Which color brick would you use with this rock design?
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Comments (7)Or hubby's private entrance into the master closet. I've seen that before, but only in expensive custom homes. Tikilyn, I love that Texas Hill Country look. It's going to be so nice. Regarding kitchens, your progressive designs are showing the effects of kitchen creep, an extremely common syndrome involving adding just a little this and a little that while the kitchen steadily gobbles up other spaces in the process. An 18' width is pretty nice for a living room that will serve as a central intersection of trafficways for the home and still need to be a great place for your family living. I'd put the kitchen back where it starts in #1--at MOST--and make sure it stays there. Maybe DH could stand guard if necesssary? :) Since their placement seems to be breaking up this nice central space to the detriment of the living area, I likely wouldn't do the columns, at least where they are. I also personally wouldn't feel any need to line up the right wall of the dining space with the end of the kitchen counter. I see what you're doing, but to me guarding the feeling of spaciousness would be primary and good space definition can be done other ways, with rugs, ceiling treatments, etc. Among them, I'd almost certainly use a kitchen island or counter with a long side to the central area, like 2 and 3, for a nice trim definition that way. Kitchens become messy, noisy work areas, and a firm feeling of separation from that can be a comfort to people trying to relax in other areas. Regarding what we so absurdly still call the "breakfast" area, for the vast majority of us this is THE dining area. Given its central location, I suspect it will be for your family, and the space allotted to it really needs to reflect this very, very important function. We get fooled into cheating it by denigrating its real function these days and shorting it accordingly while focusing our design thoughts on the less-used front dining room. Am I wrong in thinking this latter is a sadly misguided approach when it can be closed off from sight while the so-called "breakfast area" is ALWAYS on display to everyone? A pretty view out back will trump a glossy mahogany table any day, but it still should be just as well designed inside. In any case, it might be helpful to draw that table and chairs in real-life scale, with the chairs be pushed out as they would be each time someone arrived and left. Assuming a 4' table, and a minimum acceptable distance to wall of 3' for each chair, you're at 10' with nothing extra. It'd work but is cramped compared to the spaciousness of all the other areas. Just one more foot here would make a real difference in the way it looks and feels when you're sitting there. Ideallly, you shouldn't need to even notice the walls as you walk in and push back, certainly not worry about busy kids accidentally banging chairs into them. I personally would take those inches from the master bath by pushing the entire master suite wall to the left a foot or so. We have a large master bath, our kids have large ones in their homes, and, honestly, we'd all move a bit of that extra space to more important areas if we only could. Moving that wall to the left would not only give you more table room, it'd also make that window wall longer, more like #3 but without robbing the living room....See MoreWhat color of appliances would you pair with a brick red stove/range
Comments (21)Wow, lots of great feedback! Cookcarpenter, yes I am going with the Bluestar RNB in brick red. I agree with all of you who said that white does not necessarily fit into a higher end kitchen, I am just trying to find another solution other than SS. I am not sure if I like the idea of a black refrigerator and dishwasher, I would prefer SS over black. Paneled might be okay. Cpartist, great pictures! Thank you for posting them. Hehehe, maybe that is what I need to start drinking to get through this house project. ;-) Lots to think about. Thank you everyone!...See MoreWould love help deciding which colors to use for a kitchen facelift
Comments (9)I do not lov black hardware on white cabinets IMO too much contrast but I would look for a white granite with some blue in it for the counter if you love the island it would IMO tie the space together and then just use stainless for the hardware so keep the cup pulls and achange the knobs.IMO keep the backspalsh simple you already have different finishes going on which BTW is always a bit hard to work with when counters or cabinets are all different ....See MoreHelp with exterior colors for yellow brick house with red rock
Comments (10)Have you ever considered spray painting the red stone along the bottom? There are techniques now that allow that. Companies such as Spary-Net (there are also other such companies) that can do that if you don't want to do it yourself (inquire about how to do it and what products to use). Taking that into consoderation, I show a greige for the stone which will be an even colour once spray painted but it will have a nice texture. I've suggested SW Functional Grey for the 2 doors, garage door, and trim paired with SW Pure White. You can look at the suggestion for ciment walkway paint. I show a new black railing, new front door black sconce, and if possible, install 2 black sconces on each side of the garage door for more detail....See MoreLacey Gaitan
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