mamalynn's Kitchen

Green Soapstone Kitchen with Green and Cream Cabinets

Posted by mamalynn on Fri, Jan 29, 10
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Details:

• Cabinets: locally made, beaded inset doors. The glass in the cabinets is antiqued.
• Countertops: Iguazu soapstone from Dorado Soapstone of Austin, TX (same as sink)
• Backsplash: Daltile Canaletto Rosso with Dakota Mahogany inserts. (The ceramic tile always looks a bit orange in the pictures when it is actually a terracotta color.
• Appliances:
  
  • Dishwasher - Whirlpool that I got a year ago to replace my worn out one. It’s quiet, works great, and I saw no need to change it.
  • Refrigerator - Samsung 26 Cu Ft.
  • Vent - ModernAire
  • Range - Electrolux 30 inch slide-in electric with two ovens (Getting gas to our house would have been prohibitively expensive.)
  • Range hood - custom built, Modernaire liner.
• Sink: Iguazu soapstone from Dorado Soapstone of Austin, TX. (Since the sink doesn't get any treatments and has water and soap in it frequently, it does "gray," which I don't mind at all for the sink.)
• Faucet: Allora by Delta
• Soap dispensers: Allora by Delta
• Hardware - Atlas Homewares Scroll in black, some the right scroll, most are the left scroll
• Lazy Susan: Hafele LeMans Champagne blind corner pullout
• Mixer Stand: Rev-a-Shelf
• Trash Pullout: Hafele
• Lighting:
  
  • Recessed - Cree LR6 LED’s
  • Over the sink - The Piedmont in antique black from Schoolhouse Electric.
  • Over the table - Hinkley Juliette 3 Light Mini Chandelier in Olde Black.
  • Undercounter lights - Xenon, I don’t know what brand
• Floor: Daltile Canaletto Rosso with Dakota Mahogany inserts.
• Paint: All Behr colors. Some of them we did tweak a bit.
  
  • Green cabinets: We started with Behr Mint Fizz, but there was not enough contrast, so we darkened it.
  • Cream cabinets, banquette, and all baseboards, trim, doors: Behr China Cup.
  • Sink end of the room: Behr Coronado Dunes
  • Banquette end of the room: Behr Peach Bud
  • Ceiling: Behr Muffin Mix.

• Shades: from Fabric Workroom online. The cleats are by ChicCleats and mimic the scroll of the cabinet pulls.
• Two door interiors painted with magnetic paint (3 coats) and then with chalkboard paint.

Background:
We bought our house new in 1981. In 1989 I closed in the deck to create a room for me. The kitchen window over the sink that looked out onto the deck became a leaded glass window looking into my room. At that time I had the upper cabinet doors removed and those cabinets painted and I changed the wallpaper and the vinyl floor as the old floor had not held up well. Nothing has been done to the kitchen since then except for the occasional new appliance as an old one died.

None of this was DIY - neither of us has any talent in that direction.

Since I built in the banquette, I was able to move the peninsula out by about a foot which allowed me to make the island a little longer. Originally the peninsula had what I assume was meant to be a breakfast bar, but it was much too narrow to be used. I had that cut down to make one large area and the overhang now extends out a bit more.

The only extra space I was able to add to the kitchen is at the coffee bar. The space for the frig already extended into the utility room and the space that had the oven and the pantry extended into the garage. I extended the rest of that wall into the garage by the same amount, roughly 6.5 ft x 2.5 ft. That gave me room for a slightly large pantry and for the coffee bar.

Features:
Apron Sink
Banquette Seating
Cabs Base>24in Deep
Cabs Wall>36in High
Coffee Center
Dish Drawer
Drainboard
Drawer Dividers
Full Extension Drawers
Glass Doors
Hood Custom
Inset Doors
Island without Seating
Lazy Susan
Lighting Recessed
Lighting Under Cabinet
Microwave Shelf
Mixer Pullout
NeverMT
Peninsula with Seating
Rollout Trays
Soap Dispenser
Spice Storage
Trash Pullout
Tray Divider
Unique Hardware
Unique Window
Wicker Baskets
Leaded beveled glass cabinet doors

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robinst's Kitchen

White Kitchen with Random Carrara Marble Backsplash

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Posted on Wed, Dec 30, 2009
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Details:

• Cabinets: Custom White Shaker
• Countertops: Black Pearl Granite
• Backsplash:
  
  • Carrara Extra Random Marble Strip from Faber. Purchased in Lowe's in Canada. (Details: Merchant ID: 175000002022, Item #: 286326, Item description: zacarramarbstrip Carrara Extra Random Strip). [Also available from Bella Pietra.]
  • Grout is Laticrete Silver Shadow.
• Paint:
  • Cabinet - Benjamin Moore Simply White
  • Wall - Benjamin Moore Piedmont Gray CC 690. It is a greeny gray. I paired it with BM Florentine Plaster in the dining room/entrance and it goes very nicely together.
• Appliances:
  
  • Refrigerator: GE Profile
  • Stove: JennAir
• Sink: Apron front sink sink from Bristol Sinks
• Faucet: Kraus KPF-1602 Single Lever Pull Out Tall Kitchen Mixer Professional Culinary Faucet. From Faucet Direct.
• Pendants: Debbie Travis Glass & Metal 1-Light Pendants purchased from canadiantire.ca
  Contemporary 1-light pendant. Inner metal mesh cylinder with a clear glass outer cylinder. Sleek, chrome-plated finish. Adjustable drop rods allow unit to be hung at different lengths.
• Undercabinet lights: Galaxy
• Hardware: Westerly by Amerlock in graphite finish. I used two sizes in the middle. Smaller handles for the smaller drawers and larger for the larger drawers.
• Floors: Oak from Verywood in Canada. The color is Moka and it has a satin finish.

Background:
Kitchen dimensions are 13.2 x 18.5 ft.

Features:
Appliance Garage
Apron Sink
Bookshelf
Counter-to-Ceiling Cabinet
Frameless Cabinets
Hood Custom
Island with Seating
Lighting Pendant
Lighting Recessed
Lighting Under Cabinet
Microwave UC
Plug Inside Cabinet
Rollout Trays
Sink Tilt-out
Soap Dispenser
Spice Storage
Trash Pullout
UCFrig
VacPan
Wicker Baskets

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southernstitcher's Kitchen

Knotty Alder Galley Kitchen

Contact: southernstitcher (My Page)
Posted on Fri, Jan 8, 2010
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Details:

• Cabinets: custom cabinets in knotty alder with Old Masters Dark Mahogany finish
• Countertop: Sienna Bordeaux granite; 2cm
• Hardware: Distressed Copper from Siro
• Appliances:
  
  • KA Wall oven
  • KA Dishwasher
  • Jenn-air electric cook-top
  • Kenmore Elite Trio fridge
  • Sharp microwave drawer
  • Zephyr hood vent
• Sink: Houzer
• Faucet: Delta Allora

Features:
Frameless Cabinets
Full Extension Drawers
Lighting Under Cabinet
Microwave Drawer
NeverMT
Plug Inside Cabinet
Pullout Pantry
Rollout Trays
Soap Dispenser
Trash Pullout
Tray Divider
Wicker Baskets

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teresa518's Kitchen

Contemporary Cherry Kitchen/DR Transformation

Contact: teresa518 (My Page)
Posted on Thu, Dec 10, 2009
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Details:

• Cabinets: Kraftmaid Cherry Cabinets (upgraded to APC) in Chocolate finish.
• Countertop: Labrador Antique Granite
• Backsplash: Honed and Filled Travertine Subway field and border tile
• Backsplash Mural: ordered online
• Faucet: Kohler Vinnata in Vibrant Stainless
• Sink: no-name Stainless Steel D-Sink
• Appliances:
  
  • Refrigerator: GE Monogram SxS (it's about 4 years old)
  • DW: GE Monogram
  • Range: Electrolux ICON
  • MW: Sharp MW Drawer
• Floor: pre-finished Brazilian Teak
• Lights: Kichler (pendants and DR light)
• Door: Pella Designer Series French Door with Blinds Inside

Features:
Bar with Seating
China Hutch
Counter Depth Frig
Counter-to-Ceiling Cabinet
Full Extension Drawers
Glass Doors
Hood Custom
Lazy Susan
Lighting Pendant
Lighting Recessed
Lighting Under Cabinet
Microwave Drawer
NeverMT
Peninsula with Seating
Reach-in Pantry
Rollout Trays
Sink Tilt-out
Soap Dispenser
Stone
Toe Kick Heater
Trash Pullout
Tray Divider
TV
Wine Cooler
Wine Storage

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donnakay2009's Kitchen

White-with-Warm Tones Kitchen

Contact: donnakay2009 (My Page)
Posted on Thu, Dec 2, 2009
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Details:

• Cabinets: white Shaker style, brushed nickel pulls - locally made. The cabinet guys also did the custom woodwork to match our existing woodwork in our older home.
• Countertops: Bianco Antico granite (so happy to join this club!! I'm in love. I see new colors and patterns each day)
• Sinks: ProFlo stainless 30" and a smaller prep sink from ebay
• Faucets: Price Pfister models "Hanover" and "Marielle"
• Appliances:
  
  • LG refrigerator
  • LG DW
  • Maytag Gemini range (This is working great so far! Five burners and two ovens...and gas is baking evenly, which I worried about after I bought them. I am the queen of buyer's remorse....but all is well)
  • GE Profile MW/Convection oven (again, I wanted a third baking space. It works beautifully. We didn't have room to do a separate set of double ovens, hood and MW drawer)
• Paint:
  
  • Wall paint: BM Lenape Trail (It looks really pumpkin-y on the photos, but is actually a russet/terracotta).
  • Cabinet paint: custom white-white to match BM Simply White. But the fellows at Benjamin Moore actually said to our painter, "This is the whitest white we've ever matched."
• Flooring: Montado Platinum series Cork, "Safron"
• Lights:
  
  • Pendants, over-the-sink and TV area lights are all the "schoolhouse" collection from DVI of Canada, purchased locally and shipped.
  • Breakfast nook light: Rejuvenation Hardware
• Extras:
  Appliance lift, Blumotion hinges, full-extension sliding drawers, built-in pantry behind fridge, "Butler's pantry" area next to mixer lift, sliding rollout shelves under main sink and over fridge, Never MT, tip-out under main sink, tray slot and separate cutting board slot on island, trash pullout

Background Info:
We planned for this remodel of our 1930 kitchen for eight months, through several revisions and much angst. After two and a half months, we're finally done!

Features:
Air Switch
Baking Drawer
Bar with Seating
Blumotion
Bookshelf
Butler Pantry
Cabs Base>24in Deep
Cabs Base>36in High
Cabs Wall>12in Deep
Cabs Wall>36in High
Cutting Board Storage
Full Extension Drawers
Island with Seating
Lighting Above Cabinet
Lighting Pendant
Lighting Recessed
Lighting Under Cabinet
Mixer Pullout
NeverMT
Plugmold
Plug Inside Cabinet
Prep Area Multiple
Prep Sink
Reach-in Pantry
Sink Tilt-out
Sink>30in Wide
Trash Pullout
Tray Divider

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