SOLOMON KITCHEN
The hood in this kitchen is the same type as one you showed me...but the one you showed me was black enamel...Many of these go very vintage or very French...but I'm working with this company for someone and have been researching finishes and details... this is something we could discuss.. Pricey...but worth a look.
You could use a leg/post to give a nicer finish to your island..but I think it should be strong and simple...Here's one example, but there are many... Again, this creates a little reduction in seating space...why Beth was keeping it open and had the top extending in two directions. If we could accommodate enough seating, I would like to give the island more strength.
Two things here... first, this is a kitchen with doors and drawers all Shaker (variation of)... This should let you know whether you feel it is too busy. I do like the mix of the Shaker door and the slab drawers...but only in a framed kitchen...and you need to consider the very deep drawers and which way you would go... for further discussion. Also, zoom in to the cabinets in the back...they are very tall and have a support piece to accommodate... Thinking back to our meeting with Beth...we discussed short cabinets above the cabinets...I prefer the taller, single cabinet with a support. Here it is shown..
In several of these photos, the shallow drawers are slab, the deeper drawers are Shaker (and various versions)... I think I mentioned that when we were talking about the placement of hardware...If the space is too small for a good placement, this is typically the solution. This pic also gives you an idea of how different the door style looks in a light, painted finish.
Two things to look at in this pic... First, this is not a framed kitchen...it's called frameless or overlay... Notice on the drawers that you see all drawer front, no frame. Nothing wrong with this, it just doesn't have the sophistication that a framed kitchen does...especially if you are going with a simple slab in a higher end kitchen. Second, zoom in and see how small the space is for the hardware on the smaller drawers...this is what I was talking about...if you use the shaker drawer front, we need to know how much room there is for hardware...often, people place a pull above the flat panel. While we're here...the glass cabinets are "single light" glass...meaning, no mullions...no little panes. Simplicity... I know you have been opposed to glass cabinets, but it is a solution to break up the long line of doors on the wall with the window.... We'll look at that separately and discuss options.
The base molding on this island is what we referred to as a "furniture base"... I would much prefer to see the side of the island extend, as this one does, almost to the edge of the top...but it does cut down on space for bar stools. I'm sure Beth was trying to give you more seating, but perhaps we should discuss...
This kitchen has a similar combination as Rachel and I discussed...the doors are a version of Shaker..looks like a rounded bead of trim, where your door selection has the squared... Zoom in and notice the slab drawers, straight back...same look as in the pic Rachel sent... The look only comes in a framed (or inset) cabinet. If the cabinetry is not framed, you would see the drawer fronts only, not the framing around. It's a completely different look. A framed kitchen will generally take the budget up by approximately 30%.
Feet...see end of cabinets/hutch feet and to the right, simple foot.
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