What color kitchen cabinets would you choose.
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Comments (30)Right, I've gone back and looked again at soapstone, and I now remember why I didn't give it much of a second glance: 1) we need a 3m slab or else need to have seams, and it doesn't come in pieces that big, and 2) it's too soft for us. We have 3 young children and an L-shaped overhang off of our island, which is a recipe for breakages with that particular material I think. I can just see someone accidentally slamming something down on the overhang bit or trying to swing on it or something and cracking off a section... Our family is hard on kitchen surfaces and I need something that's going to withstand a beating. It's also why we haven't gone with the single-sheet ceramic worktop (which I quite liked the look of as they're so thin and elegant and incredibly durable, but too thin for that overhang). Would rather not have multiple materials/heights there on the island (so, no L-shaped wood overhang on one corner, for example) as I find it too fussy and prefer to have one large big clean workspace for things like baking, making pizza, etc with the children. I absolutely love the kitchen of a friend of mine and it was my main inspiration pic. It's too dark for my space I think, but the island in particular is what I like. That's interesting about the German/Italian dynamic. I've been impressed by Italian ones in the past (I love a Varenna kitchen, just out of budget), but to be honest I met with about 3 different designers touting Italian kitchens when we were shopping earlier in the year, fully prepared to go Italian, and the ridiculousness of some of the form-over-function features we encountered (at a hefty price tag) really left an impression on me... it felt like they were being designed for people who like having large, beautiful kitchens but never actually cook. Features like hiding an already integrated fridge door behind another fairly cumbersome bigger door to create an 'ultra unkitchen', or keeping it 'clean' by only having a single pop-up island plug station to serve the whole bloody kitchen.... which looks great but HOW is that functional design for someone who, you know, actually cooks... or owns any appliances they use on a daily basis and don't want have to lug out of hiding every day... or maybe just drinks coffee from anything other than a French press? I digress. The annoyance is still there obviously, ha ha!! I'm sure they're not all like that, but a month or two of meetings had me running across the border to Germany!...See MoreMudroom and Kitchen layout... what would you choose?
Comments (18)Neither. You might consider altering your option 1 plan to create a guest worthy back entry between the garage and the kitchen rather than a traditional "mudroom" that usually becomes a clutter catch space. Yes, you'd have a much smaller pantry -- and no place in the "mudroom" for a washer and dryer -- none were shown anyway. The breakfast nook (option 1) appears to be on an outside wall. If you could add an "L" shaped screened porch to wrap around that back left corner between the garage and that breakfast nook -- preferably one with half a wall for its sides and then either screen or sun room windows above that half wall -- that could help enable you to avoid fumes from the garage entering the living space. You could have a pair of large windows or even patio doors in your breakfast nook. Where you now have a door from the living area to the mudroom could be your door to your pantry -- all inside walls in a space of about 6'x6' with floor to ceiling shelves all around. Behind that pantry, between the pantry and the outside wall on the side of the house as the garage, you could create your "L" shaped guest worthy back entry hall that wraps around your pantry. As you exit your back entry porch, your guests would have a 6' hallway and then either the option to turn left toward the living area (past two doorways that would be on their right) ... arriving between the kitchen living area space close to across from the bottom of the stairs. The two doors off that "L" shaped entry hallway before it reaches the living area would be either: continue walking straight through a door that would lead down a 3' hallway into the full bath or turn right into a wide hallway with a guest worthy bench with shoe storage against the left (pantry) wall, walking past the bathroom door and past the second door -- a coat closet (or pausing to leave coats in the closet as needed) before arriving at the living area between the kitchen and sitting area (approximately across from the stairs) In this way, you'd have a small pantry near the kitchen -- where it's needed; you'd have a bathroom against an outside wall so it could have a window; you'd have a bathroom door that enters into a hallway rather than directly into any living area; you'd have a closet for coats rather than ending up with a wall of hooks (and you could still add a hat rack next to the bench for temporary use by guests); you'd have a guest worthy back entry space that didn't open into the garage with its fumes and that you wouldn't be ashamed to have visible from the sitting/living area; you'd have a handy coat closet that encourages those staying for more than just a brief visit to pick up after themselves and put away their coats, etc....See MoreWhich kitchen cabinet color would you choose?
Comments (1)Usually it’s the other way around, pick the cabinets first and then the paint color. You could really do anything though. White? Wood? A color? The world is your oyster....See MoreHELP! Kitchen Cabinet Color + Countertops- What would you do here??
Comments (4)I think the black and white option would be best for the style of doors you have and would really bring your cabinets up to date ( just to note..painting them any solid colour is going to assist in making them more current regardless of colour choice as the distressing is whats really bringing out the age)..also a black base cabinet would blend really nice with the counter-tops, so no need to replace them and huge savings for you. I feel the black and white option would be easier to get right with your wall colour and the mushroom might be a little harder to find the perfect shade to go with the walls and floors while not looking washed out and bland. Additionally a brass/gold pull would look better IMO with a black and white cabinet. Here's some examples of a brown counter with black base cabs and white uppers...I know they aren't exactly like yours and the material/backsplash/wall colour/flooring/other details aren't what I'd personally choose and also not what is in your kitchen, but maybe you can get a feel as to what a darker brown tone counter looks like with dark/black base cabinets and white uppers....See MoreRoyHobbs
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