Kitchen Traditional Kitchen, Atlanta

@Sharon Finlay: The ceiling ht is 10'.

Gary Dresser, Dresser Homes

I know this is an older thread but Walker Zanger has a creamy white shiny or matte subway tile in 2x6 for about $16 sf. Goes with the IKEA Grimslov or Bodbyn too. It's the white color in their 6th Avenue line. Maybe it will help someone who comes across the thread.

what color are the cabinets

How tall are the ceiling? thanks

Definately agree on the SS insert for the bottom of the farmhouse sink. Best money we ever spent. After that Bar Keepers friend can safely get out any little marks.

Just to chime in here, fireclay sinks should hold up well to heavy use, but we definitely recommend a sink grid to prevent scratches. Some useful resources for those considering a fireclay farmhouse sink:

Detailed buying guide about farmhouse sinks

Everything you want to know about sink grids

How to repair a fireclay sink if it does get scratched

Hope these help make your decision easier!

Another question! Do the painted MDF doors show dents and fingerprints bad in the dovetail do you know?

I am currently designing our kitchen for a house we are building. The cabinet company is talking me out of taking my cabinets up to the 9' ceiling but I LOVE this look! They say it will make the kitchen seem smaller?? It's roughly 20' x 14' with a 4' x 8' island. Can you tell me how tall cabinets & molding you're using here to get to the ceiling? Thanks

Thanks so much, Gary. We are about done with our home build in Illinois. I've been following your homes for the last 8 mos. and they are among my favorites. I don't know how you find the time but you are so helpful to the followers on Houzz, answering so many questions about your beautiful homes.

can you pls give backsplash specifications pls

I am just about to build and am debating white subway tile with pale gray grout OR white grout. Is pale gray grout used throughout this kitchen? My cabinets will also be raised panel white with a perwter glaze. This looks beautiful. Cant tell from a distance if this is gray grout or not.

Thank you!

AML

The grout is Antique White (from Custom), which I would characterize as pale gray (more than white). Good luck!

Gary Dresser, Dresser Homes

Thank you so much for your response! You are correct, there are many tile shops here and the Sonoma Creamy Crackle was just one of so very many that we took home and looked at on our counter for quite awhile before making a selection. It was a great size- classic but with a bit larger format that made it seem fresh. The Creamy crackle tiles that I took home as samples were the perfect white - not too cold, not too warm and certainly glossily glazed! They seemed they would be perfect....but what came in was dull and several shades off my white sample. After the holidays are over I am going to take them into the store along with the samples they sent me home with and ask if that is a reasonable amount of difference to expect when ordering a "hand made tile" as they stated on the phone. When I happened upon your photo of the tile I was surprised to see it was our exact tile in another size and oh so shiny! Thank you also for the lighting suggestion- having moved here from the east coast we worked with a lighting plan which included many LED's including under counter LED so we are nicely covered there- we absolutely love the lighting in the room. I will be going back to all previous samples and visiting the stores again but I must admitt I am a bit trigger shy to be able to order any tile ever again without an exact sample from the batch I will be getting or a sample for approval from any custom tile. I was told the Stellar was a stock item and that the tiles I took home were current and any variation would be slight. Any friend who sees it can not believe it is even the same tile. Thanks again, you do beautiful work - Happy holidays to you!

I just did tile floors with 1/8" spacers, but grout does look like it's 3/16 or even slightly more.. so for back-splash, DEFINITELY 1/16" - otherwise you are going to have fat ugly lines ... you can't not use spacers, because you won't be able to insert grout, and you will have water damage.. btw, tile stores really overprice their spacers, so get them on amazon

Depending on your tile - if you go with staggered placement, get T-type or horseshoe

BTW, i was thinking about installing really small stones/glass (3/4" squares), but decided not to do it, because of too much grout, grout getting dirty, and also these are VERY hard to get them straight ... I decided to go with 8x16' tiles

@ericairwin: Yes, we are talking about the same thing. Built-in refrigerators are 24" deep so that they are flush with the surrounding cabinetry. The term "integrated" refers to the unit have cabinetry panels so that it is "integrated" into your cabinetry. Just to make it a little more confusing, Sub-Zero also has a line of "fully integrated" refrigerators where it allows you to fully conceal all of the metal hinges and hardware and so forth and make for a cleaner look.
Gary Dresser
Dresser Homes

Ok thanks so much for explaining it better!! A friend has a Miele integrated fridge and here in Canada they are about $8500. I was hoping to have somewhat the same look but with a much lower price point. I was thinking of going with an all freezer and all fridge idea (side by side) because for our kitchen reno we have a wide space but its not deep. Oh and we have 4 kids so we have lots of food:) Though more fridge is the most important since we don't eat a lot of frozen things but I thought to balance it out look-wise I might need it that way.

My sink is a 30" Whitehaus with a 33" apron cabinet from Kraftmaid, in the Parkdale line of semi-custom cabinets. (I just measured it.) The Bondo filler that I mentioned above resulted in a perfect finish: I applied it, sanded the finish and kept applying and sanding until I built up the filled-in space to be flush with the cabinet. Then I used the expensive Kraftmaid paint over it and the match is unbelievable. It's perfect, and I'm one of those people whose almost impossible to work with because I'm so picky. I had all of my granite pulled out and replaced, and my floors all re-sanded at no cost because each job was significantly flawed. Of course, you have to be committed to putting lots of TLC into the work if you're going to do it yourself and have it come out right.

You can find the Rohl RC3018 30" sink here - it's one of our best selling fireclay sinks!

What is the color of the cabinets?

All the details of the cabinet style and finish are listed on another question on this kitchen.

Sure. I think they would work fine.
Gary Dresser
Dresser Homes

Love these pendants. What is the size of the pendants in this pic and size of island? Would three 14.5" wide x 13" tall pendants work for a 4' x 10' island in a kitchen with an 8' ceiling?

All of the wall cabinets are a standard 12" deep.

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Thank you for the speedy answer! How do you dinner plates fit ? in the cabinets I have that are 12 inch my dinner plates are too big in diameter

Hello, I have been looking for that picture you referenced but I have not yet been able to find it :(

If you need solid wood doors go to www.etodoors.com or call (888)Door ETO.

I think either option would look fine.
Gary Dresser
Dresser Homes.

thanks, this is helpful, I am also trying to decide size for backsplash, my kitchen is a good deal smaller but I like the simplicity of subway tile and with herringbone for a little surprise over the range.

The hinges were provided by the cabinet manufacturer, Cyrstal Cabinets. http://crystalcabinets.com/
Gary Dresser
Dresser Homes

What is the ceiling height & upper cabinet height? Assuming the uppers are 2 separate measurements? I'm looking for a stacked look with 9' ceilings. Thanks!

Thank you for keeping in touch. We have not made a decision as of yet and are still exploring alternate kitchen designs

Hi any update? I am having the same issue and am trying to figure out what to do with the cabinets in 9 foot ceilings. I really wanted them to go to the ceiling.

For all of you here, I have to recommend Cambria Torquay. After months of searching, I narrowed down to that stone instead of marble and couldn't be happier after the install. It is gorgeous and bullet-proof compared to marble.

Where did locate the cumbria torquay?

Thanks, what style and finish, I love this combination.

If you look at the other questions/comments on the photos of this kitchen, all the details are there.

Would love to know about the cabinet hardware! Just what I'm looking for...

@robincarter: The exposed hinges come as part of the cabinets and would come from the cabinet manufacturer. I believe the other pulls and handles came from Top Knobs, but I'm not positive. Another good source of hardware is coolknobsandpulls.com
Gary Dresser
Dresser Homes

I have marble in my own house and have installed it in dozens of houses. It really is a personal preference as to how much blemishes on the marble will drive you crazy. For me, they are no big deal.....just part of the patina of "the real thing".

For kitchen counters, a honed finish will be much more forgiving than polished. I highly recommend it.

You will probably hear your installer or salesman talk about using several coats of some great sealer, but in my experience, all marble will "etch" during the normal coarse of using your counters. People worry about stains from things like red wine and pasta sauce, but those are not really a problem. It's the little etch marks caused by ANYTHING acidic or alkaline you put on the counters.

So here is the deal....if you have windows in your kitchen and you get on the opposite side of the island (assuming you have one) counter and you look toward the window, you will absolutely see all the little etch marks in the marble. However, if you don't have a lot of natural light, or if the window if oriented in a way that the marks do not catch your eye, you may be fine.

There was a great article here on Houzz a few years ago discussing the pros and cons of marble counters. You might try searching for it.

Good Luck!

Gary Dresser, Dresser Homes

Thanks Gary for the response. Appreciate the info.

No, it was a compliment.

Thanks!

Wonderful LOOK!! This looks like the kitchen I'm about to start, but cannot find the right tile. Would you share the manufacturer...collection and color. I'm getting frantic. Thanks you!!

I'm also looking for this tile!

Satin finish polyurethane. 3 coats.
Gary Dresser
Dresser Homes

Thank you most kindly.

Ceramic tile for kitchen

Hi Lisa! This tile is Sonoma Tilemakers, Stellar, in creamy crackly 2x8. Specialty Tile sells it in Orlando & Atlanta & Tampa & Savannah. If you need an alternate city you can look them up at www.sonomatilemakers.com.

What size tile did you use?

What size tile did you use? And what did you use for the border of the herringbone section? Thanks!

Checked all other comments, still don't see anything on backsplash. So you have that info?

It is a 2x6 subway tile. It is available at Specialty Tile here in Atlanta. Someone indicated that the manufacturer was Sonoma Tilemakers but I'm not positive that is correct.

Gary Dresser

Dresser Homes

Can you confirm the color and treatment of the cabinets? Couldn't find it on the other photos.

Hey Alison, I just listed the details on your question. Check there. Gary Dresser

I have a 9 foot ceiling height and would like to consider the double wall cabinets. What size would you recommend for top cabinets and appropriate size for those below keeping in mind that we would like to have crown molding of approx 4.5-5"

Thanks for all the insight and responses Gary. I also have 10' ceiling I'm working with and your responses on this site have been a huge help. Thank you.

can you tell me what range that is?

The range is a 48" Dacor Range with a splash guard installed at the back.
Gary Dresser
Dresser Homes

Our kitchen is very similar in the way the blind corner is a small cabinet next to the stove--I'm wondering if you can tell me what size cabinet you used for the base blind corner? How did you deal with the dead space? Are there pullouts in the cabinet?

It is a 36" x 24" corner cabinet with a lazy susan in the cabinet.
Gary Dresser
Dresser HOmes

I'm curious, did the trim color above the cabinets match the trim everywhere else? It looks like it matches flawlessly to the cabinet color (which I'm also searching for in these comments).

Not that it matters anymore as I see you asked your question quite a while ago but :) I'm doing my kitchen now and the cabinet supplier matched the finishing crown at the ceiling to the cabinetry.

Thank you! It's beautiful. Your homes are really lovely.

Thank you.
Gary Dresser
Dresser Homes

Oh, I see now that the cabinet is 24". I was forgetting the range was 48!

Yes, I believe 12' is correct.

Circa Lighting in Atlanta.

Thank you, I did manage to track them down. As someone new to this site when I originally asked this question, didn't realize the green tags were for product info.

I'm pretty sure this is the fixture on the right corner.

This faucet is the Rohl model A3608WS. It can be purchased at Quality Bath- http://www.qualitybath.com/product~name~Rohl+A3608WS~ID~83.htm