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Claybabe, can you please post more pictures of your kitchen?
Comments (21)WOW! Thank you all for the kind comments! I'm feeling warm all over:) Carecooks, good luck and have fun with your remodel: It's great to be able to make a place your own. I'm kind of envious that you are just starting...WAIT what AM I saying?! The cabinets are from a local cabinet maker, natural cherry. The copper is NO care, but I like the patina. Definitely not a surface for people who don't want drips and splotches to show. Circuspeanut (funny!) the paint is Sherwin Williams, Fireweed and Blonde. I decided to try matte paint this time around because I didn't want the sheen to interfere with what I saw. DH thought it looked a little third world, but, I believe, is used to it now. Boysrus2, I promise more island photos tomorrow evening. There are drawers, a sink with a lot of stuff jammed into it, an oven, and a small wine rack. Oh, and a secret place. I'll try to get some representative photos tomorrow. Thanks for your patience. It's only a slightly better mess tonight (a week's accumulation), but I'll spiff it up and shoot it. oh yeah, and mustbnuts, it's verde fuoco on the island. Thanks again, you guys are making my day!...See MoreDesigning a new kitchen and need help choosing a pro-style range.
Comments (2)It is recommended that you get a vent hood that is 6" wider than your rangetop for the best capture area, maybe that will help you determine what size rangetop you will have room for?...See MoreKitchen Pros- Fix my kitchen, please
Comments (20)"I don’t think having an isle of 46” on the fridge side is too small..." Your aisle will be about 1" less than 46" between island counter and fridge doors and likely 3" less between island counter and fridge handles. Plus fridge door clearance is 30" so a 46" aisle is suddenly 16". There isn't room for kids to sit at the island while you get something out of the fridge and vice versa. Given how often a fridge is opened during a day and especially during meal prep, this could get old fast. At least it would for me. I think you'd be better off moving the fridge out of the seating aisle. How about something like this? I eliminated the walk-in pantry area, adding that space to the kitchen, and relocated the DR entry. I added a long bank of 12" pantries on the DR/stairway wall for storage. By my rough estimate, this should give you about the same amount of storage as you would have in any version of your walk-in pantry, plus you don't have to deal with a corner. I recommend 4 - 32" wide cabinets and 1 - 16" wide cabinet, which means that you only need to allot about 16" of door clearance in the aisle. That makes it easier for all of you to share that aisle, whether you're accessing pantry goods, sitting at the island or passing through. That said, trying to do all 3 at the same time might still be a bit tight but it's definitely more doable than it would be with the fridge in the seating aisle. I moved the fridge to the top wall with a MW drawer to its right, making the MW convenient for snacking or reheating fridge items without getting in your way. It does mean that the MW is farther from the cook zone so if you use it a lot while cooking, you might prefer putting the MW drawer at the end of the island instead. The ovens are to the left of the fridge. I placed it nearer the cook top to make it easy to move meals from cook top to ovens. You could swap fridge and ovens but watch that the freezer door swing doesn't come too close to the cook top area. The other reason I like the above fridge/oven placement is that it hopefully will encourage family and friends to go around the back side of the island to get to the fridge instead of through the cook/prep zone. I moved the sink to the island. You already have plumbing at the island so moving the sink to the island shouldn't add significantly to reno costs. You'll have 55 1/2" to the left of the sink, lots of room to prep and visit with your kids at the island. You also have a large area for prep/baking projects under the window. The lower end of the island is the clean-up zone. Dishes and glassware would go in the cabinets across from the sink. Kids can set the table without getting in your way, whether you're eating at the island, in the nook or in the DR. At 148 1/2" long, the island will require a seam so shop for slabs that can be bookmatched. Check out the gorgeous bookmatched slabs of granite beaglesdoitbetter1 used for her long island, [(Mostly) Finished Kitchen Pics[(https://www.houzz.com/discussions/mostly-finished-kitchen-pics-dsvw-vd~2498667). I kept the 5 seats at the island but you could add another seat. You will need to talk to your fabricator about how to support that long expanse of stone. Search for threads written by fabricator Joseph Corlett to see what to to and what not to do. Moving the major appliances to the left of the island gives you a good separation between the work and social/snack zones. You'll all be less likely to get in each other's way but it still allows you to visit while you go about your business. You don't say but I strongly encourage you to go with all drawer bases, save for the sink and trash cabinets. Oops, I forgot to add island depth. It's 41 1/2". You might be able to increase its depth an inch or two, stealing from the seating aisle if you want a bit more counter behind the sink, but as it is, if you stick with a farm sink, you'll have more behind the sink than you would with a standard undermount sink. As others have written, ordering in a few weeks is *not* taking your time. It's a large, costly undertaking that is not fun to live through. Take your time to get it right. The goal is to have few if any regrets when you're through....See MoreHelp! Custom Range Hood Pro Advice Needed for My Dream Kitchen
Comments (11)You cannot do such a large arch - the overall height of this piece will be approx 18" ( 84 - 18 = 66 ) Do a 2" - 2 1/2" arch on the valance. If you do a column on each side you could then do a crown molding detail that will return on the column and not interfere with the doors of the cabinets. The opening underneath needs to be based on the actual exhaust unit that is required for your range - your appliance folks should be able to help you with that. It will be a challenge since you have a reduced ceiling height and you have an offset vent line ( which needs to be changed - in most areas flex duct is not allowed ). You could also do a chimney style Here are a couple of pictures for short mantles you could create Good luck - I hope you can figure something out!...See MoreAbout that Cottage Life!
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