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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 6:34 am
Side by side comparison with lighter wall color. NT, have you decided on wall color?
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 7:10 am
I am changing my vote...based on the white appliances and looking at Vee's pics, I think the smokey topaz would look much better. I think it would end up being very unifying.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 7:13 am
Now we just have to see if Vee can put the smokey topaz granite on those counters!!
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 7:44 am
Ha ha, very funny, Huk! Hope you don't mind that I chopped the counter in half...very labor intensive this business.
Yellow walls with smokey topaz Does anyone, besides me, think that these combinations almost require a dramatic wall color? I arbitrarily chose yellow because it's my favorite, but the lighter colors, and I know Native-Texan is concerned about the room being too dark, just wash out.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 7:47 am
not a fan of the yellow! LOL i would almost tend to do a midnight blue as the paint color
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 7:47 am
I'm not feeling that smokey topaz with that scheme in Vee's pic. Not sure if it's the white appliances or the silver backsplash....
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 7:47 am
Don't know what flooring style NT has chosen, but perhaps a color picked up from the floor would marry everything...

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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 7:55 am
I think the backsplash all around is too much. Maybe if you just put it behind the stove and then painted the rest. Not a fan of yellow, either! Seeing the dark granite with the white appliances doesn't fly for me... I'd go with the milano amber granite, tin backsplash above the stove only, and wall color of whatever mid-way between the cupboard color and appliance white (that way it would blend with both)...maybe a beige tone of some sort. I also think that the horseshoe accessories might display better on the milano amber.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 8:08 am
limiting backsplash and just trying to stay neutral... Have fun, everybody. I'm out.
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 8:09 am
Vee, thanks so much for doing this. At first, they all looked like crap to me, but the 6:24 (I like the wall color) and the 7:47 (without the pink wall) pics are growing on me. I don't know how much difference it would make that the stove will have a ceramic top. The tin can be painted with no problem.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 8:11 am
that does look better, but not the paint color! vee, you can't leave! LOL
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 8:12 am
look at this pic. it's with silver nobs and the lighter granite with punched tin. it's gorgeous.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 8:13 am

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Ddr
Member
08-19-2001
| Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 8:19 am
Annie, that's gorgeous!
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 8:24 am
i would love to have a kitchen like that!!!
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 8:38 am
I love those drawer pulls Annie. Appliances are black or stainless steel?
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 8:43 am
it looks like they are black, but white could work cause look at all the white accessories on the counter. NT, if you are only getting white appliances cause of your fridge, you do know you can paint them, right?
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 8:49 am
Love that picture, Tex. Just wish we could see the white appliances with it all. Oh well! I'm sure you'll pull it all together and wind up with a beautiful space!
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 8:51 am
Now that's perfect, Annie. Who needs PAINT when one can GOOGLE! LOL!! BTW, Just for the record. I don't like ANY of those wall colors. They are perfectly dreadful. The only thing that I was suggesting was to pick up a color from the flooring. But that may not be possible. Just a suggestion. Later...
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 8:52 am
Annie, I love that kitchen. Perhaps it's because the cabinets are lighter and actually more what I will have.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 9:20 am
I love Annie's 8:13 picture, but if they had smokey for the countertop, I think it'd look 100 times better! I think the lighter color blends in too much... The punched tin would pop with more contrast.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 8:03 am
Two questions here: One: What color shades/globes should I use for this fixture? THe "base" is going to have to stay, but the globes can be switched out easily enough. The reds look very good in the day. Problem is at night, the light emitted is not very strong, even with the 60 watts bulbs (The strongest wattage you can use.) And also, with the 60 watts, the globes go from red to a bright orange! WHen I put the one white one up, it was much brighter. But the kitchen is so darn white already. Any suggestions??? (The globes come it many colors and shapes. gold, blue, white, red, etc...)

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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 8:07 am
Julie, is that your kitchen right now? It really has come a long way and looks just marvelous. I like the globes just as shown...white in center and the two red ones flanking. Isn't the light from that fixture mainly for working at the island?
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 8:13 am
Second ( third and fourth) questions: 2. What is the best way to get rid (of or hide or ???) the ends of the chair-rail that kind of stick out? 3. Is caulk the best way to mask the little space between the end of the wainscoting and the cornerpiece? 4. How bad do the pantry doors look? (They are much less white than the walls... UGH!) Do I paint or just get used to?

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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 8:18 am
Thanks Vee! I just wish it was more "finished." Here are a few more shots... Do you like the solid valance or the tab top?
(this photo taken before light fixture installed.)
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