I haven’t picked out specific finishes yet, I’m thinking mostly white cabinets. This seemed like a fun spot to use them to add a little warmth and character to the kitchen. So not long enough to put on the ceilings or walls when our ceilings are 9 foot throughout the house. I’m really excited to see how this turns out, I wanted to use these beams so many places, but the problem is most of them are only 6-8 ft long. 2, 8 foot beams will hold up 1, 9 foot beam and they will have wall sconces mounted to them. Remember when I mentioned we saved a bunch of old beams in the house we tore down? We are going to use them to frame this window seat, sort of like this drawing. This is the breakfast nook (totally NOT to scale). I’m also thinking possibly doing 1×4 vertical planks in the back of the decorative cabinet section so maybe just paint the back a different color and keep the cabinets white, opinions? Maybe the same color as the island? I haven’t worked out the island design yet, but I want it to look like a piece of furniture. I’m also toying with the idea of painting the whole thing a different color to look more like furniture. That’s more of a decorative cabinet that’s a mix of open shelves and glass doors. Then that 2nd bank of cabinets is only about 16 inches deep to keep the breakfast nook from feeling too tight. It will be a counter depth fridge to look more built in. The hood will sit forward (you can follow my handy arrows at the top of the page) as will the fridge as that’s obviously deeper. Then a 36 inch oven, I went around in circles about going for the big double oven 48 inch, but ultimately the kitchen design worked out so much better with the smaller oven and it still has 6 burners. Also, nice big drawers to keep pots and pans in, which I find easier to organize than cabinets. Then 2 sets of cabinets flanking the hood, which will be set back. I like that it balances out the fridge and creates symmetry. That will be a deeper cabinet brought forward a bit. Left to right, there is a large ceiling to counter glass cabinet with sliding doors. Ok, so breaking down the cabinet design on this next drawing is the whole right wall with the oven and fridge on it. Even though it’s tucked back, it’s still totally open to the dining room and main living room so it will be great for entertaining. It’s sort of tucked back in the house like an old school kitchen, which I kind of love, and it has a breakfast nook, which I think we will use all the time. First sketch is just an overhead view of the floor plan for the kitchen. But at least you can get an idea of the direction we are going. Once again, I will be sharing my kindergarten sketches with you, so feel free to laugh. Here is a refresher of what the space looks like – it may look small in the pic but it’s about 15 ft wide and 22 ft deep. After several (ok 8) tries and a lot of help from my math whiz husband, I finally got the design to scale…ish. Math was never my favorite subject, but trying to draw something to scale is right up there with a root canal for me. Well, not the design, but getting what’s in my head out on to paper to show the cabinet maker. If you saw my IG story last week, you could tell I was struggling with the design. I love cooking and have a pretty distinct vision of my kitchen in my head that would have been hard to make happen with a standard cabinet company. I’ve received a lot of emails and messages wanting to know what I’m doing with our kitchen plans – so, here you go! For this house, we are having all of the cabinets custom made, which was one of the major deciding factors for going with the contractor we chose.
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