Facelift or Divorce this Kitchen?
apell2000
6 years ago
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Comments (7)IMO the house and the kitchen are modern and your style is not so a few tweaks are needed to make this work. !st take all the stugff that screams old fashioned like the display cabinet, the table along the wall the stuff on the mantel the morror and take the art down for now. Then get rid of the 2 red chirs and the rug , Now you have a bit of a clean slate to work with. I think the sofa is fine and maybe the 2 chirs with the ottomans. A new coffeee table ans arug with a bit more modern pattern in colors with a bit of gray Larger end tables with much larger lamps in a bit more modern style. If what you want to keep is the rug then keep it and build the new design around it with new furniture a bit more modern looking still keep all the other stuff out , I need to see a close up of the rug to make suggestions as to colors of new pieces ....See MoreKitchen Facelift
Comments (35)Hello I’m back with some revised pictures and new questions. We removed the island and bar granite and replaced with a white quartz that has a design with a bit of black and dove to compliment the perimeter black counters and dove cabinets. We also replaced the bulbs in the island lights with daylight bulbs. Problem now is with those lights that shine predominately on the lower cabinets they look very white and the uppers look cream. its not a good look. Also looks like an operating room. very cool and not warm at all. We do not have it in the budget to replace either of the backsplashes. We are thinking of painting the kitchen backsplash the same color as the cabinets Using a higher gloss paint. I’d like to find three new counter stools with backs and two new pendant lights for over the island. I’d also like to change the hardware on the cabinets to black. Lastly we plan to repaint the walls BM Pale Oak. If you look to either side of the sink you can see the current darker color. My questions are Does the bar backsplash look okay witg the new counters and is the seaglass look dated. If so what suggestions do you have? I can’t have just painted drywall because it gets too messy at the bar with splashes. Thoughts on painting the kitchen backsplash same colir as cabinets but in a gloss. Can’t keep the current color it is way too beige and dark. Ideas on a style of pendant lights (black to match hardware and counters or white which could be too many whites in the kitchen) Lightbulb problem with the upper and lower cabinets reading two different colors....See Morekitchen facelift HELP
Comments (12)I bought a house a couple years ago that has an older kitchen that isn't to my taste, but when you move, there are so many things to do, even in a well cared for house. I made a list of everything I wanted to do/change and then prioritized everything. The kitchen ended up at the bottom of the list because it's the most expensive project, and what I have is functional, even though I don't love it. Your kitchen does not have a bad layout and the appliances don't look too old. Tile countertops are less than ideal, but it would be a mistake to put new counters on old cabinets. I think you'll be able to function with it just fine for a couple years. Work on other things and save your money for your dream kitchen if you're going to be living there long enough to make that worthwhile. Living with it will help you figure out what you like and don't like so you make good decisions for the remodel....See MoreKitchen Facelift... need help!
Comments (23)Design Fan jackowskib cat_ky Flo Mangan I have carpet in living room, but was considering replacing that with the vinyl we install in kitchen. So the foyer and dining room would be birch and the other floors would be same- manila oak coretec is what I like. I ordered a box to get and idea of how it would look, it is similar in tone to the birch, but not shiny and planks are wider-7" birch planks are shiny and 3 3/4(? something like that). Her is manila oak with cherry cabinets in another persons home. I think it looks nice and not too matchy....thoughts? And second picture is visualization of my kitchen. With continuing the MO through other 2 rooms do you think it will be more flowing? I am thinking the dining room and foyer have rugs that hide most of the wood and dining room is not in direct site line of entry into house, only foyer and that area is mostly covered by a runner? Thoughts on that theory? My kitchen with Manila Oak Transition from foyer Transition from kitchen to family room if we extend MO to other rooms! Please over look clutter!!! And if I could talk better 1/2 into laying it over the birch, it would all match! Which I do agree is the right choice, but it doesn't look like I can convert better 1/2- ugh!...See Moreapell2000
5 years ago
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