by Conrado - Home Builders
Saratoga, CA, US 95070 · 261 photos
Monte Sereno Tuscan Custom Home
http://www.conrado.com/

This Tuscan beauty is a perfect family getaway. A grand entrance flows into an elongated foyer with a stone and wood inlay floor, a box beam ceiling, and an impressive fireplace that lavishly separates the living and dining rooms. The kitchen is built to handle seven children, including copper-hammered countertops intended to age gracefully. The master bath features a celestial window bridge, which continues above a separate tub and shower. Outside, a corridor of perfectly aligned Palladian columns forms a covered portico. The columns support seven cast concrete arches.

 
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powpag wrote:
Was this the original finish on the fireback? - It looks beautiful. Ours is cast iron and wondering how we should finish it. Thanks! »
· Comment · 3 months ago
Conrado - Home Builders Yes, this is the original finish. We may have wire brushed it. Like yours, it is cast iron.
3 months ago ·
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frankpres wrote:
Kitchen counter - What is countertop material next to range? »
· Comment · 6 months ago
vorpel Stunning counter. I've never seen that before!
4 weeks ago ·
D. Preston Construction That is gorgeous!!!!!!
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rossomatic wrote:
Where is the backsplash from? »
· Comment · 8 months ago
Antique-fireback.com We have more than 500 old and antique firebacks that can be used as backsplashes at http://www.firebacks.net.
2 months ago ·
vorpel Thank you so much for the info, I'm checking out your website now!
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eyebrow wrote:
What is color of upper kitchen cabinets? »
· Comment · 11 months ago
Conrado - Home Builders Custom faux finish.
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What Houzz contributors are saying:
The Cons of CopperDiscoloration. This is the flip side of the pretty patina that copper develops. If you're attached to the new-penny look of shiny copper, you'll have to be diligent about resealing. Check out examples of aged copper countertops to determine if or how much you'll still like them years down the road.
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Our range
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copper
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see through to dirty kitchen
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beautiful mural over stovetop
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beautiful mural over stovetop
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Copper counter top
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copper countertops
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Cabinets r differnt top and bottom
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Gorgeous patina.
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Love the back tile /copper thingy
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Fireback
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Copper countertops
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back splash
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Cabinets and copper
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Copper countertop range hood and cabinets
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love colours and wood together - beautfiul
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everything
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copper
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Counter tops
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Copper rounded edging
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copper countertop
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inlay behind stove
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Love the copper
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Bs
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Copper hammered countertop
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copper countertop
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Tile back
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Fireback
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fireplate?
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French fireback, cast iron, 19th century. Theme is a story of De La Fontaine: 'The fox in the vineyard'
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copper top
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Love the metal backsplash
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love rounded edge using copper
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kitchen
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fireback
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colors
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The copper countertops are beautiful but take second place to the cabinetry. Even the dishwasher has an overlay panel. Love the color contrast between the upper lighter cabinets and the warm rich color of the lower cabinets. Just unique.
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Cabinet style and color with copper countertop
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Copper counter tops
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The hammered copper country top
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copper counter tops
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Lights in the hood
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Backsplash idea
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Copper counters
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sophisticated countertop
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bronze countertop
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classic style with some modernization as the upper cabinets in beige and the lower are brown
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look @glass placed in cuttoutthen maybe place metal cutout over that or even a fake stained glass or something
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~~counter
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Copper countertop
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Copper counter
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i like this range.
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fireback
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like this combo. warm.. not stark
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Tile behind cooktop
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hood cover idea
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kitchen knobs on cabinets
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Wood color
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hammered copper
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Mantel over stove
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Copper counter tops with cream cabinets
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LOVE antique back splash! Love lower cabinet color
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floor
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hmmmm
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Backsplash
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pretty, warm colors
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Relief sculpture behind stove
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copper counter with rounded edge
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counter
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Color and style of cabinets + hammered copper
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copper counters! lovely!
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For the bar cabinetry that Mike wants...
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copper countertop w/ wood cabinets & white stone backsplash
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kitchen
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Handsome woodwork and stove. Hammered copper countertop.
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stain
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Buc fresca
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Kristen LIKES copper picture frame above stove
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Lights
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Cast iron fire back
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like the rounded edge of the copper countertop
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cooper counter tops
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copper counters
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Stove/oven
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moms kitchen ?
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Stove/Tuscan
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wood and painted cabinets. Like the counter top too.
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back of stove
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copper
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Copper counter and love the range
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stove, oven...
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copper rounded counters
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Backsplash
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Backsplash
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chocolate counter
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Stove splash
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kitchen hood
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i like the color of paint and metal tile
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counter tops
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love the stove!
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Cabinet color and copper counter top and backsplash
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KITCHEN COPPER TOP
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Cabinet contrast
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above stove & tile
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clean, nice cooktop
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relief behind range, water pot, counters
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The stove is unbelievable
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wow
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Cupboards
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Love the cooper counter top.
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like the way the window molding transitions into the cabinets
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concrete top, copper finish
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Love backsplash
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Copper
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tuscan with copper counters
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tile
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the counter tops!
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lower counter stain
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tile and motif set in
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Backsplash
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copper
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KNEW IT!
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cabinets/contrast
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i love the countertops so much......
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Copper Countertop
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elegance
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stove!
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metal insert
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Love the copper countertops!!!!!
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cabinet color
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Classy
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Copper Countertop, Range, Glass Front Cabinets
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Copper picture behind stove
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Like
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Splash
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backsplash
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Stove
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love the stove top and the cooking area...not too gaudy or busy.
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like the glass cabinets
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Backsplash
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metal backsplash
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back of stove
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lights under cabs and range hood
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Stove
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kitchen ideas
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fan/lights within hood
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copper countertop
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white top bottom brown cabinets
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again - white hood with hint of dark wood trim - is that a copper counter?? ;)
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Like the picture behind the stove.also the round corners of the granite
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medallion and copper-hammered countertops
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Kitchen 3
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love art piece over stove
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Coure
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Look!!!! Dark on bottom light on top! Hard to find
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We like the two colors used in these upper and lower cupboards and drawers. If we have room for an island, we would like it to be in the darker color. We also prefer that the upper cabinets are complete with crown molding to cieling height.
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hood and tile
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kitchen
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this is more what I like, but this is a bit too fancy for me
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Color of cabinets/copper
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fan and lights
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counter tops
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Same
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stunning cabinets
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Color and style
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Copper countertops!
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Agga
added by Mariska Lesch to Kitchens (10 months ago)
The Cons of Copper Discoloration. This is the flip side of the pretty patina that copper develops. If you're attached to the new-penny look of shiny copper, you'll have to be diligent about resealing. Check out examples of aged copper countertops to determine if or how much you'll still like them years down the road.
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Kitchen
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beautiful kitchen with copper
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copper countertops
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kitchen
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Copper countertop
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everything
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Backsplash is cool!
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Germ free counter top
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the design on the cabinet doors
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Contrasting colors/ copper countertops
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copper counter top for kitchen
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like the rounded edge
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color of cabinets
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tile backsplash
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bucatarie
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Backsplash
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Stove rocks
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I like the crown moulding
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white top cabinets, brown bottom cabinets
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COPPER
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it would be a dream come turn to have it.
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love the stove and copper look