They say the kitchen is the heart of the home. I'm guessing that is why this room has been our favorite to plan. From the very beginning, we made changes to our floor plan (widened the kitchen to change it from a galley set-up to the one you see below) to make it a functional space that we could enjoy cooking and entertaining in. We have already purchased the tile flooring that we will lay ourselves. It's a nice, neutral tan color that will allow us to use fun color in other places. Our kitchen has a breakfast bar that opens to the dining area. We can already picture Grace and Hannah sitting at the breakfast bar having their breakfast while we prepare food or make our coffee. Our builder provided us with a rendering of our kitchen - it should look something like this.
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Because we don't have a mudroom in our house (the garage enters directly into the kitchen), we have decided to use the area next to the refrigerator as a drop zone/message center. We will have a space here for our mail, charging zone for our phones/ipods and a space under the counter for bags and backpacks. We will use the wall behind this area for a cork/white board and key hook. Looking online, we found some wonderful ideas that we will take pieces from to make our own. Here are some of our favorites...
After putting a lot of thought into our appliances, we decided black would make the room feel too dark for us and stainless would cause too many problems with fingerprints in a house with little ones. The classic white is what we decided to go with. Our standard appliance package is a middle of the road Whirlpool, which we are completely happy with.
Cabinets were another challenge as we needed something that would work well with the white appliances and open concept of our home. We both knew right away when we saw them, that the maple cabinets in the color Ginger were the right choice. Ironically, we have a friend who had the same builder for her townhouse, and same color of cabinets in her kitchen. Here is a picture of her space. Ours should look similar, depending on the counter-tops we choose. We're thinking a darker counter-top, but still haven't made that final decision...
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After putting a lot of thought into our appliances, we decided black would make the room feel too dark for us and stainless would cause too many problems with fingerprints in a house with little ones. The classic white is what we decided to go with. Our standard appliance package is a middle of the road Whirlpool, which we are completely happy with.
Cabinets were another challenge as we needed something that would work well with the white appliances and open concept of our home. We both knew right away when we saw them, that the maple cabinets in the color Ginger were the right choice. Ironically, we have a friend who had the same builder for her townhouse, and same color of cabinets in her kitchen. Here is a picture of her space. Ours should look similar, depending on the counter-tops we choose. We're thinking a darker counter-top, but still haven't made that final decision...
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