 4" is the min (they sell 3 and 3.5, which are cheaper, so I wondered if that would work. thanks) I know; You had a lot of good ideas on painting. Thank you. I am still waffling on what to do. I guess my concerns w/ the painted floors are the effort to do it and the maintenance (I have wear patterns on my front porch and the kitchen gets more traffic). Plus I want to limit my exposure to chemicals. FWIW, this morning I emailed my house painter to check his schedule if I choose to have him repaint the cabs. (he's a much better painter than I am) Painting would allow me to fix the placement of the holes on some of the cabs (currently, most of the cabs do not have holes). I could also put a cab to the left of the stove. And I made an appt next week with the interior designer who was going to help me pick finish materials etc with the big remodel....to get his opinion of a scaled-down remodel. i.e. how to make this house a better version of what it is without spending a ton of money since I may move in a few years....thanks for all your help! I don't want this to be all about $$$, but everything is so $$$ and I hate the idea of investing a lot of excessive $ that I won't get when I sell. (when my former realtor came over this summer, she kept saying "do what *you* want; do what makes you happy; you don't need to do anything to fix this house to sell it" etc). So I guess my dilemma: what can make it more live-able for me for the next few years. (but possibly longer? who knows?)...See Morelisa_a
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