And do you think if I do full kitchen in light beige with these tiles as shown in picture would look good? Light beige comes only in suede finish

Merino core with off white shade will look great. Also matches with your tiles

Merino core or coffe?

Hi. Both contrast and a darker colour will match. Of course lighter colours will show hand marks more easy. It is more important is to polish your granite to achieve mirror finish which rarely anyone knows to do in this part of the world. Irony, as granite is exported to other countries from India, but the foreigners know their job when it comes to granite. Here are a few options

Thank you so much and yes I totally agree i wanted to get my granite re-polished and contacted so many people no one had a clue. they kept saying its not possible to polish. Would you know someone in Gurgaon(Delhi) who could help with granite re-polishing?

Regarding laminates I agree the challenge with light shades on hand marks especially for indian kitchen and thank you so much for your suggestions. What do you think about 2 tone kitchen are they in fashion? If we take a sunflower and a beige shade on the top? Is it in trend these days?

Thank you so much yes i know what you mean with two tone and thats the reason I am very apprehensive to go for yellow bottom as I also felt that maybe after initial few days I would long for a mature look.

I totally forgot about the wastage thats a very good input thank you so much

Wanted to share with all of you how the new kitchen is turning out. Thank u so much for your comments.

I now need help for the handles should I go for chrome finish in dull or the gold kind of finish. Also knobs or handles.

Look forward to your advice

Thanks

Thank you so much. But what are profile handles ? Can you pls share a picture. Also any second options?

For your reference please.

Thank you so much

I was also thinking abt the led strip is it easy to put and readily available? What should I ask the shop guy to give me?

@Anshul Yes Irish cream I did but in matt finish

It is dead simple. You will need to measure the length and ask for encapsulated LED strip at the electrical shop of the required length. The strip comes with a 2 pin plug and a tiny transformer. Basically plug and play. You can cut the 2 pin plug and extend with a pair of 1sq mm wire to reach your socket.

They might not be familiar with the term but you can do a google image search to see that the strip has a plastic protective layer. This is important as you are installing in a kitchen. Good luck Pete!

Which of these would look nice as handles. I saw that there was lot of antique brass finish. I liked the dull finish instead of shiny chrome as shiny chrome one could see the fingerprints.

The last one is the better of the lot. However I would suggest powder coated black handles so they stand out as a feature against the cream cabinets and match with the dark granite top. In the first photo, the dark handle 3rd from the right could just do it.

My preference is still the silver one from the above but are they too simple? Also should they be put horizontal or vertical for the top cabinets?

Oh okay right I got the one you are suggesting. the 3rd one is also good I liked it though was not sure. Thanks a lot

Overhead cabinets - horizontal for hydraulic gas spring hinged at top, vertical for swing opening ones

Hello Pete,

Could you please let us know if there is any specific reason for keeping the depth of the boxes and granite slab same.

Regular handles will therefore project out of the finished slab line and people will end up regularly brushing against them while cooking. Handles with sharp corners may cause injury as well.

I think this was an already existing functional kitchen. What kind of handles were used earlier and if they were regular handles did the projected handles never caused any issue??

The kitchen is done finally thanks to everyone especially @studio chippan. I choose the handles which was liked by everyone in family. But now I am stuck as I did a design mistake. The cabinet handles have been put now and they rub against each other. Pls guide how to resolve this. I still have spare laminate. Also pls share your views on the kitchen look and suggest what should I do

If I know. How abt if I use knobs on right side 2 door and I could do so by creating a groove on the door to look symmetrical

This is how the kitchen looks. Somehow it does not look at good as I expected but would hear your expert views as to how do u rate this kitchen? Is it like current going kitchen trends? Do u like that the handles sizes are too big? Or it's just my eyes taking time to get accustomed. Even though I had same number of handles before as now but still it's i find them too much in my eyes. Anything I could do to improve this look?

Yeah I agree. Anything I could do to improve things?. Also for those clashing handle should I try to use knobs ?

Yes absolutely kindly share your contact details pls

Hi Cornerstone, I read your feedback

1. Profile handles I was late as the doors were already ready and it was too much of re-work. Regarding putting handles

2. Sharp edge can cause problem thats why the handles I have put are rounded on the edge not to hurt.

3. Where I did make a mistake was

• Did not put fillers. If I had put fillers on the sides the door issues could be resolved
• The upper cabinet handles. This is actually not my fault I had told them to put the handles in the center but they thought these are not drawers but rather cabinets so they should be put in the location where we put the vertical handles. By the time I came to check it was too late and now I am stuck. I am thinking of putting maybe 8inch handles instead of current 5inch but not sure if that would help to improve the look.
• Old kitchen pictures attached they also had handles but smaller
  
  

Thanks can you please share the picture of recessed handle and what should be the length of the handle? will it be easy to put a recess handle on the current cabinet?

Sure Pete.

https://www.houzz.in/photos/west-chelsea-phvw-vp~1629849

https://www.houzz.in/photos/22nd-lower-phvw-vp~1120520

Yes it is an easy fix, but it will not match your other handles. It will solve the functional problem though.

Thanks,

Nitin

CORNERSTONE DESIGNS

Bangalore.