Several Kitchen Design Dilemmas-HELP!

6 years ago

We are building our forever home and I have a few items I need advice on in the kitchen. I have attached some drawings we have from our cabinet guy for reference:

Counter tops: I was thinking about doing a light quartz on the main countertops with a butcher block island in the middle. Should we splurge for quartz? Or save and go with laminate? Does anyone know if the new Formica 180fx® Laminate (specifically the Calacatta Cava color) is any good? It looks decent online.

Cabinets: We are doing white custom shaker cabinets. Currently, we are going to the ceiling just on the appliance side of the kitchen that has the double oven and fridge. Should we splurge and go all the way to the ceiling on the whole kitchen? Or will 42 inch cabinets look alright? We have 9 ft ceilings in our kitchen.

Sinks: I want to do a traditional white farmhouse sink. I've heard awful things about the apron sink scratching from belt buckles. Should we just do a normal under mount white ceramic sink instead? And if do we laminate, are there any good top mount farmhouse sinks?

Thank you!

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WestCoast Hopeful

6 years ago

Do something to the ceiling in the whole kitchen.

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Mary Conway
Original Author
6 years ago
Are there any other options besides adding an additional smaller cabinet on top of the uppers?
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6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
You need a Kitchen Designer.
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HALLETT & Co.
6 years ago
Trash sink dishwasher. That’s the order of cleanup, that is the order of cabinets. Why dance between the island and perimeter with every dish? With nine foot ceilings run everything to the ceiling. Do not have the stepped cabinets (two cabinet heights on one run)
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Mark Bischak, Architect
6 years ago
I have never understood why, in a run of wall cabinets, one cabinet is higher than the others in the run. As if the installer made a mistake ordering cabinets or installed one at the wrong height and fast talked the home owner into accepting it. Take the cabinets to the ceiling and consider a 24" tall wall cabinet on top of a 30" tall wall cabinet.
Mary Conway
Original Author
6 years ago
Great feedback, thank you! I will have our carpenter draw up everything to the ceiling. So possibly move the trash can to the left side of the sink? Then I could just do two rows of drawers on the island for storage.
J Rabb
5 years ago
Did you decide to go with the Formica Calacatta Cava? Curious how you like it.
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Sabrina Alfin Interiors
5 years ago
If you're splurging on custom cabinets (a) have all cabinets go to the ceiling and (b) use quartz for the counters. Laminate counters on custom cabinets will look a little chintzy IMO. Also, I'd lose the arched detail above the range. Will look cleaner and more up-to-date with straight edges.