Robin & Will Kitchen
We do not have 24" depth below the counter because of the stairwell clearance behind the bar. That said included here are some elegant examples of raising the frig up at or above counter height.
These days most of our clients choose engineered quartz for its durability, low maintenance, and it is also eco friendly. That is the counter material we had looked at. Also the colors are consistent and have a nice range.
Some good takeaways. While you might be interested in a slightly cleaner kitchen there is also some excellent thinking and layers of textures that might appeal to you. Knowing where you want to be expressive, how you want function to work for you, can help you "design" a kitchen that is very functional and a little bit expressive.
A good read regarding the two tone cabinet approach
Started with something like this with dark lower cabinets
dark base white upper cabinets
dark wood, glass uppers
I really like this color scheme. It has a lot of white at the top - which we may not have room for. -robin
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