kitchen staging/decor help!!
*i do not like roosters or pigs in my kitchen
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tqtqtbw
6 years ago
auntthelma
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Comments (96)This is my FAVORITE FAVORITE GW kitchen. It has soul and personality. I look at your pictures and just want to wander in there and linger, feeling the coziness and healing properties of that welcoming and nurturing space. It feels like a li'l ol' soft grandma with arms outstretched waiting to hug me. It does NOT remind me of so many cold, hard casket like fancy kitchens in the pictures. This one has a warm heartbeat throughout. Fantastic job, and I'm sure with the elbow grease/blood/sweat/tears you put into her you'll love her all the more over the years!!...See MoreEarly Stage Kitchen Plan--Please Help.
Comments (2)Sink...Is the sink required to be under the window b/c there is only one sink in the kitchen and, therefore, all prepping is done at that sink? If you had a prep sink elsewhere, e.g., in the island, could the cleanup sink be moved away from the window? Since the majority of people spend 70% - 75% of their time prepping and only 20% of their time cleaning up (less if you use the DW for everything), it makes sense to have the Prep Zone in the most desirable location. It also makes the most sense to protect the Prep Zone (and Cooking Zone) from traffic...plus they are where you use the most "dangerous" equipment - range/cooktop, knives, scalding water/food, etc. If you like two ovens, which would you prefer? (1) Double ovens in an oven stack and an MW elsewhere (under the counter (e.g., a MW Drawer) or on the counter or hanging from an upper cabinet) (2) Range and single oven + MW in an oven stack...See Morecan you guys help me. need kitchen decorating help/
Comments (11)I never posted on either of the forums, but read them all a lot. I have followed your other thread. I have few questions: *Do you think you'll eventually replace cabinets & renovate the kitchen? *If yes, when - few years from now? much longer than that? *Is the existing layout satisfactory to you or is there anything that has to be changed soon? Almost everyone suggested that you keep existing cabinets as they are. I personally like dark color too. BUT you are and will live in that house. Looking at them every single day. On top of it you mentioned that they are pretty worn out. So you should do it the way you like them. If you are not planning major reno soon, I would think it would be best to invest some $$$ & have them painted professionally. It will cost you little more, but results would likely be much better. (My daughter paints & I wouldn't have her doing my kit cabinets - walls, trim yes, maybe laundry cabinets!). Just don't forget that the frames/boxes (hope that is correct term) need to be painted same color. That has to be done on site, but it is much smaller/narrower area so maybe your husband can do it. Same paint color as door. The panel by the fridge should be as wide as the appliance - you mentioned that. Would you carry it to the top of cabinets? (I would). Then you need to make upper cab deeper - I am sure you know that & it can be done. Definitely replace tiles. Bar could be just drywalled & painted same as walls (I had something similar & it looked great). Is the counter appropriate depth?(looks just bit shallow, but that may be just because fridge seems to be sticking up too much-lack of proper width on that panel). I had caesarstone organic white counter & loved it. My cabs were darker brown with greenish undertones. And my backsplash was white tile (white on white subtle design). Together it looked great. Sorry, don't have photos to post. If you like gray cabinets (or any other color), I would suggest to go to paint store & p/u color chips that you like. I would take them to IKEA (or other kit showroom...) & look at all gray (whatever color) kitchens they have, comparing the color chips to cabs you like most . That way you'll see how the cabinets will look. You may be able to get ideas on backsplash & paint color too - usually, the showroom kitchens are set up to impress! I am not good in suggesting colors, but having paint chips will help again. Check them against existing walls. If you think it looks good, buy a small sample of paint, get larger piece of hardboard or drywall, paint it & put next to adjoining walls. You will see if they 'go together' much better from the large sample (make it at least 2x2', even bigger). Most important, I think, is not to rush. You will spend more $ than you think (it always works that way...), and you will have to live with result for a while if you don't like it. So rather take more time planning. Your kit is in very good shape for a while longer (even if you are sick & tired of the red cabinets). Don't get pressured into something you don't like, and don't do it so-so/good enough...just my opinion... Rina...See MoreBad Decor or Bad Staging?
Comments (28)Sorry, I'm late to this one, but this reads to me "bachelor got hitched, wife moved in with favorite chair, now needs to move to make wife and daughter happy -- will miss Wrigley Field and runs at the lake". It makes us left coasters sad to see a nice 2BR lakeview condo near Wringley at the price of income-qualified studio in a bad section of SF. The unit seems great, with a terrific view (those winters, though....). I think a nice silvery blue would have worked to help frame and highlight the view, and made the unit seem larger and taller....See More
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6 years agoloobab
6 years agoChan D
6 years agomy kitchen is currently towards the end of a remodel as far as cabinets, counters, and backsplash goes.
Chan D
6 years agotqtqtbw
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoAre the clock and shelves to the right of the cabinets? If not, back up all the way and take a picture of the space in context.
(beautiful kitchen, BTW.) Are you tiling all the way up to the bottom of the cabinets?
A simple neutral idea. I think the art should fill a vertical rectangle space. It could be one large piece or four cordinating pieces.
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6 years agoauntthelma
6 years agoChan D
6 years agopanorama view. we havent decided if we are going to tile all the way up yet. the sign above the other cabinets will probably come down as soon as I figure out what im doing with my kitchen.
tqtqtbw
6 years agoI love your space and love that you cook for family. Yes, you should tile all the way and behind the stove so that it looks professional. (I know you didn't ask all that. ;-) )
(Maybe not so many plates, just above the table level.)
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6 years agoChan D
6 years agohow do I add pops of color without taking up anymore counter space? what kind of art work should I put on the wall. I like clean, and green
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6 years agolast modified: 6 years ago K Laurence
6 years agotqtqtbw
6 years agoChan D
6 years ago- PRO
Beth H. :
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agooops..sorry Chan,,,,how is that kitchen the same as this?? am I looking at two different spaces?
why is this posted? are you saying you want your space to look like this? it was unclear from the comment and I didn't look at the names.
Chan D
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Beth H. :
6 years agolast modified: 6 years ago loobab
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoHi ChanD-
If you want to hang up artwork you can look for depictions of fruit or vegetables.
I like vintage looking ones like the ones tqtqtbw showed above, and like the ones on the cover of Cook’s Illustrated Magazine.
Or you can find more modern pop-art versions of fruit and vegetables.
Or you can get plants and flowers, whatever is your fancy.
You can buy these or make them inexpensively from pictures from a calendar or from a book from a secondhand book store or royalty picture from the internet.
If you would like something a little more three- dimensional you can look for majolica on line. There is vintage majolica and modern reproductions. It doesn’t matter which, just get what you like. It can be all green with leaves all over, or leaves with fruits or vegetables, or flowers. They can be plates or serving pieces.
You can buy plate hangers and hang them or use plate stands and display them and in either case, still use them as serveware.
You might want to do a bit of cruising online and reading about majolica and looking at images before you invest.
A few pieces of majolica or vintage botanical prints won’t turn a modern or transitional kitchen country.
And speaking of investing, don’t spend tons of money on it. It’s not bone china or high fire porcelain and can chip and break easily.
It’s a lot of fun, I love it, but don’t go crazy with the $$$.Another thing, if you live in an area where there are hurricanes, tornadoes, or earthquakes, please make sure that they are well-secured if you hang them, or cushioned in the cabinet.
You can also add green to your kitchen with green glass plates and bowls.These are vintage, too.
Some people (Martha Stewart) like to collect vintage jade glass plates and bowls and serveware.
Make sure the water in your area is not hard or putting these in the dishwasher can etch them unless you have a whole house water softener.
Another way to add green to your kitchen(and add life and energy and oxygen and purify the air) is to add live green plants.
A big bushy Pothos plant would look great as would a Philodendron. Coleus is great too and comes in many different varieties in green and red, green and pink, etc. You can also have several stems of Lucky Bamboo ( which is really dracaena) in an odd number, some straight, some curlicue in a simple vase or a glass vase with peoples or marbles at the bottom with water in it.
If you have plants in the kitchen just take them down and wash the whole thing leaves and all at least once a week. The leaves can collect dust and little spiders and you don’t want that coming onto or being blown into your food.
Are you planning to keep the shelves?
I use trays a lot, do you? If yours are attractive, you can put a tray or two on there and display it standing up and put something in front of it too.
For example, if your dishes are pretty, you can display a covered vegetable dish or a soup tureen. Even if they are just plain white you can still display them because their shapes are intrinsically pleasing.
Hope this helps!loobab
5 years ago
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