Kitchen Advice Needed Please
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Kitchen advice needed please!!
Comments (16)those oak cabinets are not the super Grade A oak, premium quality wood. they look like the cheapo cabs from the 90's. Paint them. They will look 100X better. How do you make the paint job last? proper prep work. that's going to be 75% of your work. I did a redo on my friends kitchen 10 years ago and she doesn't have one chip or crack on them. why? because we prepped and primed very well. I always post this link on how to paint your cabs, because she is very detailed and knows exactly what she's doing. if you follow her advice to a tee, you will not have any issues 10 years from now. you will have to put on hardware. https://www.evolutionofstyleblog.com/2012/01/how-to-paint-your-kitchen-cabinets-like.html she gives you all of the products to use and walks you through each step. take a look at all of her before and afters. if you don't have much to spend for countertops and don't want a laminate, look at pre fab granite or quartz or even marble, if you want. they come in 9'X22" slabs with a simple edging. cost is 350-550 usually. you hire a fabricator to take it to your house where he fits it for you dimensions. yours should be about 1K or so. I don't know where you live, but these pre fab counters are all over the place around our stone yards, especially the ones w/Asian importers....See Moreplease help! kitchen lighting and fixture advice needed!
Comments (2)An electrician should be able to help you determine how many recessed / can lights you need. If you share a floor plan of your kitchen, you'll get better help from the pros on here. The brushed Champagne Bronze on Delta's website (no champagne gold listed) definitely looks like it has a pink-ish undertone on my screen. No idea what it looks like IRL. I don't think finishes necessarily have to match, but they do need to coordinate and undertones should be the same. That being said, I have unlacquered brass knobs and rails on my range and various other fixtures in my kitchen. They don't have the same names, but the undertones are all the same. I would keep looking at faucets and try to find something without the pink undertones. ETA: I know you said your island is 9' long, how wide is it?...See MoreNeed advice with kitchen counters and backsplash, please
Comments (3)Soapstone is impervious to heat and staining. The soft and medium hardness varieties will indeed scratch or chip easily _but_ the hardest kinds do not. Check out companies like M. Teixeira and ask them about their hardest stones. No one should use a knife directly on stone btw - it ruins the edge, but if you have to live with countertop abusers in your household :) then an appropriate soapstone (or perhaps a honed Virginia Mist granite) is a good option. I did go with soapstone myself in my recent kitchen remodel - Black Venata, which is somewhat soft . .As a consequence my counters are acquiring a patina of light scratches and dings, most of which are visible for a week or two and then slowly fade away. There are always a few fine marks, but they are never the same ones. It’s an evolving surface, which I’ve come to really like as a factor in its own right. It feels like the kitchen has some life to it. - I appreciate that it is not static. And I love that I can set down a roasting pan direct from the oven without a worry,. As for spilled wine or tomatoes ?Phttf. No problem....See MoreHi, In need of some kitchen layout advice please
Comments (2)Hi Georgina - According to your mobile screen shot, I'm guessing you're in the UK. There are lots of terrific people on here willing to give of their free time and expertise. That said, you'll get the best advice and more advice if you: 1. Convert your measurements to feet/inches, and 2. Post photos of your existing space I'd never heard of an orangery before. I had to Google it. How very British! :-)...See MoreMark Bischak, Architect
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