What would you do differently in your kitchen?
Tuesday, January 8th, 2013 09:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
threemeninaboatIf you've designed your kitchen, or not, I'd like to what you want in your kitchen if you could. Like we're putting hardwood floors in our kitchen because we are grossed out by tile and our kitchen has tile. Like, "I regret not putting in...." or even "LG Fridge is a horrorshow!"
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Date: 2013-01-09 05:07 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-01-09 06:00 am (UTC)What would your backsplash look like?
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Date: 2013-01-09 06:24 am (UTC)Anyway, I obviously did not get to design my kitchen. I don't even have a garbage disposal or a place to install a dishwasher. *sob*
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Date: 2013-01-09 12:13 pm (UTC)We're going to hardwood in the kitchen as well, because we've had two tile floors crack out from under us and we're tired of it. The guy who did the second floor said he could fix that problem we had the first time, and his fell apart too, so, screw it.
I too would like a solid L transition from the counter to the backsplash, to avoid leaving a crevice for gook.
What I really want in my kitchen is more space, frankly. But given the layout of the house, that's basically impossible. Well, short of relocating the back door.
A really good spice rack would be nice. When I stayed with
Heh. If I was redoing the kitchen, I'd install the counters level, and fit the sink into them properly, but that's just me snarking about the jackass who "remodelled" the house before we bought it. *sigh*
What I'd really like, but I think my wife would not care for, is taller counters. To include some sort of stand for the stove / dishwasher / etc. Even with a dishwasher, some things still need to be done by hand, and the combination of being 6'5" and having lumbar spine pain issues makes that a more onerous chore than one might otherwise expect.
Better lighting, from more sources. My kitchen has a stupid quantity of shadowed space. I want to be able to see when I'm cooking!
Ok, that's all I can think of for right this second. But I just woke up, too, so I'm sure there will be more later. ;)
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Date: 2013-01-10 03:52 am (UTC)Yeah, we hired a structural engineer who said, "Ha ha NO! You CAN'T move that wall, or the ceiling will cave in."
I've designed an amazing spice rack.
We have 3,000 LEDs ready for the lighting project. You'll see our kitchen from the moon.
Let me know if you come up with anything else. Thanks!
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Date: 2013-01-10 02:18 pm (UTC)Hrm. The idea of going to a one basin sink might be a good one. It would give me a bit more counterspace, and would have the side effect of giving less room for dirty dishes to accumulate. *blushes*
Hrmmmm.
A "drawer" for the very bottom of the counter cabinets, too, that has double slide rails so it can come all the way out. It would make it a lot easier to get at the stuff at the back of the cabinets under the counters.
If I had enough space for one in the kitchen, and a high enough ceiling, I'd put in a pot rack to free up cabinet space. Also, automatic drying rack!
That's all I can think of for now. :)
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Date: 2013-01-09 12:23 pm (UTC)Deep cabinets with drawers seem fancy.
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Date: 2013-01-10 03:53 am (UTC)I've never solved the too high problem though....
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Date: 2013-01-09 03:12 pm (UTC)If someone would hand me about $15,000, I would have my dream kitchen...then it would just be the *rest* of the house that was a nightmare...LOL
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Date: 2013-01-10 03:56 am (UTC)What countertop material did you pick?
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Date: 2013-01-09 05:26 pm (UTC)http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/e81a/
It's one of my favorite things about my kitchen. I don't have a lot of circuits in there so when someone can plug in a cellphone and I still have an outlet for my toaster #geeklove
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Date: 2013-01-09 06:14 pm (UTC)I'll also echo everyone else's wish for a (really tall) backsplash with an un-gookable join to the countertop.
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Date: 2013-01-10 03:58 am (UTC)I need more backsplash ideas.
When are you doing your kitchen?
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Date: 2013-01-09 07:51 pm (UTC)Both are by Elkay, I believe.
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Date: 2013-01-09 09:27 pm (UTC)Samsung French Door Fridge/Freezer - more useful than you can ever possibly imagine - also with water on the side of the fridge, inside, and an ice in a pullout bin in the freezer, so you don't lose space.
Kohler faucets - lifetime warranty. Get one.
Hot tap - for tea, hot chocolate, etc. Awesome to get a small pot of water boiling hard in five minutes or less.
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Date: 2013-01-10 02:19 pm (UTC)"Not soap."
:D
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