kitchen/breakfast nook
Drawer pegboard. Pegboard systems, which feature adjustable screw-in dowels to keep plates in place, can be purchased for existing drawers. The dowels can be moved to accommodate the size of whatever you want to store in the drawer. (Depending on your drawer’s construction, the bottom may need to be reinforced for heavy dishes.)
Using just one or two glass doors toward one end of the island also gives a feeling of openness and lightness, and it breaks up a bold color choice, like this radiant purple, to give a sense of balance. It’s perfectly suited to cabinets that store attractive glassware, serving dishes and so on, especially as it allows guests a peek inside so they know exactly which cabinet to open.
For this reason, it often makes sense on an island deeper than 24 inches to construct it out of shallower cabinets placed back to back. For example, a 42-inch-deep island is often made out of a row of 24-inch cabinets on the work side and 15-inch cabinets (the depth of standard upper cabinets) on the back side, plus a few inches of counter overhang. With this arrangement, the cabinets on the work side can be used to hold larger and more frequently used items like pots and pans, while the back side can be used to store smaller items, often pieces used less frequently or items that aren’t used in cooking, such as glassware or games.
The cabinets are cream-colored with a glaze that gives them an antiqued look. The hardware is oil-rubbed bronze; bin pulls and simple round knobs lend that country farmhouse look. Note the stacked molding detail at the top. This extends the look of the cabinets all the way to the ceiling and prevents dust from accumulating on top of them. Potapchuk used a combination of crown molding, scribe molding and a 1-by-6-inch piece of molding. Cabinetry: in Chamomile color with glaze by Lauriermax;
Potapchuk found a company that cuts the faces off reclaimed bricks to create three-quarter-inch veneers. He chose a mix of veneers from old Chicago and New York bricks and created arches over the windows in the same fashion as the ones his client had loved on Houzz.
semi open kitchen
back of island cabinet for rarely used items.
under cabinet pot rack
cabinet color buttermilk
shelf lighting and bar stools
faux pie safe
shelves above windows
Soda raised the countertops from the standard 36-inch height to 38 inches because one of the homeowners is very tall. She gained the 2 inches by raising the toe kicks so the cabinets could remain standard size. Leaded glass upper cabinets help the beverage station stand out.
The top of the island was made from salvaged Douglas fir railroad trusses, found in a 19th-century building torn down in a neighboring town.
countertop cabinets
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