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Thursday, October 09, 2008

prettykitty1971'S Kitchen

Classic Vintage White Victorian Lacanche Kitchen



Posted by prettykitty1971 on Mon, Oct 6, 08
Link to prettykitty1971's Gardenweb finished kitchen post
Link to prettykitty1971'2 kitchen photos

Details:
  • Cabinets: cabinets are creamy white with feet for an unfitted look. The main cabinets go all the way up the 12 foot walls, it is quite impressive looking, but fits the style of our home.
  • Countertops: 4 counters - unpolished black granite (which looks a lot like soapstone) marble, polished granite and stainless steel.
  • Lacanche Range, Sully Model - High performance, dual-fuel, double-oven stoves from France, one oven is electric, the other gas, top is gas and has the French cast-iron simmer plate over one of the two 18,000 BTU burners. Sixteen colors and finishes available www.lacancheusa.com
  • Bosch Dishwasher
  • Kitchenaid refrigerator drawers
  • Range vent-a-hood: Rangecraft
  • Ice maker - Marvel Industries
  • Compactor - Kitchenaid
  • Sinks: Shaws Original Fireclay Apron Front Farm Sink by Rohl and Blanco stainless steel bar sink
  • Faucets: Perrin and Rowe nickel plated sink faucets and sprayers Stainless Steel Countertops and range shelf by Bray Sheet
  • Antique fixtures bought on ebay, polished and wired by local craftsman
  • Sliding doors on barn door hardware (Barndoorhardware.com)
  • Instant hot water
  • Pull-out trash bin
  • French Doors, screen doors & back door, = Spanish Cedar. These doors were supposed to be painted, but I couldn’t cover up such beautiful wood. Our “old house” contractor uses Spanish cedar on exterior doors, porch floors, sometimes fences, as it hold up to the weather much better than other woods, however, it is pricy.

We began designing a rework of our home in 2004. We actually got started in September 2006 and moved back in April 2007 under duress - it was not completely finished, but we could not stand living on top of each other anymore. It was finished by August of 2007 with me having to throw tantrums every few days at my contractor to get workers here to finish the kitchen. At one point I threatened to wear a sandwich board up and down our street, reading "you would have to been crazy to use (my contractor)"
Okay, back to 2004: The back of the house (where the kitchen is located) was okay and livable, but it did not flow or have any stylistic continuity to the front of the house, which is so amazing in itself. I felt like I was in a different house when in the kitchen. The main part of the house was built in 1890 and still has a Victorian feel, the kitchen and breakfast room and porches were built about 1920 in the Craftsman era and kept being added onto and changed � to the point that an "extra" half bath had been added jutting out into a hallway and disrupting important flow. There were a few things that had been done that would make me stare and say "why???" The kitchen also felt very far away from the living areas of the house.
The house was near museum quality in the front rooms, but it was like entering the twilight zone in the kitchen and breakfast room, breakfast room (yes, 2 of them) and bathroom(s). Our house had 2 nightmarish half baths downstairs, one of which had been built in the middle of a major passage way and was so small a space that the previous owner who had built it bumped out the opposite wall just a funky bit to accommodate the space. I would not even allow people to use that bath as it was not vented properly (think smelly) and would not flush well (think plunger). Mainly, we wanted to restore the architectural integrity to the back of the house, which included removing a diagonal path and countertop that was the main path to the kitchen, raising doorways up to 10 feet to match the doorways in the original house � kitchen doorways etc, were all 7 & 8 feet, one directly behind a 10 foot opening, so it was readily apparent something was amiss. Another goal was getting a back door and opening up our back porch which had been totally enclosed and door removed � the room that went nowhere with a window looking into the current kitchen. I also was determined to have French doors from the kitchen that went out to a deck which was the same elevation as the kitchen floor, to the North, shady side of our property.
We hired an architect that we had worked with previously with great success - we saw eye to eye on everything. After several attempts, he fired ME - not the other way around. He would not draw what I wanted, kept giving me drawings of what he thought we should do, that we should work with what had been done to the house - "don't open the old back porch, build on a new one; put the bathroom in the old porch," etc. That was $3000 down the tubes, we were already starting out in the negative! A dear architect friend of mine said she would work on the design. She drew what I wanted. I would ask for suggestions, but she assured me that my ideas made sense and would be really improving our home. The drawings were not cheap, but it was well worth it and we are even better friends, although, I was afraid I would be fired at any moment!
I have to say that I am proud of myself for coming up with this design, the architect drew it, but it was all me and my husband thinking it out and after living a year in the house, we knew what we needed and how we need it to look. I am picky if you haven't figured it out.
The basis for the design was figuring out where the openings had to be in the rooms. I wanted the French doors on the north wall, we had to have the passage to the dining room, and we needed a double opening to the breakfast room. So with all that, that dictated where we could and couldn't have cabinets, a stove, a sink, etc. We were also returning the flow to the back of the house, so that made it easier to figure out where the back hall need to go and what was left over would become the new full bath. I will admit that in the days leading up to the wreaking crew coming, I was still trying to figure out if we could get a better layout out of the space.
I bought most of my reproduction hardware from Van Dyke's restorers, Old House Parts, and Rejuvenation, all online. I have different types of drawer and door pulls, just one or two in key areas, to help the kitchen look as if it evolved.

After receiving yet another delivery from ebay, my husband asked how many historic fixtures I had purchased, my quiet response "I don't know..."

Barndoorhardware.com - I have the horseshoe shaped hangers(part that attaches to the door), but they also have a square hanger. They slide so easily, everyone that sees them likes to play with them. There's no doubt about it they are cool - you will love them. You can also order handles, but I want something different for handles and I haven't found it yet. With my rustic theme I have been considering using antlers as handles. My screen doors don't have handles either, for the same reason!

How I came to have a Lacanche range (www.frenchranges.com): One day I was researching Thermador rangers and ended up on the Gardenweb forums. Someone had written that if you are considering a Thermador then you should take a look at one of these and provided a link to a photo of what turned out to be a Lacanche range. I showed the photo to our neighbor, who we had been taking care of everyday for the past 2 years, just to show him. He was always taking cooking classes, taking photos of his food, practicing garnishes, buying every kitchen gadget on the market, etc. He had a digital Wolf range that he was in love with so I knew he would appreciate seeing this beautiful stove - I didn't know such a thing even existed. Paul saw the French Range - the Lacanche - and said "You NEED that in your kitchen!" I said "No, I don't need anything of the sort" (our previous range was 30 years old, so anything would have been better, a camping stove would have been an improvement!) and he said "You NEED that stove!" He insisted on buying me that stove as his gift to the kitchen, it was also his idea that our cabinets go all the way up the 12 foot walls - "you might as well go all the way with this." My husband likes to say he had to pay for the kitchen to go with the Lacanche!
Given how my main hobby has to do with historic preservation, I knew I wanted a classic kitchen. I wanted marble countertops and inset cabinet doors and those French doors! I spent hundreds of dollars buying kitchen magazines and found several key ideas from that process. The glass front cabinets and the stainless steel countertop on either side of the French Lacanche range came from one layout I found, the open shelves from another and the pink pantry from yet another photo from a magazine (theirs was bright yellow!). Our butler's pantry was actually in our historic house plans from 1920, so we just recreated it. About our butler's pantry: the bottom 2 cabinets on the left are false fronts - they don't open - they are where the air return in located. The vents are on the opposite side in the back stair hall, so this just camouflages the box of the air return.
The glass cabinets, I thought about that problem of food storage and how unattractive that is and how to make glass front cabinets work for me. I just felt glass would be more appropriate for the look I wanted - it just looks elegant to me and says "original" although I'm sure that most true Victorian cabinets had wood fronts. I planned what would go in the cabinets before we got too far in design. I have about 3 complete sets of china in addition to two sets of everyday dishes and needed a place to put/display them, so then I needed a place for food. It's hard to visualize how much space you need for food when your food is all packed up for construction! I happened to have a little nook (it was our downstairs half bath, you could get your knees knocked off if someone tried to enter the bathroom while you were on the toilet!) that we originally designed as a desk area, that I made into "the pink pantry" which actually goes around a corner and is behind the refrigerator, where all the mess of the pantry is along with microwave and toaster oven. The part of the pantry that is visible (if you're at the main sink or range)stays neat and tidy given the way that it is designed - narrow shelves for spices, baking ingredients and display. I saw it in a magazine with its Victorian-ish trim and gave it to my carpenter and he just went to work. The counter in the pantry is just wood - out of money for any other surface and since there is not a sink in there it is not a problem. It is painted pink as that is the color that my 4 year old picked out - it was a compromise as she wanted the entire kitchen to be pink! She also wanted Dora the Explorer knobs - yes, there is such a thing - but I put my foot down on that! Everyone really thought I was crazy to do the pink, I don't know how many times the painters asked if I wanted to change the color along with the green in the back hall. Now everyone loves it.
Where the "extra bathroom" had been removed at the back stairs and other demolition had taken place near the new/old back door, we found exterior sub walls under the plaster and sheetrock. In old houses this material is something like 1 x 6 set on the diagonal. I had been thinking about paint colors and what I was going to do with all this extra wall and I decided how wonderful it would be if it were returned to its exterior foundations - wood siding. I love texture and my contractor thought I was nuts, but he did do the siding for me and milled corner pieces for near the back door. We painted the siding the cream trim color like the rest of our interior house. This really added a wonderful historic and unique quality to the project. The house really looks like it's evolved and been added on to in a rather careful way.

For our back hallway we mimicked the wainscoting that is in our foyer and dining room, but on a cheaper level - we used bead board and MDF. The bead board wainscoting is the cheaper stuff: it does not have as deep cuts/lines/beads as the good stuff and the flat vertical and cross pieces are not wood, they are that MDF that they are always making stuff out of on HGTV. The top piece is wood trim

When I was picking out materials for our kitchen I finally reached a moment where I was afraid that the kitchen would be nicer than the rest of the house - which I did not want at all - so I began to try to pick out elements from the original house that could be reproduced in the kitchen, if only in variation, like the wainscoting and the slider doors instead of pocket doors.
We have 4 countertop surfaces(it works because you can only see 2 at anyone time), one of which is unpolished black granite, which looks a lot like soapstone, then marble, polished granite and stainless steel. I really wanted a veined marble for the island and despite everyone, even the marble contractor telling me I did not want that as my island, I got it.
I chose polished marble on the back splash so the gray veining would pick up the gray of the stainless steel, but I also considered bead board (we used it on our butler's pantry, I really love the look and it can be an economical choice if you get the "fake" stuff) and painted pressed tin. We have the marble island and love it and all of it's etchings that my 3 kids inflict upon it. They are not really noticeable unless you look for them.
We have slider doors on reproduction barn door hardware (www.barndoorhardware.com) that divide our kitchen and breakfast room. Our house has pocket doors, but we could not afford to build 2 walls, so this was another research project and something we are really happy with and that everyone marvels over. I really think it turned out better than pocket doors would have and it is unexpected, which I like.
Our cabinets are creamy white with feet for an unfitted look. I did choose to get appliances that will take a custom panel, to be hidden into the cabinetry - careful if you get inset cabinet doors (where the door closes flush into the cabinet box) appliances that take a panel are designed to take full overlay doors - we just barely avoided a crisis situation that would have required me to be tried for murder. The main cabinets go all the way up the 12 foot walls, it is quite impressive looking, but fits the style of our home. Our bathroom cabinet is painted a red to give the impression of old wood - I could not afford to have "good wood" so came up with a color that happened to work really well for us. I bought most of my reproduction hardware from Van Dyke's restorers, Historic House Parts, and Rejuvenation, all online. Also Lee Valley Hardware Catalogue has some great hardward, my drop pull came from them. I have different types of drawer and door pulls, just one or two in key areas, to help the kitchen look as if it evolved (Two are fish pulls, I love them!). Our kitchen finally feels like it goes with the rest of our home.

fish handle - everyone loves this one handle in the middle of all our Victorian cup pulls and amethyst knobs!

Some other creative things that worked out really well for us: you will notice in the web pictures that originally there were 2 windows on the wall where the stove goes. The outside of our house is a rough stucco (it was "smothered" in stucco about 1920, the Victorian gingerbread and elements are under the stucco - visible in our attic!) and I doubted that my contractor could match the stucco to my specifications - we had already had previously unsuccessful attempts on other stucco repairs. On the outside of our house, the windows appear to be there - I had wood shutters installed in the openings, the windows simply look shuttered. It-s a nice touch to our exterior and I did not have to worry about the stucco being less than perfect.

One reason our glass front cabinets look so nice is that the shelves all line up across the horizontal mullion piece, so it makes quite a uniform look. The shelves are actually adjustable, but I will never move them as it looks just “wrong” (to me anyway) to have the shelves out of line with the mullions. Same thing with the butler’s pantry.

We had a TON of ups and downs with our project. We were supposed to be in construction for 4 months, but it really took a year and we were out of our home 9 months (we moved in with Paul our next door neighbor - all 5 of us!) Toward the end, May 2007, I actually said to our contractor over the phone, in my most stern and reprimanding voice "it's hard to appreciate how beautiful you have made my kitchen when you keep screwing up even the new stuff that you put in!" His response, "I know." He did not want to put the siding on the wall, but later came back and asked me if "he" hadn't had a good idea(he was kidding, telling me I had done good). Ask me sometime about what happens when the concealed appliances don't fit far enough back into their holes!

Features:
Air Switch
Apron Sink
Bar with Seating
Beadboard
Beverage Center/Bar
Bookshelf
Butler Pantry
Counter-to-Ceiling Cabinet
Full Extension Drawers
Custom Hood
Ice Machine
Inset Doors
Instant Hot Water
Lazy Susan
LightingPendant
LightingRecessed
LightingUnder Cabinet
Potfiller
Rollout Trays
Sink tilt-out tray
Sink >30"wide
Trash Compactor
Trash Foot Pedal
Trash Pullout
TV
Unique Hardware
Walk-in Pantry
Wicker Baskets
Wine Storage

mfrog's Kitchen

Victorian Kitchen



Contact: mfrog (My Page)
Posted on Thu, Oct 2, 08
Link to kitchen photos: http://s400.photobucket.com/albums/pp81/gumboot_gourmet/

Details:
  • Cabinets: most of the cabinets were salvage (fir), all fixed up and painted the same cream. The lowers were custom made maple because we wanted deeper & higher cabinets.
  • Countertops: beech - purchased from wholesaler, not from IKEA (theirs were too expensive)
  • Stove: the 1951 GE restored double oven stove, purchased from an appliance store where it was rewired & completely overhauled.
  • Sinks: main sink is Kohler cast iron, bar sink is Kindred
  • Faucets: Delta for both main sink & bar.
  • Undercabinet lights: Pottery Barn; on clearance, 3 for $20.
  • Floor: refinished original fir
  • Stained glass windows: also salvaged
  • antique flour bin
The entire kitchen including period lighting, custom cabinetry cost about $9,000.
We put in extra deep & tall cabinetry. All the lighting is period, restored. I had a custom cabinet made for the dishwasher. Alot of the cabinetry is antique, one of the best things is the built in flour bin.
The antique dresser was cut in half (the top half hung above) The flour bin is on the left, if anyone is a baker they should consider having one of these.

Features:
Beverage Center/Bar
Broom Closet
Ceiling Fan
China Hutch
Coffee Center
Full Extension Drawers
Inset Doors
LightingPendant
LightingUnder Cabinet
Microwave Shelf
Open Shelving
Pet Area
Prep Sink
TV
Unique Hardware
Unique Window
Wine Storage


collected; unfitted

vjrnts' Kitchen

Finally!



Contact: vjrnts (My Page)
Posted on Wed, Oct 8, 08
Link to kitchen photos: http://gallery.xcski.com/v/Our+House/renovations/finished-kitchen/

Details:
  • Cabinets: M.R.S. Kitchens, Oak, coffee stain, shaker style door, inset
  • Countertops: Soapstone, M. Texiera, Santa Rita Venata
  • Backsplash: subway tiles are Subway Ceramics in bone, decorative tiles are Terra Firma Tiles
  • Floor: Marmoleum
  • Range: GE Profile gas-on-glass convection range
  • Refrigerator: GE Profile freezer-on-the-bottom French door
  • Microwave: GE Profile
  • Dishwasher: Kitchenaid
  • Pulls and knobs: Lee Valley Hardware
  • Sink: Sienna sinks
  • Faucet: Delta LeLand

Features:
Air Switch
Blumotion
Full Extension Drawers
Inset Doors
Knife Drawer
Lazy Susan
Lighting: Recessed
Microwave Shelf
Plug inside Cabinet
Reach-in 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

Sunday, September 28, 2008

lissa711's Kitchen

Cream Cabinets with Dark Cherry Island




Posted by Lissa711 on Fri, Sep 26, 08
Link to Lissa711's Gardenweb finished kitchen post
Link to Lissa711's kitchen photos

Details:
  • Cabinets - Crystal Cabinets
  • Perimeter - Frosty White with Van Dyke Brown Glaze
  • Island & Butler's Pantry - Cherry with Black Highlights
  • Countertops: honed Absolute Black granite on perimeter and honed Imperial Danby on island. Perimeter is eased edge and island is ogee.
  • Backsplash - Sonoma Tile Makers. Field tile is Otter color shiny with crackle glaze.
  • Country Classic Door Style
  • Appliances:
    Fridge: Subzero 642 - 42" side by side with cabinetry panels
    Dishwasher: Miele G2180SCVI with panel
    Rangetop: Wolf SRT366 36" Sealed Rangetop
    Ovens: Thermador POD302 Double Electric Ovens (Top is convection)
    Hood Liner: Vent a Hood 600 CFM Liner BH234SLDSS
    Microwave: Sharp Microwave Drawer 24" KB6024MS
    Sink: Ticor (learned about on this forum) SS508 30 5/8 x 18 1/8
    Faucet: Steamvalveoriginal.com
  • Hardware: Top Knobs Satin Nickel. Pulls M808-96, Knobs M326, Fridge Handles M808-12
  • Lighting:
    Hudson Valley Pelham Pendants in Aged Brass from Croft and Little.com
    Ceiling High Hats are LR6 LED lights from Lightingonthenet.com. We're very happy with the lighting from these. Indistinguishable from incandescent and still dimmable.
  • Floor - wood to match rest of house. Varied plank with pegs. Stain is a mix of Minwax Provincial with Jacobean.
  • Paint - Benjamin Moore HC81 Manchester Tan. Trim is Linen White
  • Butler's Pantry: Same cabinetry as kitchen. Counters also honed Imperial Danby. Sink is Ticor bar sink, smallest they had, don't remember number.
  • Faucet is Blanco 157-106-ST Terra Single Lever Bar Faucet in Satin Nickel from Faucet Depot
  • Filtered Instant Hot/Cold is InSinkErator F-HC2215SN Country Series Satin Nickel from Faucet Depot
  • Wine Fridge is Marvel - bought as a sample from appliance store
  • Undercounter Beverege(sp) Fridge from ULine with Crystal IceMaker, CLRC02175B00 - with cabinetry panel. Don't like this at all. The back keeps freezing up and then melting (have had service call) and the ice maker is incredibly noisy.
  • Lighting: Chandelier is Corbett Venetian 1 Light Ceiling Pendant 78-41 from Capitol Lighting. I love the Capitol Lighting website (1800lighting.com) I ordered quite a few lights from them throughout the house and was very happy with their pricing and customer service.
  • Mudroom: Cabinets custom built and painted in semi-gloss BM Shadow (eggplant color). Washer and Dryer are Maytag Epic. Very happy with these. Floor is Charcoal Gray Slate from boxes of slate I picked up at Expo. Also very happy with this. The cubbies were custom built by my contractor.
  • Still have to get switch/outlet covers and window treatments and wall art. Otherwise so happy to be done!
Features:
Appliance Garage
Beverage Center/Bar
Blumotion
Bookshelf
Broom Closet
Butler Pantry
Coffee Center
Drawer Dividers
Filtered Water Faucet
Full Extension Drawers
Glass Doors
Gourmet/Professional
Custom Hood
Ice Machine
Inset Doors
Instant Hot Water
Island with Seating
LightingPendant
LightingRecessed
LightingUnder Cabinet
Microwave Drawer
Rollout Trays
Sink tilt-out tray
Spice Storage
Trash Pullout
Tray Divider
TV
UCFrig
Water Filter
Wine Cooler
Wine Storage

Sunday, September 21, 2008

mountainbasketmaker's Kitchen

$13K Middle-of-the-Road Kitchen Remodel



Posted by mountainbasketmaker on Tue, Sep 16, 08
Link to mountainbasketmaker's Gardenweb finished kitchen post
Link to mountainbasketmaker's kitchen photos

Details:
  • Cabinets - Timberlake/American Woodmark, Sonoma, Maple Honey
  • Countertop - Wilsonart Laminate, Deepstar Agate
  • Range - Kenmore
  • Dishwasher - Bosch~mw
  • Sink - Kindred Estate Radiant Silk stainless
  • Faucet - Grohe Bridgeford
  • Floor - Armstrong Laminate, Glace
  • Over the sink light - www.Rejuvenation.com
  • Pulls and Knobs - www.cabinetknob.com
  • Rugs - www.rugs-direct.com
  • Paint - Sherwin Williams' Scotch Thistle
My reno came in at $13,000. We did most of it ourselves, with the exception of the cabinet installation ($900) and the plumbing ($250). I call it the "middle of the road" kitchen because I didn't do anything real fancy or unusual... just a completely new kitchen!

 Features:Lighting: Under Cabinet
Microwave Shelf

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

njmomof2's Kitchen

Contemporary Cherry Kitchen



Posted by njmomof2 on June 27, 08
Link to njmomof2's kitchen photos

Details:
  • Cabinets: custom cherry cabinets with mahogany stain and inset doors
  • Countertops: Giallo Vincenza granite
  • Backsplash: Jerusalem Gold tumbled marble tiles with dark amber irridescent sea glass inserts throughout and under the hood
  • Hardware: satin nickel hardware by Amerock
  • Sinks: Elkay
  • Faucets: Allura faucets by Delta
  • Food disposal: Insinkerator
  • Instant Hot water: Insinkerator
  • Appliances: GE Monogram stainless
  • Floor: 17x17 porcelain tile floor
  • Pendants: cobalt blue from Tech Lighting
  • Chairs: custom from Canadel
Features:
Beadboard
Beverage Center/Bar
Bread Drawer
CabinetsWall >12"deep
CabinetsWall >36"high
Corner Sink
Counter-depth Frig
Counter-to-Ceiling Cabinet
Cutting Board Storage
Downdraft Vent
Drawer Dividers
Frameless Cabinets
Full Extension Drawers
Glass Doors
Gourmet/Professional
Ice Machine
Inset Doors
Instant Hot Water
IslandMultilevel
Island with Seating
LightingPendant
LightingTech
LightingUnder Cabinet
Message Center/Desk
Pass Through
Prep Area (Multiple)
Prep Sink
Pullout Pantry
Reach-in Pantry
Rollout Trays
Sink tilt-out tray
Sink >30"wide
Skylight
Soap Dispenser
Trash Compactor
Trash Pullout
Tray Divider
Unique Hardware
Unique Window
Wine Cooler
We have Radiant Heat under the tile... We have self-closing drawers and in two of them we have wood flatware inserts.

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

tofu_dog's Kitchen

IKEA Adel Kitchen with Stainless Countertops



Posted by tofu_dog on Sat, Jul 19, 08
Link to tofu_dog's Gardenweb finished kitchen post
Link to tofu_dog's kitchen photos

Details:
  • Cabinets: IKEA Adel Medium Brown
  • Countertops: 16-gauge stainless steel
  • Backsplash: 4" integral stainless steel plus 2"x12" and 4"x12" frosted glass tile
  • Range: Viking 30" self-cleaning, sealed burner
  • Range hood: Viking 30", 600 cfm (rebadged Vent-a-Hood)
  • Dishwasher: KitchenAid S Series
  • Refrigerator: KitchenAid 36" French door bottom freezer
  • Hardware: IKEA Lansa
  • Faucet: Kohler Forte
  • Sink: Integral 36" double-bowl sink (Dawn ASU107R, welded in)
  • Undercabinet lights: Pegasus Thin Inch fluorescent
  • Recessed lights: ELCO 4" 26W fluorescent
  • Trash pullout: Rev-A-Shelf 5349 double 35 quart
  • Lots of drawers in base cabinets
  • Blumotion on hinges and drawers
  • Range hood instead of OTR microwave
  • Fluorescent undercabinet lighting
  • Trash/recycling pullout
  • Never-MT
More details:
Our kitchen is fairly compact, a typical size for a San Francisco Victorian flat built in 1892. It's an efficient 10' x 11' galley style floorplan, open to the dining room on one end and the deck on the other. We did all the planning and design ourselves and relied on a general contractor to execute it. Everything from the old 1980s kitchen was taken out, except for the more recent soap dispenser. We resold all the old appliances, fixtures, and cabinet hardware on Craigslist. We also made ample use of Craigslist, eBay, and online vendors to acquire appliances and materials. In fact, the new range, used (but pristine) hood, and countertop fabricator all came by way of Craigslist, saving us megabucks.

Features:
Blumotion
CabinetsWall >36"high
Filtered Water Faucet
Frameless Cabinets
Full Extension Drawers
Gourmet/Professional
LightingRecessed
LightingUnder Cabinet
NeverMT
Sink >30"wide
Soap Dispenser
Spice Storage
Trash Pullout
Water Filter
Integral sink
Glass tile backsplash
All-fluorescent lighting

montalvo's Kitchen

Montalvo's Kitchen Pics



Contact: montalvo (My Page)
Posted on Tue, Jul 15, 08
Link to kitchen photos: http://s299.photobucket.com/albums/mm298/LotsaPics2Send/

Details:
  • Cabinets: frameless
  • Countertop: 36" SZ refrigerator: Giallo Veneziano and Absolute Black granite with ogee edge, egg groove in baking center granite
  • 36" SZ freezer
  • SZ refrigerator drawers in island next to prep sink
  • six-burner Wolf cooktop with griddle
  • pot filler
  • two veggie drawers with SS screen bottoms
  • two Miele Incognito D/Ws (one under 42" counter), 33" counter height on baking center and cooktop
  • flip-down LCD TV.
Features:
Air Switch
Appliance Garage
Baking Center
Baking Drawer
Bar with Seating
Bookshelf
Bread Drawer
Broom Closet
Butler Pantry
CabinetsBase >24"deep
CabinetsBase >36"high
CabinetsWall >12"deep
CabinetsWall >36"high
China Hutch
Counter-depth Frig
Cutting Board Storage
Dishwaster:Elevated
Drawer Dividers
File Drawer
Filtered Water Faucet
Frameless Cabinets
Full Extension Drawers
Gourmet/Professional
Custom Hood
Ice Machine
Instant Hot Water
IslandMultilevel
Island without Seating
LightingRecessed
LightingTech
LightingUnder Cabinet
Message Center/Desk
Mixer Pullout
NeverMT
PeninsulaMultilevel
Peninsula with Seating
Plugmold
Plug inside Cabinet
Portable Serving Cart
Potfiller
Prep Sink
Skylight
Soap Dispenser
Spice Storage
Stone
Trash Compactor
Tray Divider
TV
UCFrig
VacPan
Walk-in Pantry
Warming Drawer
Water Filter
Wine Cooler

berryberry's Kitchen

Berryberry's Finished Kitchen




Posted by berryberry on Fri, Jul 11, 08
Link to berryberry's Gardenweb finished kitchen post
Link to berryberry's before kitchen photos
Link to berryberry's finished kitchen photos

Details:
More details:
Our goal was to re-do our 17 year old kitchen, original to the house. The old cabinets were standard builder grade and while looking good on the outside, were showing signs of wear (broken drawer guides, etc) internally. Plus the color scheme was, ummm, just a tad outdated – LOL.

We planned 90% of the kitchen ourselves, from doing research ahead of time, looking at magazines, and using the garden web and other internet resources. We met with 3 different cabinet reps / KDs to obtain quotes from three different cabinet lines – Durasupreme, Shiloh, and Kahle’s (a regional brand based a few hours away from us on PA). We obtained a few different ideas from the various KDs we met with and incorporated them into our vision. Our vision was further defined seeing a display of Omega cabinets at the one showroom which also sold the Shiloh line. This display is what we used in helping us design our plan and look.

In looking at cabinetry, we were impressed with the Shiloh brand’s construction but they had no door styles, finishes that would give us the look we really wanted to achieve. Durasupreme was the least inexpensive of the group but also the least flexible (ie they couldn’t do the special microwave cabinet we wanted to do). It was only by a fluke we came across Kahles. Even though they are based in Pennsylvania, we had never heard of them. But one day, when out looking at appliances, one showroom we stopped at had full type kitchen displays. Some of the cabinets we saw were fantastic – better quality than the Omega custom line we saw at the Shiloh dealer – and we thought they had to be full custom cabinetry. We asked one of the appliance sales people about the cabinets and he said a couple local contractors installed all the cabinets at their facility. We showed him the couple cabinets we liked and he told us they were all installed by a man named Dale Conrad. He gave us his number and we contacted him http://www.conradkitchenandbath.com/

We found out the cabinets were made by a company called Kahle’s – which sells regionally in the eastern part of the US. They are a family run operation and do things the old fashioned way as the quality of their cabinets can attest to (for instance note the full plywood TOPS on the base cabinets). They are based in northwest PA pretty much in the middle of nowhere. http://www.kahles.com/ As you can see from the website, marketing is not their strong suit but making top quality cabinets is. They happened to offer styles and finishes that we were looking for and help us complete our vision. Furthermore, we found Dale to be a forthright man to work with. And while his initial quote came in a lot higher than the other two, we worked together, thru some minor design changes, as well as advantageous scheduling to help him fill some down time to come up with a price that was competitive with the others we had received. Dale told us the job would take about 2 weeks (except waiting for the granite to be fabricated) and he was spot on. His crew was here 9 days and completed 95% of the kitchen, hooked up our old sink / faucet as a temporary sink and then we waited about 3 weeks while the granite was being fabricated. Dale’s crew was back the day of the granite installation to disconnect the temporary sink and faucet, install the new ones after the granite went in and finish up some minor details. Two weeks of work exactly with no issues. The only issue we did encounter was with our DIY backsplash. The tile store initially ordered the wrong material so that delayed me installing it for about 10 days until they had the correct material shipped. Since we didn’t order the tile until the granite was in, this pushed the final completion back slightly.

Features:
Appliance Garage
Baking Drawer
Blumotion
Bookshelf
CabinetsWall >12"deep
CabinetsWall >36"high
Ceiling Fan
Cutting Board Storage
Drawer Dividers
Full Extension Drawers
Gourmet/Professional
Inset Doors
Island without Seating
LightingPendant
LightingRecessed
LightingUnder Cabinet
Message Center/Desk
Microwave Shelf
Open Shelving
Plug inside Cabinet
Prep Area (Multiple)
Reach-in Pantry
Soap Dispenser
Spice Storage
Stone
Trash Pullout
Unique Hardware
Warming Lights
Wine Storage

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

ncl520's Kitchen

John & Nancy's finished kitchen



Contact: ncl520 (My Page)
Posted on Tue, Jul 8, 08
Slideshow: http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/slideshow/562776203ToXyio
Link to kitchen photos: http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/562776203ToXyio?vhost=home-and-garden

Details:
  • Cabinets
    - DeWils Horizon line frameless cabinets.
    - 42" cabinets.
    - Cherry wood, cherry stain.
    - Doors reverse raised panel for Shaker look. Doors "Carina"
    - All cabinets and drawers Blumotion.
    - Cabinet pulls from Top Knob
    - Cutlery insert
    - Knife insert
    - Spice insert
    - Trash pullout
    - Pantry pullout
  • Countertop: Granite Black Galaxy
  • Appliances
    - LG counter-depth french door refrigerator with ice & water in door.
    - Bosch integra dishwasher.
    - Bosch dual fuel/convection range.
    - GE profile micro/convection over range.
    - KitchenAid beverage center.
  • Lighting
    - TechLighting pendants, halogen. Style "Cabro", yellow onyx.
    - Undercounter puck lights, glass fronted cabinets, halogen.
    - Ceiling recessed lighting, incandescant.
  • Tile
    - Porcelain tile floor & backsplash.
    - Tile manufacturer Ceramiche Gardenia Orchidea, I Cotti, color Ocra from Best Tile
    http://www.besttile.com. Tile manufacturer: http://www.gardenia.it/en/index.html
  • Faucet Hansgrohe Allegra, finish steel optik.
  • Soap dispenser Hansgrohe Interaktiv, finish steel optik.
  • Sink D-bowl stainless steel. brand Rugby
  • Paint
    - Walls Behr flat enamel Banana Cream.
    - Ceiling Behr flat enamel Downey.
    - Trim Behr semi-gloss enamel Downey.
  • Accessories
    - Stools "Tibetan" black 26" Pottery Barn
    - Vericals Ado-Wrap fabric wrapped verticals
    - Ado fabric relaxed Roman shade
    - Vertical fabric and shade fabric removable and washable

Remodel by EKB kitchens, Beacon, NY http://www.ekbkitchens.com/

Features:
  • Beverage Center/Bar
  • Blumotion
  • Bookshelf
  • CabinetsWall >36"high
  • Counter-depth Frig
  • Drawer Dividers
  • Frameless Cabinets
  • Full Extension Drawers
  • Glass Doors
  • Island with Seating
  • Knife Drawer
  • Lazy Susan
  • LightingPendant
  • LightingRecessed
  • LightingUnder Cabinet
  • Pullout Pantry
  • Rollout Trays
  • Soap Dispenser
  • Spice Storage
  • Trash Pullout
  • TV
  • UCFrig
  • Wine Cooler

Wednesday, July 09, 2008

dcb1_2008's Kitchen

Finally Finished: Kitchen pics...



Contact: dcb1_2008 (My Page)
Posted on Tue, Jun 17, 08
Link to kitchen photos:
http://mysite.verizon.net/berkefamily/kitchen1.jpg
http://mysite.verizon.net/berkefamily/kitchen2.jpg
http://mysite.verizon.net/berkefamily/kitchen3.jpg
http://mysite.verizon.net/berkefamily/kitchen4.jpg
http://mysite.verizon.net/berkefamily/kitchen5.jpg
http://mysite.verizon.net/berkefamily/kitchen6.jpg
http://mysite.verizon.net/berkefamily/kitchen7.jpg


Details:
  • -Wolf DF304 range
  • -GE profile refrigerator
  • -Bosch DW
  • -GE microwave
  • -Kobe rangehood
  • -Glass tile backsplash 2" x 4". The color is jade green. I got them from Best tile and they are the Precious Gems collection.
  • -Delta Allora faucet
  • -Insinkerator instant hot
  • -Waste King disposal
  • -Cambrian Black Antiqued Granite
  • - pendant lamps -fairly inexpensive lamps from a company called mibo. I bought them at www.designpublic.com.
  • - hardware - The cabinet pulls are stainless steel and made by Sugatsune. Most of the cabinet pulls are 8.5" long except the drawers that are mixed (5", 8.5", 14", 20"). Sugatsune 16 series on ehardwaredirect.com
  • paint - Benjamin Moore Berkshire Beige
  • floors - wood floors are white oak with a satin finish

Thursday, July 03, 2008

dmank's Kitchen

finished after 5+ months!!!



Contact: dmank (My Page)
Posted on Sun, Jun 29, 08
Link to kitchen photos: http://gallery.mac.com/te7k#100062&bgcolor=black&view=grid


Details:
  • Cabinets - local cabinet maker.
    Hardware - knobs from Home Depot. Pulls from Restoration Hardware.
  • Countertop - Soapstone from Expo. LOVE it. My favorite thing.
  • Backsplash: Dalite tile from Expl.
  • Range - Jenn Aire dual fuel with 2 ovens (love the 2 ovens, but it was a pain to install as we had to have a new outlet run and have the gas moved as it was in the wrong place per Jenn Aire's instructions).
  • Micro - Jenn Aire - we use it to vent outside and this was another pain as the microwave vent was about 2 inches off from the vent in the ceiling, but were able to customize some sheet metal).
  • Dishwasher - Jenn Aire. OK, I love the look of it, but we had a couple problems with this. We had to have plumbing moved to accomodate it. A plumbing expense I wasn't ready for. And then it was bent (sideways) and so a couple strips got damaged but then fixed). All is well now.
  • Fridge - LG Cabinet Depth French Door. Like the look of it, but I dropped one of my tupperware containers on the top of the door and bent it a little. They don't make appliances like they used to!!
  • Sink - Blanco stainless.
    Faucet - Brizo. Love the look of it, but the handle on the right turn the wrong way (perhaps this is a European design).

Features:
Beverage Center/Bar
Bread Drawer
Cabinets: Wall >12"deep
Cabinets: Wall >36"high
Counter-depth Frig
File Drawer
Full Extension Drawers
Inset Doors
Knife Drawer
Lazy Susan
Lighting: Recessed
Lighting: Under Cabinet
Message Center/Desk
Peninsula with Seating
Plug inside Cabinet
Skylight
Soap Dispenser
Trash Pullout

lleet's Kitchen

1920's Tudor



Contact: lleet (My Page)
Posted on Mon, Jun 16, 08
Link to kitchen photos: http://s289.photobucket.com/albums/ll211/lleet/finished%20kitchen/

Details:
  • Cabinets: Custom made on site. All cabinets, including the island, are maple. The cabinets are painted BM Swiss Coffee OC-45. The stain on the island is one coat of walnut and one coat of ebony stain.
  • Countertops: the perimeter countertops (kitchen and bar) are honed Danby Calcutta marble. The island is honed Milley Gray marble, with a butcher block edge. The butcher block is a place holder for walnut that is on order. The Calcutta is 3cm, but the Milley Gray was only available in 2cm, so we fabricated the edge.
  • Backsplash: from Daltile: It’s Ahnzu 3x6 Artic Ice, Crackle AT112
    http://www.ahnzu.com/collection_details.cfm?catID=4&collectionID=4# and http://www.daltileproducts.com/series.cfm?series=162#2418
  • Lighting: the lights are from Horchow - Sausalito Pendant.
  • Hardware: from Home Depot Expo, but I think it’s pretty common (i.e. not too expensive) Hickory Hardware. http://www.homedecorhardware.com/hickory-p3010-14.html
  • Flooring: floors are red oak. We had them refinished using one coat of ebony and one coat of toffee.
  • Faucets: Danze, Schon
  • Sink: Franke/Villeroy & Boch fireclay
  • Appliances: Viking and GE
The island is 47 inches wide (inclusive of the marble 1.5" overhang) by 11 feet 3 inches (the butcher bock part is 2ft, 1inch – although I love it now, the reason we went with the wood edge is because the slab was not long enough for the island). The bar is 7’6" long, 22 inches wide, with a bump out sink of 24 inches. (Although I would change it if I could since the wine fridge doesn’t really fit under a 22 inch counter. It sticks out, but there’s really nothing I can do about it now.)
- I was worried about the space on both sides of the island, but they are fine.

Features:
Broom Closet
Cabinets: Base >24"deep
Full Extension Drawers
Glass Doors
Ice Machine
Island with Seating
Knife Drawer
Lighting: Pendant
Lighting: Recessed
Message Center/Desk
Microwave Shelf
Pass Through
Spice Storage
Stone
Walk-in Pantry
Window Seat
Wine Cooler
Wine Storage
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