njmomof2's Kitchen

Contemporary Cherry Kitchen

Posted by njmomof2 on June 27, 08
Link to njmomof2's kitchen photos

Details:

• Cabinets: custom cherry cabinets with mahogany stain and inset doors
• Countertops: Giallo Vincenza granite
• Backsplash: Jerusalem Gold tumbled marble tiles with dark amber irridescent sea glass inserts throughout and under the hood
• Hardware: satin nickel hardware by Amerock
• Sinks: Elkay
• Faucets: Allura faucets by Delta
• Food disposal: Insinkerator
• Instant Hot water: Insinkerator
• Appliances: GE Monogram stainless
• Floor: 17x17 porcelain tile floor
• Pendants: cobalt blue from Tech Lighting
• Chairs: custom from Canadel

Features:
Beadboard
Beverage Center/Bar
Bread Drawer
CabinetsWall >12"deep
CabinetsWall >36"high
Corner Sink
Counter-depth Frig
Counter-to-Ceiling Cabinet
Cutting Board Storage
Downdraft Vent
Drawer Dividers
Frameless Cabinets
Full Extension Drawers
Glass Doors
Gourmet/Professional
Ice Machine
Inset Doors
Instant Hot Water
IslandMultilevel
Island with Seating
LightingPendant
LightingTech
LightingUnder Cabinet
Message Center/Desk
Pass Through
Prep Area (Multiple)
Prep Sink
Pullout Pantry
Reach-in Pantry
Rollout Trays
Sink tilt-out tray
Sink >30"wide
Skylight
Soap Dispenser
Trash Compactor
Trash Pullout
Tray Divider
Unique Hardware
Unique Window
Wine Cooler
We have Radiant Heat under the tile... We have self-closing drawers and in two of them we have wood flatware inserts.

mary_in_nc's Kitchen

Creamy White and Soapstone Kitchen

Posted by mary_in_nc on Thu, Jul 17, 08
Link to mary_in_nc's Gardenweb finished kitchen post
Link to mary_in_nc's kitchen photos

Details:

• Cabinets: Medallion Santa Cruz maple with Divinity Finish
• Countertop: Soapstone- Green Mounain Original P.A. and butcher block. The end grain butcher block was customed made for me by my GC. It is cherry with a walnut trim.
• Backsplash: subway tile is a glossy white from Subway Ceramics. We ordered outlet covers from them as well. They give it a nice finished look. The grout is a very light grey called "moonlight".
• Range: 30" Wolf Duel Fuel
• Vent: Sirius 30in
• Refrigerator: 30" Liebherr counter depth
• Microwave Sharp 24" Drawer Microwave
• Dishwasher Miele Optima
• Sink: 30" Shaws Farm sink
• Prep sink Rohl Allia prep sink
• Faucets: Perrin and Rowe model U.4746 in satin nickel.
• Hardware- Oiled Rub Bronze:
• Small Latches: Rejuvination
• Cup pulls: Deltana Elongated Shell Handle Pull from www.cabinetpull.com
• Knobs: Restoration Hardware
• Under Cabinet Lighting Kichler Xenon
• Pendants Don't know! Came with house. Similar pendants at www.rejuvination.com
• Paint Walls- Sherwin Williams Rice Grain in eggshell, Trim- Sherwin Williams Alabaster in gloss
• Floors: original oak floors with a clear finish

Dimensions: about 15x11
Ceiling height: 9 feet
The cabinets do not go all the way to the ceiling. The house was built in 1925. The ceiling now slopes. It would have been too difficult to match the slope. We like the shadow line that is created by not going all the way up.

Features:
Air Switch
Apron Sink
Blumotion
Bookshelf
Counter-depth Frig
Cutting Board Storage
Full Extension Drawers
Gourmet/Professional
Custom Hood
Inset Doors
Knife Drawer
LightingPendant
LightingUnder Cabinet
Microwave Drawer
Pass Through
Prep Area (Multiple)
Prep Sink
Unique Hardware
subway tile backsplash
stacked cabinets
glass front cabinets

tofu_dog's Kitchen

IKEA Adel Kitchen with Stainless Countertops

Posted by tofu_dog on Sat, Jul 19, 08
Link to tofu_dog's Gardenweb finished kitchen post
Link to tofu_dog's kitchen photos

Details:

• Cabinets: IKEA Adel Medium Brown
• Countertops: 16-gauge stainless steel
• Backsplash: 4" integral stainless steel plus 2"x12" and 4"x12" frosted glass tile
• Range: Viking 30" self-cleaning, sealed burner
• Range hood: Viking 30", 600 cfm (rebadged Vent-a-Hood)
• Dishwasher: KitchenAid S Series
• Refrigerator: KitchenAid 36" French door bottom freezer
• Hardware: IKEA Lansa
• Faucet: Kohler Forte
• Sink: Integral 36" double-bowl sink (Dawn ASU107R, welded in)
• Undercabinet lights: Pegasus Thin Inch fluorescent
• Recessed lights: ELCO 4" 26W fluorescent
• Trash pullout: Rev-A-Shelf 5349 double 35 quart
• Lots of drawers in base cabinets
• Blumotion on hinges and drawers
• Range hood instead of OTR microwave
• Fluorescent undercabinet lighting
• Trash/recycling pullout
• Never-MT

More details:
Our kitchen is fairly compact, a typical size for a San Francisco Victorian flat built in 1892. It's an efficient 10' x 11' galley style floorplan, open to the dining room on one end and the deck on the other. We did all the planning and design ourselves and relied on a general contractor to execute it. Everything from the old 1980s kitchen was taken out, except for the more recent soap dispenser. We resold all the old appliances, fixtures, and cabinet hardware on Craigslist. We also made ample use of Craigslist, eBay, and online vendors to acquire appliances and materials. In fact, the new range, used (but pristine) hood, and countertop fabricator all came by way of Craigslist, saving us megabucks.

Features:
Blumotion
CabinetsWall >36"high
Filtered Water Faucet
Frameless Cabinets
Full Extension Drawers
Gourmet/Professional
LightingRecessed
LightingUnder Cabinet
NeverMT
Sink >30"wide
Soap Dispenser
Spice Storage
Trash Pullout
Water Filter
Integral sink
Glass tile backsplash
All-fluorescent lighting

montalvo's Kitchen

Montalvo's Kitchen Pics

Contact: montalvo (My Page)
Posted on Tue, Jul 15, 08
Link to kitchen photos: http://s299.photobucket.com/albums/mm298/LotsaPics2Send/

Details:

• Cabinets: frameless
• Countertop: 36" SZ refrigerator: Giallo Veneziano and Absolute Black granite with ogee edge, egg groove in baking center granite
• 36" SZ freezer
• SZ refrigerator drawers in island next to prep sink
• six-burner Wolf cooktop with griddle
• pot filler
• two veggie drawers with SS screen bottoms
• two Miele Incognito D/Ws (one under 42" counter), 33" counter height on baking center and cooktop
• flip-down LCD TV.

Features:
Air Switch
Appliance Garage
Baking Center
Baking Drawer
Bar with Seating
Bookshelf
Bread Drawer
Broom Closet
Butler Pantry
CabinetsBase >24"deep
CabinetsBase >36"high
CabinetsWall >12"deep
CabinetsWall >36"high
China Hutch
Counter-depth Frig
Cutting Board Storage
Dishwaster:Elevated
Drawer Dividers
File Drawer
Filtered Water Faucet
Frameless Cabinets
Full Extension Drawers
Gourmet/Professional
Custom Hood
Ice Machine
Instant Hot Water
IslandMultilevel
Island without Seating
LightingRecessed
LightingTech
LightingUnder Cabinet
Message Center/Desk
Mixer Pullout
NeverMT
PeninsulaMultilevel
Peninsula with Seating
Plugmold
Plug inside Cabinet
Portable Serving Cart
Potfiller
Prep Sink
Skylight
Soap Dispenser
Spice Storage
Stone
Trash Compactor
Tray Divider
TV
UCFrig
VacPan
Walk-in Pantry
Warming Drawer
Water Filter
Wine Cooler

berryberry's Kitchen

Berryberry's Finished Kitchen

Posted by berryberry on Fri, Jul 11, 08
Link to berryberry's Gardenweb finished kitchen post
Link to berryberry's before kitchen photos
Link to berryberry's finished kitchen photos

Details:

• Cabinets – Kahles (http://www.kahles.com). Main cabinets are cherry wood cabinets, Laporte Full Overlay w/M-bead raised panels in a toffee stain. Accent cabinets are paint grade maple, Chadds Ford door in a beaded inset style with steeple hinges – painted antique white with brown glaze. All drawers are 5 piece wood, matching cherry wood light rails under the upper cabinets, maple veneer interiors, plywood boxes, wood shelves, dovetail drawer boxes, wainscot panels on all end panels where applicable, full extension soft close drawers, fluting at sink and fluted spindles at range, two different size of crown molding to match depending on height of upper cabinets.
• Countertop: Vyara Juparana Granite – purchased from http://www.montgranite.com/ Our fabricators did a fabulous job – and are located in the center of PA, several hours away but our contractor uses them because of their high quality work http://www.bcstone.com/
• Backsplash is from Jeffrey Court – Fire and Ice http://www.jeffreycourt.com/content_p_pietra.asp?ContentId=225 I installed this myself thanks to the advice from Bill V. Like Jodi in SoCal, I substituted some #39 Burnt Unber glass for some of the lighter glass tiles. I purchased the #39 Burnt Umber glass from Morena Tile (they shipped it to me from CA) Fire and Ice runs about $17.60 a sq foot plus shipping for me.
• Our handles were amazingly inexpensive finds. On the cherry cabinets – we have Weathered Nickel Country French Knobs and Pulls ($1.30 and $1.79 each respectively from http://www.yourhomesupply.com/ The pulls on the painted cabinets are Liberty oil rubbed bronze pulls – bought in bulk from http://www.cripedistributing.com/liberty-rubbed-bronze-cast-pulls-25ct-p-3458.html?osCsid=fdc8cecbd915efd7d94705f4a30b531e $14 for 25 pulls
• Our sink is the Blanco Silgranit sink in Biscuit (Blanco Diamond 1 ¾ bowl under mounted to be specific)
• Danze faucet; Antioch in oil rubbed bronze http://www.danzefaucetwarehouse.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1301 with basket strainer and disposer trim from Westbrass in Victorian Bronze to match the faucet color
• Floors are from Daltile Terra Antica Oro with earth color grouting http://www.daltileproducts.com/series.cfm?series=52
• Bluestar Range: 36" RNB range with 22,000 BTU burners http://www.prizer-painter.com/ purchased from the best appliance store in Pittsburgh, http://donsappliances.com/
• Independent hood – we purchased a 42" SS Professional Incline hood http://www.kitchenhood.com/products/professional.htm also from http://donsappliances.com/ who matched the price of an internet vendor
• Miele dishwasher http://www.miele.com/usa/dishwashers/product.asp?cat=2&subcat=&model=348&series=75&menu_id=1&nav=21&oT=93 (Miele Diamante, fully integrated stainless steel).
• Panasonic microwave: purchased from Amazon.com for $129.99 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000ON2TCA
• Samsung French Door refrigerator from Lowes (a few months before we started the remodel) for about $1440 http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=51887-149-RF266ABPN&lpage=none
• Waste King Legend 9980 3 bolt 1hp, lifetime guarantee model online for $179.99 from Ira Woods online. http://www.irawoods.com/Waste-King-Legend-9980-1-HP-Garbage-Disposer;jsessionid=0a0106431f43683122f07db340c7a2ccfc1f84ba003a.e3eSc3eMbxuPe34Pa38Ta38Obhz0?sc=2&category=72961
• Switchplates, outlets and dimmers are a mixture of Lutron, Cooper and Leviton found either online at a couple different stores (dimmers and the 3 outlet switchplate) or at Lowe’s. Light almond to match the painted walls, grey to match the backsplash area.
• Our fan is the Harbor Breeze Paradiso model http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=65388-1811-PAR52CB5C&lpage=none
• Our island pendant is Kichler Lighting 2955NI in a brushed Nickel Finish http://www.lightinguniverse.com/products/view.aspx?family=13305
• Walls are painted with Benjamin Moore Aura paint in AF-90 Harmony color (we DIY the painting). http://www.myperfectcolor.com/Benjamin-Moore-Aura-AF-90-Harmony-p/mpc98038.htm purchased from our local Benjamin Moore dealer
• Woodwork is painted with Cabinet Coat paint custom tinted to match the painted cabinets http://www.insl-x.com/viewProd.asp?prodID=180 purchased from our local Cabinet Coat dealer

More details:
Our goal was to re-do our 17 year old kitchen, original to the house. The old cabinets were standard builder grade and while looking good on the outside, were showing signs of wear (broken drawer guides, etc) internally. Plus the color scheme was, ummm, just a tad outdated – LOL.

We planned 90% of the kitchen ourselves, from doing research ahead of time, looking at magazines, and using the garden web and other internet resources. We met with 3 different cabinet reps / KDs to obtain quotes from three different cabinet lines – Durasupreme, Shiloh, and Kahle’s (a regional brand based a few hours away from us on PA). We obtained a few different ideas from the various KDs we met with and incorporated them into our vision. Our vision was further defined seeing a display of Omega cabinets at the one showroom which also sold the Shiloh line. This display is what we used in helping us design our plan and look.

In looking at cabinetry, we were impressed with the Shiloh brand’s construction but they had no door styles, finishes that would give us the look we really wanted to achieve. Durasupreme was the least inexpensive of the group but also the least flexible (ie they couldn’t do the special microwave cabinet we wanted to do). It was only by a fluke we came across Kahles. Even though they are based in Pennsylvania, we had never heard of them. But one day, when out looking at appliances, one showroom we stopped at had full type kitchen displays. Some of the cabinets we saw were fantastic – better quality than the Omega custom line we saw at the Shiloh dealer – and we thought they had to be full custom cabinetry. We asked one of the appliance sales people about the cabinets and he said a couple local contractors installed all the cabinets at their facility. We showed him the couple cabinets we liked and he told us they were all installed by a man named Dale Conrad. He gave us his number and we contacted him http://www.conradkitchenandbath.com/

We found out the cabinets were made by a company called Kahle’s – which sells regionally in the eastern part of the US. They are a family run operation and do things the old fashioned way as the quality of their cabinets can attest to (for instance note the full plywood TOPS on the base cabinets). They are based in northwest PA pretty much in the middle of nowhere. http://www.kahles.com/ As you can see from the website, marketing is not their strong suit but making top quality cabinets is. They happened to offer styles and finishes that we were looking for and help us complete our vision. Furthermore, we found Dale to be a forthright man to work with. And while his initial quote came in a lot higher than the other two, we worked together, thru some minor design changes, as well as advantageous scheduling to help him fill some down time to come up with a price that was competitive with the others we had received. Dale told us the job would take about 2 weeks (except waiting for the granite to be fabricated) and he was spot on. His crew was here 9 days and completed 95% of the kitchen, hooked up our old sink / faucet as a temporary sink and then we waited about 3 weeks while the granite was being fabricated. Dale’s crew was back the day of the granite installation to disconnect the temporary sink and faucet, install the new ones after the granite went in and finish up some minor details. Two weeks of work exactly with no issues. The only issue we did encounter was with our DIY backsplash. The tile store initially ordered the wrong material so that delayed me installing it for about 10 days until they had the correct material shipped. Since we didn’t order the tile until the granite was in, this pushed the final completion back slightly.

Features:
Appliance Garage
Baking Drawer
Blumotion
Bookshelf
CabinetsWall >12"deep
CabinetsWall >36"high
Ceiling Fan
Cutting Board Storage
Drawer Dividers
Full Extension Drawers
Gourmet/Professional
Inset Doors
Island without Seating
LightingPendant
LightingRecessed
LightingUnder Cabinet
Message Center/Desk
Microwave Shelf
Open Shelving
Plug inside Cabinet
Prep Area (Multiple)
Reach-in Pantry
Soap Dispenser
Spice Storage
Stone
Trash Pullout
Unique Hardware
Warming Lights
Wine Storage