Hello again, I've been away for awhile.
Glad the holidays are over....way too busy!

I posted this on the remodeling boards, but wanted to show you guys too. We finally finished the first part of the kitchen renovation. DH did all the woodworking and the countertop is the Cambria quartz I showed you a few months ago.

This link should take you to the slideshow of "before and after"

http://s15.photobucket.com/alb...?albumview=slideshow

Nice! love the quartz and am jealous of the pull downs!

Looking GOOD, of course this blew me away! I want one!!!

This kitchen is cooking! Wonderful job, Z9L. TFS

Wow!! Love the barrel opening with all the built in storage for your glasses. And that drop down thingy is so clever - haven't seen that before. Congrats to your DH on the beautiful cabinetry. Time to enjoy this kitchen after all the work you've been thru.

Congrats on a beautiful and functional kitchen. Loved seeing the updates of your hard work and the final results.

Wow...that is beautiful!

Looks great and that looked just like my dog looking into the room!

Thanks ladies! We would have finished this in 4 months if it hadn't have taken 3 months to get the countertop in. I actually found the inspiration photo on Houzz I think, then DH and I figured out the rest. We saw the pull downs at a kitchen and bath showroom, I went to Rev-a-shelf.com and ordered my own. The other side of the kitchen should be started after we get a new master suite built, since it will take over the one we have now.

You managed to hit it spot on with your inspiration photo. Looks great! All of your pull outs are awesome!

Such a beautiful kitchen. Love it!! : )

Lovely Kitchen!

I see you have a good supply of Community Coffee. When I was living in Canada, I had my mother send it to me. Can you buy it locally?

I think you improved on the inspiration design. I like that you don't have that narrow gap between the opening and the side cabinets. I love love love the copper hardware. One question, do you have stainless applicances? I think of appliances as functional necessities and hardware as decor but was curious.

I am enjoying watching your kitchen come together so beautifully. I have a weakness for copper and adore seeing it in a kitchen.

May I ask exactly what those trivet-like copper inserts are in the backsplash? I have some copper elements in my backsplash, but yours are exquisite! I have copper knobs and handles too, and I think yours are so nice.

I am enjoying viewing your selections and can't wait for more!

Love it! My favorite is the organization with the extra drawers, pull outs, etc.

Thanks to everyone for the nice compliments! DH and I had some pretty spicy debates on how to put this together since we didn't have plans and were just working from a photo. LOL!

I know the backsplash is pretty unconventional but that describes us too. Actually those large medallions are crushed stone and resin and are very heavy. Ordered them from a place in the French Quarter, New Orleans that sells only Fleur de Lis items.

SMS29, I've been getting the Community Coffee shipped here for 10 years now. Last week I just noticed some at Walmart...ain't that a kick!

Busyjo, I have the stainess D/W and soon I will have a SS stove, oven and refrigerator when we remodel the other side. I like that the quartz had all the colors needed in it already, copper, black, gray and browns. The island I have planned will be stained black.

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Ok I am going to confess as to why I asked about stainless applicances, I am probably the only person in the world in love with these, but if I were 15 years younger, I'd redo mine similar to yours and use these copper appliances. http://www.houzz.com/copper-appliances. I love them so much that I wouldn't care if in 3 years they were considered dated. That counter is to die for and even more lovely paired with your copper hardware.

Nice!

Wow! I just got here to look. OMG Z9L, the kitchen is fabulous! There's not one single thing that I don't love.

You've done a great job, and from a photo?? Great attention to detail too

Thanks Ladies!

Busyjo...I didn't even know they had copper appliances, except maybe for copper overlay panels like they do with wood cabinetry.
OMG, remember the "Coppertone" Brown from the 60's and 70's.

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I don't get here often anymore but I just had to comment your your redo....absolutely gorgeous!

Hey Hammerhugger, come to think of it I haven't seen you here for awhile. I took about 6 weeks off myself being so busy around the house.

Thanks for the compliment!

Handsome room! The copper accents go so nicely with the counter top!

Yes, I do remember them. I also remember how sad I was when my husband finally MADE me part with mine. I still liked them. LOL

However the avocado ones that were bought because the new house had an avocado oven and cooktop. They are why I have white now.

Love your kitchen. Enjoy!!!

Oh my gosh, what a gorgeous kitchen! Its just beautiful, unique and very warm looking.

Z9Lady, your kitchen is gorgeous. You've been VERY busy! Nice to see you posting again.

So, remember I said "I love that achway opening"? Well, I showed it to DH and an inspirational photo I had saved from months ago... and he said, OK, just like that!

So, here is the inspirational photo, and that YOUR kitchen photos somehow triggered DH to think it over and now we will work out a plan for my dining area!!! BUT will not look exactly like this, just close, I want arched area, and like the addition of the open shelving. I will draw it up first and share the project when we do it.

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Thanks Cassia, janetaz and Georgia Peach!

Wow Mary Ruth, I love that cozy archway nook.
I would love to see your finished project.

As soon as I saw my inspiration photo I knew that was it. Since we have arched cornices, a barrel ceiling in the hallway and an arched entryway I figured keep the continuity going!

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I too had to find continuity in the house, so we had to decide where we could have the arch again so that it would work in the house. I have a full rectangular house with all horizontal lines and straight lines, so it NEEDED relief! The Empire style I like has curves and so this will help all those lines come together. Since my arched space will not be a half circle but an elongated ellipse it will be different but give a nice 'nested' feeling for the table which I want against the wall instead of in the center of the room breaking the traffic flow.

I didn't want to do, as a friend told me, to do a 'one trick pony'! LOL

Your house just asked for that arch!

attached is the drawing I made yesterday of my idea. I used Microsoft Paint so it is crude, but you get the idea about the elongated ellipse with rounded sides. The space to the left is because there is a hallway entrance there and I didn't want to create a longer tunnel effect with the cabinet to the edge of the wall. Thinking of beadboard behind the settee and also painted cabinets, at least that is where I am starting from.

I put my house idea on a different thread so as not to hijack this one.
http://boards.hgtv.com/eve/for...4079532/m/5853974667

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What a fantastic kitchen lady!! I love it, and such talent to make these cabinets and archway. Love every inch of it. Enjoy it to it's fullest!

That's beautiful!!! I'm getting ready to update my kitchen, but nothing to that extent - but excited none the less!! I'm getting rid of orange counters!!!

Thanks Paintlady...I am enjoying it! Can't wait to start on the other side. This was DH's first attempt at kitchen cabinets, even though he has done bookshelves and other case goods, it was a challenge getting it all fitted together.

Becca..thanks! Cool,another kitchen redo to peek at. What kind of counters were you thinking about?

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The kitchen is beautiful but one thing which decrease its beauty is the color of the wall which might have faded. But the design is nice.

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Originally posted by stephenmiller:
The kitchen is beautiful but one thing which decrease its beauty is the color of the wall which might have faded. But the design is nice.

You don't make any sense...and you are advertising. Good Post! LOL!

zone9alady - LOL on nailing the advertiser!!

I am going to go w/ one of the high def laminates from Wilsonart - about half of cost of corian.

I want to do a tile backsplash - IF the counter guys can raise the one end of the counter about an inch. I measured tonite and the counter drops about an inch from one side to the other Gotta love these old houses!!

I want to do a tile backsplash - But don't want the tile backsplash to look crooked!!!

Will restain the cabinets to give them some new life and stain the woodwork to richen it up also, and replace my b&w vinyl tile squares. Then after stripping the wallpaper - painting the walls a green color.

This is where I'm starting....teeny tiny kitchen...

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Becca I know exactly what you're dealing with and our house is only 10 years old!
The concrete slab wasn't perfectly level and neither was the drywall behind the counter.
All I can say is shim, shim and more shims. LOL! The toe-kick baseboards hid the floor shims and the stucco covered the wall shims.
Trim, whether it be wood, stone, or tile can hide a multitude of corrective actions taken because of previous mistakes or your house settling.

The countertop installers had quite a bit of trimming to do to get it to fit flush against the wall and the 5" backsplash being over an inch thick covered what they couldn't fix.

I'm so excited to get started! And yes - trim and shims definitely hide multitudes of messes.

Wallpaper pulling is this weekends plan of action!!

Good Luck! Please post photos when you're done.

Wow I love it all! Great choice of material & style! You "done" good!

Thanks Pattie!

Oh My Goodness..... There aren't enough adjectives to express my awe of what you and your husband have done.

Absolutely beautiful and the functionality is amazing. Are they custom made cabinets?

I'm truly too "wowed" for words. You must be thrilled.

Our daughter lives just southeast of Tampa. Our oldest granddaughter just graduated from UF in Gainesville. Are you anywhere near them?

Congratulations on completing such a gorgeous kitchen!

Janice

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I just went back and read slower and discovered that your husband did all of the woodwork and you did the design together.....!!!

You are both incredibly talented and creative. I am going to share with all my friends. Doubt I'll ever see a kitchen design that I love more.

Janice

Hello Janice, yes, DH made all the custom cabinets out of lumber from Lowes and Home Depot. Most of it is pine and fir, we even have some maple in there. After he bought the professional wood shaper/router table there was no stopping him. LOL!

We didn't make the corbels...obviously, we got those at Van Dykes Restorers.

Gainesville is a little over 2 hours north of us. Haven't been through there in a couple of years. We are closer to Orlando.

And thank you so much for the nice compliments!

Thank you for mentioning VanDykes!!! I am wanting some brackets to make shelves for my microwave!! I had forgotten about VanDykes!!

I started stripping wallpaper this weekend YUCK!!!

But, the plan seems to have come together and that is good!

Very very lovely--you sure are a talented twosome. Can't imagine making my own cabinets, they are wonderful.

Thank you 16paws! We looked at most of the cabinets at the big box stores and they STILL had MDF or something similiar somewhere in the cabinet. DH wanted all wood so he made what he wanted.

Becca, not only did we get the corbels from Van Dykes (at a ridiculous discount because of overstock) but we got all the knobs and pulls from them too.

Amazing indeed! Thanks for sharing your kitchen pics! Love!

Your design, materials and talent have created a most gorgeous kitchen. I keep going back to your picture to soak in the details. Beautiful! Yours is a room I would be completely happy to spend all day in.

zonelady,
We did the same thing in manufacturing our cabinets, NO MDF in the construction. We used all wood too. We went with paint grade.

Those cabinets will last as long as the house does!

I LOVE looking through Rockler and Van Dykes stuff! VD has had some great sales! Almost gave in and got hardware on the last sale!
I toss back and forth from iron to stainless colors.

Maine Lady, I so agree!