BEYOND GORGEOUS! This kitchen is a work of art. I have been obsessed with finding inset shaker cabinetry, but assumed I could only afford stock cabinets. The closest I could find was a version made by 6-square that was not a simple shaker style, and only came in stained cherry or maple. The more I read about inset, though, the more concerned I became with humidity (I live near Lake Erie) and the effects it has on these cabinets over time. I sort of convinced myself it couldn't be done, but perhaps I should price it out and ask a pro before giving up. I hope you have many happy years in your new space!

Oh MY! This is a spectacular kitchen! WOW. Did you post this on the discussion side? If so I missed it. Dang! I just love it!

I'm so glad Claybabe linked this on the discussion side. You really should post it over there!

It's so lovely, I missed noting that you have stainless counters the first time through. After I noticed that, I loved it even more. Very wonderful job!

Thanks for the kind words! I guess I should post this on the discussions side as well.

We were also concerned about the effects of humidity (and settling as well). The doors and drawers haven't become more sticky over the last 6 months, although we don't have actual seasons here.

I would definitely check out the custom option before counting it out. I had assumed we couldn't afford it either. We did ultimately go over our original cab budget, but we also got a level of craftmanship and design I didn't think possible at our price range.

I was slow to hit "submit" for my response. Thanks claybabe for posting this on the discussion side!

7 years is a long time, but what beautiful results! It's bright, cheery, and, dare I say it; timeless! Love the cabinets, the wall color, the gorgeous arch with the moldings, the hutch, refrigerator, the stove, etc! Truly inspired! Congratulations.

Wow that is one beautiful kitchen!

Thanks claybabe for sending us over! One that shouldn't be missed! Guess I should sneak over here once in a while.

Love your floors, we are putting in a terracotta and I've been second guessing it for a few weeks, but seeing yours has reconfirmed my desire for them. They look fantastic with the cabinets.
Speaking of cabinets, do you know what color they are?

And, I love the pendant over the island, it's one I'm looking at as well.

Congrats on such a beautiful space.

Wow, what a lovely kitchen. The cabinetry is simply beautiful! This is probably the best period appropriate kitchen I've seen. Absolutely lovely!

Wow, thanks guys!

Susied3, the cab color is Pratt & Lambert's Antique Ivory (12-30) and the walls are Old linen (12-5). The cab paint is actually Fine Paints of Europe, but they matched it to P&L colors. It reads as a pale yellow during the day and a heavy, yellowish cream at night.

That light fixture may be the only impulsive thing we did. We were at RH looking at another light and fell in love with that one. The only thing is that if it's too close to eye level, the Edison bulbs hurt the eyes. It was installed a little too low at first - the bulbs are at 6'6" now and it is comfortable for our average heights.

Your light fixture made me start looking for that. I need at lest 2 so a bit over budget for me, but BEAUTIFUL!

What a wonderful job! It's romantic, ageless and charming. I wish you happy cooking.

Oh love it! A long journey but so worth it! Congrats!

Wow - beautiful kitchen!! I love the custom cabinets. Angela, could you tell me how tall your ceilings are? Thanks!

Cali, our ceilings are about 8'10". I would have loved just a couple more inches, in almost all directions!

Here are my plan, elevations, and renderings. I do 3D modeling and rendering for a living, so I could afford to model and render every little detail before making decisions. The plan has extra geometry lines as a result.

Renderings. You can see some design elements we decided not to do, like the columns (which would have been historically appropriate!) and beadboard.

Love, love your island! Custom piece? Just what I'm looking for. The entire kitchen is amazing. Great job

Love, love your island! Custom piece? Just what I'm looking for. The entire kitchen is amazing. Great job

Hi Tahajo, sorry I just saw your question. It is custom. Here it is from the other side. We have a door that fits over the open part but decided not to use it:

I'd designed it to be a baking island, so the drawers were designed at a depth to hold flours, rolling pins, etc. Of course they could always be bigger.

This has to be one of the most dramatic transformations I have seen on GW in the 3 years I've been hanging here!!! This is GORGEOUS!!! I can hear your house breathing a huge sigh of relief and whispering, "Thank you, thank you!!! You freed me from those awful cabinets and restored me to my former glory, thank you!!!"

I honestly don't think your kitchen will ever look dated because it is so appropriate to your home. To say job well done is so inadequate for the transformation you've achieved. It was definitely worth 7 years of dreaming and planning. Thank you so much for sharing! Now I have to go check out that link you provided for more, more, more!!!

And thank you Claybabe for posting about this on the discussion side.

Beautiful job! I love the cabinetry and the molding at the top! How do you like the OKM stove? We are in the midst of a 1921 kitchen remodel and are considering an OKM instead of going with a "modern" gas stove.

Hi jojo, we love our OKM stove! The oven has a more stable and accurate temperature than our old one. Each of the burners has a double burner, so it can do both fairly high heat and a low simmer.

There are a couple drawbacks though. The ovens are small, and the left "oven" is a height-adjustable broiler rather than a true 2nd oven. The racks are also a spaced too closely together to fit cake pans and pies on the middle 2 racks. The stove also has a little quirk in that the right burners sometimes have a hard time lighting if the oven is on (we use a match or use the left hand burners when that happens).

We still love the stove though. It is magnificent and everything about it (the knobs, the doors) feels so solid. One thing that is helpful is that there are a lot of repair folk in our area that specialize in these old stoves, and a wonderful man checked it out and adjusted the burners for us when we installed it. I might be more reluctant to get one if that were not the case.

Nice job!