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Friday, November 02, 2012

lovlilynne's Kitchen

Cream Shaker Cabs/Soapstone Counter Top/Wood Floor Kitchen


Details from lovlilynne on 9/13/2012
Link to lovlilynne's Gardenweb finished kitchen post
Link to lovlilynne's finished photos


Kitchen Highlights:
  • Cabinets: Kraftmaid Maple Hunnington in Biscotti
  • Countertops: Julia soapstone
  • Floors: red oak, matching dining room and living room
  • Hardware: Restoration Hardware Marston cup and strap pulls
  • Lighting: Hinkley Lighting small pendant ORB, from lighting universe with no problems
  • Appliances: all existing except for refrigerator and disposal:
  • DW: Kenmore
  • OTR MW: Maytag
  • Stove: GE
  • Refrigerator: NEW Electrolux IQ Touch FD CD with ice and water in the door Black. Bought from AJ Madison with no issues - excellent customer service when I pushed out the delivery date 4 times.
  • Disposal: Insinkerator Compact Evolution
  • Sink: Blanco 511-710 Blancodiamond Single Bowl Kitchen Sink, Biscuit
  • Faucet: final faucet will be Elements of Design Tempa 2 handled in ORB, but currently have cheap temporary is Kingston Brass Victorian twin handled faucet.
  • Paint color: SW Milk Pail (a Martha Stewart color, which is discontinued, but they will still make it for you )
  • Bar stools: Boraam Industries Ming bar stool
  • Glass in cabinet: wissmach hammered

KitchenDetails:

Kitchen_Budget: Middle
Kitchen_DIY: No
Kitchen_Size: Small
Kitchen_Floor_Plan: Yes
Kitchen_Shape: Open
Kitchen_Style: Shaker
Kitchen_Ceiling_Height: less than 8ft
Cabinet_Composition: Solid_Wood
Cabinets_Refaced: No
Cabinet_Composition: Wood:Maple
Cabinet_Finish: Painted
Cabinet_Color: White/Cream
Cabinet_Mixed: No
CabMfg: KraftMaid
Counter_Soapstone: ALL
Counter_Soapstone: Julia
Counter_Wood: ALL
Counter_Wood: Butcherblock
Counter_Wood_OTHER: Oak
Counter_Mixed: Yes
Counter_Unique: No
Counter_Color: Black
Appliance_Mfg: Electrolux
Appliance_Mfg: GE
Appliance_Mfg: KitchenAid
Appliance_Mfg: Whirlpool
Appliance_Color:: Black
FloorComp: Wood
FaucetMfg: Elements of Design
SinkMfg: Blanco
SinkComp_OTHER: Silgranit
Feature: Appliance_Garage
Feature: Bookshelf
Feature: Bread_Drawer
Feature: Lazy_Susan
Feature: Lighting_Above_Cabinet
Feature: Lighting_Pendant
Feature: Lighting_Recessed
Feature: Lighting_Under_Cabinet
Feature: Peninsula_Multilevel
Feature: Peninsula_with_Seating
Feature: Plug_Inside_Cabinet
Feature: Soap_Dispenser
Feature: Toe_Kick_Heater
Feature: Trash_Pullout
Feature: Wall_Words
Feature_Other: Buffet area; cookie sheet/roasting pan pull out cabinet

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

momof3kids_pa's Kitchen

White/Soapstone Kitchen with Exposed Brick Wall



Contact: momof3kids_pa (My Page)
Posted on Thu, Jun 18, 09
Link to momof3kids_pa's Gardenweb finished kitchen post
Link to momof3kids_pa's kitchen photos


Details:
  • Cabinets: IKEA Lidingo White
  • Flooring: red oak, colonial nailed, satin poly, random wide plank, www.colonialplankfloors.com
  • Countertops
    ~ Perimeter: Black Benata Soapstone from Bucks County Soapstone
    ~ Island: Honed Venatino Marble Remnant from Marble Concepts
    ~ Wood: Numerar oak butcherblock from IKEA
  • Appliances:
    ~ Refrigerator: Maytag 22.1 MBR2256KES from Home Depot
    ~ Cooktop Maytag 36" MGC6536BDB from Home Depot
    ~ Range hood 36" Venito Chimney Pyramid from Home Depot
    ~ Microwave: GE WES1384SMSS from Walmart
  • Sink: Franke 28" Farm Sink MHK-110-28 from HomeClick.com
  • Faucet: Price Pfister Marielle - incl spray/soap T34-PT from HomeClick.com
  • Garbage disposal: Insinkerator with sink switch from Home Depot
  • Cabinet Hardware: Belwith - Savoy (47 pulls, 21 knob, 1 large pull) from HomeAnnex.com
  • Lighting:
    ~ Pendants: Sheffield, nickel plated pendants from Revival Lighting.com
    ~ Glass cabinet lighting: fluorescent & halogen puck lights from Home Depot
  • Brick veneer: Owens Corning -- Antique Red from Marble Concepts
  • Window: Pella 2 double hung from Lowes
  • Counter stools: Sanders Cove 24" from JCPenney.com
  • Paper towel holder: Ikea Grundtal Paper Towel Holder

Featur
Air Switch
Apron Sink
Baking Drawer
Bar with Seating
Beadboard
Blumotion
Cabinets: Wall >12"deep
China Hutch
Counter-depth Frig
Counter-to-Ceiling Cabinet
Cutting Board Storage
Drawer Dividers
Exposed Stone/Brick
Floor Plans
Frameless Cabinets
Full Extension Drawers
Glass Doors
Instant Hot Water
Island without Seating
Lighting: Pendant
Lighting: Recessed
Lighting: Under Cabinet
NeverMT
Peninsula with Seating
Plug inside Cabinet
Reach-in Pantry
Soap Dispenser
Spice Storage
Stone
Toe Kick Heater
Trash Pullout
Tray Divider


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Friday, September 18, 2009

hollylh's Kitchen

Country Victorian with brick and copper



Contact: hollylh (My Page)
Posted on Fri, Jun 12, 09
Link to hollylh's Gardenweb finished kitchen post
Link to hollylh's kitchen photos

Details:
Dimensions: 8ft 10in (stove run) by 13ft 8in (sink/fridge run, including fridge). Ceilings are 9ft. Island is 33in x 60in.
  • Cabinets: Crown Point (uppers, island, oven cab, pantry only), inset Newport door with the arts and crafts rail at the bottom. Ordered my new cabs primed and had them painted on-site only because I was concerned about matching the new cabs with the old base ones.
  • Countertops:
    - Perimeter:     Uba Tuba, honed
    - Island: Butcherblock
  • Backsplash--4'' V-groove beadboard
  • Ovens: Monogram
  • Hood: custom copper from a local sheet metal shop; innards are Modernaire
  • Cabinet Hardware: Restoration Hardware and Van Dyke's
  • Paint:
    - Cabinet paint: BM White Dove
    - Wall paint: BM Philadelphia Cream
    - Ceiling paint: BM Harbor Fog
  • Windows: Andersen with custom diamonds (whole opening is 61'' long by 53'' high. Each window is 27'' wide)
  • Banquette: Ballard's, Waverly fabric from Joann's
  • Pot Rack: Williams-Sonoma
  • Crown molding: local lumberyard (not CP)
What we did:
  • enlarged window
  • demo'ed wall which we knew had brick behind it--we were just trying to gain width (we got about 5'') but I also love the look!
  • replaced uppers and oven cab and island (Notice the upper cabs are inset but the lowers are frameless. I was very worried about the uppers being inset and the bottoms being full overlay...but it bothers me not at all.)
  • reused island to become new peninsula (we cut down the existing top)and converted the cabinets in it to drawers
  • honed the granite and removed the 4'' backsplash (it couldn't be honed in place anyway)
  • kept the old appliances, except for ovens and hood
  • painted everything white

Features:
Baking Drawer
Banquette Seating
Beadboard
Blumotion
Bookshelf
Broom Closet
Cabinets: Wall >36"high
Counter-depth Frig
Exposed Stone/Brick
Filtered Water Faucet
Full Extension Drawers
Glass Doors
Custom Hood
Inset Doors
Island with Seating
Lazy Susan
Lighting: Pendant
Lighting: Recessed
Lighting: Under Cabinet
Microwave Shelf
Open Shelving
Peninsula without Seating
Pot Rack
Reach-in Pantry
Rollout Trays
Sink tilt-out tray
Spice Storage
Stone
Trash Pullout
Tray Divider
Water Filter
Shallow Pantry

Thursday, October 02, 2008

grendal_fly's Kitchen

Completed kitchen



Contact: grendal_fly (My Page)
Posted on Thu, Oct 2, 08
Link to kitchen photos: http://s359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/grendal_fly/

Details:
  • Cabinets: Custom cherry shaker style w\Hazelnut varnish to protect color. Drawers full open with BLUMOTION, Glass doors also have BLUMOTION hinges.
  • Knobs are Amerock Forgings Pyrm Knob BP4429-WI
  • Pulls are Amerock Forgings Pyrm Pull BP4428-WI
  • Countertop: ocean stone granite with boos BBIT30252 top on lower island prep area
  • BackSplash is 3"x6" , 3/4" thick "China White" handmade crackled subway with 1"x1" Pewter pyramid decos insets
  • Floor is unstained solid Brazilian cherry with 3 coat of water based finish
  • Island lights are Hudson Valley HV3824 Brushed nickel adjustable pendants
  • Under and over Cab lights are Juno Trak 12
  • SubZero Pro48 Fridge
  • Wolf 484DG Range with 20" riser
  • Wolf PW542418R Hood
  • Wolf 120-REM remote blower
  • Sharp KB6024MS Microwave
  • Main Sink Ticor ss508
  • Main faucet Kohler Vinnata K-690-BN
  • Main Disposal ISE EVO essential with BN airswitch
  • Main Soap K-9619-BN with neverMT
  • Vacpan under main sink with Yellowjacket vac
  • Prep sink Ticor ss208
  • Prep faucet Kohler Vinnata K-690-BN
  • Prep Water Insta-hot HC-VIEWSN-SS
  • Prep Disposal ISE EVO essential with BN airs witch
Features:Air Switch
Bar with Seating
Blumotion
Bookshelf
Bread Drawer
CabinetsBase >36"high
CabinetsWall >12"deep
CabinetsWall >36"high
Cutting Board Storage
Filtered Water Faucet
Full Extension Drawers
Glass Doors
Gourmet/Professional
Instant Hot Water
IslandMultilevel
Island with Seating
Knife Drawer
Lazy Susan
LightingAbove Cabinet
LightingPendant
LightingRecessed
LightingUnder Cabinet
Microwave Drawer
NeverMT
Pet Area
Prep Area (Multiple)
Prep Sink
Soap Dispenser
Spice Storage
Stone
Toe Kick Heater
VacPan
Water Filter

Saturday, September 20, 2008

rmkitchen's Kitchen

White Kitchen with Full Marble Backsplash



Posted by rmkitchen on Fri, Aug 8, 08
Link to rmkitchen's Gardenweb finished kitchen post
Link to rmkitchen's kitchen photos

Details:

Cabinets:
  • ~$55K
  • custom frameless painted (catalyzed lacquer) a custom white, island painted BM Onyx
  • all drawers full-extension with Blumotion glides and all doors with Blum soft-close hinges
  • one Rev-A-Shelf wood drawer divider
  • one Rev-A-Shelf plastic double tier flatware divider
  • custom wood drawer dividers (five drawers)
  • steel pegboard "broom closet" pull-out (thanks to dianalo for sharing inspiration pictures)
  • three chrome pull-out pantry units (Rev-A-Shelf)
  • four spice pull-outs (Rev-A-Shelf)
  • pegboard with wood "divider" dowels in (three) dish drawers
  • foot pedal four-canister trash / recycle unit (thanks to lowspark and alku05 for the foot pedal instructions), Rev-A-Shelf
  • magnetic chalkboards (two)
  • hood (design inspiration courtesy of mwardlb’s lovely hood)
  • maple butcher block island countertop with bow detail
  • tempered, safety glass-front doors and glass shelves
  • delivery and installation of these cabinets and attached custom crown moulding (but not including cost of custom crown which was ~$350)
Appliances:
  • ~$22K
  • refrigerator: Thermador 30" Fresh Food Freedom Column T30IR70
  • freezer: Thermador 30" Frozen Freedom Colum T30IF70
  • oven: Gaggenau 30" BX281610 convection double oven, (thanks to the supportive folks in the Appliance forum who talked me through this decision & held my hand as we waited five+ months for its delivery)
  • cooktop: Thermador Professional Series PCG366E 36" gas, six burners
  • vent: Broan 900 cfm external blower 332H
  • microwave: Sharp Over-The-Counter R-1214
  • refrigerator drawers: GE Monogram 24" ZIDI240PII
  • (delivery and installation of above appliances was ~$700)
  • instant hot / cold faucet and tank: Mountain Products Little Gourmet MT1401
  • under-sink water filter: Culligan
  • sink: Bates and Bates S2133.SS stainless apron front
  • faucet: Pegasus Professional Kitchen, from Expo (thanks to susanandmarkw)
  • soap dispenser: Danze Parma
  • dishwasher: KitchenAid KUDS03FTPA
  • air switch for above-sink light: Mountain Plumbing, stainless
  • disposal: Insinkerator Evolution Cover Control
Hardware:
  • ~$1,100
  • pulls: Restoration Hardware 4" Gilmore Pulls, polished nickel
  • knobs: Restoration Hardware 1.25" Cut Glass Knobs, polished nickel
  • fridge / freezer pulls: Hickory Hardware Studio 13" bright nickel
  • broom closet pull: Hickory Hardware Studio 5" bright nickel
Lighting:
Countertop & backsplash:
  • material, fabrication and installation ~$19K
  • Calacatta Xtra (seriously, that’s its name), honed, 3cm, with eased square edge – thanks to mnhockeymom for the inspiration!), runnels and a dishdrain
  • backsplash: Calacatta Xtra, 2cm
  • island butcherblock countertop provided by cabinetmaker
Paint:
  • ~$1K
  • walls: BM 871 Pearl River, Regal Matte Finish
  • ceiling: 50% BM 871, Regal Flat Finish
  • wainscoting: BM Impervo, custom to match cabinetry
  • toekicks: BM Onyx (which I painted myself with "help" from our puppy)
Floors:
  • price unknown as bundled in with installation of hardwood for entire first floor and staircase
  • red oak, "popped" with water then one heavy coat of Dura-Seal Ebony Stain (thanks to my husband for finding out how to get the dark finish I wanted from red oak), three coats of Bona Satin Water-Based Sealer
Construction:
  • ~$16K (I think, as it was bundled in with a nearly-whole house remodel)
  • removal of old cabinets, closing up old doorway to dining room, framing new entrance to dining room, moving almost all electrical plus some new, moving all plumbing plus much new, drywall (inc. smooth-coating existing orange-peel), fabricating / installing wainscoting in breakfast nook and sink wall facing family room and new casing around sliding door and window, crown moulding installation and painting
Kitchen designer
  • $3K
  • we contentiously parted ways v. early in the process, but not until she had suggested moving the doorway to the dining room down the wall, and we love this change

Our kitchen is approximately 13’w x 21'l (not completely true, as only one side is 21' long; the other wall is 11 1/2'). Our ceiling is 9’ high (the upper cabinets are 47 ½" high with crown moulding running from the top of the cabinets up to the ceiling).

Things we love
or, what we did right
-Sans doute moving the opening into the dining room down the wall so as to make a U-shape kitchen was the smartest thing we did. It has increased the function / made better the ergonomics tremendously!
-Full Marble Backsplash. It's gorgeous and I LOVE getting to see my true love, the marble, from many different vistas. If we'd had the marble as just our countertop the only time I would've seen it is when I was working on that counter. Now I can see it when sitting in the breakfast nook, when walking into the family room. It is absolutely the star of our kitchen!
-Large, single bowl, apron front sink. Having all that continuous room for washing large pots / pans / baking dishes is so incredible! I love how the apron front eliminates any lower back pain– not far to reach into the sink. We also have no splashing, as opposed to what we had with a shallower, drop-in sink.
-Raised dishwasher. It just makes sense! I know many love their dishdrawers but as we run a full or nearly-full dishwasher nightly, it would not have made sense for us to have dishdrawers.
-Side-opening wall oven. I was on the fence a long time on this one: that oven set (the Gaggenau 30" double wall ovens) was really expensive, but oh how we love the side-opening mechanism! It just makes so much sense.
-Foot pedal trash. Hands full of broccoli remnants + foot pedal trash = genius.
-Magnetic chalkboards – my children adore them! My older son (four years-old) loves drawing his robots and writing; my younger son (two years-old) loves standing and "coloring." We love being able to keep our timer and grocery list in a central and easy-to-locate spot.
-Full freezer and full refrigerator: we wonder how we lived before with combined units. It sounds insane, but for our vegetarian family with little children we are absolutely utilizing these separate units to their fullest.
-Polished nickel hardware: it’s beautiful. It’s just beautiful, and it takes a lot of work to get them looking icky / dirty; plus, I have to say they are a breeze to clean (when they do get icky)!
-Integrated Dishdrain: we had it carved into the marble on the right side of our sink (our dishrack sits atop it), and we LOVE not having a puddling countertop. We love not having a wet dishtowel or a rubber mat.
-Flatware and Dish Drawers right next to the dishwasher. Unloading the dishwasher requires just the slightest turn of the hips – it’s an ergonomic dream!
-Getting our puppy one month to the day after the remodel started (and three months before it ended). It was such hard work – miserably hard, puppy-training and living amidst chaos (as we were doing nearly the whole house). But man-oh-man am I glad we did it all at once! I am so grateful to have had all the ick and dreck at once. (She’s a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and we swear she’s part-cat: v. gentle, smart, affectionate. She’s never ever growled / been angry with our two little children, and our youngest is not the gentlest. He loves the puppy, but his love can be a bit rough. Cavaliers are also known for loving cats, and our youngest cat is the puppy’s best friend. They adore each other. But the puppy really really loves the children.)
-Not fighting. In our normal lives my husband I occasionally bicker – we’re married and we’re both strong, opinionated people. But for some strange (and miraculous) reason, we never had a fight during the entire remodel; we got along splendidly and truly were a team. Well, maybe not a team: I was definitely The Chief, but he was 100% on board and totally supportive. I wish I knew why that was because I’d like to bottle it!
Things we don’t love
or, things we’d do differently
(There are only two things we absolutely wish we’d done differently, things which we notice [and which irk us] on a daily basis. I’ll list those two first.)
#1 thing which drives us crazy
-Think about where countertop accoutrements (inc. countertop appliances) would live when planning light switches. I had one undercab light switch put, I thought, in an inconspicuous spot near the corner. I absolutely should have figured out where I’d be putting our toaster because, as it happens, the toaster now blocks the light switch. We’ve tried moving the toaster around but that’s just the spot where it makes sense. But yet it doesn’t make sense because it blocks the light switch. This is already frustrating and totally stupid on my part!
#2 thing which drives us crazy
-Pantry pull-outs. HATE them! Maybe hate is too strong a word (not really), but we realize now we would have been so much happier with standard shelves, not even roll-out shelves! (although those are divine) We have the pantry units from Rev-A-Shelf and find a) they are "adjustable" in name only, b) they don’t hold as much as you’d think, and c) a space-waster. If we’d had shelves we could have stacked cans or seen at one glance all our dry-goods. As it is, we have to pull out three separate units and honestly, we think it’s crap. Never again!
(These other things are things which we’d do differently in the future but which aren’t frustrating us daily.)
-Broom Pull-out isn’t deep enough to hold our stick vac. We’d told our cabinetmaker it needed to be 6" deep, so the pull-out door is 6" deep, but the way he built the support for the steel pegboard eats up an inch, so the interior usable space is only 5" deep … and not enough to hold our stick vac.
-24" deep lower cabinets. Too shallow! We didn’t realize until too late (as in, unpacking into this kitchen) that our penultimate kitchen had 32" deep lowers. What a difference! In all fairness to myself (as in, trying to make myself feel better), given the tight quarters of this kitchen we could not have afforded even 30" deep lowers; well, we could have, but then we would have lost our island which we are really enjoying. Next kitchen will be really different!
-Symmetry. I don’t know if it’s just for symmetry’s sake or for my husband’s, but flanking either side of the cooktop are spice pull-outs. Granted, he’s got them both filled to the gills with his goodies, but I could really use those 6" in my stack of baking supply drawers. Given the particulars of the layout of our kitchen the symmetry there would not have mattered.
-Having our microwave built-in. My husband was adamant he did NOT want a built-in microwave (the kind which have the trim-kits, I mean), so we found the Sharp over-the-counter microwave. Turns out there was some sort of "miscommunication" with the GC (so I guess I’m responsible). The "problem" is that the drywall behind the microwave wasn’t removed and reframed so as to accommodate the 1.5" the microwave juts out past its surrounding cabinetry. It’s already not bothering me so much, but when I do think about it I think "I wish we’d been clearer." Hopefully I’ll learn to live with it because I just don’t want to pay for the work!
-Double Ovens. We’ve always (well, in the US) had double ovens and I love to bake, so I never thought of a single oven. But so far, I’ve only been using one oven and as we’re the strictest of vegetarians it’s not as if we’ll ever have a turkey in one and pie in the other. I think how differently the space (& money) could have been utilized …. Who knows?

Features:
Air Switch
Apron Sink
Baking Center
Blumotion
Broom Closet
CabinetsWall >36"high
Cutting Board Storage
Dishwaster:Elevated
Drainboard
Drawer Dividers
Filtered Water Faucet
Frameless Cabinets
Full Extension Drawers
Glass Doors
Custom Hood
Instant Hot Water
Island without Seating
Knife Drawer
Lazy Susan
LightingRecessed
LightingUnder Cabinet
NeverMT
Pegged Plate Organizer
Plug inside Cabinet
Pullout Pantry
Rollout Trays
Sink >30"wide
Soap Dispenser
Spice Storage
Trash Foot Pedal
Trash Pullout
TV
UCFrig
Water Filter
full marble slab backsplash

Saturday, August 02, 2008

mary_in_nc's Kitchen

Creamy White and Soapstone Kitchen



Posted by mary_in_nc on Thu, Jul 17, 08
Link to mary_in_nc's Gardenweb finished kitchen post
Link to mary_in_nc's kitchen photos

Details:
  • Cabinets: Medallion Santa Cruz maple with Divinity Finish
  • Countertop: Soapstone- Green Mounain Original P.A. and butcher block. The end grain butcher block was customed made for me by my GC. It is cherry with a walnut trim.
  • Backsplash: subway tile is a glossy white from Subway Ceramics. We ordered outlet covers from them as well. They give it a nice finished look. The grout is a very light grey called "moonlight".
  • Range: 30" Wolf Duel Fuel
  • Vent: Sirius 30in
  • Refrigerator: 30" Liebherr counter depth
  • Microwave Sharp 24" Drawer Microwave
  • Dishwasher Miele Optima
  • Sink: 30" Shaws Farm sink
  • Prep sink Rohl Allia prep sink
  • Faucets: Perrin and Rowe model U.4746 in satin nickel.
  • Hardware- Oiled Rub Bronze:
  • Small Latches: Rejuvination
  • Cup pulls: Deltana Elongated Shell Handle Pull from www.cabinetpull.com
  • Knobs: Restoration Hardware
  • Under Cabinet Lighting Kichler Xenon
  • Pendants Don't know! Came with house. Similar pendants at www.rejuvination.com
  • Paint Walls- Sherwin Williams Rice Grain in eggshell, Trim- Sherwin Williams Alabaster in gloss
  • Floors: original oak floors with a clear finish
Dimensions: about 15x11
Ceiling height: 9 feet
The cabinets do not go all the way to the ceiling. The house was built in 1925. The ceiling now slopes. It would have been too difficult to match the slope. We like the shadow line that is created by not going all the way up.

Features:
Air Switch
Apron Sink
Blumotion
Bookshelf
Counter-depth Frig
Cutting Board Storage
Full Extension Drawers
Gourmet/Professional
Custom Hood
Inset Doors
Knife Drawer
LightingPendant
LightingUnder Cabinet
Microwave Drawer
Pass Through
Prep Area (Multiple)
Prep Sink
Unique Hardware
subway tile backsplash
stacked cabinets
glass front cabinets

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

bouquet's Kitchen

Bouquet's Kitchen



Contact: bouquet (My Page)
Posted on Sun, May 25, 08
Link to kitchen photos: http://picasaweb.google.com/boookay/Spring2008?authkey=Q609-nTG97Y

Details:
  • Entirely new construction of circa 1939 kitchen. Able to use original footprint of 15'x9'.
  • Stainless steel fridge, glass cabinet w/ 1930's reproduction glass panels in "Florex". French doors on left lead out to back porch.
  • Tile is 2"x4" off white with a crackle finish.
  • Original corner sink layout. Granite is dark brown "Bronze Damask" through Home Depot Expo.
  • Oak mantle fashioned from old headboard found in Boerne, TX. Jenn Air range w/ downdraft vent insead of overhead vent.

From category checklist:
Kitchen_Budget: medium
Kitchen_DIY: No
Kitchen_Size: Small
Kitchen_Floor_Plan: No
Kitchen_Shape:U: yes
Kitchen_Style:Period: yes
Kitchen_Style:Other_Text: 1930's
Kitchen_Ceiling_Height: >8ft
Cabinet_Composition:MDF_Solid: yes
Cabinets_Refaced: Yes
Cabinet_Finish:Painted: yes
Cabinet_Color:White/Cream: yes
CabColor_Mixed: No
CabMfg: custom
CounterGranite: yes
Counter_Granite_Text: Bronze Damask
Counter_Mixed: Yes
Counter_Unique: No
CounterColor_Brown: yes
App_Jenn-Air: yes
App_Kenmore: yes
Appl_Maytag: yes
Appl_Samsung: yes
Appliance_Color:Stainless: yes
Floor_Travertine: yes
FaucetMfg: Elements of Design
SinkMfg: Blanco
SinkComp:Stainless: yes
SinkComp:Other_Text:
Feature04: Air Switch
Feature05: Appliance Garage
Feature08: Baking Center
Feature18: Bread Drawer
Feature108: Broom Closet
Feature20: China Hutch
Feature23: Corner Sink
Feature24: Counter-depth Frig
Feature25: Cutting Board Storage
Feature26: Downdraft Vent
Feature31: Full Extension Drawers
Feature32: Glass Doors
Feature37: Inset Doors
Feature95: Lazy Susan
Feature48: Lighting: Pendant
Feature49: Lighting: Recessed
Feature51: Lighting: Under Cabinet
Feature53: Microwave Shelf
Feature56: Open Shelving
Feature60: Peninsula with Seating
Feature61: Pet Area
Feature62: Plate Rack
Feature63: Plugmold
Feature106: Plug inside Cabinet
Feature65: Pot Rack
Feature69: Reach-in Pantry
Feature70: Rollout Trays
Feature73: Soap Dispenser
Feature74: Spice Storage
Feature81: Trash Pullout
Feature93: TV
Feature83: Unique Hardware
Feature89: Wicker Baskets
Feature92: Wine Storage
Feature_Other_Text: Off white crackle finish 2x4 subway tile backsplash

Sunday, November 11, 2007

redrange's Kitchen

Finished kitchen - red, yellow, and blue



Contact: redrange (My Page)
Posted on Mon, Jun 18, 07
Links to kitchen photos:

Details:
  • Cabinets: Ikea, painted by our housepainter, and much modified in configuration thanks to the IkeaFans website. They're Ikea Tidaholm. Our painter sanded them, put on a coat of grey z-prime, put on an undercoat of color (black for the blue cabinets, ochre/orange for the yellow), did the top coat of color (I don't know the specific names of the blue and yellow), sanded through the top coat to reveal bits of undercoat, and then topped it all off with a clear coat of some sort of varnish used on floors. It was labor intensive, but he kept saying how excited he was to be doing it because he got to be creative. The blue is a little darker in person.
  • Range: Bluestar in Ruby Red
  • Hood: Modern Aire in Ruby Red
  • Counters: soapstone (two or three different types - our stone guy had extra slabs from previous jobs, so we did more stone countertop than originally planned)
  • Butcher block counter: Ikea, beech
  • Hardware: RK International
  • Tile backsplash: handpainted/glazed by me
  • Mirror/iron thing behind stove: Victorian cast iron overmantel from a fireplace
  • Pot racks: The Metal Peddler
  • Fridge, DW: Jenn Air with custom copper panels
  • Sinks: copper one from Handcrafted Metal; soapstone from Vermont Soapstone
  • Faucets: Moen Aberdeen
  • Floors: reclaimed/remilled VG fir from AltruWood (the wood used to be beams in the Pendleton Woolen Mills in Oregon, my home state), finished with OSMO Polyx Oil
  • Shelves: brackets from VanDyke's, shelves in VG fir
  • the paper towel holder is from Storables.
  • The painting "Crow and Chickadee" is by Beth Sautter - add .com to her name and you'll get her website.
  • The ModernAire hood is model PS1130, 54" wide and 30" tall, with chrome lip, rack, and bands. The 1400 CFM fan is on backorder, so I can't yet report on its performance.
The tall pantry is 15" wide and 80" tall (24" deep). We bought a couple extra interior drawers for it. It holds about 2/3 of our non-refrigerated food, including my ever-growing collection of oils and vinegars.

The copper panels were made by a sheet metal guy our GC knows. We gave him the schematics that came with the JennAir appliances and he figured out the best way to do the panels. Some of them have returns on the edges -- like the lid of a shoebox -- and some of them have filler (cardboard?) between the copper and the actual door.

The tiles were one of those things where you get yourself into a project without realizing the scope until it's too late. I wanted antique Dutch tiles, or even modern Dutch tiles that were painted, not printed, but there was no way they'd fit in the budget. So I went to a pottery supply store, bought bisque tiles, bought glazes, and went to work. The pottery supply place also fired the tiles for me, for way cheaper than any of the 'paint your own' pottery places. In the end, I not only did the kitchen backsplash but also wrote out some quotations in red glaze for the bathroom, and painted pictures of animals for the fireplace surround. In all, I painted over 300 tiles. It took me a year. :o Like I said, I didn't realize the scope when I first started out. On the bright side, each finished tile cost about a dollar, and it provided a hobby.
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