help with kitchen flow and room with no windows
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please help..newbie..paint doesnt flow room to room
Comments (0)HI ALL..SO GLAD TO HAVE FOUND YOU..I NEED HELP..WE JUST MOVED INTO A NEW CONSTRUCTION COLONIAL..WE HAVE A SEMI-OPEN 1ST FLOOR WITH THE KITCHEN BEING THE CENTER OF THE HOUSE AND ENCLOSED ROOMS SHOOTING OFF FROM IT(IE: FAMILY ROOM ON RIGHT SIDE..DINING IN FRONT OF KITCHEN ..AND FORMAL LIVING ROOM TO FRONT LEFT.. HERES MY PROBLEM: THE BUILDERS PAINT IS ALL OVER KITCHEN IN PALE BUTTERCUP YELLOW/WHITE..THE DINING ROOM HE PAINTED IN A SAGE COLOR WHICH WE WILL KEEP..THE FAMILY ROOM WE WANTED TO WARM UP SINCE IT IS VERY LARGE AND RECTANGLULAR SO WE PAINTED IT AMERICAN TRADITIONS(LOWES) FAINT MAPLE WHICH CAME OUT A TAD TO DARK AS I WAS GOING FOR A CAFE AU LAIT LOOK AND IT IS MORE MILKY CHOCOLATE..BUT I LIKE IT ALRIGHT SINCE WE HAVE VERY LARGE WINDOWS WITH WHITE MOULDING.. NOW HERE IS MY QUESTION..WE WOULD LIKE TO PAINT THE KITCHEN BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THERE IS A FLOW FROM ROOM TO ROOM..WITH THE FAM. ROOM MAPLE, THE DINING ROOM SAGE, WHAT COLOR SHOULD WE PAINT THE KITCHEN AND ITS ADJACENT HALLWAYS SO THERE IS FLOW?..LET ME MENTION THAT THERE IS A BATHROOM AT THE END OF THE HALL WHICH IS A DEEP AQUA/TEAL LIKE BLUE, VERY PRETTY WITH WHITE BEADBOARD..AND I WANTED TO PAINT THE LIVING ROOM IN A PALE BLUE BECAUSE IT IS SORT OF A POTTERY BARN/CAPE COD NEW ENGLAND LOOK WITH A HUGE CLAIRE MURRAY CAPE COD RUG.. I LIKE LIGHT COLORS BUT NOW WITH THE FAMILY ROOM AND THE DINING ROOM COLORS I AM AT A LOSS..I AM GOING FOR A FARMHOUSE/COTTAGE/POTTERY BARN/RESTORATION HARDWARE LOOK FOR THE HOUSE..YOU GET MY POINT.. HERE ARE PHOTOS OF THE FAMILY ROOM..KITCHEN AND DINING.. PLEASE SEE THE PHOTOS..IN ORDER IS FAMIL ROOM , THEN KITCHEN /FAMILY ROOM..THEN KITCHEN DINING ROOM: http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/APPLEJACK1/GARDEN1.jpg http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/APPLEJACK1/GARDEN2.jpg http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/APPLEJACK1/GARDEN3.jpg http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/APPLEJACK1/GARDEN4.jpg THANK YOU SO MUCH..:>...See MoreNeed help with flow from kitchen to family room
Comments (3)It's a very open question. It would help to have her go through the different elements in the rooms and identify which fall in each of these categories Hate/gotta go Don't really like but would replace if I could afford it Indifferent/could live with it indefinitely Love/never want to change With an open-ended question, you are likely to get comments from people about what THEY hate and THEY would change, often without respect to budget. Since you say she doesn't like the yellows and greens, the fireplace wall seems an obvious place to start (the green looks truly awful with the rug). I assume that is a paint treatment, so it should be easy enough to paint over. The moldings look easy enough to remove if she doesn't like them. With respect to the paint chips propped on the counter, the cooler grays look like they work better with the counter: the two on the right, and the one on the left. If it's for the whole space, I'd go with one of the lighter colors. Though having noted how bad the green faux paint job looks with the rug, you should also consider how any new paint goes with the rug, not just the kitchen....See MoreLiving room doesnt flow help!!
Comments (9)It looks like you have room for a small living area in the dining room, and room for the dining table in addition to a small seating area in the current living area. If the dining table is your main table to sit at everyday though, I wouldn't want to move it that far from the kitchen. It looks like you have another living area of the other side of the dining room? Maybe that area can be exchanged with the dining area....See MoreHelp with the kitchen layout and general flow between spaces
Comments (4)Without exact dimensions to see aisle widths, etc., I think the second one is the best. It utilizes unused space in the DR b/w the table and the Laundry Room with seats. I would move the sink & DW to the right two to three feet, though, to add very needed workspace b/w the range and sink. Dish storage would be in the island -- close to the Dining Room and out of the way of people prepping/cooking. The island won't be of much use for general prepping b/c there's no water (prep sink) in it, but it could be useful for other things such as staging food. It also looks a bit narrow for prepping (when there's no wall behind workspace, you need deeper counters so mitigate the issue of things falling off the back of the island.) I would try for at least 36" depth....but not at the cost of skimping on your aisle widths. More on that below. With no seats on the back of the island, the aisle b/w the island and bottom wall can be just 36" wide (walkway width). I'd make it the same width as the hall width. That will add a few inches to the island's depth...assuming you have sufficient aisles b/w the island and surrounding counters/appliances. Minimum recommended aisle widths: -- 42" for only one person working in the Kitchen at the same time -- 48" for two or more people -- "Working" includes prepping, cooking, cleaning up, unloading the DW, etc. -- 36" for walkways (i.e., no workspace, appliances, or seating) BTW...aisles are correctly measured to/from the items that stick out into the aisle the farthest -- appliances, counter edges, etc. They are not measured to/from cabinets. I like the hall b/w the bathroom & bedroom for some privacy. Ideally, I would also want a door where the hallway meets the Kitchen, but I don't know if you have room for one since I don't know the dimensions. I'd want the doorway to be 36", which would require 36" plus another 3" or so on each side for door frame/trim -- a total of 42". A couple of other comments about what you're keeping... You say you're keeping the existing cabinetry...that is not necessarily a good idea. I would (1) evaluate those cabinets (functionality, construction, age) and (2) worry about matching with the new cabinets in the island (even if you plan a different color). If you keep them, then you probably cannot fix the workspace issues I see in your layouts. Those cabinets will not add appreciably to the overall cost, so I recommend replacing them to allow you to have the best functional layout possible. (And to avoid having to replace them in the near future and then have to tear out the new counters you just put in.) Since you're also keeping appliances, plan for at least a 38"W x 72"H alcove for the refrigerator (36" wide refrigerator + space for air flow and 3/4" end panels flanking the refrigerator to look built-in). "Standard" refrigerators today are usually 36"W x 70" to 71" tall. (The "extra" inch or so is for needed air flow around the sides and top.) This is the layout I'm talking about:...See MorePAVA co
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