I took this photo of our demolished kitchen WEEKS ago,
. . . sadly, + it still looks just like this!
I’m not complaining, mind you (NEVER!),
but lately, all our efforts have gone toward our Dutch colonial’s exterior.
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Good things come to those who wait, am I right?
While I’ve waited, I’ve researched, planned + sketched.
Here’s my first design:
Pardon the faintness of my drawing,
but I think you can see what I had in mind for the window wall.
Since it’s clearly not the longest of spans,
I’ve been fretting that our sink + stove were too close to each other.
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Solution?
Cue: layout #2, which I sketched just yesterday!
We’ve moved the stove to the island:
The cabinets will be off-white Adel from IKEA,
with Shaker-style doors in solid + glass:
IKEA has the same door profile in black, + it’s going on our island, like this:
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Meanwhile, let’s have another look-see at our proposed kitchen
so you can follow along at home:
I want to include both solid + glass upper cabinet doors,
+ I want to stack those uppers of ours.
Nothing makes a new kitchen look more vintage!
That’s going to get spendy very fast, though,
so I’ve come up with an idea for faux stacked uppers —
using one tall (39″) upper cabinet,
onto which we’ll attach two separate doors, like this:
Will this work?
I DON’T KNOW! — but fingers crossed!
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Now to the island.
What will we do for an exhaust fan, now that the stove’s moved there?
I s’poze we could do a ceiling-mounted version,
but they’re just too expensive
+ really not that “cool” when you’re wanting an open plan.
We’ll just have to spring for the downdraft, slide-in range.
Yes, ’tis true — they cost a lot, too — but it’s all good —
I wanted to hang a pair of pendants over the island, anyway.
Here’s my choice! The classic schoolhouse-style that I love!
Seriously. You MUST go to Home Depot,
as they have the swellest, most inexpensive + on-trend pendants, ever!
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And, speaking of light fixtures, feast your eyes on these:
“Everybody who’s anybody” is using
wall-mounted lights for over their sinks.
I’m getting them, too! . . .
. . . just as soon as I manage to decide between these two finishes:
They’re actually outdoor lanterns from Home Depot! Who knew?
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And as for the backsplash in my sketch . . .
. . . “white crackled-glaze tiles w. gray grout”?
Here ’tis!
And, finally, perhaps you’re wondering what I meant by a “window sash handle”
for the cabinet drawers.
Take a look:
Black, please, for more “popping” against my off-white cabinets.
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Stay tuned for more kitchen details!
Isn’t it great that I have all this time to research, plan + sketch? 😉