2 or 3 panel shaker doors better?
jestermom
3 years ago
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2 panel shaker doors and 3 panel lami glass door-weird?
Comments (1)Whenever I see glass closet doors, they always seem to be in rooms with wood doors in the rest of the room, so I don't think they have to match. I like the look of glass closet doors and think it would look fine....See MoreNatural finish hickory floors with Oak 3-panel shaker doors
Comments (2)I find red oak to have a pink/cinnamon cast to it...whereas the maple/hickory are MUCH MORE gold. I foresee a clash of undertones with the red oak. Of course, if you PAINT THEM your fine. But a natural (even a stained finish) with red oak is going to cast a different colour of wood. The maple cabs, though a pale fleshy colour right now, WILL turn to a slightly darker GOLD. In a year or so, the cabs should be a very close gold/yellow match to the gold in the hickory (which is why I like the two woods put together). The red oak, will start out a pinky fleshy reddish hue...and stay that way. It will clash until you stain them or paint them. Your current front doors are OK-ish. The brown is just about right for the hickory. A snick on the reddish side but nothing I would lose sleep over. That's as "reddish" as you want to go with hickory. Red Oak will be worse until you paint....See More2 panel shaker door panel detail
Comments (4)You have recessed panel doors but they are not shaker, since they have that detail. That part of the door frame, the stiles (vertical) and the rails (horizontal) that hold the panels in can have various profiles on the inner edge. This is called the "sticking": The new shaker door you show has Square Sticking. The doors in your house might be Ogee but they seem to have an extra curve, so might be Cove and Bead Sticking. The three dimensional panels might have Anaglypta or Lincrusta, which is a typed of embossed wall covering on them. The triangular plate on the door is called an escutcheon, backplate or sideplate....See MoreDo the 2 pendants or the 3 look better over this island? (mockup pics)
Comments (21)Ok, one more. I just saw these milk glass dome pendants. They looked like they would put out a nice soft, non-directional light! They are very similiar to the ones @JustMe posted except for allowing light all around. They are 14". I'm still hesitant about the closed light (those bugs always find their way in) but have been thinking about RL's comment about enough light. The only problem with these is I can only find them on Restoration Hardware for about $400 each, which DH may choke on for a light! lol, we'll see. I think I've narrowed it down to these and the "rope" light above which I would have to modify to get looking how I want (no rope and slightly darker stained wood)....See Morechispa
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