the 2014 trivial drivel thread

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So what are you leaning toward? White cabinets? Cherry? Pine? Granite? SS?

Not white. The rest of the house is sort of Tuscan so something that reflects that. I guess I could do some golden color (maple?) if I wanted to keep it light or go a little deeper/darker color. I don't want to go super dark though. Actually, I hadn't thought to much about it so thanks for that.

I definitely want a solid piece counter top but I haven't decided what material. Without researching what the others look like, granite is the first that comes to mind.

What fun!

Knock out the wall between the kitchen/dining room. More than one sink. Big island. Open floor plan. Lots of windows. *sigh* Such a good time.

My kitchen, dining room and family room are one long rectangle right now. There's a see through counter/cabinet to the family room but it's not totally open. We could open up in either direction--into the dining room, in to the family room...hell, we could even push out in to the backyard if I wanted to go all out. Which I just might; our kitchen at our cabin is nicer than the piece of shit I have here.

Maggot's right, this is going to cost a lot of money. I can't see a way around redoing all of our hardwood flooring on the lower floor. When we moved in forever ago, we put in pretty cheap hard wood (1/8^th of an inch thick or something). It's still in great shape in some lightly used areas but beat to poop in others. The kitchen is tile. We're going to have to start over but we refused to pay for the first round of hardwood anyway so we basically got it for free so... WTF. Right?



I love hardwood but I've always been scared to have it in my kitchen or bathrooms. I don't know how people maintain it in those areas (besides lots of rugs). That's what my inclination is though (unless my new love has a better idea)...hardwood throughout the first floor (no being cheap this time either).