camargo's Kitchen

Dark Brown and White Modern IKEA Kitchen

Posted by camargo on Mon, Jan 19, 09
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Details:

• Cabinets: IKEA
  ~ lowers: Nexus brown-black
  ~ uppers and island: Rubrik white glass
  ~ toe-kick is standard IKEA toe-kick in the "aluminum" (coated particleboard) finish
• Countertop: Silestone MontBlanc
• Backsplash: 5x13 white ceramic tile (Imola Ceramica cremat white)
• Cabinet Hardware: IKEA
• Floor: 12x24 rectified porcelain from builddirect.com (Torino Akad bamboo series)
• Paint: Benjamin Moore Aura Crowne Hill Yellow
• Cooktop: induction
• Range hood: from eBay (seller was "bestbuy4home"). Seems to be exactly the same as the ones from euro-kitchen.com.
• Dishwasher: Bosch
• Faucet: Ikea
• Sink: Vigo stainless
• Lighting: Xenon undercabinet lights from WAC
• Trivet: not integrated; it's from IKEA
• Espresso maker: Vev Vigano Kontessa

DIY except for electrical, plumbing and countertop.

The pullout below the sink is a hack, combining a Rev-a-Shelf undersink slide-out shelf (U-Shaped Undersink Pull-Out Basket) with the smaller baskets of two Ikea under-sink storage units. The Rev-a-Shelf mounts to the floor of the cabinet, the Ikea units to the cabinet walls. Cut down the Ikea units to fit.

Features:
Blumotion
DIY (Do-it-Yourself)
Frameless Cabinets
Induction Cooktop
Lighting: Recessed
Lighting: Under Cabinet
Low Budget
Peninsula without Seating
Sink >30"wide

nats-md's Kitchen

White/Soapstone Kitchen with Talavera Backsplash

Posted by ats-md on Sun, Mar 29, 09
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Details:

• Cabinets: Crown Point frameless
• Counter: Green Mountain Original Soapstone from Philly Soapstone
• Backsplash: Mexican Talavera tile from Tierra y Fuego in San Diego (Spanish colonial style)
• Stove: American Range, 30inch
• Hood: Independent, the Santa Fe
• Cabinet hardware: ordered from Crown Point (don't know the actual manufacturer)
• Wall color: BM Revere Pewter
• Faucet: Grohe
• Sink: Ticor stainless
• Floors: quartersawn oak (to match our original (1928) house floors)
• banquette - cushions tbd

Features:
Banquette Seating
Blumotion
Cabinets: Wall >12"deep
Cabinets: Wall >36"high
Ceiling Height: >8ft
Counter-depth Frig
Drawer Dividers
Floor Plan
Frameless Cabinets
Full Extension Drawers
Glass Doors
Gourmet/Professional
Island with Seating
Lighting: Above Cabinet
Lighting: Pendant
Lighting: Recessed
Lighting: Under Cabinet
Microwave Shelf
Window Seat

yesdear's Kitchen

1930 Spanish Kitchen

Posted by yesdear on Mon, Mar 30, 09
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Details:

• Cabinets - locally made face-frame of birch with inset panel & bead detail on doors, melamine interiors, Blumotion hinges and all the internal bells & whistles.
• Countertops - unoiled Brazilian Black soapstone with radiused corners and eased edge, 3 cm thickness, from Soapstone West in Escondido CA. Runnels by the sink. Mahogany top on the beadboard hutch.
• Backsplash - custom 2.5 x 5" Chardonnay color handmade glazed subway tile by Ken Mason Tile, Long Beach CA.
• Tile Mural - from Tierra y Fuego in San Diego CA. It is a "cuerda seca" ("dry cord") style of Talavera from Guanajuato, Mexico. The design is a Persian rug. We left off the fringes. We found the black quarter-rounds and 3 x 3s at a local tile store at the last minute
• Range - CornuFe in basic black.
• Frig - Liebherr 60" built-in. (Two 30" wide refrigerators above, two freezers below. Opens up like French doors but it's 4 separate compressors)
• DW - Miele Optima with panel front.
• Sinks - Rohl Shaws Original 30" apron and 15" undermount prep with ISE Evolution disposers.
• Faucets - Kohler Vinnata (K-690, K-691)in brushed nickel.
• Cab hardware - "Duluth" 6" pulls and 1.25" knobs in brushed nickel from Restoration Hardware.
• Appliance pulls - Top Knobs 12" pulls in BN. The DW has one mounted horizontally--also serves as towel rack!
• Floors - Original 1930 tongue-in-groove fir, sanded, repaired and refinished after removing 2 layers of linoleum.
• Windows - Custom arched 3-lite pull casement, based on a ~1930 design I saw in the neighborhood.
• Lighting - Schoolhouse Electric, all fluorescent GU24 except the pendants (too small for GU24 bulbs). Different ceiling mounts in kitchen, pantry and laundry.
  Pendents: Northwestern 6" fitter size bases in antique black with custard shades.
• Hood - Best PIK 45 with custom arched drywall enclosure and remote switch.
• Paint - all Benjamin Moore:
  ~ Wall base color: Ivory White (925) "Aura" water-base
  ~ Wall green accent color: Mountain Lane (488) "Aura" water-base
  ~ Cabinets and trim: Lemon Chiffon (932) oil-base
• French door - ordered through B&B Hardware in Long Beach, CA
• Our CKD is Dana Jones, "The Kitchen Consultant," in Long Beach, CA.
• Our GC is Bob Kaplan of Long Beach, CA.

The kitchen is 18.5' x 9.75'. Ceilings are 8'2" high. The pantry is another 7' long and the laundry another 8', with an exterior door. There is a hallway coming off the pantry that leads to a bath and bedroom. The room adjacent to the beadboard hutch is our breakfast room. The formal dining room adjoins the arch in the foreground of the first photo. Total project involved gutting 350 sf to the studs, reframing, rewiring and replumbing.

There is an HD TV with recessed bracket and concealed mini-amplifier feeding a stereo speaker in the ceiling. A stereo speaker with one woofer and two tweeters. Our contractor was able to create a space within the wall where the swing-arm bracket can reside--thus the TV is almost flush with the wall when retracted. We found that professional A/V guys are all over this stuff.

The windows are brand new, based on a period design that I saw on another home a few blocks away. The center lite is fixed and the side lites open in--that is termed a "pull casement" window.

Features:
Soapstone sill
Air Switch
Appliance Garage
Beadboard
Blumotion
Bookshelf
Broom Closet
Cabinets: Wall >12"deep
Colorful!!!
Counter-to-Ceiling Cabinet
Cutting Board Storage
Dish Drawer
Drainboard
Drawer Dividers
Filtered Water Faucet
Full Extension Drawers
Glass Doors
Gourmet/Professional
Custom Hood
Inset Doors
Knife Drawer
Lighting: Pendant
Lighting: Recessed
Lighting: Under Cabinet
Microwave Shelf
NeverMT
Open Shelving
Pass Through
Peninsula with Seating
Plate Rack
Plugmold
Plug inside Cabinet
Prep Area (Multiple)
Prep Sink
Pullout Pantry
Soap Dispenser
Spice Storage (in the niche to the right of the range)
Tapmaster
Toe Kick Heater
Trash Pullout
TV
Unique Window
Water Filter
Wine Storage
Range enclosure

sippy_south's Kitchen

SippyheartsFosso

Posted by sippy_south on Sun, Mar 15, 09
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Details:

• Cabinets: custom made creamy white w/ a toasted almond glaze.
• Countertops: Absolute Black (AB) granite (Yes, it is polished and shows fingerprints but I still love it!)
• Backsplash: Calcutta Gold marble subway tile
• Knobs and pulls: Oil Rubbed Bronze by Amerock
• Faucet: Delta Allora
• Sink: Blanco
• Range: Kenmore Elite slide-in
• DW: Bosch-love it!
• Floor: 18x18 Travertine

Features:
Broom Closet
Cabinets: Wall >36"high
Glass Doors

daki's Kitchen

Transitional Kitchen with Dark Quartersawn Oak

Posted by daki on Mon, Mar 2, 09
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Details:

• Cabinets: local custom cabinets - Quartersawn red oak with Cocoa Brown stain. Seeded glass in uppers
• Countertops: Juparana Delicatus granite
• Backsplash: Casa Dolce Casa Neutra 4x24 porcelain tile (Tortora)
• Cabinet Handles: Hafele modern zinc
• Floor Tile: Ilva Pietre travertine porcelain 18" tile (Bianco)
• Paint: BM Clay Beige
• Pendants: Hubbardon Forge Antimeny
• Refrigerator: KitchenAid
• Beverage Center: KitchenAid
• Ovens and cooktop: Thermador
• Vent hood: Vent-a-hood
• Dishwasher: Miele
• Microwave: 30" Sharp microwave drawer
• Main and prep faucets: Grohe K4
• Soap dispensers: Grohe K4
• Sinks: Blanco Anthracite Silgranit
• Ceilings: 8 ft ceilings with decorative beams stained to match cabinets

Features:
High End
Contemporary, Eclectic, Shaker, Transitional
Air Switch
Beverage Center/Bar
Cabinets: Base >24"deep
Cabinets: Wall >12"deep
Counter >28"wide
Counter-depth Frig
Dish Drawer
Frameless Cabinets
Full Extension Drawers
Glass Doors
Granite behind a cooktop/range
Island without Seating
Lighting: Pendant
Lighting: Recessed
Lighting: Under Cabinet
Microwave Drawer
NeverMT
Open Shelving
Plugmold
Prep Area (Multiple)
Prep Sink
Pullout Pantry
Rollout Trays
Sink >30"wide
Soap Dispenser
Spice Storage
Trash Pullout
TV
Wine Cooler

paigeysmom's Kitchen

Open Kitchen with Creamy Cabinets and Typhoon Bordeaux Granite

Posted by paigeysmom on Sat, Feb 21, 09
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Details:

• Cabinets: Kraftmaid Marquette style in Canvas with Vanilla Bean Glaze
• Counters: Typhoon Bordeaux Granite
• Backsplash: crackle finished tile from Tagina's Siena Collection in bone.
• Floors: Brazilian Koa/Tigerwood
• Sink: Rohl Allia Fireclay in biscuit
• Sink Faucet: Blanco Bridge Faucet
• Pot Filler: Whitehaus Vintage
• Range: GE Cafe
• Refrigerator: Electrolux Wave Touch Cabinet Depth
• Dishwasher: LG (from the old kitchen)
• Hardware: Edwardian collection (manufacturer--Top Knobs, maybe)
• Lighting:
  - Sink Light: Pottery Barn Track Light
  - Garden Room Chandelier: Visual Comfort Large Country Bell
  - Dining Room Chandelier: Quorum
• Furniture (Dining Room & Garden Room)--Ballard Designs
• Paint Colors:
  - Georgian Green (Garden room)
  - Yosemite Sand (Kitchen/dining/living room)
  - Confederate red (foyer)

We hung two wood mantel hoods back-to-back with glass cabinets on the sides.

The range is 30 inches wide and there is a 24 inch counter on each side. The range backs up to a raised bar consisting of two 36 inch wide 42 inch high wall cabinets. The total length of the raised bar is six feet. The counter on top of the bar is narrow--only about 18 inches at its widest point. I didn't want to use that bar for another eating area since we already have 2 dining tables in close proximity.

Features:
Blumotion
Bookshelf
Counter-depth Frig
Custom Hood
Lazy Susan
Lighting: Pendant
Lighting: Recessed
Lighting: Under Cabinet
Microwave Shelf
Peninsula: Multilevel
Peninsula without Seating
Potfiller
Pullout Pantry
Rollout Trays
Trash Pullout
Unique Window
Wine Storage
Mantel Hood over peninsula

yanalg's Kitchen

Decora Arlington cherry - Tropical Green granite kitchen

Posted by yanalg on Sat, Feb 28, 09
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Link to yanalg's blog: http://yanasnewkitchen.blogspot.com/

Details:

• Cabinets: Decora, Cherry, Arlington stain. Blumotion, full extension are standard features with this cabinet line.
• Countertop: Hawaiian Green granite aka Tropical Green/ Kerala Green/ Verde Laura.
• Backsplash: also Hawaiian Green granite
• Appliances (all GE Monogram - DH works for GE and we got a VERY good discount)
  - dishwasher: GE Monogram
  - refrigerator: 42" GE Monogram
  - range: 6 burner GE Monogram with griddle option
  - hood: GE Monogram
  - microwave: GE Monogram Advantium model 120
• Sink: Galaxy Tools Ticor S405-DR
• Faucet: Brizo Floriano in stainless steel finish (e-bay seller 5borough). The airswitch (also stainless steel) came from GalesburgElectric.com. The disposal is GE 1HP continuous feed.
• Lighting: My installer supplied the light cans. The pendants are made by Access Lighting, bought as a close-out from lamps-lighting on ebay. The UL (LED pucks, self-adhesive) came from BJ’s - $30 for 6. I pretty much never use the UL, so I am glad I didn’t spend a fortune on the wired UL.
• Paint: BM Tyler Taupe.
• Pulls: purchased on ebay from Contempo Living (a great seller!)
• Floor: we kept the 'old' floor, as it was replaced just before we bought the house by the previous owner. It is just fine (ceramic 12x12 tile) and it covers a good chunk of the first floor so it would be very wasteful and a pain too to replace it.
• The crock was made by a local artist, Darren Prodger from Saratoga Clayworks.
• Nifty idea: hiding the phone and cell phone charger inside a wall cabinet. The outlet was put through the cabinet side adjacent to the wall, so the regular phone is hidden, and so are the wires for charging mobiles.

The floor plan remained the same to what the previous kitchen was - what I mean by that is that no walls were removed. The previous owner had a eat-in kitchen but with the formal dining room next door, I would've much more preferred more cabinets (especially since there was no pantry closet) and counter space. So the new kitchen now has all 4 walls plus a peninsula. Basically it is 2 L shaped bits. The sink/range walls are 11X9 (old kitchen), and the fridge/12' side walls are 9X8. The peninsula is 5X2.

Features:
Air Switch
Baking Drawer
Blumotion
Cabinets: Base >36"high
Cabinets: Wall >12"deep
Cabinets: Wall >36"high
Coffee Center
Counter-depth Frig
Full Extension Drawers
Gourmet/Professional
Lazy Susan
Lighting: Pendant
Lighting: Recessed
Lighting: Under Cabinet
NeverMT
Peninsula without Seating
Plug inside Cabinet
Rollout Trays
Sink >30"wide
Soap Dispenser
Spice Storage
Trash Pullout
Tray Divider
Warming Lights