Now that demo has started, I'm back and forth on kitchen details.
I'm currently renovating my house from end to end! I've designed my entire floor plan and I feel like I've put together a pretty good layout for my kitchen and new pantry... but I'm struggling with a few aspects. My previous kitchen was bright yellow, with light cabinets, dark countertops, a busy backsplash-- and I actually loved it, except for the dark countertops. I had a bright teal accent wall in the living room. I'm not afraid of bold and color, but I do want it to feel cohesive.
Some notes about my design:
- I'm reusing all my current kitchen cabinets in the pantry and laundry room, hence the random numbering.
- I want an "appliance garage" concept, but it's actually going to be an access door(s) to a 54" wide shelf in the pantry-- this way I don't take away from the kitchen counter space with a typical appliance garage.
- I currently have white appliances, but I'd really like to transition to black stainless.
- I'm going with Icicle kitchen wall color, a very white/light quartz countertop, and a light colored backsplash.
- Unfortunately, my kitchen has no windows. There is an exterior door near the dining room table that I plan to install a French door. But since I had to stay within my existing house footprint, there was just no way to make it open concept while also moving the kitchen to an exterior wall.
Where I'm struggling with my decisions:
- I really want colored cabinets. I'm leaning towards Smart Cabinetry Nautical Blue. I'm not doing a full wall of uppers across the stove side, so I feel like that would offset the "too much blue" worry. I'm also going with the Icicle color for the kitchen walls.
- I want a fun, light/neutral colored kitchen backsplash, but also primarily something that has vertical straight lines-- because I want the appliance garage door to be as hidden as possible and not stand out like a sore thumb in my backsplash.
- I'm leaning towards mostly drawer base cabinets instead of door. The narrow cabinets next to my stove are where I question myself-- spice or cookie sheet?
- I want the range hood to be sort of a statement piece on that wall, since when you walk in the front door that's what you'll see across the living room. Do I take away from that concept by adding some floating shelves?
If you've read this far, thank you! I've been designing and redesigning this floor plan for over a year now, and now that the house has been demoed, I keep going back and forth on these small things.