Proportion help
I’ve been hesitating to post here because I am so wishy-washy about my decisions without adding the opinions of others. But... here I am.
We’re adding these two windows to flank our hood. We have planned to frame them with tiles and only a sill at the bottom. The lighting is necessary since we are removing an ugly horizontal row of glass cubes. What do you think of the size of windows? (2nd picture is our framing inspiration)
The lower cabinet doors are appliance garages. The uppers will have glass and will be used for additional lighting only, empty. Are they too big? Too small?
Please help get me out of my analysis paralysis.
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1st layout attempt: would ALL feedback.
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Comments (24)I’m not set on using a chest, I was just struggling finding a console table that would fit next to a chair in that space. Most of the ones I saw were too wide so I gave up. But after Beth’s pictures, maybe I should revisit. (I love the emerald lamp Here is a picture of the space with a 36” wide card table that I inherited just for proportions: The blue chest is from Crate and Barrel Kids; we don’t have a store in our area, is their furniture a good quality for the price? Oh, and here’s the mirror I meant to post before, but after seeing Beth’s pictures Im Thinking something with more height might work better...See Morehelp with window proportions?
Comments (37)Unfortunately what happens to so many of us is we get design fatigue where we've looked at the plans for so long we are unwilling to make anymore changes. I know that feeling myself. Just ask architectrunnerguy when he made a suggestion to me near the end of my design phase. After lots of grumbling on my part, I did listen to his advice. While I didn't use exactly what he had suggested to me, it did spark me to redesign my bathroom/closet layout for a much more efficient and better designed space. And of course the more we look at the plan, the more we fall in love with it or become used to it. The problem is there is good enough, or it's better than I have now, and not what should be, which is it's the best it can be. Now that doesn't mean perfect and it certainly doesn't mean mistakes won't be made. After all, we're all human. But, it's a heck of a lot cheaper to make changes at this phase of the build than once you start building. While not all comments were in relation to the windows, indirectly they are all in relation to how one feels as one enters the house, and how one lives in the house. As mentioned over and over, whatever is done on the interior does affect the exterior as you're unfortunately seeing now. It's always your decision whether or not to take the advice but as mentioned over and over, you can't just change a window without it affecting other parts of the house....See MoreHelp with entryway proportions: Console + Mirror sizes?
Comments (7)Bigger is better as you're realizing. The console can be as wide as 75% of the space between the blue tape and the bedroom door. Then the mirror can be as wide as 75% of the console's length and should hang 5" above it. Does that help? Don't forget a striking area rug and light fixture! Do you still have matching paint to use on the vent above so it fades into the wall?...See MoreCarrie Johnson
4 years agoDoes this still look too crowded? I hate to think of losing my cabinet space. 😬
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Kate
4 years agoCarrie Johnson
3 years agoSo we finally wrapped up the kitchen and I thought I would show you what we wound up doing. We removed the bottom part of the original cabinet drawing so that it would open up counter space and not look so heavy. I just couldn’t give up my cabinet space altogether as my kitchen is a bit small. The last pic is a pano that shows how the kitchen flows into the family room. Thanks to all who chimed in. You helped assure me I needed to rework the design.
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