Need Help with Cottage Kitchen
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Help!!! need advice for cottage kitchen!
Comments (28)Your gray stain is going to be gorgeous and is a great organizing principal to take you where you want to go. Hopefully you'll find a pale, functional stone that'll look great. I'm pretty sure you've briefly considered and set aside (as I did), composite quartz materials such as Silestone and Caesarstone, but they make truly excellent counters, as bulletproof and chef-worthy as any can be. And, of course, they come in a very large number of whites and grays. I personally love, love, love white marbles, especially honed. They are my dream material. I have never wanted a look of newness or perfection in my decor; however, I came to realize the etching problem is so bad, and so ugly to me in glass-shape circles, etc., I just couldn't have marble counters in my kitchen, where all counters get heavy use and lemon juice is much more of a staple than flour. I just counted out of curiosity, and I currently have 8 different vinegars, also used all the time. In any case, I don't know the configuration of your kitchen, but would it lend itself to a mixture of materials? Marble perhaps for a select, mostly decorative position, including an exquisite backsplash perhaps, and stainless steel or a composite material elsewhere?...See MoreNeed help picking exterior cottage colors! Help!
Comments (13)I noticed the same thing Sylvia did; the house examples posted all have the total body painted one color. Your house currently seems to have more trim than it does house. I think the grays and greens posted would look great on your house if the V-shaped area under the roofline (not the facia board) is painted the same as the body. You could still keep the trim white. Please come back and show us the completed project....See MoreNeed help with finishing touches in my "cottage" kitchen
Comments (10)I like all your pull choices, but I have to admit the first stands out to me. My island, which is not built in so technically a piece of furniture, has different knobs than my perimeter. If some pulls are more expensive, you could use those on the island, and simpler on the perimeter - if budget is a factor. Love the countertops. For cottage, think about subway tile (which I have) or you also might want to consider beadboard. Some say beadboard is harder to keep clean, but I honestly have never found my backsplash to get all that dirty - but I do not have a slide in range and it looks like you don't either - otherwise you would need to consider making sure there is something fire proof behind the range. I don't know what the floral mosaics are - could you post a pic? I love floral anything:) Just something to consider - being short, I am not overly fond of microwaves over the range. I moved my microwave down from a micro shelf that was equally high a few years ago. If you can conceive of ever doing the same, save enough leftover tile to fill in the space if you ever change over to a dedicated vent, or take the micro down, tile behind and then put it back up so the tile is there just in case. Beadboard would not be too hard to patch in if ever needed. For down the road - two decor items that I have used in my cottage kitchen decor are vintage china and floral / botanical art. My kitchen is not like yours - it is older cabinets, but there are pics in my "my pics" idea book....See MoreHelp with Kitchen Layout- Small Original(?) Kitchen in 1930's Cottage
Comments (2)New proposed layout. I did a mock up in in the IKEA home planner but it will most likely use a local cabinet company....See Moreredimac
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