Should we accept this door?!
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Kitchen Ergonomics - Why do we accept bad design?
Comments (38)Thanks to the OP for starting this thread. Many of our decisions were based on meeting the challenges of my back and feet and of course lack of vertical stature! Many of our decisions have turned out well: the raised DW, cork floor, FD frig and shallow sinks. Unfortunately some of them I wish I could go back and fix with the advantage of hindsight: buying the matching MW instead of making a shelf and placing a countertop one in and the faucets at the prep sink. In hindsight both of those decisions happened because of having to meet someone else's deadline and not ours. So, I really encourage those of you are doing your design phase to really think thru every detail now because it is really hard to change them afterwards. I do want to encourage people to have the raised DW. Ours is at the end of run partially behind a wall. We have a shallow drawer underneath it which is great for flat dishes. The counterspace on top is where dirty dishes wait their turn and is backup space for when we are doing lots of dishes by hand. Our frig is at the other end of the kitchen from the MW which is something that I debated on but figured I could work with. It does mean more walking while making things but since I was determined to have my raised DW and the frig not visible as you walk in the house... It is interesting to read what considerations we all have had as we design our kitchens for being used as kitchens. I had thought about making it more of eat in nook type of kitchen but decided I wanted the extra prep space instead. I also believe as others have demonstrated that you can have a functional and beautiful kitchen at the same time. It just takes some thought and planning which is why I guess builders don't want to take the time and thus money to do that. I haven't cooked barefoot but I do find the cork floor is much easier on my back than our previous tile floor was. And one of these days DH will finally take the rest of our pictures so I can post on the FKB!...See MoreShould we paint the garage door trim to match the siding color?
Comments (0)We recently painted our house, including the siding, all the trim, and the front door. The siding color was previously a light shade of gray, and the front door was black. We were hoping that the new color scheme would cause the garage to recede while also pulling attention to the front door (which is always in the shadows due to the large tree in front, the angle of the house, and the porch roof). We went ahead and painted the garage door trim to match all the other trim. I am sort of feeling that it looks too busy with that garage door trim causing lines to pop out across the front expanse of the garage. Maybe there's just not a good way around it; the original house design, combined with the large tree, really makes the garage prominent. If we painted the garage door trim the same color as the siding, would that look odd? Would it make the garage look too imposing as a wall of nearly solid green? Should we accept the fact the garage is prominent and consider getting nicer doors that we might paint white?...See MoreWhich white color should we choose for doors, baseboards and trim?
Comments (2)IMO eithe Aesthetic white or alabaster and I would do the Alabaster .I hate Accessible Beige so keep it as simple as possible ....See MoreShould I accept those defects on the new kitchen cabinets?
Comments (51)Normally it isn’t needed to add additional piece behind the face frame(I marked as number 2). But he did and put pocked holes and screws on the number 2 piece, so the face frame (number 1) is weak. That picture is too close-up. I don't know what is what. I will say that pocket holes and screws in the case behind the face frame indicates how/ where the FF is attached to the carcass. I would like to see pictures of the assembled, unpainted boxes before they made the first road trip. What is clear is that these boxes have been bounced around in a trailer on more than one occasion and we don't know anything about the different climate conditions along the way nor how long they may have been subjected to cold, extreme cold, low humidity, heat, high humidity. We don't know how they were moved but they do show signs of being mishandled, even manhandled as in those popped glue joints. Perhaps exacerbated by poor climate control conditions. One possibility not yet mentioned is that the cabinet builder may have used some hybrid FF system. Like a full outside perimeter frame only and attached separate rails and stiles to the case for the interior divisions. But the photos are all too close up and out of context to determine if that is a possibility with these particular cabs. IMO, when the customer picked the cabinets up to haul to the painter, customer accepted the cabinets--having ample opportunity to inspect them as they were being loaded & unloaded. I can't see how the cabinet maker is responsible for the cabinets some however many weeks, miles, uncertain climate control conditions and handlings after they left his shop....See Morescottie mom
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