Terrible kitchen before and after: White, pickled oak, and turquoise!
I have a ton of pix to share, even though my kitchen is small. I LOVE IT. I am so excited. I want to thank everyone who helped me, especially in the early days, including benjesbride (who I may have to email), mama goose, Fori (suggested the Marmoleum, I think), and Joe (great info on Corian and Karran sinks). I learned so much here on Houzz, and I would not have this kitchen were it not for this forum.
As you can see, the room is opened up and has a better (though not perfect) work pattern. In addition to the much improved lighting, there is way more natural light since the new door has such a big window, plus the the cabinets that were over the peninsula blocked a lot of light. It is kind a dreary day for pictures, but I cleaned for company this morning so I wanted to take the pix right away.
We stayed in the same space, although we had the chimney removed and the window raised and moved to the left. And you may remember that we were going to do Ikea, but the designer nudged me away from that and toward custom/semi-custom. I am very happy with my kitchen that looks pretty modern but still works in my 100yo Craftsman-ish house. I think going with pickled oak sealed that deal, since that's what's all over the house.
Also, we made some of our decisions based on our son's disabilities (motor delay and visuospatial delay, among others). We went with solid surface and linoleum so that dropped dishes would be less likely to break, and an induction range to eliminate fire risk. The saddle stool was chosen because he is less likely to fall off of it than a basic round stool, and his adaptive cooking tools have their own cabinet section. Even the new electric kettle was picked out with him in mind.
Products/finishes:
Foyer floor - I forget, but my designer got it from some fancy-sounding place in Chicago
Upper cabinets - local cabinet maker painted in BM Snowfall White
Lower cabinets - Sitelines Walton in Sandpiper
Counters - Corian Glacier Ice
Sink - Karran Edge 440
Faucet - Delta Essa Touch
Floor - Marmoleum MCT tiles in Laguna
Backsplash - custom backpainted glass in SW Liquid Blue
White tile - Tilebar Byzantine
Fridge - KitchenAid
Range - Frigidaire Gallery Induction (and let me tell you that the "Powerboost" setting doesn't mess around!)
DW - Maytag
Hood - Broan
Pendant - from Shades of Light
Things we still need to do:
*threshold between foyer and kitchen floor
*knee-push mechanism for undersink cabinet
*put up hooks in the coat closet
*paint the foyer PP's "Sailor's Coat"
*decide on and hang wall calendar/command center on blank wall
*decide how we feel about the white crown above the beverage station and coat closet
*window treatments, as it will get hot in the afternoon come summer (honeycomb shades?)
I am going to try to post the "before" pictures here and the "afters" in the comments.
Old foyer floor
From foyer doorway
Working part of old kitchen, stupid peninsula on left
from back door
back of old kitchen
back wall
Comments (23)
stillpitpat
5 years agostillpitpat
5 years ago
Sorry the lighting isn't great in the pix. I had different lights on and off at different times, and some pix are too dim.
New foyer floor
From foyer door
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Comments (19)Okay... am I the only one that thinks the kitchen looks good, with pickled oak cabinets and all? It really doesn't look that dated to me, with the exception of the light box over the island. In my previous kitchen we had honey stained oak cabinets that screamed 1980's and we paid someone to come in and paint them. The people we bought the house from kept the place filthy so we had to do a major degreasing treatment on the cabinets to get the new paint to stick. It really did look good. We had the painted cabinets for seven years and by the end there were plenty of chips and I would not call it the most durable solution (this is with one sweet demure little girl and one wild little boy). We had used oil paint on them, so perhaps a latex wouldn't chip as much?? I don't know. The oil paint was thick enough that the grain didn't really show up much. If it were me (and it is clearly not, so take it for what it is worth)... I would put my money into removing ceiling light box and perhaps a little work on the cabinetry on the fridge side. The cabinets above the ovens and the fridge being just 12" depth is not ideal, and fridge sticking so far out into the space is calling more than a little bit of attention to itself with the stainless front and black sides and top of fridge just inches above top of oven cabinetry. I would possibly put some money into this and live with the cabinets for a while. Sorry if this offends, just being honest as I see it and trying to help. I think your kitchen is really pretty and I bet with nice window treatments and bar stools, it will be a dream....See MorePickled Oak Cabinets... IMO, not so bad...
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