Great kitchen! especially the wine cooler

Anyone have any good online sites for chandeliers for kitchens? I'm trying to find 2 matching ones...preferably with crystals.

Love this thread!!

Originally Posted by LV Luvr

Anyone have any good online sites for chandeliers for kitchens? I'm trying to find 2 matching ones...preferably with crystals. Love this thread!!

lampsplus or neenaslighting

Originally Posted by LV Luvr

Anyone have any good online sites for chandeliers for kitchens? I'm trying to find 2 matching ones...preferably with crystals. Love this thread!!

I second Lamps Plus. I got this one for over my table. I didn't get it from lamps plus but they have a great selection and I have purchased a lot of my lighting from them. Not sure what style you are looking for but I think you should google James Moder he has many different styles. http://www.lampsplus.com/products/ja...es__50928.html

Here is mine with a dimmer on.

Originally Posted by Allisonfaye

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a28...7/DSC00001.jpg http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a28...7/DSC00009.jpg

Holy. When I get my first house and married and all that I want this kitchen.

Now I want to see everyones entire homes!!!

Build my little dream house

Originally Posted by Mia Bella

I LOOOOOVE kitchens and I love seeing everyone's pictures. Thanks for sharing! Here's our "organic modern" kitchen. Our house is a new-build so we started from scratch with the design and decoration. I knew exactly what I wanted. Contrast, contrast, contrast! Stained black cabinets. Indian Premium Black granite island. Hickory hardwood floors. Dove grey walls. http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/a...f/IMG_9294.jpg Puppy face! http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/a...f/IMG_9291.jpg Mission control! Chiseled travertine backsplash. Costa Smeralda Granite. http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/a...f/IMG_9295.jpg http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/a...f/IMG_9290.jpg http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/a...f/IMG_9298.jpg

I love this!!! Nicely done!

Originally Posted by designer1

When we bought the house, the cupboards were oak..I hated all the wood (oak) since we did hardwood floors throughout. I thought the dark cabinets would be a better fit, with the contrast against the wood floors. Here are some before and after pics.

Indeed! The dark cabinet looks so beautiful with the steel appliances. Great job!

Gorgeous kitchens, ladies! My kitchen is anything but fabulous. In fact, I'd love to gut it and start over. It's very spacious but it's old and needs to be updated. I figure we'd need to spend over $50K to get it exactly the way I want it. Needless to say, renovations won't be happening any time soon!

Originally Posted by YouAreAlways

Holy. When I get my first house and married and all that I want this kitchen.

Thanks! It looks a bit different now. We got rid of that icky yellow and painted it a little more of a dark ivory color. I should have included pictures of our butler's pantry but I forgot.

You all have beautiful kitchens in this thread

Originally Posted by Swanky Mama Of Three

here's a couple of pics - not the best, but it's all I have! The closer up of my stove/oven - I don't leave the spices out like that

I absolutely love the brick work in your kitchen and the island is lovely.

Originally Posted by habanerita

Pic of our very open kitchen and breakfast room.

I love the windows in your breakfast room.

Originally Posted by sandysandiego

Here is our remodel - we knocked out some walls and moved the kitchen to the opposite end. Not many before pics.

Simply beautiful.

Originally Posted by beatlefanmom

I just found this thread, and all I can say is 'WOW'!!! What a wonderful bunch of kitchens here! I'd like to add mine- when we moved into our house 12 years ago the kitchen area was divided into three rooms; kitchen, dining room and sun room. The kitchen had vinyl floors that were getting holes in it, the sun room had a tile floor, and the dining room had hardwood. I hated the old kitchen in the worst way, and finally got the chance to redo it. I acted as general contractor and designer and was quite pleased with the results. The cabinets are solid cherry, and there is a wine fridge on the other side next to the glass stove top. The window above the sink used to be in the sunroom, we tore down a wall next to it. Yes- the island is one complete granite slab, and yes- I actually installed the tumbled marble backsplash myself. I love this kitchen, but will be moving soon. Well, maybe I can design another for my new home. http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h1...m/IM000009.jpg

I love the cabinet cherry color and the stained glass light fixture.

Originally Posted by Mia Bella

I LOOOOOVE kitchens and I love seeing everyone's pictures. Thanks for sharing! Here's our "organic modern" kitchen. Our house is a new-build so we started from scratch with the design and decoration. I knew exactly what I wanted. Contrast, contrast, contrast! Stained black cabinets. Indian Premium Black granite island. Hickory hardwood floors. Dove grey walls. http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/a...f/IMG_9294.jpg Puppy face! http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/a...f/IMG_9291.jpg Mission control! Chiseled travertine backsplash. Costa Smeralda Granite. http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/a...f/IMG_9295.jpg http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/a...f/IMG_9290.jpg http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/a...f/IMG_9298.jpg

I love the contrast and the width of the wood in your wooden floors.

Originally Posted by designer1

When we bought the house, the cupboards were oak..I hated all the wood (oak) since we did hardwood floors throughout. I thought the dark cabinets would be a better fit, with the contrast against the wood floors. Here are some before and after pics.

I love the cabinet handles and the darker cabinets make a big difference.

Originally Posted by Mia Bella

I LOOOOOVE kitchens and I love seeing everyone's pictures. Thanks for sharing! Here's our "organic modern" kitchen. Our house is a new-build so we started from scratch with the design and decoration. I knew exactly what I wanted. Contrast, contrast, contrast! Stained black cabinets. Indian Premium Black granite island. Hickory hardwood floors. Dove grey walls. http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/a...f/IMG_9294.jpg Puppy face! http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/a...f/IMG_9291.jpg Mission control! Chiseled travertine backsplash. Costa Smeralda Granite. http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/a...f/IMG_9295.jpg http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/a...f/IMG_9290.jpg http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/a...f/IMG_9298.jpg

OMG. your hanging lamps and the modern chandelier thing are so pretty! i wish the apartment i'm getting had higher ceilings...

Originally Posted by sandysandiego

Here is our remodel - we knocked out some walls and moved the kitchen to the opposite end. Not many before pics.

these: http://forum.purseblog.com/attachmen...1&d=1316039817 + http://forum.purseblog.com/attachmen...1&d=1316039817 are so gezellig!

Originally Posted by peppersasen

OMG. your hanging lamps and the modern chandelier thing are so pretty! i wish the apartment i'm getting had higher ceilings...

Why thank you! You can still get a chandelier like this even with lower ceilings. You can hang it above a side table or above an armchair!

Since you're moving into a new place (fun! and congrats!) maybe you'd like some inspiration? This link contains a cool lamp (pricey) but also some good pictures to give you ideas to play around with.
http://www.lampsplus.com/products/vi...er__98424.html

Lamps Plus is the best place for lighting!
http://www.lampsplus.com/products/ch..._contemporary/

nice job. i hope your landlord at least gave you free rents.

This is our kitchen before we put the backsplash in-it's just simple clear glass 3x6 subway tile. The original kitchen had carved oak doors and a black countertop with a beige backsplash, and the apartment was painted beige and blue with oak floors. Instead of ripping out the kitchen we just replaced the doors which only cost $2k and painted the rest-its hard to see in this picture but they're high gloss white.

We've been living with this remodelled kitchen for a couple of years now and I hate the countertops-they were not a good decision. They're white quartz, and because the surface is so bleached they don't have the regular durability of quartz-it stains and scratches quite easily. Next time I would go for butcher block or a quartz with more of a pattern to it.

The floor is ebony single plank laminate-not the colour I wanted (I wanted more of a medium wood) but DBF picked it out without me so now much of a choice there!

The barstools were a STEAL-we ordered 2 from Costco for $140 and they sent us FOUR instead-then we got another 2 in the mail a couple of weeks later!

I should mention there IS (a bit) more to the kitchen that this-after the microwave is our fridge with a couple of cabinets on top-but it's still pretty compact.