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ideal kitchen
- Thread starter dkay_thahustla
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Julie Bove wrote:
Well, I would love a larger sink, but it was unachievable unless I
wanted to move the window too. Maybe, in retrospect, I should
have done that.
I didn't mention a pantry, which I'd also love. Instead, I am
using a small room, which is a few steps away from the kitchen for
that. I will have shelves in the closet for my spices and herbs.
Maybe with graduated depths. Maybe that is the next project.
(Or maybe that is the bookcase closet.)
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Jean B.
Well, I would love a larger sink, but it was unachievable unless I
wanted to move the window too. Maybe, in retrospect, I should
have done that.
I didn't mention a pantry, which I'd also love. Instead, I am
using a small room, which is a few steps away from the kitchen for
that. I will have shelves in the closet for my spices and herbs.
Maybe with graduated depths. Maybe that is the next project.
(Or maybe that is the bookcase closet.)
--
Jean B.
delightfuldelia
New member
Melba's Jammin' wrote:
LOL! Me too. I do have a bottom freezer fridge, but unfortunately not one
where you pull the whole thing out like a drawer. Those are indeed superior.
We were heavily constrained in anything we did in terms of replacing
appliances by the fact that the entire kitchen was "built in" and has a
rather complex, tightly-designed floor plan. So an additional piece of
advice I would give is to try to design it so that you can replace the
fridge without having to dismantle the cabinetry, and so forth.
LOL! Me too. I do have a bottom freezer fridge, but unfortunately not one
where you pull the whole thing out like a drawer. Those are indeed superior.
We were heavily constrained in anything we did in terms of replacing
appliances by the fact that the entire kitchen was "built in" and has a
rather complex, tightly-designed floor plan. So an additional piece of
advice I would give is to try to design it so that you can replace the
fridge without having to dismantle the cabinetry, and so forth.
Storrmmee wrote:
I do have rugs but obviously need something more--like carpeting
on at least the first sets of stairs going up and going down.
Hmm. probably should have put tile down in the entry area. BUT
that whole area is so awful that I hope to get it redone anyway.
(It is really small--so small that two people entering have to
arrange themselves in order to do so.)
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Jean B.
I do have rugs but obviously need something more--like carpeting
on at least the first sets of stairs going up and going down.
Hmm. probably should have put tile down in the entry area. BUT
that whole area is so awful that I hope to get it redone anyway.
(It is really small--so small that two people entering have to
arrange themselves in order to do so.)
--
Jean B.
thegreengecko
New member
Pete C. wrote:
Fine by me.
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Jean B.
Fine by me.
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Jean B.
On 1/24/2011 1:20 PM, Steve Pope wrote:
You've described my kitchen. While it's small, everything is within
reach. If I need extra counter top for big cooking, I have a butcher
block on casters and it can be moved to wherever it isn't in the way. I
don't use that often these days, but I have it if I need it. I store it
in a corner in the hall.
You've described my kitchen. While it's small, everything is within
reach. If I need extra counter top for big cooking, I have a butcher
block on casters and it can be moved to wherever it isn't in the way. I
don't use that often these days, but I have it if I need it. I store it
in a corner in the hall.
Steve Pope wrote:
I certainly consider them urban. I'm sitting here on 4 acres and I
consider this area to be at the edge between suburban and rural.
How about answering the question. What do your areas actually produce?
False wealth from mortgage backed securities and similar schemes doesn't
count.
I certainly consider them urban. I'm sitting here on 4 acres and I
consider this area to be at the edge between suburban and rural.
How about answering the question. What do your areas actually produce?
False wealth from mortgage backed securities and similar schemes doesn't
count.
Muse-ic Lover
New member
Julie Bove wrote:
Click the closeup of the following to get some idea of my granite:
But mine is much nicer, with veining, etc. (That's why I looked
all over Massachusetts for the right slabs.)
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Jean B.
Click the closeup of the following to get some idea of my granite:
But mine is much nicer, with veining, etc. (That's why I looked
all over Massachusetts for the right slabs.)
--
Jean B.
Otto von Bismarck
New member
Larry wrote:
Thanks for that; I'm mulling over new floor treatments for my house, and
that stuff looks pretty good.
Bob
Thanks for that; I'm mulling over new floor treatments for my house, and
that stuff looks pretty good.
Bob
hotboy_10c
New member
i guess when it comes to it I am probably too lazy to be that careful in a
room that to me is meant to live in, sorta like people who have formal
living rooms and never let anyone go in... just not for me, if others like
it fine, and nothing wrong with it, just not our lifestyle, Lee
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room that to me is meant to live in, sorta like people who have formal
living rooms and never let anyone go in... just not for me, if others like
it fine, and nothing wrong with it, just not our lifestyle, Lee
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Saradomin !
New member
On Jan 24, 12:24?pm, "Janet" wrote:
Where's the robot and Spacely Sprockets?
Where's the robot and Spacely Sprockets?
criminal_fish
New member
On Jan 24, 10:24?am, "Janet" wrote:
Wow- you know what you want!
Wow- you know what you want!
On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:11:02 -0500, "Jean B." wrote:
I didn't want one light socket per under-counter lighting unit being
taken up by the plug, so I had them hard wired in. It was done when
the walls were open and they were still doing the electrical work.
What genius is telling you differently?
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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
I didn't want one light socket per under-counter lighting unit being
taken up by the plug, so I had them hard wired in. It was done when
the walls were open and they were still doing the electrical work.
What genius is telling you differently?
--
Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
Jonathan Rodriguez
New member
Storrmmee wrote:
I had heard about nasty things in wall-to-wall carpets
(especially), which is one reason why I got rid of them. I can
see that that could be the case with curtains. although to a
lesser extent because they aren't walked on, and things aren't
dropped into them.
Of course, sheers offer almost no privacy, as I well know.
Ah. You won't miss what you didn't have. My situation is
different. I have a full basement in the current house, but the
lower level of the new house is my daughter's domain. I WAS going
to use one small room for storage, but now it looks like it will
be half a room.
The things that were in half of my garage also need to find other
homes--and the only home is the end of the new garage, the shop
area, and the garage's attic.
--
Jean B.
I had heard about nasty things in wall-to-wall carpets
(especially), which is one reason why I got rid of them. I can
see that that could be the case with curtains. although to a
lesser extent because they aren't walked on, and things aren't
dropped into them.
Of course, sheers offer almost no privacy, as I well know.
Ah. You won't miss what you didn't have. My situation is
different. I have a full basement in the current house, but the
lower level of the new house is my daughter's domain. I WAS going
to use one small room for storage, but now it looks like it will
be half a room.
The things that were in half of my garage also need to find other
homes--and the only home is the end of the new garage, the shop
area, and the garage's attic.
--
Jean B.
b&b photography
New member
On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 07:06:01 -0600, Andy wrote:
I have a drop leaf kitchen table too, but it doesn't take the place of
a peninsula or island. Of course, a kitchen has to be big enough to
accommodate an island or peninsula with at least a 3 ft clearance on
all sides w/o impeding through traffic to even consider one in the
first place (I have 3 doors on 3 different walls, 4 if you count the
double french doors to the dining room as 2).
--
Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
I have a drop leaf kitchen table too, but it doesn't take the place of
a peninsula or island. Of course, a kitchen has to be big enough to
accommodate an island or peninsula with at least a 3 ft clearance on
all sides w/o impeding through traffic to even consider one in the
first place (I have 3 doors on 3 different walls, 4 if you count the
double french doors to the dining room as 2).
--
Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
aactionFiqureeCallie
New member
On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 08:18:04 -0000, "Ophelia"
wrote:
If it wasn't too trendy when you remodeled, it should still be good.
Think of resale value - eliminating cupboard space won't help and
eliminating a bedroom certainly won't. If you want less cupboard
space what you can do is take down all of your upper cabinets and not
do a major remodel, just update. That way future buyers won't be
paying for a newish kitchen they'd have to remodel anyway... or if
it's a buyers market, *you* won't be paying to make your house more
attractive to buyers by reinstalling the upper cabinets most people
require when there's no pantry.
--
Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
wrote:
If it wasn't too trendy when you remodeled, it should still be good.
Think of resale value - eliminating cupboard space won't help and
eliminating a bedroom certainly won't. If you want less cupboard
space what you can do is take down all of your upper cabinets and not
do a major remodel, just update. That way future buyers won't be
paying for a newish kitchen they'd have to remodel anyway... or if
it's a buyers market, *you* won't be paying to make your house more
attractive to buyers by reinstalling the upper cabinets most people
require when there's no pantry.
--
Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
xsugarxnspicex
New member
sf wrote:
People with that sort of requirement find it to be a non issue since
their circle of guests shrinks rapidly.
People with that sort of requirement find it to be a non issue since
their circle of guests shrinks rapidly.