This Arlington kitchen made it in the House Beautiful magazine

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Anonymous wrote:I *loathe* that shiplap wall and ceiling.

I absolutely love the rest of it, but could do without the shiplap. I’d actually question that choice, because it’s so specific and getting a bit dated already, and will be a big project to change out down the road. A lot of the color choices/fixture choices are specific as well, but much more easily swapped out if someone tires of them or the house is sold.

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We did a renovation last year in the Plain English style and while I'm happy with my kitchen, I am also over the whole concept of designer kitchens. I think we've gone too far with making kitchens luxurious places.

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I think what I don't like is the three different cabinet colors (four?) and the multiple different surface textures: marble, the white hood, the shiplap, and the multiple metals (gold hardware with dark light fixtures, plus the copper pots). It doesn't blend into a coherent look for me.

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Anonymous wrote:I think what I don't like is the three different cabinet colors (four?) and the multiple different surface textures: marble, the white hood, the shiplap, and the multiple metals (gold hardware with dark light fixtures, plus the copper pots). It doesn't blend into a coherent look for me.

Agree. It's just way too much.

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wow way too many cooks in that kitchen.

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Anonymous wrote:We did a renovation last year in the Plain English style and while I'm happy with my kitchen, I am also over the whole concept of designer kitchens. I think we've gone too far with making kitchens luxurious places.

+1 it’s just a place to store and cook food. People have too much money. Also, expensive gas stoves are a huge waste of money. They cook no better than an average gas stove and are slightly less responsive than an induction cooktop. Electric ovens provide more even heat than their gas counterparts for baking, though maybe at this price point it’s dual-fuel.

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I think she doesn't cook or she'd want something more functional. I sure would.

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I don't like the backsplash. But the rest of it is nice. I wouldn't turn it down.

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Anonymous wrote:We did a renovation last year in the Plain English style and while I'm happy with my kitchen, I am also over the whole concept of designer kitchens. I think we've gone too far with making kitchens luxurious places.

+1 it’s just a place to store and cook food. People have too much money. Also, expensive gas stoves are a huge waste of money. They cook no better than an average gas stove and are slightly less responsive than an induction cooktop. Electric ovens provide more even heat than their gas counterparts for baking, though maybe at this price point it’s dual-fuel.

+1, the extravagant stoves with precious knobs are going to have to run their course, but there will be a backlash soon enough. Some do have a combination of gas and induction. But when it’s unlikely anyone can repair them, these are for non-cooks.

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Anonymous wrote:I think what I don't like is the three different cabinet colors (four?) and the multiple different surface textures: marble, the white hood, the shiplap, and the multiple metals (gold hardware with dark light fixtures, plus the copper pots). It doesn't blend into a coherent look for me.

Agree. It's just way too much.

I like each section individually but this just looks like they couldn’t decide on a color scheme, so they chose one of each. I don’t think it ever works to do more than two cabinet colors.

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The tiny picture with the giant white space around it in the frame is giving me the heebie jeebies.

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Anonymous wrote:I couldn’t like it less.

+1
I weep for what has become of House Beautiful. Plain, dull white (WiTh PoPs Of CoLoR) over and over and over again. That’s a tear out kitchen right there.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think what I don't like is the three different cabinet colors (four?) and the multiple different surface textures: marble, the white hood, the shiplap, and the multiple metals (gold hardware with dark light fixtures, plus the copper pots). It doesn't blend into a coherent look for me.

Agree. It's just way too much.

I like each section individually but this just looks like they couldn’t decide on a color scheme, so they chose one of each. I don’t think it ever works to do more than two cabinet colors.

If it happens organically in a really old home I can see it working; things like that tend to harmonize more than one would expect. This ain’t that, though, and you’re right. It’s a disorganized mess.

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Anonymous wrote:We did a renovation last year in the Plain English style and while I'm happy with my kitchen, I am also over the whole concept of designer kitchens. I think we've gone too far with making kitchens luxurious places.

x100000

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Anonymous wrote:See top picture and then left second row. This is one of a handful of designs from DC area that made it in the magazine over the years. I wonder what was the budget - the range starts at 16K.

https://www.alisongieseinteriors.com/portfolio-unique-interior-design

Is this this one? The photos will stack differently on different screens.


I think the kitchen is nice but don’t forget that House Beautiful was completely changed a few years ago. This doesn’t mean it’s not a nice kitchen but the magazine itself is completely different than it was for decades before. It’s like Newsweek, but not as sad or evil.

All I think about is how disfunctional it is. Imagine having to fill a huge pot of water, then shlugging it all the way across the kitchen to the stove.