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Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Warm Contemporary Kitchen with IKEA Cabinets

Posted by morton5 on Wed, May 27, 09
Link to morton5's Gardenweb finished kitchen post
Link to morton5's kitchen photos

Details:

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

I kept my old kitchen light fixture and ceiling fixture. I'm still planning on adding a couple of puck lights to the shelf behind the hood-- I have outlets at the tops of the high cabs, with a switch next to the range.

Features:
Air Switch
Bay Window
Blumotion
Counter >28"wide
Drawer Dividers
Exposed Stone/Brick
File Drawer
Frameless Cabinets
Full Extension Drawers
Gourmet/Professional
Horizontal Lift Doors
Island with Seating
Lazy Susan
Lighting: Above Cabinet
Lighting: Recessed
Lighting: Under Cabinet
Message Center/Desk
NeverMT
Open Shelving
Peninsula without Seating
Plugmold
Prep Sink
Pullout Pantry
Reach-in Pantry
Soap Dispenser
Spice Storage
Stone
Tapmaster

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Thursday, June 30, 2005

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.