Kitchen of Donna Brown, owner of The Gray Door in Houston, Texas. When Donna moved into a new townhouse - she ripped out the perfectly fine brand new kitchen and instead brought in antique furniture from her store to finish out the room.Powered by Podbean.com
Welcome to Week #9 of the Skirted Roundtable! This week, we are going back to our original format of two topics at 15 minutes each. We don't have a guest host this week - it's just us - Linda, Megan, and Joni. The Design Topic is Kitchens!
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Did y'all dis' tile? I mentioned to Architect Design that we've flung tons of greasy stuff into every niche and cranny in our kitchen while raising our children How can anybody with tile get the grout clean?
Again, good ideas....one more thing. I've often suggested using wall sconces, highly decorative ones that you would use elsewhere in the home, to surround a kitchen window. Brings a bit of the living room into the kitchen.
We just ripped out the uppers in our kitchen & did beadboard & shelving instead. I'm still loving it despite comments that everything will "get dusty!" (It really doesn't because almost everything up there gets used and I don't mind rinsing out the occasional cakestand)
Also, Joni, I think I found the color to replace the gray-beige the cabinets currently are--- it's a really pretty green-gray.
haha ok, totally rambling but you ladies get me all excited!!! hahah off to listen to the next one!
-lauren
European design just absolutely blows my mind, and I find myself reading quite a bit on it, even though these are often modular kitchens that one would simply send away for and have installed by a local craftsman. But what fascinates me is the utter innovation of those designs, so I find myself returning to them quite a bit.
I am also looking to design a kitchen for my wife in a too small space in a tract home, which necessarily lets out those wonderful European designs that excite me so. And whenever I find myself going out on a limb with some idea or another for our kitchen, my wife always grounds me by saying, "If you stick with the classics, you won't grow tired of them."
So, what do you do that is different and yet timeless and practical and stimulating to make if you're a cabinetmaker? Damned if I know, but if I ever figure it out, I mean to make it for us and splash that baby all over the Internet!
What you've written, though, has given me quite a bit to think about, and I thank you for sharing your concepts.
Jan at the plain-ordinary-but hopeful Rosemary Cottage
M Hill
http://chameleon-interiors.blogspot.com/2009/06/kitchen-blues.html
Kitchens: You know, I used the idea of a perfect kitchen make over, but funds are always elsewhere used and so after almost 10 years in my very small 70/80 kitchen I found the layout quite efficient. It does not look fancy, but we exchanged the fridge with a LG Monogram stainless, and a Miele Dishwasher, the range and Mirco are still the old ones, but ok for the next few weeks....I have a farmhouse sink, but deep set, so you don't see it :( and I have to say I cook every day for the 4 of us and often for more, visiters, friends, kids buddies. Its alive and kicking. I could use a little more storage and maybe nicer cabinets, devinitely new counter tops, but it does not need to get really bigger. I always say 'So far I managed, why go all out?'
Of course that little devil on my shoulder wispers in my ear...island, light, chic...
Thanks for grounding me!
When you look at the makeover I did on the family room, you can see the kitchen partially in one photo.(Blog: May 29TH)
As always: XX Victoria
Love kitchen design, this was a fun topic!