Which counter and backsplash still can not decide?
1.Taj Mahal counters stone back splash simply white cabinets with brass hardware. Floor white oak.
2. Bianco Carrarra counters, bianco carrara back splash , simply white cabinets, brass hardware, white oak hardwood.
3. Silstone eternal statuario counters, bianco marble tile back splash , simply white cabinets and island BM silver chain, brass hardware , white oak hardwood.
I just can not decide . I am having the floor installed today! However the cabinets countertops back splash hardware are still to be decided. If you have other suggestions please advise. I love modern french country, I like elegant looking kitchens. I like the stone in number 1 as think it looks french but my husband thinks it looks like the 1980's. I worrry that number 2 is too grey and number 3 will look washed out and sterile.Thank you in advance.
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Comments (32)I am turning the entire back of the dining area into storage by effectively extending the kitchen but it will have more of a furniture look with glass doors on the upper middle cabinets with glass shelves and lighting. blondanonima - I do think you are right that somehow a flat counter seems forced into a kitchen area that wasn't meant to have one level expanse. I've only seen one unit in which it seemed as though the one level unit was meant to be in that space and that person took down all the soffits - and since those soffits contain HVAC ducts, that is a bridge too far for me :-). I am incorporating the soffits into the design of the kitchen which now has a standard hideous dropped ceiling with fluorescent lights above with a coved ceiling. The soffits will be reworked with lighting both up to accent the ceiling and ambient for good lighting. I will also have under counter lighting. dtrivino - I am pretty sure of my eclectic taste :-) and much as I would love a pink refrigerator from Big Chill, it's just one of many design elements I love but have to forego such as recycled glass concrete counters - again amazing but would like ridiculous. aziline The stove (along with other elements of my current kitchen hovel was difficult to replace as each element taken out would have required something else to be done - the stove would have required new cabinetry and the people who installed my old wood floor had installed the wood in front of part of it. There was so much dysfunction that I had to wait until it could be gutted because fixing or replacing one element was too difficult. I did replace the DW because those are all standard 24" openings. The stove served me very well in terms of function as I really honed my cooking and baking skills over the years and there really isn't anything that I didn't make - about the only thing it couldn't do was really high heat wok cooking but I don't think any non-professional stove without at least a wok burner has that capability. I'm attaching pictures of the proposed design of the new kitchen. As you can see the "stove/oven" wall will be one wall of cabinets. Because it extends into the dining area, I want it to have somewhat more of a look of furniture which is why I think I will go with inset doors with very discreet hinges. Cabinets will be frameless so that my drawers can maximize interior space. Those upper cabinets with inset doors would not be a big issue in terms of storage as I currently have framed boxes and just fit plates or whatever behind the frames somewhat so that the interior interior space is used. And the design of that thing over the sink is NOT the design I would opt for. It's just there as a place keeper. If you look at the picture of the short china cabinet, I have the same type of visual demarcation using an old stained glass window I rescued years ago. This is my floor plan This is floor plan WITHOUT the cabinet replacing the bar space This is my approved design for cabinets which shows the cabinets extending into the dining area. This is the approved cabinet design for the "sink" wall showing an elevated ledge and backsplash. I am having a paneled French door refrigerator installed - the KA or equivalent Jennair which is 72" instead of the standard 69". More storage interior and if I ever swap refrigerators, the shorter one would fit into the higher space anyway. Slightly off topic but the design now has the French Door Refrigerator abutting a wall which frames the entrance from the foyer of the apartment to the kitchen. I am concerned about it opening adequately. It requires 10" of clearance to open 125º and 3" to open 90º which would enable all drawers to be pulled out. I am thinking of having the wall cut down so that there is no obstruction at all for the refrigerator door as there would be a much wider opening and no wall. Structurally this is fine as my interior walls are non-load bearing and are just there to create enclosed areas. Again, that decorative thing is NOT the design at all but just put in as a place marker to indicate something will go there that is not a wall but still somewhat blocks the kitchen visually....See MoreCan't decide on kitchen counters or backsplash
Comments (2)Hey we have almost the same kitchen layout! I would take a cabinet door & a dark knob/pull to a stone yard and see what looks good. There are so many counter choices out there so sometimes it just takes seeing that one stone that fits your vision to pull it all together....See MoreDeciding on using the same backsplash as the countertop?
Comments (7)I love your elements. They are going to be stunning. I too love the look of a slab backsplash. I am also doing this in my kitchen reno.... I think it depends on the stone and the color of your cabinets. Sometimes dark can look cave like but with your beautiful new cabs you won't have that problem. Here are some images that might help you decide. How much light do you have in your kitchen? Will you have under cab lighting and will you be changing the lighting you have currently? ~boxer...See Moreb c
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This is another photo of the dining and living room( floor is being installed today) which have been painted simply white. I don't know if a photo of another area of the house would influence the kitchen finishing choices. The railings are being stained the same as the floor .
We have about half antique furniture and half more modern.
b c
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5 years agoHere are a few more pictures. Sorry for the mess as we are still building. The countertop is Silver Grey granite. The backsplash is a satin marble that we found at the Tile Shop.
We used the same color hardwood throughout the whole house including the kitchen. I only have a picture of it from another room. The floor is big horn hickory from Chelsea Plank.
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5 years agoI would love any other counter top choices, back splash cabinets, hardware suggestions. The only thing that is fixed is the hardwood white oak flooring. Let me know if you have any other suggestions. I love Taj Mahal but am thinking the kitchen will look too brown/tan with Taj Mahal, brown hardwood and a plain back splash like the below photo. Therefore I am not sure if Taj Mahal is the correct choice for my space.
b c
5 years agoThank you I am so glad to be getting everyone's opinions. I for some reason thought the stone For some reason I feel like the backsplash looks like something a modern french style kitchen would have along the idea of these photos which I was inspired by.
Boxerpal
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I also like the top two stutuario slabs , the following marble "ivy" something ( I can't remember the full name, and the bottom bianco carrarra slab.
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5 years agohttp://encoreceramics.com/crackle-glazes/
Encore & Fireclay have some really great colors that could be incorporated with the TM, or whatever countertop you choose. MOP is also very nice.
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