Lost. Need kitchen help please
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Comments (13)Beautiful! I'm a fan of pleated shades - not cellular, although that could work, too, but I find pleated to be a cleaner look and the stack is tiny so they disappear when fully open. They are light filtering, not room darkening but in general, anything that is room darkening has a larger stack because it's a thicker or doubled material. On your windows, because they are not very tall, if you hung pleated shades as an inside mount, the stack would probably not be more than the size of your window frame. In other words, none of the glass would be covered when they are open it would all be exposed to your view....See MorePlease help with kitchen-Vision got lost. Pictures-Long
Comments (7)I'm sorry, but I'm really not loving the clean-up sink wall. If you're of typical adult height, it seems very out of proportion. Of course, if you're much shorter than average, practical considerations might outweigh design there, but to me, it looks like the whole bank of uppers should just be raised up to the ceiling (or 8' if your ceiling's sloped), leaving either an open space, a 'window' or a full backsplash wall. Other than that, I think liberal use of an accent color could do wonders for your space. My personal favorite is a rich vibrant red, but for your space, a deep golden yellow might bring out the blue in the granite and the warm tones in your beautiful cherry. I wouldn't bother changing the knobs because I think that will actually work against 'feminizing' the space. You'd be replacing a light brushed nickel tone with a darker ORB -- you wouldn't even see the flower pattern until you get way up close. The materials Hubby chose tend to the 'dramatic' -- hard, shiny, high-contrast. So to feminize, typical things like soft, hazy, lacey or frilly just wouldn't play nicely. Think of a 'masculine-looking actress' -- say, Angie Harmon or Angelica Huston? -- dressed in pastels with lace and ruffles. Yuck! But something bold, clean-lined, flashy even -- Possibly large cut crystal pieces, art glass, brightly-colored ceramics in sleek shapes?...See MoreProfessional Help Needed (I'm Lost on the Color Wheel)
Comments (12)Honestly I think that it may go purpley on you too. I'm not at home w/ my fan decks but looking at it on the monitor though. I think that this is one of those situations where if you see the color that you think is 'it' you may want to take it down a notch. Once the color is on all 4 walls it's going to reflect any tones back on each wall and potentially intensify. Tricky situation. Along the same saturation range but less purpley or bluey I saw Heather Gray 2139-40 and Storm Cloud Gray 2140-40. It looks like Storm Cloud Gray, is getting close to some brown ranges too. Twilight Gray 2137-40 is also pretty. 2 tips: Hold that green color of your chairs next to the chip to see what colors it draws out of the chip. Sometimes you see big things that you never noticed before just looking at only the chip and no other color around it. It can take on a totally differnt color. Second: Look at the neighboring color strips and cards around the color strip that you're looking at. What colors are they leaning towards? Do you like what you see? The strip that you are looking at may well have varying intensities of those colors....See MoreHardware help needed...I've lost perspective
Comments (18)CJ "In my world, function trumps form in most things" that helps narrow down your choices & get you focused I personally like a pull vs bin for drawers as I find they are easier to use - eyes closed I'm going to hit it, where a bin pull requires more accuracy - if that makes sense. The best recommendation I can make is to get samples of several varieties that draw you in - Do a mock up & then decide. You can use your cabinetry w/o hardware so I wouldn't feel the sense of urgency I think of Craftsman as Chunky simple lines non frilly Google images that may help Craftsman hardware links http://www.crafthome.com/subsidiarypages/BronzeHardware/h/bronzeMainFramePage.htm Lee Valley http://www.leevalley.com/US/Home/OnlineCatalog.aspx?id=cdfcdaf8 Horton brass http://www.horton-brasses.com/search/usage/kitchen?horton=hqn9eharpd6kjsb786t0173lr6 Carpe Diem http://www.carpediemknobs.com/...See Morexx4xy0
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