Meanwhile, Back in the Kitchen…. Part III – Countertops; Black or White?

June 23, 2015 0 Apartment, Design Inspiration, Kitchen, Renovation , , , , Permalink 0

[Photo: This is one of the more beautiful kitchen combos I have run across in my countless hours of obsessing and planning our new kitchen. Source: Remodelista]

In my last post, I went into great detail about how compromise won when it came to figuring out what we are going to do for our cabinets. I am completely in love with the shaker cabinets which are commonly available in the UK, but are not easily attainable in the good old boring US of A. But, in the end, I think I have a solution we can be happy with

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Meanwhile, Back in the Kitchen…. Part II – Cabinets and Compromise

June 17, 2015 3 Apartment, Design Inspiration, Kitchen, Renovation , , , Permalink 0
[Image: Stiffkey Blue is named after the village near north Norfolk beach (UK) where the mud, along with the cockles, is this very particular blue hue.]

“You say “Stiffkey”, “I’ll say Stewkey”. . .

Those close to me know that I have been obsessing over our kitchen design for months, and months, and months, and…. you get the idea. And in doing so, I have discovered that what I thought I liked three months ago may not be what I like today. As I have delved deeper and deeper into the possibilities of what we can do, I have made surprising discoveries about my taste and desires for the new kitchen.

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