Help new kitchen! Keep layout? Start fresh?
Janelle H
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Comments (149)hope everyone has their power back soon!...See MoreMaster BR - new floor, fresh start - help, please!
Comments (24)More lamps in my future ...!? Not such a good thing when I have two perfectly good matched sets in our office with no good place to go. One set is actually tall, antique alabaster (can you see them in the "before" pics?), probably worth a pretty penny, but they just aren't "us". I would love to see them in Magnaverde's home. Maybe I should sell them on e-Bay, but then I'd have to scam the buyer, right? That's what I hear people do these days. :-) (Stupid scammers. I hate meanies.) These are them (they?): The other set is nickel-tone, non-expensive lamps from LNT or BB&B or somewhere like that. Back before we found ourselves gravitating to iron, we thought we'd decorate a little more mod, with brushed nickel lamps and stuff. Didn't take but about a month to figure out that we'd made a mistake, but too late. So I have THOSE lamps to contend with. They're probably in an old picture of the living room. If I were made of money, I'd go straight to Hubbardton Forge for our bedside lamps. I can't get enough of their stuff. Must be because I went to college in Vermont. I was lucky enough to find a H.F. floor lamp on Craigslist a couple of years ago and snapped it up in the blink of an eye. I paid about 25% list price, such a deal. What's the right height for bedside lamps anyway?...See MoreRead Me If You're New To GW Kitchens! [Help keep on Page 1]
Comments (4)Buehl, please do! I was just trying to save something of use. I'd been checking the GW all night, turned my back for 15 minutes to watch the Health Care vote, and whammo! all the posts were gone. I kept refreshing, thinking, "This can't be!"...See MoreStarting my kitchen reno and would love layout help!
Comments (21)I am not good at drawing on the computer, so I will try to explain my idea. I would put the banquette along the other side of the outer wall - where the pantry is. With a built-in bench under the window and chairs on the other side of a rectangular table. I would use the entire right side of the room with cabinetry in a U shape - no peninsula. Perhaps a small island if there is room. You could do the full height pantry where you currently have the sink and DW drawn. Or desk there with pantry beside it. Possibly put the fridge beside the pantry, so all of your full-height stuff is on the same wall. You could put the sink between the pair of windows and the range centered along the right wall. That would leave room for floating shelves flanking the range. There would likely still be room for a small island - not with seating, however, in the center of the "u". It may be useful for prep. If you are thinking of having kids, then pay close attention to the swing of the refrigerator and what is blocked when it is opened. My kids peruse the goods often thus blocking the only entrance in and out of our kitchen. Also stick with table or counter height seating, bar height doesn't work well for kids until they are almost adult sized... like 10 or 11. Best wishes! I look forward to seeing your plans....See Moreeverdebz
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