How exciting!!! : ) Yes, post pics soon!

Woohoo!

So exciting! It really starts looking like a kitchen once the cabinets go in.

Woo Hoo!!! Can't wait to see

Wow! It's a great day when cabinets start going in! Looking forward to seeing pictures!

Congratulations! It's so exciting to see all those months of planning literally be carried in through your front door.

Good luck and don't hyperventilate if there are any errors or if something was forgotten at the shop. It's actually a good thing if you catch an error now and not later after countertops are installed.

Did you post pictures yet? Can't wait to see! You are getting dutchwood aren't you?

Did you post pictures yet? Can't wait to see! You are getting dutchwood aren't you?

Hurry hurry! Cannot WAIT! :)

Okay, I promised myself I wouldn't post anything till all done, but here's one, it's so not done yet!1 still uppers, etc., lots to do still but I promised!

Oh my! looking so beautiful. We can't wait to see more photos.

Tks Francoise! u picked the gray, and I love it, one of my favorite things! and I was scared doing one wall in gray as opposed to an island in it, which is what most would do, would look funny, but I love it, I also have a small buffet of wood cabinets the color of the floor on the other side. I'll post lots of pics when done, but it's half a--ed right now!!LOL!

Very pretty! Can't wait to see more pics!

Very pretty! Good call on the gray - love the Stone Harbor! Great choice! Looking forward to seeing more!!!

Michelle16- they are beautiful! I can't wait to see more pictures! I am also doing inset with dutchwood and I think we make have selected the same door style. I chose the recessed panel with a small rounded inner edge is yours the same? A question for the upper cabs- did you do deeper cabinets on the uppers since you lose a bit of space with the inset. I am worried that my dinner plates might not fit.

What type of counters are you doing? so excited for you and excited to see how beautiful the cabs are!

Thanks to all of you! P.Ball2- yes, I don't have that many uppers, because the range wall will be a large wood hood. but for the ones I will have I increased the depth to 15 1/4, so i have more space. I chose the recessed with the colonial bead, it has a small rounded bead curve with like a flat peice after it? does that make sense? I am pretty sure it's called colonial bead-it was a standard door style- I didn't want anything too fancy because I did the beaded face frames, and that really makes a statement in it's own. I did custom match Benjamin Moore white dove, and then BM Stone Harbor gray for the other wall.My counters will be white macabus quartzite-my slab is called calacutta quartzite because it doesn't have the linear lines like macubus, rather more veiny like marble, but doesn't etch, it is suppose to wear very well. let me know if u have any other questions, I would be happy to help in any way. thanks! Michelle- I will post a follow up with the picture of the slab for u.

heres the slab

gorgeous!

michelle16, what is the name of that slab? Is it marble or quartzite? It's stunning.

Michelle16- That sounds correct. It was a standard door. will have to double check the name of the door that I chose. What was the upcharge to increase the upper cabinet depth? What is standard depth? I am trying to figure how much you increased the depth. Also if you recall what was the upcharge to add a bead. I presently am going without a bead but if it is reasonable and won't jack the price up too much I may do for it. I am trying not to bombard Jason with too many questions which is why I am asking you. That slab is beautiful. I really like the white marbles and quartzites but my husband hates it so we are going with a soapstone perimeter and then a dark walnut counter on the island.

thanks for all the information. It is really helpful!!

Thanks- Berardmr-the stone is from Brazil, it is called Calacutta quartzite- it is the same color variation as the white macubus which u might have heard of, the only difference is in the veining, it's more like calacutta, vs straight lines like macubus.But it is a qurtzite not a marble. Pball2- I think standard depth is 12". i think the upcharge is around 40$ per door, but I will have to check. And I think to go to a beaded frame is around 17$ per door or draw.

Yeah, that is probably right. It was $17 per door to go to inset versus full overlay. My guess is I will stay without the bead since we already went over our projected budget and I want to add a few more things like valances at the the base of the refrigerator and one other location, plus I think I will need to increase the depth of the cabinets. I am not sure I need to go to 15 1/4" though. My present dish cabinet is the old original cabinet that I described in another post and my dishes fit in there fine but I do have a very close fit with a few of my platters. The interior depth of that cabinet is 12" so I think if I only increase about an inch I should be fine. I will talk with Jason about that. To add $40 per door will not be too bad since it will only be for the upper cabinets.

Do you have any glass front cabinets? I am trying to decide if I want to go with glass shelves or wood shelves in my glass fronts. I don't love the idea of glass shelves because of the care I will need to take when stocking and removing items but he says you cannot light the cabinet unless you have glass shelves. If Bee or any of the other dutchwood people know the answer to this please let me know. I feel like I have seen glass front cabinets with wood shelves that have lighting in them.

Im pretty sure this fellow GW girl did wood shelves in the glass. The reson i did 15 1/4 deep is because I have this exact arrangement next to my big window the glass uppers with glass sides (like bees) and then an appliance garage at bottom like this picture, I needed the depth to fit my microwave, i didnt want to see any stainless at all-(frig and DW will be integrated) i think the glass is nice for a special seperate piece like a hutch or something, but for everyday stuff it might be better to go with the wood,, I think u can still light it up.

My cabinet guy said if you do wood shelves you can light the cabs but only if you use some type of flexible lighting that goes around the inside of the door itself.. Otherwise if you use typical lighting the lighting can't get "through" the shelves. I haven't checked into it yet but that's what I was told...

2littlefishes- with wood shelves that makes sense if you are lighting from above but I figured there was some sort of flexible lighting, like the stuff you see at Christmas but smaller, that could be used. I am still not even sure that I will want lighting. I was thinking I would wait to see how much light the recessed lights spill out and if properly placed it might shine enough light to illuminate the glass fronts just enough. In a perfect world with unlimited budget I would "do it all" but I have to decide what I really want and what I am willing to forego.

Michelle16: That will look nice. I can't wait to see it all finished! by the way thanks for posting your colors. I was leaning toward BM white dove or SW cloud white and I think with your kitchen and Katieob and a few others that have BM white dove I am going to go with that one. I have a similar hutch cabinet planned that goes down to the counter but I put a drawer at the bottom. My big dilemma right now is what to do with the glass. Whether to go with plain and no mullions or to go with mullions. I see kitchens with both and like them. I flip flop daily and this is driving me nuts! I am usually so decisive but this decision is a tough one for me.

I decided not to do the mullions or any kind of fancy glass. I figured I wanted to introduce a few shades of my pops of color with mugs,etc. and this is the area to do it, along with throw pillows on my window seat. Also I was afraid mullions might look dated in time or I would get sick of it. I wanted the X's like this picture really bad, but in the end I thought simple is best, let other things shine.

I have definitely decided to only do plain glass. I used to think I wanted seeded or wavy but after seeing it a couple of places it is just busy and competes with what is in the cabinet in my opinion. I have a collection of blue willow that I plan to display in the hutch cabinet and in the others I will put my glassware and white dishware.

After seeing bee's and katieobs new kitchen I really began to like the plain glass fronts since you can see what is displayed so much better but I think maybe a 4 light at the top.... back and forth. I am waiting to see Jason's drawings which I hope will help me with my decision. Did he do CAD drawings for you?

Yes CAD drawings.

Really nice Michelle. It's exciting!

hey michelle - what type of counters were in the picture you posted of the kitchen with the wood shelves in glass? i know it's not your kitchen but maybe you can point me in the right direction!