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Comments (0)I've been looking at Cadet 3 models on the web, many at Lowe's and many at other sites. I'm confused by the plethora of models and prices A few examples from Lowe's Cadet 3 tank 4019.016 white for $112.50 Cadet 3 tank 4021.016 white for $68 Cadet 5 bowl round 15" white 3011.016 for $70 Cadet 3 space saver complete 15" $149 Cadet 3 space saver right height 16.5"3305.000 bone (no white shown) for $221 American Standard gave me the model number 2403.012 on the phone, and Internet searches suggest this one retails for something like $479 those some places have it for $322 plues hefty shipping charge to $388 including shipping. Can someone with more experience tell me what do look for to distinguish these and make a choice? Is it just height and bowl shape? Thanks!...See MoreTrying to update 90s kitchen and SO overwhelmed! PICs and layout
Comments (38)desert, I plan to get out to some showrooms this week to see what's there and I'm really hoping that will help move me forward a lot more. When we built this house, we hooked up a trailer and drove to Dalton GA and came back with all the flooring needed to do the entire house. It was easier to make choices when we were looking at the entire roll and not just small samples. We got terrific deals and then just paid the labor to have everything installed by a friend of DH. For the majority of other items we spent hours at Lowes. lanval, I plan to give the island a new top along with whatever we choose for the countertops and I know that will help spruce it up more. Originally we were told there was no room for an island at all, but our cabinet guy designed the funky shape to fit one in. I wish we had space to redesign it to allow more of a rectangle shape with an overhang to fit a couple of stools, but there is just not enough space around the u-design of my current layout. Anne, DH is assigned the reno to his brother. He doesn't have time to get involved in the work itself. That's probably a good thing since we end up disagreeing on details most of the time. I've learned we just see things from different perspectives because I'm considering details he thinks are not important. And since the kitchen is not really his domain, I don't want to get into a power struggle over the choices I make. I tried to discuss the timing with him yesterday and he sees no problem moving ahead with the April schedule. I pointed out the events coming up that will coincide with the time the kitchen is torn apart, and his basic outlook/comment is "it's no big deal"...he's just a 'get'r done' kinda guy. I tried to remind him this is not one of his empty houses that is unoccupied and the fact there is more involved than just slapping on a countertop and being done. Maybe I'm just thinking too hard, but I can see the entire kitchen torn apart and me being stressed enough over that while trying to juggle our spring busy season and my DD's precious time left living at home knowing the activities associated with that. Plus the responsibilities of finishing up our eoy business details is difficult enough alone, and now I'm sposed to be doing research/legwork to plan a kitchen reno. I'm sorry if I'm rambling, but when I say 'overwhelmed' I'm not exaggerating. If I could just put everything else in my life on hold right now, it might be no problem, but everything else is not going to just stop. I'm glad you see what I'm feeling about the timing of my DD last days at home. Just last year when she wanted to have her after-prom party here, I had some mini meltdowns feeling overwhelmed with my regular daily workload and then adding more to it. This year isn't looking much better... Anyway, to clarify some of the questions you asked: I broke the measurements into 2 sections since the bar seems to separate it into 2 areas. The nook area is 13'x9'8". The kitchen area is 9'5"x13'2" but that is only the actual floor space. The cabinets are 25" deep so you could add that to the width of 9.5 for a size of the actual room. The garage is on the other end of the house. There is door to the backyard patio in the nook area. The original plan called for columns and a more open floorplan. DH chose to change it to large c.o. I posted pics from different angles to try to show this. I measured everything you asked to help clarify; fridge is 35"Dx35"W - cab depth is 25" - MW cab is 29"D - raised bar is 12"D. I checked the face frame of cabs and it appears the only ones sharing is the section to the right of the sink where the raised bar is. The rest are chopped up due to the DW, stove, and corner that leads to the MW cab. I'm trying to visualize the changes you suggested...I guess I need to sketch it out to understand it completely. Since his brother is doing the reno, it actually gives me more comfort b/c I know is fully capable of any little details I bring up. At this point...right now...I'm in panic mode after talking with DH last night and he totally doesn't get my lack of enthusiasm about the schedule. He makes it sound so easy. The ct can be done in one day, the floor can be done in one day... what's the problem??? Arrggh!! happy, Glad to hear of your wp sucess, painted and stripped. I hung every bit of the paper in this house and have 3 baths of wp also facing stripping....See MoreOverwhelmed - kind of a blank slate
Comments (29)You have a wonderful home. Lots to work with. I'm not much good at this but I do see a plan. It is possible that someone else has suggested this and if that is the case then I am in agreement with whomever it was.(I get confused with all reading, I am a hands-on kinda person) I like the couch in front of the fireplace, placed at the same angle. I was wondering if there was room to offset the couch away from the carpet, and place the armoire in the corner. Is there enough room to place the loveseat in front of the armoire? The armoire is very visually heavy and if it can be placed in the corner it will balance out with the light coming in from the window. I was also picturing the mirror over the fireplace with a red painted frame. If the armoire doesn't have room to be placed in the corner and has to be placed somewhere else where it still looks heavy, you could put a large oblong fairly low white container and place somekind of white arrangement with a trailing white plant that would bring your eye back into the room towards the fireplace. I don't know if this will help or if it works in decorating. When I was in photography, a rule I was taught to read a composed picture. You would look a picture and read it from left to right, just like you would read a book. Anything that is/was placed in the upper right hand corner would create tension and that is where your eyes would go. That wasn't always a good thing because it would take you away from the "focal point". Since you can only view the fireplace room from one direction, I hope this may help. Have fun, don't stress. Oh and as for the oak. I have natural pine and I have found that the darker, grayish shades of paint seem to look the best. Since green is in the family of the complement to orange, I would stay away from green for paint. It will only make your oak trim stand out more....See MoreInterior Paint Help - So Many Whites !
Comments (8)If you have a kitchen open to other living areas, I suggest matching the trim in your kitchen to the trim in the other living areas. If you use semi-gloss white on the kitchen trim, carry that same color throughout. (If you get high gloss cabs, you’ll probably want high gloss trim in the kitchen. I’m not sure about carrying high gloss throughout. I suggest talking to a pro about how to deal with that). Is your budget without limit? I found that most cabinet makers I considered had a standard and upgraded (whiter) white. If you don’t pick one of the cabinet makers’ white colors, you’ll have a big upcharge to get a custom white paint color. So, I suggest seeing if you will be happy with one of the cabinet makers’ whites. Then you can ask your painter to use the same paint for the rest of the trim in the house. If you can’t get the name/mix of paint from the cabinet maker, you can take a sample of your cabinet trim to the paint store and ask them to match it. (BTW, we like the SW paints too.) Your walls can be the same color or a different color. Even if you use the same color, the walls will look a little different than the trim color because you’ll probably want to use a washable satin or flat finish on the walls. That paint will reflect light differently than the semigloss. Also— paint color will look different depending on the light bulbs you use (lots of articles on the internet about this), whether you have daylight coming into the room, whether your windows are glazed, and how light is reflected off other colors in the room. (Your light bulb Kelvin temp will impact your floor color too— my electrician offered to bring a bunch of different temp bulbs for me to test before ordering bulbs for the whole house. I may want warmer temps in the bathrooms to make my skin tone look healthier and a bit cooler temp bulbs in the rest of the house so that my white cabinets don’t look like they are cream. I plan to have some light blue upholstery and warm bulbs— in the 3000 -3500 range — will distort the blue and will make the floors take on an unwanted orange or pink tone)). My color pallet is similar to yours. I ordered white cabinets and I’m finding that most of the “marbled” countertop choices in Dekton have a gray or beige tint for the background color. (Neolith may be a bit whiter but my builder’s fabricator doesn’t provide that). You don‘t notice this too much until you put the countertop sample next to the cabinet sample. Then, you’ll notice there is a big difference. I decided against using quartz because a number of articles say it can turn yellow from UV rays and we have a lot of windows. We may use a plain white Dekton or Corian. Still not sure. If you have the luxury of time, try to pin down all your selections before you order anything. Good luck....See Morecrystalpea
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