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Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Friday, March 16, 2007 - 6:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
Wow!

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Friday, March 16, 2007 - 6:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
For the neutral gals found this fabric on ebay. Sari fabric:

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Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Friday, March 16, 2007 - 7:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
Remember when rust orange and olive greens were in vogue back in the early seventies? That is a beautiful sari, Mocha.

Native_texan
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08-24-2004

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Grace, I believe that was avocado green.

Vee
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02-23-2004

Friday, March 16, 2007 - 7:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vee a private message Print Post    
Hypermom, I am noticing the varying heights on your upper cabinets. Very nice and a good example of not being matchy-matchy.

Hypermom
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08-13-2001

Friday, March 16, 2007 - 10:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hypermom a private message Print Post    
Texannie, thanks! Yes, it's mine.

Vee, I like the varied heights too. It makes my ceiling look higher than it is...it helped getting rid of the soffit around the kitchen too.



Native_texan
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08-24-2004

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Pipe broke but all is okay. I have a really clean floor now.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

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oh, hyper, love those barstools!! are your breakfast room chairs the same style? it looks like we might have the same light fixture.
tearing out the soffits makes such a difference. it visually raises the ceiling almost instantly.

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Saturday, March 17, 2007 - 9:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
Good idea turning disasters and messes into a positive way of thinking, NT.

Has anybody wondered why there is a rabbit in the rooster kitchen?

Vee
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02-23-2004

Saturday, March 17, 2007 - 9:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vee a private message Print Post    
I love browsing through kitchen galleries. This gallery is from *Jennair*

Geeze, NT, since my favorite kitchen is the first up, I could've used your old cabinets! Did your dad break the pipe? I bet that was exciting for a while.

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Saturday, March 17, 2007 - 10:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
Which one Vee? The Farmhouse or the Market Fresh? On the Market Fresh kitchen, I would not want my dishwasher miles away from wherever they are stored in that kitchen!

Vee
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02-23-2004

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Farmhouse

ETA: Now I'll have to see how far the dishwasher is from everything.

Hypermom
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08-13-2001

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Texannie, thanks! I found them online when I couldn't find anything I liked at the stores. The table does match them. The light fixture was on the same website and matches it also. It's an alabaster bowl with the same wrought iron. This is a photo of the set from the website.



Texannie
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07-16-2001

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just gorgeous!!!
all i can think of is all the fingerprints it would have in my house! LOL (we had a glass table from the time we were married until our first one was about a year old! 6 years)

Hypermom
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08-13-2001

Saturday, March 17, 2007 - 3:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hypermom a private message Print Post    
LOL This is actually my first glass topped table. No little ones at home anymore...except a kitty.

Native_texan
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08-24-2004

Saturday, March 17, 2007 - 3:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Native_texan a private message Print Post    
Hyper, love your kitchen!

When they were tearing down the shelves this morning I heard a what sounded like something dropped and then a gushing sound. My kitchen is 18 feet long and the water was almost reaching the other end. I've never seen Billy (his helper) move so fast to shut off the water outside. It actually wasn't as bad to clean up as I was afraid of. Thankfully the backdoor is right there so we just swept the water out the backdoor.

These are the kinda like the hinges I got today. I'm going to use the same knobs (I think) in black.

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Okay, I know ya'll hate being asked to choose your favorite (LOL!) but here is what my picks are for a countertop:

Deepstar Flint
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Milano Amber
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Smoky Topaz
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I also broke down and got the microwave to mount above the stove. It was on clearance and then they took another $20 off because they only had the display left.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Saturday, March 17, 2007 - 3:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
milano amber!!!

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Saturday, March 17, 2007 - 5:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
I like milano too but I don't know what your wall color is.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

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I like the smoky topaz. But I do think we need to see the wall color. I just think the black specks will "match" the hinges nicely!

Good job on the microwave. I know you will be happy with it~

Native_texan
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08-24-2004

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I don't have a wall color yet. The cabinets will be a natural oak with black and hardware and a silver tin backsplash.

I'm leaning more towards the milano myself but wonder if the smoky topaz would bring it all together and provide a dark contrast to the light wood.

Basically the only bare wall I will have will be between the fridge and the washer and then on the other side of the kitchen where the table is.

I have to admit I'm a virgin when it comes to colored walls. I'm thinking about a very light sand color. Since I only have that one window and the back door for natural light, I don't want a dark color.

I also haven't decided on the floor yet. I have blue carpet in the living room which connects to the kitchen so I'd like for the flow from one room to the other to be smooth.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

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you've got alot of dark colors going on, the smokey topaz is beautiful, but it could make the room even darker. what kind of lighting will you have?

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Saturday, March 17, 2007 - 8:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
Nice choice on the hinges NT, but you changed your mind on the star pulls? A light sand color paint will be great, and since your cabinets are not dark why not use the smoky topaz? It will tie in the dark glass of the stove and microwave and the hammered black hinges along with the tin backsplash.

Native_texan
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08-24-2004

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The microwave will be gone being replaced by a microwave over the stove, which will be replaced also. Since it makes no sense to replace a practically new fridge, my appliances will be all white, so actually the countertop and hardware would be the only dark color.

Grace, I'm still using the star pulls, but am going to go with black instead of silver.

I found some really cool stuff on ebay today made from black horseshoes - recipe book holder, wall hooks and some other great ideas.

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Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 3:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
Native, I found a picture of oak cabinets, white appliances, and the lighter color granite. It's hard to tell, but if I imagine the tin backsplash here, it may be sort of "lost." Can anyone here use their photochopping skills and try to put the tin there so we can see how it looks?

Personally, I think I'd go with the darker granite to make the tin "pop" (sorry, that word seems to be used so much, but how else can we explain it???) LOL



Vee
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02-23-2004

Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 6:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vee a private message Print Post    
Not sure how helpful this is because the dimensions are off and the scale may be as well. Also, the color values are hard to determine, but here ya go...

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