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