Eye Candy: Just Kitchens

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And no that I reread that, I see why you were having trouble. DH is worried it will look “ cluttered” and that the blue and white tiles “ won’t go” in a brown kitchen. Any evidence to the contrary would be appreciated.

The person who spends the most time in the kitchen makes the decisions. That's the rule in our house. Haha.

LOL! I like that and am going to use it! My DH and I are at odds. I want to paint the cabinets Navy, but he keeps saying he doesn't want dark. We get a ton of sunlight so I think it would work perfectly and now I am going to shut him up!

[Anonymous]

EyeCandy- Your threads are my favorite! Thank you.

We have a large ‘90s kitchen with a 6-burner stovetop on an island with a downdraft fan. When we renovate, DH wants to put in an overhead vent. I generally don’t like the way vents look over islands (they tend to break up the room). The other option is to move the gas and water lines so we can relocate the new range to a wall (which would require that we move the sink and/fridge too) but I’m having a hard time convincing him to spend money on that since he cares more about function than form. Can you find photos of attractive vents over islands that don’t ruin the overall look of a kitchen? My style is transitional. Thanks!

[EyeCandyOP]

Anonymous wrote:EyeCandy- Your threads are my favorite! Thank you.

We have a large ‘90s kitchen with a 6-burner stovetop on an island with a downdraft fan. When we renovate, DH wants to put in an overhead vent. I generally don’t like the way vents look over islands (they tend to break up the room). The other option is to move the gas and water lines so we can relocate the new range to a wall (which would require that we move the sink and/fridge too) but I’m having a hard time convincing him to spend money on that since he cares more about function than form. Can you find photos of attractive vents over islands that don’t ruin the overall look of a kitchen? My style is transitional. Thanks!

You want to move the cooktop out of the island, but you want me to find pictures that don't support that?

For what it's worth, I don't think you're going to find professionally designed kitchens with the UFO-style exhaust coming down over the island.

[Anonymous]

EyeCandyOP wrote:

Anonymous wrote:EyeCandy- Your threads are my favorite! Thank you.

We have a large ‘90s kitchen with a 6-burner stovetop on an island with a downdraft fan. When we renovate, DH wants to put in an overhead vent. I generally don’t like the way vents look over islands (they tend to break up the room). The other option is to move the gas and water lines so we can relocate the new range to a wall (which would require that we move the sink and/fridge too) but I’m having a hard time convincing him to spend money on that since he cares more about function than form. Can you find photos of attractive vents over islands that don’t ruin the overall look of a kitchen? My style is transitional. Thanks!

You want to move the cooktop out of the island, but you want me to find pictures that don't support that?

For what it's worth, I don't think you're going to find professionally designed kitchens with the UFO-style exhaust coming down over the island.

I.just saw one on room to improve on netflix. I think it was episode 2. But (ha ha!) it wasn't the architect's choice. The homeowner bought the vent before they had even designed the kitchen because she got a great deal on eBay and the designer had to design a kitchen around it. He was unhappy about it but it worked out in the end!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

EyeCandyOP wrote:

Anonymous wrote:EyeCandy- Your threads are my favorite! Thank you.

We have a large ‘90s kitchen with a 6-burner stovetop on an island with a downdraft fan. When we renovate, DH wants to put in an overhead vent. I generally don’t like the way vents look over islands (they tend to break up the room). The other option is to move the gas and water lines so we can relocate the new range to a wall (which would require that we move the sink and/fridge too) but I’m having a hard time convincing him to spend money on that since he cares more about function than form. Can you find photos of attractive vents over islands that don’t ruin the overall look of a kitchen? My style is transitional. Thanks!

You want to move the cooktop out of the island, but you want me to find pictures that don't support that?

For what it's worth, I don't think you're going to find professionally designed kitchens with the UFO-style exhaust coming down over the island.

I.just saw one on room to improve on netflix. I think it was episode 2. But (ha ha!) it wasn't the architect's choice. The homeowner bought the vent before they had even designed the kitchen because she got a great deal on eBay and the designer had to design a kitchen around it. He was unhappy about it but it worked out in the end!

And I learned that those vents are crazy expensive.

Come to think of it, I also saw a gorgeous kitchen on design doctors, second season, client named Malini. They didn't take out a wall and put in an island but they opened up both ends of the wall and had the oven in the range in the center of the wall that was left with a gorgeous mosaic tile on pretty good. But if you have an island now you wouldn't want to build a wall like that.

[Anonymous]

^^^ha ha not "on pretty good" but should say "and a pretty hood"

[Anonymous]

EyeCandyOP wrote:

Anonymous wrote:EyeCandy- Your threads are my favorite! Thank you.

We have a large ‘90s kitchen with a 6-burner stovetop on an island with a downdraft fan. When we renovate, DH wants to put in an overhead vent. I generally don’t like the way vents look over islands (they tend to break up the room). The other option is to move the gas and water lines so we can relocate the new range to a wall (which would require that we move the sink and/fridge too) but I’m having a hard time convincing him to spend money on that since he cares more about function than form. Can you find photos of attractive vents over islands that don’t ruin the overall look of a kitchen? My style is transitional. Thanks!

You want to move the cooktop out of the island, but you want me to find pictures that don't support that?

For what it's worth, I don't think you're going to find professionally designed kitchens with the UFO-style exhaust coming down over the island.

In a large kitchen, no. In a small kitchen, they're sometimes necessary. Especially since non-hood vent options suck (or, literally don't suck enough).

[Anonymous]

EyeCandyOP wrote:

Anonymous wrote:EyeCandy- Your threads are my favorite! Thank you.

We have a large ‘90s kitchen with a 6-burner stovetop on an island with a downdraft fan. When we renovate, DH wants to put in an overhead vent. I generally don’t like the way vents look over islands (they tend to break up the room). The other option is to move the gas and water lines so we can relocate the new range to a wall (which would require that we move the sink and/fridge too) but I’m having a hard time convincing him to spend money on that since he cares more about function than form. Can you find photos of attractive vents over islands that don’t ruin the overall look of a kitchen? My style is transitional. Thanks!

You want to move the cooktop out of the island, but you want me to find pictures that don't support that?

For what it's worth, I don't think you're going to find professionally designed kitchens with the UFO-style exhaust coming down over the island.

Thanks. I’m going to work on convincing him to reconfigure so we can do a range against a wall. I have seem some vent hoods over islands that look less bad than others but it’s generally not a great look.

[Anonymous]

Hi OP! These are great threads to browse through, thank you so much for your time . If you don't mind one more request:

We are getting ready to renovate our kitchen. Small galley kitchen in a 1950s brick rambler. The kitchen is bordered on one side by an exterior wall and the other side by an enclosed staircase, so there really isn't a way to expand or open it up without a major home renovation. Style in the adjacent dining room is more traditional, but I'd like the kitchen to be a bit simpler/cleaner, if we can do that without clashing. Floors, cabinets, everything will be redone - we're a blank slate except for the floor plan. Having trouble coming up with inspiration or even places to search. Any ideas on where to start?

[Anonymous]

I have a similar issue as PP.

We are trying to figure the best configuration for a 12' wide kitchen in the back dogleg section of a row house. The space is 17' long and would open into the main living/dining area, but we need to carve out a powder room out of the ~200 sf.

Option 1 -- do a one-wall kitchen with an island (probably narrow but long) and seating at the opposite side and windows behind the seats. We think this would be more open and bright, but the half bath would have to go at the back of the house. Clearances might also be tight.

Option 2 -- do a galley/peninsula type deal with the peninsula jetting out between the kitchen and main living space. Powder room would go up front on one side, so one side of the galley would just be about 5-6' of half bath.

Would love to hear if anyone is living with one of these options... WWYD? thanks!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a similar issue as PP.

We are trying to figure the best configuration for a 12' wide kitchen in the back dogleg section of a row house. The space is 17' long and would open into the main living/dining area, but we need to carve out a powder room out of the ~200 sf.

Option 1 -- do a one-wall kitchen with an island (probably narrow but long) and seating at the opposite side and windows behind the seats. We think this would be more open and bright, but the half bath would have to go at the back of the house. Clearances might also be tight.

Option 2 -- do a galley/peninsula type deal with the peninsula jetting out between the kitchen and main living space. Powder room would go up front on one side, so one side of the galley would just be about 5-6' of half bath.

Would love to hear if anyone is living with one of these options... WWYD? thanks!!

PP here. Sorry OP, I just re-read your ground rules and open to any inspirational ideas you might have for the space -- we're up for anything. Colors are lots of white with pops of dark blue Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Just want to say thanks! We're in design phase of a reno and this is all great to see!

[EyeCandyOP]

Anonymous wrote:Hi OP! These are great threads to browse through, thank you so much for your time . If you don't mind one more request:

We are getting ready to renovate our kitchen. Small galley kitchen in a 1950s brick rambler. The kitchen is bordered on one side by an exterior wall and the other side by an enclosed staircase, so there really isn't a way to expand or open it up without a major home renovation. Style in the adjacent dining room is more traditional, but I'd like the kitchen to be a bit simpler/cleaner, if we can do that without clashing. Floors, cabinets, everything will be redone - we're a blank slate except for the floor plan. Having trouble coming up with inspiration or even places to search. Any ideas on where to start?

Okay, so we are going for simple galley kitchens, maybe covering lots of colors and styles so you might come across something that helps you find a direction.

BTW, when you are searching online, you don't always need to search using "galley." Your layout is probably fixed already, so just look for kitchen inspiration in general.

Simple white



Two tone...some people say it's trendy, but I'm not sure it'll ever be gone.




Let's look at some colors...

[EyeCandyOP]

Anonymous wrote:
PP here. Sorry OP, I just re-read your ground rules and open to any inspirational ideas you might have for the space -- we're up for anything. Colors are lots of white with pops of dark blue Thanks!

I love blue and white kitchens. Let's see if there's anything new and interesting out there...

















Couldn't resist one blue kitchen...

[Anonymous]

White cabinets, wood island, green backsplash.