Dark Kitchen - Windows, Paint or Just right?
leftontheinside
3 months ago
1) Remove cabinets under existing transoms and add window under transom?
2) Remove cabinets and transoms then add wider windows?
3) Keep cabinets and just paint them to lighten things up?
4) Your over thinking this - just keep it as is!
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Comments (1)I've seen it in the bronze, and it's beautiful....See MoreDoes something have to hit you just right?
Comments (19)antiquesilver, that's IT! I may not even be looking & find a single, perfect piece. I do find, tho, if I'm actively looking for something? I almost never find it. It's when I distracted (adhd) with something else that it pops up in front of me, or when I've just decided to (or been forced to) go with good enough? It'll happen. I find the same, though. When the perfect item hits me in the face, it does go with and probalby compliments whatever's going on, anyway. I don't really care about cost (that's the old me talking) but I will now, shop my bummy off. I'm big on asking for layaway, contractor, AARP, DirectBuy, any discount other that might be available. I'll save if I have to, to get exactly what I want. No more good enough for now!! Waste of $$. I found myself in a pretty lucky situation. After a 2005 fire, in 2006 we took the insurance money and a loan, and bought almost all the materials we needed for the house. Windows, doors, fixtures, some lighting, toilets, sinks, things like drywall nails, nuts & giant bolts for the front porch, joist hangers, you name it. If you can name it, I probably have 3 of them. Anyway, in 2008 when I decided I couldn't wait for STBX to put his $$ where his mouth is, I started working to put these materials in place. Windows installed, electricity done & corrected, plumbing installed & corrected, heat & air conditioning, doors, etc. So it was over 5 years that I've worked to do these things. Still got more to go. :) Getting to the point: I continue to be grateful that I still like the fixtures, paint, tile, lighting, etc., that I picked out 5 years ago. The only casualty are 3 flush-mount lights that I bought because DH actually offered an opinion on them. I'd like to sell these. 2 are still in the box! I don't like the cabinets I bought for the MBR. No "ah HA! I also discovered after I bought them, that what sucks me in are inset cabinet doors. No wonder I couldn't find a cabinet style I loved!!! I didn't KNOW what I loved! But I evidently do still like my own "Ah HA!" stuff. What a weird blessing....See MoreDark painted cabinets AND dark walls?? (x-posted from kitchens)
Comments (1)Here are a couple of pics from google. probably not close to your colors, but maybe it will give you an idea?...See MoreNo windows in kitchen...dark cabinets or not?
Comments (8)When you were describing the area, it came VERY close to our area and we too will have black cabinets. I can understand your concern because we have (and continue) to struggle with how much black is too much. If you do this, and get the lighting right you will get a dramatic effect, done wrong you could get the cave. You of course don't want the cave but do you want a dramatic effect or is there another look you're going after? Can you add some windows or is the kitchen an interior room? Initially we were going to have a windowless kitchen as it is now. Even with all the windows we have (w/o a covered patio), it's just not enough for us. We're adding 2 new 3' windows that will be almost to the top of the wall. We inventoried the space and realized both with the more efficient use of space and what we were actually using, we didn't need hardly any upper cabinets. I've also seen some small "skylights" that can be installed too. They are suppose to be easy to install w/o all the hassles and expense of traditional skylights....See Moreleftontheinside
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