Kitchen

Svara på: My apologies, I have not been on Houzz for awhile and stumbled upon old messages. Cybil Nilan, it's probably too late...but here is a photo of my completed kitchen.

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Svara på: Taj Mahal is absolutely beautiful. We have it in our kitchen and it took us a few months to decide on the backsplash. Finally, we decided to go with Daltile m313 contempo white marble honed 3×6 herringbone. It was the best decision and I love it!! :)

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Svara på: I don't think it is too wide. Our island is 7' x7.5'. Yes, cleaning and changing the light bulb requires one to climb up on top once in awhile but it is more that worth it to us and you will be able to reach the middle. Two sides have a 12" overhang. One of those sides has three 34" drawers and is open to the family room. The shallow top drawer holds light bulbs and batteries. I just reach under and grab the handles. No spelunking. The two deep drawers below hold a punch bowl and a bin of punch cups only used in December and other rarely used items. On the other side are drawers and a very shallow cabinet both used for adult beverages and ice buckets etc. Not used too often as wine is usually the beverage of choice. You will want to make sure that at least the drawers under the overhangs are full extension. The sides without overhangs hold the sink, dishwasher, appliances and more drawers and cabinets. We did not want to waste a bit of useable space as it is not a very large kitchen. Linda This post was edited by lindainct on Mon, May 6, 13 at 18:21

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Svara på: Recently my Dad asked sibs and I to manage a whole house remodel of his vacation home. He chose Taj Mahal for the kitchen, and it is just so so beautiful. Congrats to you on such a wonderful choice. It's so creamy and lovely. We selected bright white cabinets, but they aren't "hospital" white. I would say they are bright, but soft. We only had 3 white choices in the cabinet line, so we picked the middle one. One white was too cool and "in your face" white, and one was kind of leaning yellowy, and seemed dingy. The middle one was the best choice for us; it was bright but soft. For backsplash, we didn't want to compete with the beauty of the Taj. We chose a soft off-white 3 x 6 crackle tile installed in a typical subway tile pattern. It's Crossville, Market Collection, Ashbury, "Fleece Crackle." That collection has lots of shapes and sizes, but we chose 3 x 6. The crackle finish brings a little bit of dimension, but it's not busy, so doesn't compete with the Taj. We chose a grout that matched the tile color as closely as possible. Here's a pic of my Dad's house: Good luck with your project. I just love love love Taj. I wish I have it in my home.

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