Kitchen turned out spectacular!
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I chose a mixture of white, black and white oak cabinets for our kitchen. We uncovered beautiful vaulted ceilings under the 7’ tall that was there. We turned the island added a large beam and opened up the kitchen. I will try and post the befores below.
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Comments (1)You've done a great job with everything! I especially like that you recognized all of the good times that were had in the original kitchen, and that beam is an absolute delight -- pulls the warmth of the original kitchen's "spirit" right in. Love your webdesign! -Ellen...See MoreWant this (don't laugh) to turn out like Redroze's kitchen.
Comments (2)Hi Murrywoods, I agree with Palimpset. If you post a propoed layout it would really help. Also, besides the dark hardwood floors and white Chantilly Lace cabinets, what other elements were you planning on using from our kitchen? Ex. Layout, pendants over an island, etc? It would really help us to advise you....See Morefrustrated with how the kitchen is turning out and oak bashing
Comments (71)I have bashed my previous kitchens' oak cabinets but only because they were the awful pickled kind (not put in by us!). In our first kitchen, I liked everything but the finish on our cabs. The layout was nice, the size was good and even the seafoam green laminate did not bother me. I love the size and amount of the cabs. Dh liked the house instantly because of the cathedral ceilings, skylights, open layout, etc... I liked everything but the kitchen cabs and knew they were in too good of shape to justify taking them out. So, I dealt with them for 7 years and would probably still be dealing with them now 6 years later. In our current house, the pickled oak cabs were small, the surface was wearing poorly, the layout was wrong and there were no pullouts or anything functional about them. When the pickled finish starts to wear on oak, it is a sorry sight to see. Other materials develop patina and character, while pickled oak looks diseased with age. I have seen nice kitchens done with oak and may even consider one someday if we were to move (God forbid, after all the effort put in here, lol). I have also seen ones done poorly and done as the cliche of "builder's oak". I also feel that way about some of the new materials that all builders in our area are using (and I do mean "all"). Those kitchens look alike and all are brown wood with beige tumbled travertine, St Cecilia granite or similar, Tuscan type accents and a yellow/gold wall paint. In a few years, people around here will be bashing the heck out of those. Remember the laminate cabs with the oak strip on the bottom? They went from fabulous to hideous pretty quickly in popular opinion from the 80s to the 90s. See anyone using them lately? Oak just needs some time until it becomes retro enough to be cool. Most things come back in time. Just be patient, and you will be ahead of the curve again ;)...See Moreare you holding out... and not turning the central heat on yet?
Comments (44)Not yet--it's only going down into the 40s at night here, so far. We keep our heat at 52-55, so the house isn't dropping that low overnight yet (being brick, it absorbs and holds heat pretty well. We won't turn on the heat until the inside daytime temps get below 52. At night, with that furnace of a pillow-top mattress we have under us, and a blanket and spread on top, I wake up sweating no matter how cool the house temps are. I am a little surprised that with the cost of fuel, that so many keep their homes so warm. I find it's perfectly comfortable to keep the house around 55--you wear jeans, and maybe 2 shirts--a T and a sweatshirt are enough. I'm so much more energetic when the house is cooler. Mind you, you can't go from mid 80's to mid 50's and be comfortable, but if you ease into it, your body adjusts quite nicely....See More
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