| Finally - my new, finished kitchen! Sorry I haven't been able to rotate some of these.... CABINETRY: site-built custom, with Scherr's doors/drawerfronts and |
Here is a link that might be useful: Maren's Kitchen
http://photobucket.com/albums/y12/sneakbird/
| Hi. I jokingly called this my "Resale be Darned Kitchen" It is not a light, bright kitchen which seems to be what most people prefer, but it is what I like; cozy, natural and colorful. Best wishes to all of you and remember - Your kitchen will be beautiful and finished one day!! : ) Tedd Wood pine cabinets Pocono Green granite Lacanche Cormatin range Copper farm sink - From Handcrafted Metal Rohl Tuscan Brass faucet Rejuvenation lights Ben. Moore Georgian green paint Jenn-air bottom mount fridge Bosch DW Please email me if you have any questions or if I can help you. |
We added about 500sf to our kitchen adding a laundry and mudroom and hooking up the garage to the main house. It took about 41/2 months and boy am I glad it's done!!
Here are the updated progress photos of our kitchen with red birch inset cabinets and Bros Blue granite. It's slowly but surely all coming together!
Karen
Here is a link that might be useful: Karen's kitchen progress photos
http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8CcsnLZs4asWK
RE: Red Birch & Bros Blue RE: Red Birch & Bros Blue| Love that hood area! Looks like lots of thought went into the design. Would like more info on who designed or the brand of cabinets. |
RE: Red Birch & Bros Blue| That is so pretty, Karen! I can't wait to see the completed work of art! |
RE: Red Birch & Bros Blue| Love the pendant lighting! When you're all finished, will you post the details? Won't be long now!! |
RE: Red Birch & Bros Blue| The cabinets are Cabico natural red birch with beaded inset doors. The hood was designed from a photo in a magazine! Unfortunately, the photo was lost (but that's a looooong story) so I drew it from memory and Cabico was able to custom build it. By Friday, we should have the rest of the countertops and the appliances but we'll still be missing some trim. I don't mind because I can cook without trim! Karen |
RE: Red Birch & Bros Blue| Very pretty kitchen. I love the hutch design you're using as a model. I've never heard of the granite before. It's probably called by a different name in different areas. We're doing the beaded inset doors too. How do you like them so far? |
RE: Red Birch & Bros Blue| Love your kitchen - especially the color of your cabinets. Very well done. |
RE: Red Birch & Bros Blue| Wow - I love your floorplan!! You've done a great job of designing your kitchen!! |
RE: Red Birch & Bros Blue| Wow, that's gorgeous! Love that sink! I think you're undermounting, right? The Danze faucet looks great on the prep. You're going to have SO much fun. Can't wait to see the rest! Lorie |
RE: Red Birch & Bros Blue| That is going to be stunning when it's done... can't wait to see the rest of the pictures... I've never even heard of Bros. Blue granite! |
RE: Red Birch & Bros Blue| Greatlooking kitchen! Love the wood hood. Is that the Herbeau fire clay farmhouse sink? That's what we're getting-just hope it looks half as good as yours does. Can't wait to see the the final pics-you'll need to post them as soon as you finish! |
RE: Red Birch & Bros Blue| Thanks for the encouragement!!! I'll be so happy when we are no longer cooking in the basement (since October). Our island is two levels: 36" counter-height eating bar and 32" vanity-height prep counter (with the end facing the DR elevated to 36", too). Cabinets are 15" deep and are 16" from the countertops. I wasn't sure how I would like the lower island but I LOVE it so far - just standing in front of it and pretending the water is flowing and meals are cooking. Bros Blue is also called Dynamic Blue and I've also seen it called Brass Blue. I will spend a life-time appreciating all the nuances of the movement. It really has to be seen in person because it doesn't photograph at all. The beaded inset doors are great. We needed to have our GC do some adjustments of drawer fronts, cabinet doors, to make the gaps equal all the way around. We selected a very simple style for the red birch because we wanted the wood to speak for itself. The soffit is there out of necessity but when we decided to face the cabinets with wood and put in small recessed lights, I'm glad we had the soffit "problem." Also, we were able to vent the hood out through the soffit to outside. It'll be a few weeks or more before all the finishing touches are complete but I'll keep posting photos to shutterfly as we make progress. Thanks again for everyone's input, ideas, and answers along the way! Karen |
RE: Red Birch & Bros Blue| I love your kitchen. It's a beauty. |
RE: Red Birch & Bros Blue| Your kitchen is beautiful! What color will you paint the walls? |
RE: Red Birch & Bros Blue| Great job Karen! It's a really impressive job. Lovely. |
RE: Red Birch & Bros Blue| Karen - what a beautiful kitchen. And thank you thank you thank you for posting these pictures. I plan on getting red birch cabinets but keep second guessing my choice. There seems to be not too many pictures of red birch kitchens so I spend my time wondering if I really do like it. Your kitchen just confirms that red birch is beautiful and the way I want to go. Thanks! |
RE: Red Birch & Bros Blue| Karen -- your kitchen looks gorgeous! |
RE: Red Birch & Bros Blue| Karen, do you have any new photos yet? I can't wait to see the granite with your sink! |
RE: Red Birch & Bros Blue| Here are photos of the Herbeau sink with the granite. It is an undermount installation with approx. 3/8" reveal. The sink is pulled out beyond the edge of the granite. Danze bridge faucet in antique copper with side spray, Danze soap dispenser, and Mountain Plumbing air switch -- in antique copper (special ordered at Home Depot). Still to come is a white w/ grey lines marble window sill and SS front panel of DW. I'm just starting to give the sink a whirl! So far so good - really like the height, depth, appearance, sink installation, everything. Karen |
Here is a link that might be useful: Herbeau sink undermount installation
RE: Red Birch & Bros Blue| I love that faucet. So much style! This room comes together so well. The hood vent is awesome. Rachel |
RE: Red Birch & Bros Blue| Woo Hoo!!!! I love that sink (as you know, since I'm getting one too)! It looks really great with the faucet, and the granite. How totally fun! Are you out of the basement yet? |
| Well, over a year after beginning our remodel I'm finally ready to post pictures. Still a few things missing, (need to find stools for underneath the island and maybe some kind of window treatment) but for the most part it's done. Like so many other have said, the backsplash was one of the most difficult decisions. We've had most of the kitchen completed for about 8 months but just completed the backsplash last month. With the exception of hardwood floor installation and granite installation this is a completely DIY kitchen (curtesy of DH). The refrigerator and dishwasher are original (they are only several years old) but everything else was replaced. Over the course of several years, I have really enjoyed seeing everyone else's inspiring photos and all the wonderful insights and ideas from this forum. Thanks to everyone for all your posts. Here are the details on our kitchen: What we did: Widened opening between dining room and kitchen. Removed 3 foot area of soffit (the only area we could remove) to allow for chimney-style range hood. Built out soffit over refrigerator to accomodate deeper cabinet. Removed old light fixtures and installed recessed lighting. Installed xenon undercabinet lighting. Installed new ductwork to allow for outside ventilation for range hood. Installed new range hood and range. Installed new electrical for new island. Installed all cabinetry and molding. Installed new Anderson window. Painted molding and island legs. Installed porcelain tile backsplash. Had hardwood flooring installed Had granite countertop installed Materials: Knobs (hardwarefriends.com) Jatoba (brazilian cherry) island top(from DevosWoodworking.com) Ge Monogram hood Kitchenaid range Red Oak Hardwood floors Bianco Romano Granite Cabico white-painted beaded inset cabinetry 4 unfinished hard maple Island legs(from OsborneWood.com) Porcelain tile for backsplash (Vallelunga Pietra Romana, ocra color, from barefootfloor.com) Pietra Romano Rope liner tile from Lowes Kichler Undercabinet Xenon lights Kindred sink (homeclick.com ebay store) Danze melrose faucet (doitbest.com) Our kitchen Thanks for looking! :) |
RE: White beaded inset kitchen with Jatoba island| Beautiful kitchen....LOVE everything!!! |
RE: White beaded inset kitchen with Jatoba island| Stunning kitchen. You must be so thrilled. I had jsut posted a message about Blanco Ramono vs Tan brown granite and poof! your posting was there. Love it! |
RE: White beaded inset kitchen with Jatoba island| Very beautiful Gail! Also, VERY impressive for DIY! The backsplash is spectacular. I recognized your granite right away. We have it in our guest bath. One DD calls it the Thanksgiving granite because it has mashed potatoes, gravy and cranberries in it! Everything in your new kitchen looks so good together. Thanks also for sharing your online resources. I'm still searching for some cabinet hardware, and now I have a new site to visit! Enjoy all of your hard work, and your Thanksgiving granite! :) ~finally |
RE: White beaded inset kitchen with Jatoba island| Absolutely gorgeous. I love the serene finishes and colors you've chosen. So classic and timeless. |
RE: White beaded inset kitchen with Jatoba island| Beautiful, timeless kitchen, all of it but I must say I especially love your cabinets. |
RE: White beaded inset kitchen with Jatoba island| Gail Beautiful! Love the detail on the soffit. And what a gorgeous backsplash! Congratulations! Susan |
RE: White beaded inset kitchen with Jatoba island| Wow...incredible looking kitchen. Katalina said it very well, serene, timeless, classic. I LOVE your soffit-crown moulding treatment! I'll have to show DH this kitchen tonight! |
RE: White beaded inset kitchen with Jatoba island| It's very beautiful and inspiring to those of us who are considering DIY. How did you get your vent ductwork to the outside wall? I'm assuming it goes to the window wall, but maybe I'm wrong. We will have a similar geometry and I was thinking that it precluded my having a chimney-style hood. |
RE: White beaded inset kitchen with Jatoba island| !!!!! Your kitchen is gloriously beautiful!!!!!! |
RE: White beaded inset kitchen with Jatoba island| Thank you all so much for the kind comments! ~finally, love the "Thanksgiving granite" comment... "mashed potatoes, cranberries and gravy"... such an accurate desription! fisheggs, getting the vent ductwork to the outside wall (yes, it is the window wall) was not easy. DH spent several days on it... sometimes working from the outside going in, sometimes from the inside going out. We had to use several different sizes of ducting, with several joints and elbows to get it to work. We took the ductwork thru the between-the-floors area above the soffit. Before deciding on this approach, we made several exploratory holes in the soffit in order to determine what was inside them. |
RE: White beaded inset kitchen with Jatoba island| Oh wow ! very pretty ! and a diy to boot . Take a bow girl ! |
RE: White beaded inset kitchen with Jatoba island| Sheer perfection, a joy to look at. Congrats!! And again, very impressive that you DIY'ed. Hats off to you! |
RE: White beaded inset kitchen with Jatoba island| Your kitchen is the first one I've looked at since finishing mine. (It's so easy to get kitchen envy, that I try to avoid it!) Your cabinets are beautiful and I love the hood. I didn't see pics of the fridge or oven wall? Are you planning ot add to the album? |
RE: White beaded inset kitchen with Jatoba island| Wow! I love the jatoba island top. It is just right in your elegant kitchen. |
RE: White beaded inset kitchen with Jatoba island| Very beautiful - I love the granite and your vent hood. Enjoy that new kitchen!!! |
RE: White beaded inset kitchen with Jatoba island| Words that come to my mind: serene, calm, organized, oozes class. I've seen very few cabinets with glass that I like. Your's are lovely. Did you paint your cabinets yourself? what kind of paint/company/color? I love it all! |
RE: White beaded inset kitchen with Jatoba island| Breathtaking, your kitchen seems so inviting and warm. I agree with all the previous post. Spectular job. Thanks for sharing |
RE: White beaded inset kitchen with Jatoba island| What a beautiful kitchen! Normally, I'm a big fan of contrast -- and I came here through the thread about an "all tan" kitchen, so... But WOW! What you've done with texture -- with subtle variations of cream. It's beautiful! Gorgeous! Stunning and Soothing and Timeless. And that was DIY!? wow -- |
RE: White beaded inset kitchen with Jatoba island| Thank you all for the compliments! SheriLynn, the cabinets are from Cabico and were factory-painted there. However, we bought the island legs and soffit molding separately from the cabinet order so we painted these ourselves (saved quite a bit of money). For these items we used Sherwin Williams ProClassic Alkyd paint that was color-matched to the cabinets. |
RE: White beaded inset kitchen with Jatoba island| Gail, I guess I'm not the only one who loves the color (I emailed you yesterday)and your entire kitchen. I still can't believe how professional it looks--my DIY jobs don't even compare! I went to the Cabico site, but it's hard to get a color off of a computer monitor. Would you consider sharing the Sherwin Williams formula that matched--did they put a sticker on the can top? Thanks, Nancy |
RE: White beaded inset kitchen with Jatoba island| Nancy, I have sent you an email with the formula. Thanks, Gail |
RE: White beaded inset kitchen with Jatoba island| Absolutely stunning, beautiful kitchen! We, too, just did our DIY backsplash, so I can fully appreciate what a fantastic job you did on that... way to go! It is gorgeous everywhere... especially the color combo and that beautiful island top and legs. You should be in love with this room! |
RE: White beaded inset kitchen with Jatoba island| Wow, what a to-die-for kitchen! You know, if you had told me you were combining a white stove with off-white cabinetry I would have been pessimistic about the choice but it is a totally AWESOME look!!! WOW! The island legs and that countertop! What a fantastic job overall. Love the backsplash too. Bravo!!! |
RE: White beaded inset kitchen with Jatoba island| Just beautiful! I really love your backsplash and island! |
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