Friday, March 19, 2010

Tweaking the cabinets ...

So my last layout was perfect till I tried to put doors on it. Then the patchworkiness started to clash with the door styles and it all got to be too much.

So I switched the leftmost top cabinets to put them in line with the rest .. and came up with a few door ideas. (As always, click to make the pictures bigger, and use your imagination to make the cabinets on the window wall match the others.)

Here it is, with lots of glass:


Airy, but not very practical - glass cabinets are nice for dishes, but you've got to have someplace to hide the pasta boxes and the Fantastic bottle too.

Another version, with less glass:


Eh. And then there's the over-the-top (but surprisingly not over-the-budget) repro Stickley inlay concept. [Before you look at the next picture, keep in mind that the cabinets will actually be stained a medium-brown color, and that the inlay panels will match, not contrast with, the stiles around them, like so.]


There would be an inlay panel on the door of the blind corner cabinet under the window, too.

What do we think?

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I just bought my first home - an estate-sale 1BR prewar co-op on the UWS in Manhattan. It needs a new kitchen, a new bathroom, new windows, and the parquet floors restored. (Other than that, it's perfect!) This blog is for sharing my renovation ideas and adventures with friends, family, and fellow renovators.