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Lower cabinets. Michele knew that getting paint to stick to wood would not be easy. In her research she’d learned that chalk paint sticks to wood cabinets well, so the meticulous cleaning job she did and adding a chalk paint powder by B.B. Frosch to her latex paint saved her from having to sand them. Once her first coat was done, she decided the color she’d chosen was a little too bright for her tastes and she added some black paint to it. She used two coats of paint on the lower cabinets. “One issue with chalk paint I read about is that you have to wax it once a year. I was not up for that,” she says. So instead she applied several coats of polyurethane to give the cabinets a tough, low-maintenance finish.
“This glass tile looked exactly like copper,” she says. “So we built a structure to put around the vent, tiled it with them, overlaid the metal straps and adorned them with acorn nuts that we also used elsewhere in the kitchen.” The custom vent hood cost about $3,000. It now serves as a stunning focal point and adds much to the kitchen’s warm feeling. Tile: Alchemy Copper, Soho Studio; browse glass tile
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Surfaces can be tailored to functions, such as a heat-resistant top for the cooking zone and a warm wood for the eating area. So whatever your style or taste, there’s room for more than one countertop material in your kitchen.
The wire grille is available in stainless and other finishes. It can be found on the internet by searching "wire grille". Available through Van Dyke's Restorers, McNichol's, Outwater Plastics, etc. Best of luck with your project!
Glowing toe kicks look great in a space with other modern LED light sources (like in a ceiling alcove).
storage on the counter
do this but also have a slot for water to drip into the sink...or into a pipe
pullout counter
idea for behind the sink for dishes and towel, soap and sponge
3. Large kitchen drawers. Looking down into a well-lit space is much better than looking deep into a dark cabinet. In this kitchen large drawers have completely replaced cabinets. Just make sure they are all soft close. with the open cabinets and arches..slide out shelves
1. A built-in dish soap dispenser. Because I don't care how nice the bottle is; it's just one more thing cluttering up your countertop.
island across from sink? how much space needed between the two /
utensil drawer under the stove or over the dishwasher..make it large..or under the sink...
Texture of the walls
window idea?
Showcase your design savvy with a kitchen that flows with your lifestyle. It’s your kitchen, your design and your lifestyle. Sharp’s Microwave Drawer™ Oven allows you to focus on your kitchen’s design and workflow by offering flexible installation options in an island or peninsula or below your wall oven. Design your kitchen, then put the microwave where it belongs.
A 7-foot-long island offers ample work surface, a prep sink and storage space while dividing the kitchen into two zones — a sink and wash-up area on the left side, and a designated cooking area with a rangetop and oven on the right side (shown in the next photo). “The mom is the primary cook in the home, so she really wanted each side of the island to be a self-sufficient workspace,” Barber says.
To prevent solid wood cabinets from looking too heavy, she lightened the look with glass door fronts at the top. “They were much more about ‘where are we going to put all of this stuff?’ than about displaying things,” says Ruber, so she used satin-etched glass to obscure the contents.
Different ht level ofcounters
colors...
love the sink design
viroc. This inexpensive industrial material is a composite of wood particles and resin cement. Relatively unknown in Italy (in this case, it was imported from Portugal), viroc is generally used in building facades.
no cabinets around sink
ceiling
ceiling
refrigerator
cabinet with glass and dish storage
woven copper grille
painting the hood to look like zinc.
I like the extension below the cabinet
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