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Mon, Aug 22, 11 at 18:49
| Aside from installing the Roman shades on the French doors, a couple outlet covers, and the Lee Valley drawer organizers, we are done with our remodel. The washer and dryer were relocated from the mudroom (adjacent to the kitchen) to the master bedroom closet, and floors in the office and foyer were replaced at the same time as the floors in the kitchen and mudroom.
Here is what we used/bought:
Before:
After:
Here's the mudroom:
This is part of the mudroom:
This is what the kitchen looks like if you're in the mudroom:
A simple open storage area for backpacks and coats next to a $40 shoe bench (we need some artwork over that shoe bench):
Utility cabinet in the mudroom with a blotch from dust on the camera - oops:
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Follow-Up Postings:
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- Posted by frmrsdghtr (My Page) on Mon, Aug 22, 11 at 18:52
| Lovely! I adore your kitchen sink. What a piece of art! Enjoy your new space! |
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| WOW - Absolutely beautiful and stunning transformation. Congratulations. I hope you have many years to enjoy! |
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| Oh, Adrienne, tht's really lovely! Rich and elegant. Love the sink and the cabinet color. And you obviously built in more functionality, especially with your mudroom. Really good job! |
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| Yummy reno. So warm and inviting. I love your sink too! Flooring and counters looks great together! |
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- Posted by tinker_2006 (My Page) on Mon, Aug 22, 11 at 19:14
| wow.. amazing transformation! You must be very happy, nice job! |
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- Posted by farmgirlinky (My Page) on Mon, Aug 22, 11 at 19:17
| Congratulations! You'll enjoy this so much. Lynn |
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- Posted by gsciencechick (My Page) on Mon, Aug 22, 11 at 19:42
| Wow, it's fantastic! Love the sink. Would love a mudroom like that. |
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| It looks great!! Congratulations! |
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| It looks lovely and inviting. You did a great job, I like your choices. Love, love, love the sink. Nancy |
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- Posted by northcarolina (My Page) on Mon, Aug 22, 11 at 20:34
| May I ask how you like the new appliance layout? One of the many arrangements I am considering is similar, with the range close to the sink and the DW around the corner (only in my kitchen the fridge would have to be across the room, which is not very far). Your kitchen is beautiful! |
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- Posted by batmansmama (My Page) on Mon, Aug 22, 11 at 20:45
| Your kitchen is gorgeous, and that is the prettiest mudroom I've ever seen! |
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| Very nice - love that copper sink! |
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| So nice and warm. And You're Done! Your elements are lovely. It is so welcoming. |
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- Posted by Adrienne2011 (My Page) on Mon, Aug 22, 11 at 21:19
| Thank you, everyone! :o) Northcarolina, I really like this layout a lot. It will be easy to fill a pot with water, and just as easy to dump water used to cook pasta into the sink. There's enough landing space on both sides of the cooktop (it wouldn't have hurt to have a few extra inches on the left side, but I won't miss it). The dishwasher is actually quite close to the sink - after I rinse a dish, I just pivot to my right, bend down, and pop it in the dishwasher. Actually, now that I think about it, I have to turn completely around and face the other way, but it seriously is not a big deal. The pull-out trash and recycling is between the sink and D/W (to the left of the dishwasher), so that's handy. |
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| Your kitchen looks amazing! Your hardwood floors looking great with your cabinets! How did you get them to look so good together? It looks like they match perfectly. I have natural cherry cabinets and we haven't gotten around to doing the flooring yet and I was resigned to getting stone floors when we do upgrade because I haven't been able to find any pictures of kitchens that look good with natural stained cabinetry and hardwood floors. Now my hope is renewed that we can get hardwood floors thanks to your pictures! How many different hardwood floor samples did you have to go through to find the right one? |
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- Posted by chitown_remodel (My Page) on Mon, Aug 22, 11 at 22:35
| Wow. What a beautiful kitchen. I LOVE LOVE the windermere quartz so much. I also love the little tiles running through your backsplash. Do you have a closer picture of your backsplash? Or can you just post a link to what those tiles are? |
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| Looks great and I love the accent on the backsplash!!! |
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| Gorgeous! I'm so happy, because my backsplash is similar, and one of the subs referred to it as 'the racing stripe'! Uh, no, that wasn't really the effect i was trying to achieve. Seeing it in your stunning kitchen makes me feel better. We all need validation, this is such a second-guessing-yourself type of project! Congrats! |
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- Posted by michoumonster (My Page) on Mon, Aug 22, 11 at 23:39
| lovely kitchen! I love your cabinet color and the copper sink! |
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| Your kitchen is beautiful. So open, warm and spacious. That sink is unfreakenbelievable!! I have always been happy with the choices that I made and up until now have never wanted to change anything - but I didn't know that sink existed. I too have a DW around the corner from the sink and have never had a problem being comfortable using it. |
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| I love the color wood you went with and esp for the glass cabs! I like how the drawers look under your cooktop and bet you love how they function ;) I also like how the accent tiles pick up the lighter color of your counters.... Btw - you need a mirror by the bench in the mudroom because that is a perfect place to check oneself on the way out or in... A decorative mirror would give you function and looks. |
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| Nice! My favorite things...the glass cabs, the drawers, the sink, and most of all those floors. They are astounding. Also liked your palette. The faucet for example, is the right color for both the sink and the counters. Enjoy! |
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| A lovely, warm and inviting kitchen, congratulations! |
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| Your kitchen is beautiful, very classy. This is the look I want, whenever we "bite the bullet" to remodel our 80s kitchen. May I ask? Did you have a KD? Are your ceilings 8 ft? Is it rude to ask cost? Enjoy your kitchen! Magoo |
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- Posted by Adrienne2011 (My Page) on Tue, Aug 23, 11 at 9:29
| Epressler - all I did to figure out which hardwood to get was learn which floors were the hardest (on the Janka scale), decide which colors I liked best, and then ask the owner of the hardwood store which brand he loved the best. He said that all the installers LOVE Owens Flooring, and it has a really thick face to it, so it can be re-sanded three times. It was a good choice, because out of 24 boxes, only two smallish pieces were not straight. Anyway, you asked about how many samples I looked at to get the right color - just two. Brazilian cherry has so many colors to it anyway, that the samples you get may be vastly different than what will be in the boxes. It's hard to believe that one type of tree can produce all those colors! But my goal wasn't to match the cabs to the floor - it was just how it happened, because I guess I really love that color of wood! Chitown_remodel - here is a picture of the backsplash without flash, and the mother of pearl tile is made by Olympia. Msmagoo - I designed the kitchen myself, and I was helped out quite a bit because I used ideas I learned here on the kitchen forum. For instance, we have a cell phone charging drawer. It's nothing fancy, but it wouldn't have occurred to make one - I read about them on this forum. My ceilings are eight feet... and you might get sick if I told you how much we spent. I will say that I got great prices on the appliances and wood floor, and fair prices on other stuff. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Olympia's Boutique Collection, which includes the Mother of Pearl tile I used
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- Posted by mtnrdredux (My Page) on Tue, Aug 23, 11 at 9:47
| what a pretty and open space! Lovely tile choice. |
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| Everything looks perfect together! It's very rich and warm without being stuffy. Enjoy!!! |
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| I am usually not drawn to quart counters but I love yours!!! I also love the warmth that changing to wood cabs added to your home! Wonderful job!!! |
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| Thanks for the info. Your kitchen has just become an inspiration for mine when we do our flooring! It is nice to hear that you designed everything yourself because I always design things on my own and it is nice to see a space that looks so great all pulled together! |
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- Posted by sthomas6978 (My Page) on Tue, Aug 23, 11 at 11:31
| I truly admire your new kitchen! Lovely choice of colors. May I ask, what color are your cabinets and who they are made by? |
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| I think the mirror over your fpl performs a different function than the one in the mudroom, so I'd stick with both. The living room one makes the space feel more open and helps bounce light. I don't imagine one checks their teeth for spinach on the way out or tucks a piece of hair back in their ponytail there, lol. I am a fan of mirrors as long as one does not get Vegas-tacky about it. There are so many pretty designs and shapes, that you can really make them a feature. We have a vintage one in our dining room and I love how it reflects the chandelier and makes the space feel larger. It is placed above the seated diner's height and is not made for checking oneself out. I am not a vain person, but I am grateful for a chance to notice a spot on my shirt or something else that needs attending to.... Sometimes, I forget to do a quick check and find out I have been walking around with a smudge on my face and no one has been kind enough to point it out. |
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| Love your new kitchen! I'm in the beginning stages of my remodel and picked out cherry cabinets and really like Cambria Windermere, but is there a lot of green in it? I can't tell from the photos. I'm also a little concerned that it might be too busy. Do you have a photo that shows off more of the counter top? Thanks! |
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