Southern Style Cream Kitchen

• Cabinets - Crystal Cabinets "Keyline," inset, antique white paint. Cabinets are set to 96'H, roll trays, large drawer base, FHD base, pull out trash, wood hood, top and bottom moldings 
• Backsplash - Rittenhouse subway tile in biscuit 
• Granite - Typhoon Bordeaux with 30 year sealer
• Wall Color - Universal Khaki (Sherwin Williams color but I had it mixed Benjamin Moore). 
• Crown and floor moldings custom matched to the cabinets. 
• Floor - 4 inch Northern White Oak. Hand laid/sanded/stained in house by a local company. Stained "medium."
• Pulls and Knobs - Amerock Kane and Allison Value in Satin Nickel 
• Faucet - Delta Victorian Single Handle pull down - stainless 
• Range - Thermador (Thermador/Bosch offered a 40% discount to us because the house is a parade home otherwise I might have gone with GE Monogram or Wolf) 
• Ovens - Thermador 
• Cooktop - Thermador
• Fridge - Bosch cabinet depth 
• Dishwasher - Bosch 
• Ice Maker - GE Monogram 
• Microwave - GE
• Hot/Cold Reverse Osmosis - Insinkerator Indulge Antique
• Counter Stools - Pier One
• Pendant Lighting - Quorum International # 803-12-86
• Island - 11ft x 4 ft
• Kitchen approx. 20ft x 10 ft"

Kitchen Details:

White and Walnut with Aqua Grantique, Statuary Countertops

• Custom white inset cabinets with walnut stained island
• Aqua grantique perimeter countertops
• Honed statuary island countertop
• Statuary backsplash
• Wolf induction 36"" cooktop
• Gaggenau refrigerator and freezer columns
• Miele dishwasher
• Monogram oven
• monogram advantium speed oven
• Ge microwave
• Uline beverage refrigerator"

 

Contemporary/Rustic/Tuscan Kitchen with Indian Flair

• Cabinets: clear alder cabinets with SW espresso stain. Custom design on the fridge panels.
• Countertops: Colonial Dream granite from Arizona Tile, 3 cm thick with double laminated edges.
• Appliances:
  • SZ 736 TC x 2
  • Wolf 48" Dual Fuel range
• Sink: Silgranit sink brown finish
• Lighting:
  
  • chandelier over the island: Savoy House 1-6903-9 Transitional 9 Light Up Lighting Chandelier from the Vanguard Collection
  • chandelier above the dining table: "Large Rectangle Hanging Capiz Pendant" from West Elm
• Stools: Cosmopolitan Creme Leather Counter Stools from overstock.com

French Country Kitchen with Pressed Tin Backsplash

• Cabinets: Brookhaven, Pelham Manor raised door style. Cherry stain with charcoal glaze. Includes all panels & mouldings. From In House Kitchen Bath Home, NY, NY www.inhousekbh.com
• Countertops: Gold & Silver granite (or Golden Silver), double arch edge (counters, inside sink & window sills), 3 window sills & cut in drain board. From Barocco Marble & Granite, Chestnut Ridge, NY
• Backsplash: Tin ceiling design #209, stainless steel with flat moulding #903 for behind cooktop. From Classic Ceilings Classicceilings.com
• Hardware: Spanish Gothic by Hickory Hardware Shophickoryhardware.com
• Island: custom. From Belmonte & Sablich, Garnerville, NY. Dimensions 5'x2' plus a little overhang of the granite.
• Refrigerator handles: custom from Eric David Laxman, Garnerville, NY ericdavidlaxman.com
• Hood: custom made by GC, plus mouldings to match cabinets
• Appliances from Silver City, Spring Valley, NY:
  
  
  • Rangetop, Dacor 6-burner EG366SCH/NG
  • Dishwasher, Miele G2183SCVI, paneled
  • Fridge/Freezer, Kitchenaid 42" 25cu side by Side KSS042FTX, paneled
  • Trash Compactor, Kitchenaid 15" KUCS03FTPA
  • Single wall oven, Kitchenaid KEBS107SS
  • Built in Microwave, Kitchenaid KBHS109SS
  • Vent, Prestige 1200cfm UIB34S2
• Plumbing:
  
  • Sink – Kohler Undertone large D-bowl 37½"x 18½"x9½" K3185
  • Faucet – Show House by Moen Waterhill Wrought Iron 1-handle w/side spray S711WR
  • Soap Dispenser – Moen 3942BL
  • Insta Hot – Insinkerator Indulge Antique Dispenser F-GN22-MBLK
  • Disposal – Insinkerator, 1 horse power Pro-XL, continuous feed
  • Pot Filler – Danze Opulence single handle wall mount D205557BS
• Curtains: Waverly yellow and blue. Discontinued but may be available on ebay.

• Contractor: Angelo Menna of Menna Building Corp.
• Plumbing: John M. Hartel & Co, Pearl River, NY
• Cabinets: Jayne Zeigler Jaynez@inhousekbh.com

• Cabinets - $25,500
• Hardware - $475
• Appliances - $14,000
• Island - $3,200
• Refrigerator Handles - $600
• Hood – $300 plus some painting costs, plus the mouldings, included in cabinet price. Built by GC.
• Granite (perimeter) – $5000 (included 3 window sills & drain board)
• Granite (island) - $850
• Pot Filler - $233
• Sink - $675
• Faucet - $416
• Disposal - $400
• Soap Dispenser - $82
• Insta Hot - $590
• Window treatments for 2 new windows - $604
• Backsplash (materials)- $1000
• Backsplash (labor)- $750
• Floors refinished - $1000
• Contractor fee - $4250 – worth every penny

Century Home Arts and Crafts Sage Green Kitchen with Vaulted Ceiling

• Cabinets: custom made by Melo Woodworking, a local Toronto company (no web site!). Maple wood stained, painted, distressed and glazed by Homestead House. Colours used were Tapestry for the perimeter cabs and Cartier for the island. They did an amazing and painstaking job.
• Countertops: "Java Black" soapstone counters by N&G Soapstone . The island countertop is made from reclaimed red oak planks.
• Backsplash: Walker-Zanger Antequera Random Mini Brick
• Appliances:
  • Liebherr RBI 1400 24" all-fridge with Biofresh
  • TurboChef double ovens, with custom RAL 3011 red oven door
  • BlueStar 36" cooktop with centre grill
  • Custom Modern-Aire hood, 1000 cfms
  • Miele Excella full dishwasher
  • Fisher Paykel single Dishwasher Drawer
  • Double SubZero freezer drawers
• Sinks:
  • Main sink: apron front farmhouse soapstone sink from N&G Soapstone
  • Prep sink: Franke BBX160 Beach sink
• Faucets:
  • Wall-Mount potfiller: Kohler K-7322
  • Main sink faucet: Kohler K-8761
  • Prep sink: Kohler Vinnata K-691
• Hardware:
  • Perimeter cabinets: Whitechapel Hardware, based in Jackson Hole, Wyoming
  • Island and fridge: Architectural salvage from Olde Good Things in NYC
• Bar stools: America Retold. Last place I saw them was at organize.com
• Floors: radiant heated limestone from Marble Trend; it’s Jasman.
• Paint: Wall colour in kitchen is Plaster by Homestead House; stairwell to basement and up to second floor is Benjamin Moore Buckhorn
• Art: We have some great pieces, including my beautiful roosters from local contemporary folk artist Pey Lu, and a couple of pieces from my best friend and amateur artist, Vera.

• Knock it down and build it out. Our house is almost 100 years old and as such, the original kitchen was quite small – about 9x10. We have an unusually shaped lot, and the shape allowed for us to be able to knock down an exterior wall and build out.
• Make it look unique and up to date but fitting with the rest of the house. The objective was to make the kitchen look like it was always there, with more up to date appliances. To achieve that, we had the cabinets hand-painted and distressed and chose heritage colours. We used reclaimed oak planks for the island countertop; the hardware is a combination of hand-forged cast iron from England and finds from architectural salvage. Countertops and the main sink are soapstone.
• Find room for the "library"! An imperative was to find a home for my 300+ (and counting) cookbook collection. We achieved that through clever cabinetry and the acquisition of a beautiful old hutch.

Rita and Jordan's Sparkling Gem

• Cabinets - Downsview via Kitchen Studio in Monterey, CA
• Island Countertop - Tigerwood from Brooks Custom in New York
• Main Countertop - Black Galaxy Quartz from Stone Age Tile in Orange County, CA
• Marble Baking Top - From Stone Age
• Backsplash - Marble and stainless tiles on mesh from Stone Age
• Cooktop - BlueStar with 6 burners, griddle and grill
• BlueStar Salamander
• Best by Broan Hood - WP29 plus EB15 1500 CFM Blower
• Miele 30" Oven
• Miele Combi-microwave oven
• Miele Optoma dishwasher
• Thermador 24" Fresh Food Column
• Thermador 18" Frozen Food Column
• Kitchenaide Beverage Center
• Franke stainless steel sink
• Franke stainless steel prep sink
• Blanco Master Gourmet faucet
• James Moder Chandelier
• PLC Chandelier
• Flooring: Prefinished solid Tigerwood
• Windows: Milgard double-pane with aluminum frames
• Water filter: Everpure H-1200 with instant hot water

Warm Contemporary Kitchen with IKEA Cabinets

• Cabinets: Ikea Tidaholm oak in black/brown, and Adel birch in medium brown (in pantry area and planning peninsula). Shaker doors. I chose IKEA because I love their organization systems and their Blum tandembox drawers and glides. I assembled all of the cabinets myself and changed the edgebanding to match the door/drawer fronts. I was kind of excited to find "Made in Italy" stickers on all the Tidaholm doors. My GC's carpenter installed the cabinets. All drawers are full extension with soft close.
• Countertop: Madura Gold granite
• Backsplash: Jeffrey Court's Fire and Ice, enhanced, kashmir grout
• Cabinet Hardware: Hickory Hardware pulls
• Range: Bluestar 36" RNB 6-burner with island trim. The cabinet run on the range wall is pulled out 3 inches. I have a 4" strip of granite behind the range.
• Hood: Futuro Futuro 48" plane (980 cfm) venting through a 6" pipe. Installed 28 3/4in above the range.
• Ovens: GE Monogram Advantium over ZET
• Dishwasher: Bosch Integra 800 series
• Refrigerator: Samsung French door RFG297. We pulled out surrounding cabs to make the fridge look built-in.
• "Kid fridge" 24" LG LRBP1031 in Titanium-- love it! Holds the kids' yogurts, drinks, fruit, ice cream, frozen baked goods, ice packs-- and keeps the kids out of my way. In the same footprint as refrigerator drawers, I got twice the space at half the price. Between the Samsung and the LG, I have almost 40 cu. ft. of refrigerator/freezer space.
• Prep Sink Disposal: compact Badger disposal, the smallest I could find (we are on septic, so it is just used for the odds and ends I don't scoop out of the sink)."
• Faucets: Grohe K4 (prep sink) and Alira (main sink)
• Tapmaster at main sink
• Soap dispensers from Never MT web site
• Sinks: Zero radius, 15 gauge stainless from Ebay-- 30" at main sink and 23" at prep sink
• Table: Oak from reclaimed antique floor joists, from Ebay (barnseeker.com)
• Chairs: Bonded leather from Overstock-- love them
• Floors: Red oak, Refinished and stained Minwax golden oak, 3 coats of oil-based poly
• Lighting: Grundtal lights under the cabinets. I used 3 on an 80" section of horizontal cabs.

White kitchen with Green Island

• Cabinets: birch, custom made by a local Cabinet Maker. The only DIY project in this kitchen was the painting.
  - Cabinet Paint: BM waterborne Impervo "Bavarian Cream"
  - Island Paint: BM "Sage" with black glaze
  - drawer customization: teak organizers for my flatwear from Bed Bath and Beyond.
• Countertops:
  - Perimeter: Cold Spring granite
  - Island: Absolute Black granite
• Backsplash: 3x6 subways are Sonoma stone in "Cashmere". Mosaic-custom blend from Somoma in rhomboids. the colors are verde in metals, birch in sonoma reserve, and hemp in tantrum. I also used a bottom trim under the subways by sonoma also in birch.
• Stove, Dishwasher, Microwave Drawer: All Viking
• Refrigerator: Samsung Quatro
• Faucet: Price Pfister
• Sink: Sienna
• Floors: 3/4" Ash with 3/4" subfloor underneath
• Lighting: Cristal
• Paint: Wall color is BM "Olive Branch"
• Stools: Ordered unfinished online. Stained them first a really dark walnut, then painted them in the same green as the island. Just before the paint dried, I took an old sanding sponge and sanded through some of the areas to show the stain underneath.
• Canisters: Tupperware

White/Yellow/Blue Kitchen with Lacanche Range

1. Cabinets: Custom built, painted BM Atrium White. Shaker style. Custom by Dave Carter, cabinet maker, Redondo Beach, CA.
2. Countertops: Perimeter is Minas soapstone from Tom Shadley (http://shadleyssoapstone.com). Installed by DH.
   Island is Calacatta marble .
3. Island paint: P&L Copenhagen
4. Wall paint: BM Barley
5. Sink: 30" Rohl apron front
6. Faucet: Hamat
7. Floors: Kahrs Castle & Cottage engineered
8. Range: Lacanche Cluny
9. Refrigerator: KA 42" SXS (to be panelled)
10. Dishwasher: KA (panelled)
11. Hardware: Amerock Ambrosia in weathered nickel
12. Pendant Lights: R.A.M. Lighting, model: Washington
13. Bar Stools: from Ballard Designs (http://www.ballarddesigns.com)

1930 Spanish Kitchen

• 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.

Decora Arlington cherry - Tropical Green granite kitchen

• 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.

Elegant Farm Kitchen - Cream Cabinets, Aga Range, Soapstone and Marble

• Cabinets: Mouser cabinetry in cream painted finish
• Countertops:
  Minas Soapstone - still not oiled... I'm loving it! (When it gets dark spots on it from oils I just take a sponge with Dawn dish detergent and wipe it back to original blue.)
  Carrara Marble Counter on Knotty Alder Island
• Backsplash: Krazy Krackle Cream subway tile backsplash. (Krazy Krackle is just the name from Sonoma Tile)
• Sharp Microwave Drawer in island
• AGA 6-4 Range (affectionately called Nigel now)
• KitchenAid Fridge
• Thermador wall oven
• Oiled Bronze hardware from Colonial
• Pendants: from Architects and Heroes - amber shades - from a store in Cape May NJ called 'Across the Way'. http://www.madamesport.com/ATW/index.html
• Flooring: My floors were 'rescreened' but that was it. Those are original to the house so I don't know much about them as I'm not the first owner. Most likely pine.
• Paint: from Finnaren & Haley Paint. 13 Independence Hall Quill and the trim (not pictured) is Galahad white.
• The flip down over the computer is actually 4 'mailbox' compartments to hold bills, to do items, coupons, etc.