The floor is great, but I weirdly like the pink "before" cabinets. I think they would have been the cat's pajamas with that floor.

You could easily pull off that floor pattern with linoleum for a more affordable option.

I think someone here did that in their kitchen. I love it! And their kitchen was very reminiscent of this inspiration pic. I have spent several hours trying to figure out how to make a version of that work in my house, but I dont think its meant to be.

I know! I am filing it away forconsideration when we get to the flooring part of the renovation, but not sure it will work in our house either...

A word of warning for anyone who reads this--dianolo used that pattern for her failed Marmoleum install. After the fact, she was told that the pattern should've been created using all click squares, and not click planks.

Marcolo- any idea why no planks? Seems like it would be better to have bigger pieces, but I really have no idea about this stuff.

Javamom- there is also a fantastic cork floor here, can't remember who's, that I love. Light and dark cork in a pattern with large light squares with dark cork rows separating them. Another one I wish I could make work here, but must settle for admiratiofrom afar.

I like the floor, too! Different.

The cabinets were on sale at the Baltimore's Loading Dock a few weeks ago. I posted a picture. They even had the matching refrigerator and something else. Stove? DW? I can't recall.

Anyway, very cool.

Oh, no! Upon second look, these aren't the metal kind. The first foto looked like that to me.
The wood? nuh-ha.

williamsen, best as I recall, trying to make the pattern with a mix of plank and tile led the installer to cut away parts of the joining tongues or whatever from the Click, eventually contributing to failure. I don't think it was said that tile and plank can't ever be mixed, just not in this way. You should check into dianolo's old threads if you need to know the details.

I've had that ''After'' kitchen saved in my inspiration pics for a long time, but never realized the floor was stone; I assumed it was marmoleum or something.

This is one of those kitchens that, no matter how beautiful, it makes me wish I hadn't seen the ''Before'' photos. Love the pantry, the copper cooktop and hood, even kinda like the pink. I hope some vintage kitchen lover was able to reuse some of the old stuff. It does seem that they tried to make the kitchen fit there, though.

I don't understand why the linked "design" blog keeps calling it plaid. It's not. It's a lattice weave.

So surprising. Design blogs are always so full of insight and erudition. Not like just any piece of cr*p thrown up for merchandising purposes, or anything.

That pink kitchen is like a little girl's dream playhouse. Of course I wouldn't want that to be my kitchen today, but I disagree with this description:

"As for the before and after of this kitchen, clearly these architects made magic when they renovated the outdated dingy pink cabinetry, countertops and floor plan in order to freshen this kitchen up...a truly delightful space."

I love white kitchens, my kitchen is white. The remodeled kitchen is obviously more sophisticated to our eyes. But at the same time, it looks pretty generic and comparatively lacking in color and character. I love the old kitchen's breakfast nook! As far as I'm concerned, that's the space that's "truly delightful", and more "magical" then the new one! I might even prefer the original butler's pantry.

Anyone agree, or do you think I'm crazy?!

egg - No you're not crazy (or maybe we're both crazy). Except for the interesting floor, I didn't even bother to examine the rest. It was too ordinary.

Well, I really like both kitchens in their way, but the original must really HAVE been the cat's meow when it was new. It wasn't just the same-old/same-old back then, either, any more than it is now.

Oh, yeah--the new floor is absolutely fantastic. Thanks, Javamom. I especially love the way it integrates the cabinet/wall color with the floor (its big lesson for me). I'm not usually a strong-contrast person--except when it's done like this.