I've made an imgur gallery to show you all where I started in this kitchen journey and where I'm at now.
To give you an idea of my aesthetic, here my dream kitchen if I had a bazillion dollars and didn't live in a bog-standard suburban home.
Here's a more realistic idea of what I expect I can achieve.
Ok, on to the full gallery: Clicky
Your opinions?
I'm definitely going with black semi-matte painted shaker doors. Slab or shaker drawer fronts? I'm leaning toward slab as I sometimes think those skinny little shaker middles in drawers look strange.
I've decided instead of trying to paint the 5 end parts of the cabinet boxes, I'm just going to hang shaker "doors" on the ends as caps (no hardware obviously). What would you recommend to mount them? That stuff they use to glue mirrors to walls?
Finally, I included a picture of my new sink and faucet. I installed this, plus a new garbage disposal myself. That in mind, do you all think I'd be handy enough to make my own cabinet doors?
I have a router, a router table and an airless paint sprayer and do know how to use them.
I'm planning on MDF for the inserts. What sort of wood would you recommend for the rails and stiles? Any drawbacks to MDF for the inserts?
Also, I plan to do frosted glass fronts in the upper cabinets with LED strip lighting inside. Any advice welcome as to which cabinets (all or ?) you think I should do this with.
The granite countertops are in good shape but have way too much brown in them to work with my overall design. I'm thinking of replacing with white concrete or cesarstone at some point.
Also, I'm aware that fridge looks like I parked a semi in the kitchen. I thought it wasn't available in a counter depth. It was, just not where I bought it. Might try to sell it at a discount (it's brand new) and buy the counter depth. Anyone in Henderson/Las Vegas area who wants to pick up can get a good deal...
Sorry for the novel. Thanks in advance for any feedback!
To give you an idea of my aesthetic, here my dream kitchen if I had a bazillion dollars and didn't live in a bog-standard suburban home.
Here's a more realistic idea of what I expect I can achieve.
Ok, on to the full gallery: Clicky
Your opinions?
I'm definitely going with black semi-matte painted shaker doors. Slab or shaker drawer fronts? I'm leaning toward slab as I sometimes think those skinny little shaker middles in drawers look strange.
I've decided instead of trying to paint the 5 end parts of the cabinet boxes, I'm just going to hang shaker "doors" on the ends as caps (no hardware obviously). What would you recommend to mount them? That stuff they use to glue mirrors to walls?
Finally, I included a picture of my new sink and faucet. I installed this, plus a new garbage disposal myself. That in mind, do you all think I'd be handy enough to make my own cabinet doors?
I have a router, a router table and an airless paint sprayer and do know how to use them.
I'm planning on MDF for the inserts. What sort of wood would you recommend for the rails and stiles? Any drawbacks to MDF for the inserts?
Also, I plan to do frosted glass fronts in the upper cabinets with LED strip lighting inside. Any advice welcome as to which cabinets (all or ?) you think I should do this with.
The granite countertops are in good shape but have way too much brown in them to work with my overall design. I'm thinking of replacing with white concrete or cesarstone at some point.
Also, I'm aware that fridge looks like I parked a semi in the kitchen. I thought it wasn't available in a counter depth. It was, just not where I bought it. Might try to sell it at a discount (it's brand new) and buy the counter depth. Anyone in Henderson/Las Vegas area who wants to pick up can get a good deal...
Sorry for the novel. Thanks in advance for any feedback!