Kitchen Ideas
The custom double-sided sideboard divides the new family and breakfast rooms, making each space feel more cozy and inviting. “It came about because of a structural column that had to be kept in place,” Shibles says. “It was a natural evolution, since they needed an attractive divider that could be functional and unify the spaces.”
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One of Heydt’s main objectives was to create a more open feeling in the kitchen without the heavy cabinets that had previously surrounded the window. The new open shelves help keep the kitchen feeling lighter and not so closed-in. Heydt took the opportunity to extend the countertops’ Calacatta d’Oro marble upward with 3-by-12-inch tiles. “It was a great opportunity to add more texture,” she says. Wanting to avoid the typical three pendant lights over the island, Heydt opted for a smashing globe chandelier. It creates a focal point and can be enjoyed from the entire open space.
Light gray walls continue from the cabinets to the walls throughout the space, with a darker paint on the island adding a grounding accent. The dining area seats the whole family, who enjoy most of their meals together here every day. A mix of woven French cafe chairs and slipcovered host and hostess chairs
Would make great counter height table $165 Manufactured By IMAX Worldwide Home Sold By Houzz Width 30.75" Depth 15" Height 32" Weight 296 oz. Materials 100% Iron Category Serving Trays Style Industrial
Use Grandparents wood for this look Wood back is made from salvaged barn wood from old barns in rural Missouri. The three pint jars are held in place with leather straps. The leather straps can be tightened and loosened with a twist of the screws. $64
hanging light fixture
table base! lighting with bottles upright!
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glass table in banquet
he adjacent dining room holds two more industrial touches. The shelving unit once served as the employee mailboxes in a train station; today it’s a wine and glass rack. “We bought this in Nebraska at a farm auction,” says Danforth. “No one could believe we wanted it, and the farmers were curious about what we planned to do with it.” They scored the zinc-topped table at an antiques shop. It had been used as an outdoor table, and the metal top was warped and bubbled. When they put a glass top on it, they found it wobbled. Their house number is 82, and they had not yet attached the numerals to the exterior. When Danforth slipped them under the glass, they leveled it perfectly. The number 82 became a motif and shows up throughout the decor.
A row of cabinets and the range separate the kitchen from the dining area. Edsell came up with the idea of backing them with corrugated metal. “Not only does it look good, it’s relatively inexpensive,” says Danforth. When Danforth and Edsell made the decision to leave the ceiling joists exposed, that meant they’d also be laying the pipes bare. The pipes used in the remodel are made from PVC, which didn’t fit in with their aesthetic vision. “We decided to paint them after they had been installed,” says Danforth. “The contractors we worked with thought we were crazy to leave them exposed, and they tried hard to convince us to let them cover them. But after we painted them silver, even they agreed they look good.”
Tile stretches from countertop to ceiling. “If you cook a lot, and you are realistic about how you cook, you know that splashes happen,” says Danforth. “The tile makes it easy to clean.” The metal shelves on the tile wall are from a restaurant supply company. Edsell’s mother found the wooden rack used at one end of the kitchen. “It was once used in a shoe factory,” Danforth says. “I think they put the shoes on the racks as they built them.” The appliances come from a “scratch and dent” warehouse (a place where slightly damaged but fully functioning pieces are sold). “That made it possible for us to have things like a high-end, six-burner gas range without breaking the bank,” she says.
To make the old cart function as a kitchen work and dining surface, Danforth sealed it to keep the original paint from chipping further. She then made a substrate for the marble countertop, which was also discovered in a vintage shop. “We found it in the back of a store among a lot of bad furniture from the 1970s,” says Danforth. “We had a carpenter cut off the top of the handles on the cart — there used to be two. He drilled a couple of holes in the marble and reattached just one handle with dowels. We had just one put back so there would be more workspace.”
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Add wood pieces for contrast. This vent hood, antique drop-leaf table and Toledo stools bring in a rustic look that keeps the kitchen from feeling too stark. Love window seating with metal table
Open a paint can (even a sample-size one will do). The tiniest punch of paint can have a big impact. Trimming out this window in cheerful apple green turned it into a strong a focal point that draws the eye.
Use color in fabric accents. Another great opportunity to add color in the kitchen is with window treatments. Different types will allow you to control how much of the color shows. You can pull Roman shades up or down depending on how much color and pattern you’re in the mood for. Another trick worth noting is hanging plates, as was done on the wall in this kitchen.
LOVE island with metal basket shelf; love copper lights and sink
love marble counter island, love pipe to hang pots, love just one side wall of kitchen with appliances
n this particular kitchen, I think the supersoft gray-blue wall color is a fantastic choice, as it serves as a continuation of the backsplash color, but is light enough that it doesn’t compete for attention with all of the other rich materials.
“As there’s a lot going on in the rest of the kitchen, we decided to keep the tap simple,” Long says. He settled on an Abode single lever in a matte finish. In another nod to the French-cafe theme, the backsplash is mirrored antiqued glass — the foxed finish adds just the right vintage note.
The exposed brickwork is original to the flat, but some of the bricks in the kitchen area needed replacing. “The owner didn’t like the color of the new bricks, so she had them whitewashed to make them look more authentic and create a warmer look,” Long says.
The island is the main feature in the kitchen, and its authentic look required some creative thinking. Long used walnut for the cabinetry and turned to a sign writer in Cornwall to create the gilded glass panels at the front. He then added a strip of LED lights so the owner could display her collection of glassware and pottery.
use island facing out as "china cabinet" love faded gold lettering on glass
It’s difficult to challenge the timeless appeal of a neutral kitchen, but to bring the look up to date, mix and match cream cabinets with natural woods and lots of interesting structure. The slatted globe pendants and wood-clad extended backsplash here, for instance, are totally neutral, but add texture and depth without the need for any decor.
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The opaque panels on the upper cabinets are Lustrolite, a scratch-resistant, acrylic-like material. “It also works better than a whiteboard,” King says. “I’ve used it in showers, as a barn door in my office; it’s my designer secret.”
Walnut bar top: $3,500, including installation, by DeVos Custom Woodworking
“I basically designed the whole kitchen around the open shelves I wanted,” Heather says. The metal brackets as well as the island’s base were made by local metalworker Mike Forloney. The shelves are pine. “We host almost every holiday and had 25 family members here this past Thanksgiving,” Heather says. The large island is a popular gathering space, as well as a useful work surface. Below, they store their recycling station and pots and pans, and Isla has a cabinet for her favorite things. The couple chose simple clear-glass pendants so as not to compete with the view out the window.
"Creative Ways With Barn-Style Doors" Jensen bought the old pine and chalkboard door seen in the previous photo five years ago from a woman in Portland. “I had no idea what I was going to do with it at the time,” she says. “While building this home, I knew it would be the perfect sliding pantry door in the kitchen.”
This kitchen features a wealth of recycled and salvaged pieces, like the pressed-tin panels in the kitchen island. Cafés create a warm, welcoming and nostalgic vibe by introducing old secondhand pieces with rustic finishes.
Glass-fronted upper cabinets and a back-painted glass backsplash are a break from the white while keeping things light. For the backsplash the homeowners wanted something with minimal joints for easy cleaning. They considered large tiles but decided on the back-painted glass for an even cleaner look. Power outlets mounted beneath the cabinets keep the backsplash free and clear. Lero says the back-painted glass ended up being about the same price, if not cheaper, than a nice tile. “And it reacts to the light,” he says. “You can see cones of light. It changes color because of the reflections and translucency of the glass.”
$250 Manufactured By Quoizel Sold By Arcadian Home & Lighting Width 17.5" Height 6.5" Materials Steel Category Flush-mount Ceiling Lighting Style Industrial
A microwave drawer was installed low so Dave can easily use the appliance from his chair. The electric wall oven above is large enough to roast a turkey. Oven: 30-inch, Bosch; microwave drawer: 30-inch, Sharp
leather camp seats + glass table
The benches are vintage synagogue benches with seats that flip up and down. The hairpin legs on the stools work well with the black steel; their tops are upholstered in durable denim. Custom Stainless fabricated the table with a steel-pipe base
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What Goes With Wood Cabinets? Photo 7 of 13 Marble counters and white subway tile. If you have naturally beautiful wood in your kitchen, like these reclaimed chestnut cabinets, consider complementing them with marble counters and white subway tile. Dark grout with white subway tile is more sophisticated than white — and easier to keep looking clean. Repeat the dark grout color with dark cabinet hardware and a black light fixture.
AFTER: Looking at the new kitchen from the same angle, we can see how floating beams unify the ceiling lines. This feature “distracts the eye from noticing the off-center window, and it brings warmth and interest to the upper part of the room,” says Levant Bland, who worked on the project while employed at Jennifer Gilmer Kitchen & Bath. Parallel track lighting creates a harmonious feel, while the nonstructural beams make a big statement and visually widen the room.
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