Modern Island Issue - Advice needed
Ella Spada
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Comments (1)Ok old house snob alert....understand it before I finish posting... 1928 house and your architecht is recomending cans? Bleh bleh bleh bleh!!! Ya, cans are great, I love them, have them all over my 1980's townhouse, but in a period home....well bleh My kitchen (in the 80's townhouse) has an island, which is not in the middle of the room, and is not centered on the range, nor the fridge, nor the nook with the table....it's centered in the space it occupies :) And centered on that is my 1913 light fixture :) It is not centered on teh range, sink or fridge, or any of the other (I have 3) 1913 light fixtures). I would personally fire any architecht that recommended cans in a 1928 home...but aside from that problem I have with them, I would not worry about centering the light fixture's on anythiing but the feature they're being used to highlight, ie the island. My stove is the feature item in my kitchen, and the island and lighting is not a detracting factor, despite the lack of centering. I doubt yours would be either. One of the things they taught in design school...too much symetry can be too much. You get to a point where it looks like the whole package came out of a kit, especially in a period structure. Example...even the sink is off center:...See MoreMajor layout issues - long narrow kitchen - Advice needed
Comments (12)I'm going to point out a couple of considerations about that layout. They are just in case you haven't thought about it. I'm sure you have as its just about the layout you have now. a. Using the cooktop will sometimes involve asking the person at the sink to move. (Anytime those drawers under the cooktop are opened). b. Using cabinet one will sometimes involve asking the person at the cooktop to move. c. Its going to be harder to get into the corner uppers with a modern hood that sticks out further - perhaps even more than today because the corner upper cabinets look like they might be smaller. d. Be careful about leaving allowance for fillers in the corners and up against a wall - particularly when using frameless cabinets. In a corner, the filler on both sides needs to be the depth of the door AND the depth of the handle plus a tiny bit - so that the cabinets on both sides can open properly. Up against a wall, you should allow for a 3/4" piece of starter molding - except that you may need more to clear your door casing. e. Be careful about wall cabinets with wide doors that open over counters and the amount that the hinge allows the door to open. Looking at the wall cabinet door arrangement over the dishwasher - it looks like you've skipped the first cabinet and put dishes into the second cabinet. You may want to rethink that. You could get brained by the cabinet door or left in the slightly odd situation where the door doesn't open wide enough to be able to pick something out of the dishwasher and put it away without first putting it on the counter to avoid crashing it into the counter. Or you have to walk around the open dw door to put stuff away. This is just my personal opinion, but I would move the dw back over to the left and put the main dish storage on the first cabinet to the right. f. Same wall cabinets - opening the center cabinet prevents both other cabinet doors from opening - certainly not the end of the world or anything....See MoreKitchen Reno, need major advice on how to modernize this kitchen
Comments (9)I just bought and will be moving in at the end of the month and was hoping to move from warm beige/brown tones to more modern cool white/grey tones. I had a feeling you just bought the house : ) . Now that you've confirmed that, here's my advice. And I'm giving you the advice as someone who has moved into new-to-me houses several times -- not as the wife of a builder who could make a lot of money with a project like yours lol. Don't do anything now. Not even hardware. You have a nice, virtually new kitchen. It may not be entirely to your taste, but that's fine. What you need to do know is live in, and use, the kitchen for at least a year. Cook, for yourself, your family, your friends. Have people over. Enjoy your new home. See how the space functions first. You may well decide to make other changes, so rather than spending money now on some cosmetic things, see what you think after a year, which will give you a full chance to see how the kitchen and adjoining areas work for you. The problem with moving away from warm beige/brown tones is that, as Sina mentioned above, your kitchen flooring is warm beige/brown tones. So is the dining room flooring adjacent to the kitchen, the living room which is open to the dining room has warm beige/brown tones, and the staircase in the living room. And then in your original post you mention brass, which is definitely a warm tone. Whatever changes you make in the kitchen are going to affect the rest of the main floor, much like the book "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" lol. So live in the house, enjoy it, and don't make decisions at least until the new year : ) . And congratulations on your new house!...See MoreNeed counter top and back splash Advice for a Modern Remodel
Comments (21)I think we are moving in the direction to do the island, perimeter counters and backs splash (all the way up the wall) in the same White Santorini Quartzite. Any feedback on this? Im sensitive to adding too many different materials into the mix. Is this too much of one thing?...See MoreCherie
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