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18 years ago

Thought I'd post a link for some pics for those interested in "in progress" views.

Our house was built in 1980, purchased by us in 1993. We've made extensive changes to the home, but the ONLY thing done in the kitchen was to paint the old, dark brown cabinest a lighter cornflower blue, and appliances back in 1993.

We worked with a designer at HD, went with Kraftmaid Cherry cabinets with a Sonoma finish.

The appliances are Jenn Aire frig and dishwasher, Fratelli Onofri Evolution range, Cavelier Euro 800cfm halogen 6speed vent, Vinotemp wine frig, and Sky Blue granite (which I don't think is blue, buy she does :) )

http://picasaweb.google.com/DowntheroadSS/Kitchen?authkey=BmwY35HLEtE

Jim

Comments (7)

  • 18 years ago

    Here:

    Here is a link that might be useful: Cookin Jim Kitchen

  • 18 years ago

    Oooooooooooh! The Fratelli looks gorgeous! Would be interested in hearing about your install/use experience. I'm "committed" to the Evolution because that's what I told the cabinet guy to build for, but I'm still too nervous to buy it. :)

    This will be the first time I've installed a duel-fuel and wondering if an unknown Italian brand is what I should do my experimenting on. I've got a little while to procrastinate since I am still finalizing the cabinet layout.

  • 18 years ago

    Your range is gorgeous. I'm a bit worried about the airyness of those countertops :oP

    Nice change...though the blue was kinda cute heh heh

  • 18 years ago

    cookin jim... how high above your range is the vent hood? I thought is was suppose to be 30" but to my untrained eye yours looks higher?

    I love watching a kitchen come together. What kind of hardware are you going with on those beautiful cabs?

  • 18 years ago

    Another who will be interested in the reports of the range.

    I think there is a little invoked rule that when you mention something like chicken and dumplings, you need to follow up with the recipe! Its a very gray day here and that sounds great.

  • 18 years ago

    The hood is exactly 30" above the range...nice eye there. I ordered a 36" X 30" stainless backsplash, so that fits perfectly between the Fratelli and the vent. The backsplash also has a flip down "warming tray" that will be installed once the backsplash is permanently mounted.

    Hardware for the cabinets is a "euro-bar pull" style, with varying sizes.

    Before we started, I think there were 8 lights in the kitchen, and 6 of them were track lights. If we count under/inside cab lights now, I think we're up to about 39...

    We have three major milestones coming up.

    1) This week the cabinets get completed.
    2) This week all of the crown molding gets installed
    3) May 23rd the granite gets installed.

    Things I'll redo/correct after the dust settles down, so to speak:
    1) Outlets/dimmers/switches. Didn't think about that before we got the quote. I'll be replacing everything with styles that we like. Not too worried about that, as it's a small part of the electrical quote.
    2) Music source. I'm putting 2 pairs of Polk Audio ceiling speakers in (had Sparky run the speaker wire while he was up in the cieling anyway) but I haven't decided what to drive them with yet. I can run them to the home theater, but I may go with a Sonos wireless music system...dunno yet.
    3) Paint. As I mentioned in another post, we want to wait until we can see the whole picture in our own light before we decide on colors. I've toyed with doing a copper backsplash as contrast to the stainless appliances...jury's still out. We don't want to do anything that's "busy" for a backsplash, because the stone is going to be very dramatic, so don't want things fighting each other.

    Jim

  • 18 years ago

    Jim-I'm thrilled you posted as I'm about to order the Fratelli Evolution in Anthracite as well...it looks gorgeous.
    ...And am contemplating my ceiling speaker options with hubby as we speak...so am curious about your updates/decisions in that regard too.

    It's all coming together so nicely...congrats!

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