Honed Jet Mist and Beveled Subway Tile Kitchen Refresh
Details from jeanteach on 5/07/2010
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Introduction:
We replaced the counters, sink, faucet, backsplash, and cooktop. Kept the cabinets but put some glass in a few and switched out some hardware. Kept the fridge and DW. I considered replacing the Thermador double ovens, but they work great and so now am considering them "vintage".
Kitchen Highlights:
- Cabinets: existing (original color similar to Benjamin Moore White Dove)
- Counters: Jet Mist (aka Virginia Mist) honed and enhanced, dupont edge on island and eased edge on perimeter
- Cooktop: Wolf 36 inch five burner gas (we switched from electric to lp gas)
- Downdraft: Thermador
- Backsplash: 3x6 white lanka beveled subway tile, 3x6 breil chair rail tile
- Faucet: Blanco "Grace", chrome with sidespray
- Sink: Elkay undermount single bowl, 18 gauge stainless
- Hardware: Richelieu 3 inch chrome pulls, HD chrome knobs, glass knobs on lower doors but can't remember source
Kitchen Details:
1. Kitchen Basics
Kitchen_Budget: Middle
Kitchen_DIY: No
Kitchen_Size: Medium
Kitchen_Floor_Plan: No
2. Kitchen Design
Kitchen_Shape: Open
Kitchen_Shape: Straight+Island
Kitchen_Style: Country
Kitchen_Ceiling_Height: < 8ft
Island Size: 8 feet 4 inches by 4 feet 2 inches
3. Kitchen Cabinets
Cabinet_Composition: Solid_Wood
Cabinets_Refaced: No
Cabinet_Finish: Glazed
Cabinet_Color: White/Cream
Cabinet_Mixed: No
CabMfg: Rogers Sash and Door
4. Kitchen Countertops
Counter_Granite: Honed Jet Mist/Virginia Mist
Counter_Mixed: No
Counter_Unique: Yes
Counter_Color: Black
Countertop from Marble and Granite in Milford, CT
5. Kitchen Backsplash
see highlights
6. Kitchen Appliances
Appliance_Mfg: Bosch
Appliance_Mfg: SubZero
Appliance_Mfg: Thermador
Appliance_Mfg: Wolf
Appliance_Color: White/Cream
7. Kitchen Plumbing
SinkMfg: Elkay
SinkComp: Stainless
FaucetMfg: Blanco
8. Kitchen Electric and Lighting
no information
9. Kitchen Hardware
see highlights
10. Kitchen Flooring
FloorComp: Wood
11. Kitchen Pantry
no information
12. Kitchen Special Features
Beadboard
Bread Drawer
Broom Closet
Counter Depth Frig
Cutting Board Storage
Downdraft Vent
Ice Machine
Island with Seating
Lighting Recessed
Lighting Under Cabinet
Microwave Shelf
Skylight
Trash Pullout
13. Kitchen Decor
no information
14. Kitchen Additional Comments
no information
Before Photos: Yes
Floorplan Photos: No
Yellow Kitchen in 1870s Home
Details from hlove on 10/19/2012
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Introduction:
Full remodel of a kitchen in a 1870s home, although the kitchen was likely an addition at some point a long time ago. Completed in 2012.
Kitchen Highlights:
- Cabinets: Unfinished maple inset from Crystal Cabinetry
- Cabinet Paint: BM Advance Hawthorne Yellow (we painted them)
- Hardware: Amerock
- Handles: Mulholland in Rustic Brass
- Cup Pulls & Knobs: Manor in Weathered Brass
- Sink: Kohler Verse 33"" single bowl overmount stainless
- Insinkerator air switch (brushed nickel, I think)
- Faucet: Delta Leland
- Hood: Zephyr 36"" island
- Range: GE electric (came with house)
- Dishwasher: Bosch (purchased 2 years prior to remodel)
- Fridge: Whirlpool Gold (purchased 2 years prior to remodel)
- Under counter oven: ""pre-owned"" 27"" GE Profile convection from CL
- Counters: Formica Lime Stone- honed finish
- Flooring: red oak with white stain
- Island prep table: purchased 3 years prior to remodel at local restaurant supply shop
- Shelves: made by contractor, we painted: BM Advance Apple Blossom
- Kitchen Walls: BM Aura Fine China
- Breakfast room walls: BM Aura Whispering Pink
- Kitchen chandelier: Etsy, painted to match room
- Breakfast room chandelier: Ebay
- Windows/Door: Marvin Integrity series
- Raised the ceiling a foot to just under 8'."
KitchenDetails:
1. Kitchen Basics
Type of Remodel: Kitchen Remodel/Some new, some reused items
Kitchen installation: GC 95%/Us 5%
Budget: Low Budget ($10K - $20K)
Location: U.S. Northeastern
Location Type: Suburban
2. Kitchen Design
Kitchen Design Family/Function: Multiple Cooks, Small Children, Pet Accommodations
Kitchen Designer: self-designed with lots learned from this forum!
Kitchen Size: Medium (151-350 sq.ft)
Kitchen Dimensions (WxL): 14 x 14
Kitchen Height: Height 8 feet or less
3. Kitchen Cabinets
no information
4. Kitchen Countertops
no information
5. Kitchen Backsplash
no information
6. Kitchen Appliances
no information
7. Kitchen Plumbing
no information
8. Kitchen Electric and Lighting
no information
9. Kitchen Hardware
no information
10. Kitchen Flooring
no information
11. Kitchen Pantry
no information
12. Kitchen Special Features
no information
13. Kitchen Decor
no information
14. Kitchen Additional Comments
no information
Before Photos: Yes
Floorplan Photos:
Rubbed Black Cabinets and Carrara Marble DIY Kitchen
Contact: rtpaisley (My Page)
Posted on Thu, Oct 8, 09
Link to rtpaisley's Gardenweb finished kitchen post
Link to rtpaisley's kitchen blog
Details:
- Cabinets: original cabinets with new doors and trim.
- Cabinet Paint: DIY Benjamin Moore Custom Black Satin Impervo, with an undercoat of Benjamin Moore Heritage Red (also Impervo) and Killz oil based primer. All cabinet paint was oil based.
- Inside Cabinet Paint: We painted the bead board inside the glass cabinets Benjamin Moore Feather Gray.
- Cabinet Glass: Seeded Glass, from Miller Glass
- Countertops: 3 cm Honed Carrara Marble Slabs (2) from Bedrosians. Fabrication by Benchmark (Ogee edge, Christopher Peacock style corners).
- Backsplash Tile: Daltile Rittenhouse Square subway matte arctic white with light gray grout.
- Appliances:
- Rangetop: 36″ Burner Bertazzoni Commercial Gas Range top (from A M Royal)
- Range Hood: Zephyr 36″ Stainless Steel Savona Wall Hood (from ABT Electronics)
- Dishwasher: Bosch 24″ Built-in, Black. The model that is one up from the most basic.
- Microwave: original
- Oven: original
- Refrigerator: original
- Pendant Lights: Rustic Glass Pendant (2) from Pottery Barn
- Wall Paint: Benjamin Moore Stonington Gray
- Flooring: Vanier Unfinished Hand Scraped Hardwood Flooring Walnut / 9/16″x5″x Random Lengths.
- Hardware:
Clear Glass Knob with Black Base (on glass doors) from Cool Knobs and Pulls
Bin Pulls Gilmore 4 inch Polished Nickel from Restoration Hardware
Deco Rings Knob, Polished Nickel (on regular doors) from Rejuvenation
Breadboard knob & backplate (mini-size) from Horton Brasses
- Faucet: Price Pfister Ashfield Chrome Two-Handle Pull Down Bridge Faucet, Polished Nickel
- Soap Dispenser: original
- Sink: Belle Foret Farmhouse Sink – Fireclay, Apron Front, Undermount, 30″ from Vintage Tub and Bath
- Disposal: Badger 9 Insinkerator from Home Depot.
Features:
Apron Sink
Beadboard
Cabs Base > 24in Deep
Ceiling Fan
Cutting Board Storage
Floor Plan
Glass Doors
Lighting Pendant
Lighting Recessed
Lighting Under Cabinet
Message Center Desk
Peninsula with Seating
Soap Dispenser
Spice Storage
Trash Pullout
New Marble & Soapstone Kitchen
Posted on Nov 13, 2007 by soonermagic
Link to soonermagic's Gardenweb finished kitchen post
Link to soonermagic's kitchen photos
Details:
- Cabinets: Site-built custom cabinets by a local carpenter; beaded inset
- Cabinet hardware: Emtek in Silver Patina
- Perimeter Countertop: Ice Flower Soapstone
- Island Countertop: Carerra Marble
- Backsplash: Subway tiles with a beveled edge by Adex (adexusa.com), purchased at Home Depot Expo
- Appliances:
- Range: Bertazzoni 36-in, 5 burner, painted white
- Dishwasher: Fisher & Paykel dishdrawers
- Microwave: Sharp Micro Drawer
- Fridge: GE Profile french door, counter-depth
- Hood: Vent-a-hood hood liner
- Floor: Walnut hardwoods, in 3, 4, and 5 inch widths, no stain, just poly'ed
- Faucets (main & prep): Hamat Julianne, with sidespray. Paired with Hamat Country soap dispenser
- Main Sink: Franke Orca
- Island Sink: Ticor S905
- Pendant Lights: Westelm
- Paint color: Walls are Sherwin Williams' Pavillion Beige; Cabinets are Sherwin Williams' Alabaster
This kitchen, while not a true "period" kitchen by any stretch of the imagination, we did try very hard to reflect and evoke the feeling of a certain period. This kitchen is part of a new construction … a tear down in a neighborhood built slowly between the late 1920's to 1940's. We did not want the house to scream "new construction" and look out of place in the neighborhood. The exterior and the interior look more like a well preserved and updated/remodeled older home than a brand-new house. To accomplish that in the kitchen, we went with inset cabinets with simple lines, took the cabinets up to the ceiling, used hardwoods in the kitchen, chose the Bertazzoni range because it's reminscent of a 1940s O'Keefe and Merit that I once had, and used classic countertop materials--marble and soapstone.
Refinished Kitchen with Green Slate Backsplash
Posted by DoggieMom on Jun 28, 2005
Link to DoggieMom's kitchen photos
Link to DoggieMom's Before&After Photo
Introduction:
My kitchen "facelift" is 99% complete. I just need to add some switchplates and the undercabinet lighting. The house is 9 1/2 years old and the kitchen needed an update. Like many before me I want to thank everyone on this forum for your help, ideas and support. I know I am happier with the way the kitchen turned out as a result of the ideas I've gotten and the things I've learned here. And having this forum to turn to during the rough patches truly helped my anxiety level
Details:
- Perimeter cabinets are original - painted in Vellum by Porter with chesnut glaze - upgraded molding
- Island and fridge cabs are Kraftmaid birch with chocolate glaze
- Countertops - Tropic Brown granite
- Cooktop - Kitchenaid
- Sink - Elkay double bowl
- Faucet - Kohler Vinnata (like you didn't know)
- Backsplash - Daltile Continental Slate in Brazilian green with natural slate border
- Wine Cooler - GE Profile
- My oven and microwave are originial to the house and are 9 1/2 years old. They are JennAir.
- The cooktop is new, it is Kitchenaid model #KGCS105GSS with a retractable downdraft vent in back.
We never used the desk area as a desk so that big hole underneath was just wasted space. We love wine so that seemed like a better option, (looks cool too).
The backsplash was the first element I chose for the kitchen. I wish the photos could do justice to the colors, it's got a lot of variation and is very organic looking. My granite is Tropic Brown which can vary quite a bit, I specifically chose slabs that have green undertones with clear black specks and I'm very happy with the way it looks with the backsplash.
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