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Time for the big reveal! And apologies for taking so long to organize this; I was so stressed about the election that I couldn’t think, much less try to write coherently. It’s not that big a space—but I was also having trouble fitting things into the frame (not least because I’m not a good photographer). Of course, that will make the tour easier.
Things I would have done a little differently: I might have replaced the butcher block with new butcher block and with a little more of an overhang. The cabinet handles stick out a bit, and I occasionally snag a hipbone on them. The light over the sink shines directly in my eyes—I should have had that light under the cabinets. The microwave kinda sucks—the light over the stove is too dim AND it gets very hot (it might be halogen, which would be stupid); I had no idea that that was something I needed to even think about. The fridge is only adequate—there’s no light in the freezer and no cheese drawer in the fridge—but it was really the best I could find that wasn’t French doors or freezer on the bottom. It is SUPER quiet, though, so I now realize just how close to dead the old one was.
Things I like even more than I thought I would: all of the storage space! The stacked cabinets were totally the way to go. The stone counter—it is so nice to not have to watch my countertop rot. Three racks in the oven—awesome. The floor is wonderful, and the light color means I end up cleaning it WAY more often, so there’s that. And the tile—I love having some color in the kitchen. May I point out that the tiles are all the fault of John G. Cole: after his last trip to the Fiesta factory outlet, I was noodling around on their site and discovered that I could get tiles in licensed Fiesta colors, from a factory in Pittsburgh. I have Fiesta dinnerware, in multiple colors, so spending the extra on that tile was a no-brainer.
And now that I’ve been using it for a couple of months, I realize just how many workarounds I had in place. I’ve added a curtain to the window (I MacGyvered a roman shade that looks . . . okay, but I will make a new one when I get the sewing machine fixed), which, in the two days it’s been up has already improved the temperature in there. All in all, the whole thing is such an awesome upgrade—definitely a thing for which I am grateful this year.
First up: This is looking from the doorway into the kitchen; the fridge is out of frame on the left, as is the long counter. Here you can see that there’s now a stone countertop where there was once rotting butcher block, and you can see there’s an undermount sink, as well as a faucet that doesn’t leak. (There’s also no garbage disposal, because it turns out the sink is too deep and there was no room; I don’t really care.) You can also see the floor, and the new storm door.
This is the same side of the kitchen, but from the outside in. There’s a small space above the sink that doesn’t have tile—we ran out, but I don’t actually hate it with the gap. If I change my mind, I’ll order a little more tile.
Here’s another view from the dining room doorway into the kitchen—this gives a better idea of the stacked cabinets, and how it looks without the cabinets next to the window.
Here’s the opposite view of the butcher block counter—and the tile.
This is the end of that counter nearest the window. The little space at the end of the counter is just big enough for a garbage can—and if I order more tile, I’ll put it on this wall, too. I just splurged on some carbon steel pans—a 12-inch sauté pan AND a paella pan—and I may hang one or both of those here as well when I get them.
Finally, here’s a panorama view. (No, the counter is NOT jagged at the end.)
Baud
The little shelves are cute.
Love that new kitchen smell.
NotMax
What brand is the fridge?
WaterGirl
@Baud: Do you mean the 2 little shelves on the wall with bottles and shakers on them? That’s my favorite part of the kitchen.
A woman from anywhere (formerly Mohagan)
Well done! Thanks for all the good pictures. I know you will enjoy your new kitchen every day. The Fiesta tiles really spice up the place :-).
Phylllis
Usually not a fan of subway tile, but your color scheme (Michigan? Charleston Southern? WV Mountaineers?) is really cool. Dig the cabinetry too.
Dorothy A. Winsor
Oh my goodness. I got so excited when I realized what this post was about. The kitchen is gorgeous. Just gorgeous. What a wonderful place to cook. Where does the outside stairway go to?
narya
I think the fridge is an LG.
@WaterGirl: The shelves might be my favorite part, too. They are actually repurposed/recycled barn wood. They were in my Kitchen Fantasy from the start. The bottom shelf holds my tea, as well as the pans hanging from it, so it’s actually really functional.
Keith P.
Prepare to be asked this a lot – did you happen to attend LSU or Michigan?
There go two miscreants
Very pretty! It’s hard to tell from the pix b/c of perspective, but it looks like you could add a skirt to the front edge of the cabinet above the sink to block the light from your eyes. Assuming you can match the wood.
BruceJ
A small apron under that cabinet above the sink will fix the glaring light problem, I’ll bet, if you have some leftover bits from the base cabinets to match. But it is gorgeous.
I’m envious…
narya
@Phylllis: Hah! the color scheme is called “I reealllly like yellow, but a whole kitchen of yellow tile is probably too much, and I also really like blue.”
@Dorothy A. Winsor: The outside stairway is our back porches.
Eunicecycle
Wow! Very nice! Love all the storage, though do you need a ladder to get to the top ones? :) I remember when we redid our kitchen, out of everything my favorite was the under counter lighting. Didn’t know I needed that!
Baud
@WaterGirl:
Yes.
Kabecoo
@Keith P.: LSU happens to be gold (really canary yellow) and purple. I figured Michigan too. (Real name and history: Keith, LSU ’78.)
CaseyL
A very warm and welcoming looking kitchen! I envy you the high ceiling – mine is too low to put another row of cabinets up. Have fun in the new space!
narya
@Eunicecycle: Yeah, I bought a Rubbermaid three-step folding ladder, and it’s perfect for reaching the upper cabinets.
@BruceJ: @There go two miscreants: That’s the plan. I don’t have any wood–they’re stock cabinets–but I’ll come up with something. Otherwise, though, I love the under-cabinet lights.
NotMax
Lotta folks dislike bottom freezers. But since hot air rises they do make some sense.
;)
As for French doors on a refrigerator? Ugh. No, never.
WaterGirl
@narya: Are all those good-looking bottles for show? Totally worth it, even if they are. My collection of kitchen-related bottles would not be that good-looking.
Phylllis
@Eunicecycle: I think my kitchen task lighting may be my favorite thing about this house we built.
WaterGirl
@Baud: You have excellent taste.
SiubhanDuinne
I grew up in a blue-and-yellow kitchen, and love the look! Whole thing is wonderful. Well done you!
narya
@WaterGirl: Yeah, they are. They’re mostly from spirits I’ve enjoyed. One wine bottle is autographed by the artist who made the label. I need the ladder to reach that shelf, so the top will likely remain decorative, but I also will be able to hang one or two pans from the bottom, so it will be partially functional.
Mary Ellen Sandahl
@Baud:The use of color is just great (along with the beautifully chosen appliances, fixtures, et al) — It all says, “C’mon, cook with me! We’ll have fun.” but it has a calming quality too. Bravo to you!
NotMax
@SiubhanDuinne
A child scullery maid? Who knew?
:)
John Revolta
Counter space! *sigh* We have an old kitchen, about the same size, but with old fashioned glass-front cabinets that, while cool looking, come down about a foot above the narrow countertops which makes them all but useless for working at. Also I love your tile!
Kent
The colors look closer to Cal (UC-Berkeley)
WaterGirl
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narya
@NotMax: The French doors make NO sense to me. I will also note that what I mostly needed was room–in the fridge AND freezer–for a sheet pan or two, when I’m baking and need to chill something. This was one of the very few fridges that had that kind of functionality (and I was at a good appliance place–Abt, for those of you in this neck of the woods).
JPL
The cabinets and tiles are great. You did great and thank you for sharing the pictures with us.
Zelma
You’ve done a great job and taken advantage of your high ceilings. Storage is always an issue in a small kitchen. I love the fiesta-colored tiles. Lovely.
StringOnAStick
Your new kitchen looks fabulous and I know you are enjoying every bit of it, good job! The period where you had no kitchen at all to use is hopefully fading from memory.
We sold our house with the perfectly redone kitchen, and now I’m looking at this tile countertop monstrosity from 2001 and grout stains to match, but the house needs so much other expensive work (roof, exterior paint) that we’re going to have to live with it for awhile (years). We had thought about butcher block for the breakfast bar and stone for a submount sink, so thanks for highlighting your butcher block; we will definitely do that for the non-sink countertops. I like the layout better and I’m officially giving a shoutout to the Sears appliances that seem pretty great even if white is no longer “in”. We bought all Frigidaire Gallery appliances at the old house based on Consumer Reports ratings and were seriously disappointed; the icemaker always froze up, the dishwasher never dried the dishes. We’ve decided these older but sturdy appliances are just fine since they have none of these issues!
danielx
Wish my kitchen was that pretty!
trollhattan
Fun! Bet it’s nice to be done. :-)
(We did this as the first major project after moving into the house. The ’20s vintage kitchen had some…limits. Now we’re wondering whether it’s time to do a makeover makeover.)
NotMax
So jealous you have at least four times the counter space there is here.
;)
Immanentize
Very nice remodel! Makes me want to start dinner.
Are the cabinets beech? I love their warmth and color.
WaterGirl
@StringOnAStick: My Bosch dishwasher that I got a year ago has a setting where it opens the dishwasher door automatically when it’s done. No more clammy dishes that don’t feel clean.
pamelabrown53
@narya:
I love everything about your kitchen. Fantastic job! Definitely extend the tile down the wall at the cabinet’s end (where you keep your trash can-plus it;s easier to clean). Also a couple of folks suggested an apron for your light glare problem. Instead of trying to match the wood, just break a couple of your tiles-maybe add a white-and glue them on…a mosaic. A tiny punch, if you like mosaic!
Benw
It’s a lovely space. Congrats!
narya
Thank you all for your kind comments! I truly am enjoying it so much. A few other things: I do not have an ice maker or a water dispenser for the fridge–that would have required plumbing the other side of the kitchen, and I regard both of those things as More Opportunities For Breakage and/or Flooding. The dishwasher is so freaking quiet–and it actually cleans the dishes. String, I LOVE the butcher block counter; it was here when I bought the place. When I’m in full-on baking & cooking mode, it’s so valuable to have that long stretch of space. Another thing: MORE OUTLETS. They had to add them, because it’s regulation, but dang, so nice to have them.
I’m so glad you all like the tile! On one hand, I was a little afraid it would be too much or too loud or something, but I really wanted some color and am happy with it.
WaterGirl
My other favorite part is the stairway that comes straight down to the kitchen.
pamelabrown53
@Eunicecycle:
Love my under cabinet lighting. Gives needed extra task light for aging eyes. Plus, it looks so soothing at night when the rest of the lights are off.
narya
@Immanentize: the color is “ginger maple” I think, but they’re just stock cabinets. I knew I wanted something very plain and light-colored–plain, because the old ones collected flour in every single crevice, and light colored, because it’s a small space, but NOT white. The whole unit is very wood-intensive, so I wanted to play off of that.
Immanentize
@narya: I know you are gonna wait, but I vote finish off the tile above the sink. It would drive me mad every day unless I filled it with some art or something.
Betty Cracker
Very nice! I particularly like the butcher block counters. We installed those at our old house, and I miss the warm feel of them. If I have one more kitchen reno left in me, I will definitely steal your little shelves idea. So pretty, and clever to have a place to hang pans too!
WaterGirl
@Immanentize: It would have to be exactly the right piece for art to work there.
narya
@Immanentize: I was trying to think of Art to put there, but so far I got nothin’. I likely will get some tile–both for there and where the garbage is. And it doesn’t drive me mad, mostly because the light shines in my eyes so brightly I don’t see it. :-)
Immanentize
@narya: I LOVE slab front cabinets. Yours are fabulous. We redid our kitchen after living in Sweden one summer, so it is white with slab drawer and cabinet fronts, but framed glass uppers. “So calming” was the goal and it worked. I love a beautiful inviting, calming kitchen. Yours is boffo!
NotMax
@Immanentize
Have seen various types of quite affordable thin metal backsplash tiles which could do well in that space, IMHO.
Immanentize
@narya: Three small framed b/w photos?
narya
@Betty Cracker: Originally I was thinking about putting up a pegboard there, a la Julia Child’s kitchen, but the contractor pointed out that you’d have to distance it from the wall, etc., and it might be too heavy, so I decided on the shelves–I can hang the pans I use most often. And I wanted recycled barn wood rather than trying to match the cabinets or something.
pamelabrown53
@Immanentize:
Disagree, I’d put a beloved piece of art and use the same tiles to create a shield for the light.
NotMax
@Immanentize
Being a tech nerd at heart I’d probably end up putting a small wall mounted TV there. Preferably one made to use outdoors so steamy air and such wouldn’t muck up the innards.
:)
narya
@Immanentize: Oh, that is a BRILLIANT idea. Another thought was some cork, so I can change things out. But photos–I love it. I had them pull out an old alarm system, and when we took off the box in the front of my unit, there’s this amazing swatch of wallpaper underneath. I’m gonna get a little frame to put around the swatch, too.
karen marie
@Eunicecycle: High cabinets drive me wild – stuff that goes up there may as well go in the bin, because I can’t reach it. If I had a house and enough money to build a dream kitchen, I’d put hatches in the floor to store rarely used things.
Suzanne
Loooove the stacked cabinets!
Sister Golden Bear
Gorgeous kitchen! It’s given me some ideas for the overhaul I’d like to do on my own kitchen.
And as a Cal (UC Berkeley) grad, I especially approve of the color scheme for your tile.
Barbara
Really pretty kitchen!
narya
@Sister Golden Bear: Hah! yeah, apparently I did not think my color choice through, at least not past the “what colors do I like?” portion of the program. And my schools ALL had red or maroon as one of their colors, and I DO NOT LIKE. The blue is sort of an homage to my grandmother, who had a lot of blue in her kitchen
It was interesting to do the remodel after thinking about it for so long–and knowing that I did not want to move appliances or plumbing, that I DID want to keep the butcher block counter, and that I wanted tile for the backsplash and plain/slab front cabinets (because I’m a baker).
pamelabrown53
@Sister Golden Bear:
It’s funny because when I see those tiles, I think of Provence and immediately want to bring in a bunch of south of France textiles!
It’s all about our personal experiences. 8-)
rikyrah
I ???it.
Counter space,sigh
I am jealous.
You can prep and have appliances out at the same time.
Love the colors.
I used to not be a fan of butcher block, but in the past five years, I have become a fan.
NotMax
@narya
Friend lived in an old, rambling manor/farm house. The ground floor bathroom (only plumbed for toilet and sink) must have been a remodeled study or den – it was huge, certainly no less than 12 × 12 feet. Reason I mention it was the 1940s vintage wallpaper.
The darkest green but still definitely nothing but green you can imagine, with gigantic (like a foot across, each) pink roses. Sounds hideous yet in actuality was quite stylish.
KayInMD (formerly Kay (not the front-pager))
@NotMax: Two things I said I would never have in a refrigerator were French doors and a bottom freezer. But when my 20 year old refrigerator died and couldn’t be repaired, the only fridge I could get that would fit the cabinet- depth, built-in space and be available in less than 3 weeks was, you guessed it, one with French doors and a bottom freezer.
Once I got past the (I’m trying to think of what the objection is exactly, but it’s real) that objection, it’s really not that bad. The in-door ice and water is cleverly built right into the door, so it only makes the door about 4″ thicker on that side and doesn’t take up half the refrigerator space. Otherwise, it’s pretty much just like any refrigerator. The freezer on the bottom is kind of a pain though.
KayInMD (formerly Kay (not the front-pager))
I responded to the refrigerator comment first, when what I really wanted to say was, brilliant kitchen! It really looks like a cook lives here. I love the bright, sunny tile (I love yellow too), and the whimsical but useful shelves at the end of the kitchen. I know you’ll enjoy cooking and just being here.
Comrade Colette
@narya: Wonderful kitchen! I love the colors. You must be so happy to cook in that space, and so relieved to have it complete. We completely remodeled our kitchen (again) 3 years ago, so I can attest that time without a kitchen seems to stretch to 4 or 5 times as long as with-a-kitchen time.
We had an odd little non-tiled wall space above the heat shield for our stove and filled it with a row of small, mostly blue and yellow Deruta ceramic plates we picked up on our honeymoon – kind of like this.
germy
mvr
I like the multicolored tile backsplash.
zhena gogolia
@narya:
It’s beautiful. I love the cabinets.
Suffice it to say, my kitchen is the opposite of this one.
WaterGirl
@KayInMD (formerly Kay (not the front-pager)): Sounds like you and I might have the same fridge. LG Slim Spaceplus Ice System?
The little shelves that hold olives, etc pulls open, olives and all, and there is the hidden ice stuff.
I absolutely love my french doors with the freezer in the bottom.
Pharniel
Congratulations. we re-did ours a few years ago, and while it was obnoxious as hell during, the finished kitchen is just so nice.
Glad you have your new kitchen, I hope it keeps giving you joy everytime you cook.
narya
I love all of the ideas you’ve been giving me for the space above the tiles! I did not expect to be crowd-sourcing it, but you’ve all given really interesting ideas. I would kinda look at it and think, I could put . . . something there. But that’s as far as I could get. And! I just remembered I have a couple of very narrow shelves–like, two inches deep–in the basement; if I put one up there, then I can rotate things through the space w/o having to hang too much. Oh, now I’m excited to find them . . .
narya
@WaterGirl: I could tell that my desires were a Minority Opinion by the paucity of choices I had. ;-) No matter; that’s why there’s chocolate and vanilla and pistachio.
WaterGirl
@narya: My dad always said: That’s what makes the world go ’round.
pamelabrown53
@WaterGirl:
I don’t get all the french door hate either. Mystified. In my old Florida house had a french door refrigerator with a 2 drawer freezer bottom. Absolutely loved it.
WaterGirl
@pamelabrown53: My freezer has two drawers, also, And a divider in the bottom drawer so the separator can be anywhere i want. A skinny section and a super-wide section, the same width, or anywhere in between.
narya
@pamelabrown53: I wouldn’t have thought much one way or the other, except a friend’s sister had one, and when I cooked at her house, I found that I didn’t much like it. The main reason for not wanting the freezer on the bottom, though, is the baking–I need shelves, so I can fit sheet pans in the freezer. I use the kitchen freezer for that kind of thing; I have a separate chest freezer for storage. I was also trying to maximize the cubic feet available, and the model I picked had more room than the French door models. I think the important thing, really, is knowing how YOU use the space or appliance, and getting something that works for your own needs.
WaterGirl
@narya: I was unlucky in that my fridge broke down at the beginning of the pandemic and I had to have an unmasked, ungloved dirty installer in my home, around where I make food.
But I was lucky in that my sister had recently gotten a new fridge and promptly HATED some things about her new one, and my niece had gotten a new fridge that she LOVED, so I had a head start on “features” to avoid and on features that were great.
Sister Golden Bear
@narya: What brand and color of countertop did you get?
pamelabrown53
@narya:
Do you have some kind of internal rack in your kitchen freezer for sheet pans?
narya
@Sister Golden Bear: I have NO clue. My contractor works with this place that does stone, so he took me there to pick out a piece (!). I think it might be granite, but I truthfully don’t remember. It is definitely stone, though. It was nice to be able to pick my slab–I have just enough veining in it. And it’s not marble or anything soft. ETA, if you really want to know, I can email him and ask what it is.
@pamelabrown53: Yes, there’s a shelf in the freezer, so I basically have two “slots” for sheet pans when I’m freezing something. I didn’t even think about having a light in there; not having one is more of a pain than I would have thought, but I might have purchased it anyway. The model I picked was the best combo of cubic space and shelving and price that I could find to fit the slot I had available.
narya
@WaterGirl: what did they love/hate and why? I’m always curious about the factors that are important to people. I knew, for example, I didn’t want a side-by-side–my mom has one, and there is no room for sheet pans. It’s a kind of ranked-choice voting, with preferences and deal-breakers all over the place.
Delk
Love, love, love the stacked cabinets. So nice to have all that extra space to use.
Kristine
Kitchen looks great! The tile is so cheerful and bright.
I envy you the stacked cabinets. You never have enough storage. I didn’t see if anyone else asked, but did you have any sliding racks or other storage aids installed?
Caroln
What I love most about your new kitchen is that it doesn’t look “new”. It’s not a showroom/stage, a HGTV kitchen or a model home. Someone who loves to cook and has real personal taste and can make it look your very own.
Juju
Your kitchen is beautiful Narya. Are your butcher block counters finished with anything? I ask because I have an unfinished butcher block island that I love because it is so far indestructible and requires little upkeep. I used to oil it with food grade mineral oil, but I ran out of it and never bothered to replace it. Now I just wash it with a scrubby sponge and clean the onion cutting part with lemon juice when I cut onions in my onion spot. I love the butcher block for baking. I’ve had a number of people point out that my butcher block is unfinished and I should have it finished. So far I have no inclination to have it finished.
i don’t get the French door hate. I had a side by side and was relieved when it finally died. There was no way to fit a baking sheet in the freezer and one cookie sheet barely fit in the refrigerator part. I now have a French door in which multiple baking sheets fit in the refrigerator part, and the freezer part has adjustable compartments and an interior pull out drawer that a baking sheet fits in. I like the smaller sized doors because they don’t block the walkway the way a full sized door would, but whatever works for you is best for you.
I will say Bosch make a great dishwasher.
Miss Bianca
@NotMax: I like bottom freezers, for the sheer practical reason that I open the freezer a lot less often than the fridge, and I like not having to stoop to look into the refrigerator.
(Miss my old one, sigh…they were hard to find even 20 years ago out in this neck of the woods!)
arrieve
@WaterGirl: My favorite too! I want those!
narya
@Kristine: I mostly did not. Basically, I put my money into the appliances (especially the stove) rather than the cabinetry. The lowers have pull-out drawers, which means you always have to open both drawers, and the end lower has a pull-out with a slot for the recycling (I’d wanted both recycling & trash in there, but that wasn’t clear to the contractor, and I didn’t care enough to fuss about it).
@Caroln: Thank you so much! I watch a ton of HGTV, I have to admit, and it had zero effect on any of my choices. My contractor said that the more people spend on their kitchen (in his experience), the less likely they are to use it. Everything I picked out was based in a functional choice, though of course I also made choices based on “form.” The tile is a perfect example: I knew I wanted to replace the beadboard backsplash with tile, but I fibrillated about it for a long time . . . until Cole went to the Fiesta sale and I found out I could get Fiesta-colored tiles.
@Juju: My butcher block is NOT finished. I don’t cut directly on it–I have some wood cutting boards–but I do work directly on it otherwise (e.g., kneading bread dough). And I have some other tools–e.g., a huge pie slate, some silpats–that I utilize for specific tasks on top of the counter.
NotMax
@narya
Lurve, lurve, lurve the tempered glass cutting board picked up some years back; it’s permanent place when not being washed is sitting on the stainless steel countertop. After years of use, still not a scratch on it.
Gvg
@narya: French doors are for narrow kitchen aisles like between a wall and an island, where a full size fridge door can’t open because it hits the opposite counter. They make it possible to have a wide opening that can hold say a pizza, but not bang the counter. They also have hinge advantages. Half the weight on each side. Some fridges sagged after a few years, especially as we started putting bigger shelves onto the doors. I haven’t seen that myself, but I have had a kitchen where it had to be a French door or side by side. I hate the side by side.
Dishwashers also can have issues.
WaterGirl
@narya: Hated this huge light that was the height of the distance between shelves, and jutted out into the shelf itself so it took up a lot of what should have been real estate for food. their handles hadn’t been put on straight. There were others, too, but I forget.
The positives were the hidden ice compartment that wasn’t visible in the fridge, and wasn’t ugly like the rest. Liked all the freezer stuff that I like, that I described in my comment above, so I won’t repeat that here.
And yes, there were deal breakers on every other fridge I looked at, except this one. No deal breakers!
Gvg
Butcher block is narrow strips of wood glued together, using clamps. The grain direction is rotated with each strip so that it is very durable and stable. You could have a carpenter make your counters an inch or so wider by adding a few more strips. If I understood you, there was another butcher block counter on the other side that you replaced with stone? If the old piece is still around, a carpenter could cut out some good strips from that to widen the other counter. If not, it should be easy to match. This is because you said the handles stuck out and caught your hip painfully sometimes.
Leto
Wow, amazing kitchen! I remember following your updates about the reno, but to finally see it, it’s really awesome. I’m glad you’re enjoying it and that it fits your needs better :)
susanna
This is a kitchen I’d love to hang out in. Well done and I also like the cabinets. Know you’ll enjoy this…
stinger
What a great-looking kitchen! It is both personal and a good working space. I like the way the yellow tiles pick up the glow of the cabinets. I also like the floor.
Interesting to read all the comments and your replies.
Narya
@Gvg: that piece from next to the sink is now literally a butcher’s block; was used to cut up venison just last week (not by me).
again, thank you all for your kind words! I’m enjoying it all very much and it’s been fun to share with you all.
Timill
Just a quick recommendation: some 4 years back I fitted all the lower cabinets with Rev-a-Shelf pull-out baskets, and I don’t regret it. The cupboards have less capacity, but now it’s all usable – nothing gets stuck as the back and inaccessible any more. $400 well spent…
KayInMD (formerly Kay (not the front-pager))
@WaterGirl: That’s the one! It’s a really clever use of space. And I’m not sure why I thought the French doors were so wrong. Just so different, I guess? They do save space in the kitchen when open, providing just a little more pass-thru room at dinnertime when someone is grabbing something from the fridge & someone else is washing up at the sink in the center island directly behind.
WaterGirl
@KayInMD (formerly Kay (not the front-pager)):
It really is!