More Cabinet knobs

From Knobs4less
I like the lower one. A fancier look (and more expensive) perhaps to use on the "hutch" portion of my kitchen

Cabinet Knobs

These are from coolknobsandpulls.com

Appliances: Refigerator

Samsung 25.8 Cu. Ft French Door RF266ABBP It's received great reviews and it's Energy Star qualified. It is about 2 inches deeper than our current fridge and taller as well. I don't think that that will be a problem. A new version is coming out in '10 evidently with LED lighting. I hope that I can find it cheap end of year. I'll need to discuss this with Mr. B.

Faucet & sink options

The Elverdam faucet from IKEA $179.00












Domsjo sink from IKEA $185.99

Pantry lighting

Ooooh cool! I definitely want this for my pantry. The link is here

Pantry

Yippee!!!! Two birds with one stone. I wanted to have the microwave out of view and I needed a convenient recycling center. Mr. B and I have decided that we can spare space in our new pantry for these two purposes. We're going to have so much food storage in the kitchen itself that I doubt we'll miss the space that the microwave and recycling will take up. I'm so happy that we'll have no ugly microwave taking up space on our pretty counters!
I really like this over-the-door storage idea. Cheap and see-through....nice.

Ikea posters kitchens of interest

tudi66:
Kate1234: Adel White with nice yellow paint
pxlchk1: white kitchen butcher block counters
Berkie: Adel white with butcher block counters, very well done
Kirstin: white kitchen nice look
abd1: nice stat kitchen

I really love the look of this dark flooring laid diagonally!!

Flooring: Trafficmaster Allure Tile

Trafficmaster Allure Tile, Corfu Resin from Home Depot only $2.94 / sq. ft. (less than half the cost of Marmoleum!!!) Is it sad how quickly my green inclinations go out the window when I find a good deal? *sigh* I am on a budget here people. Rough cost for flooring for kitchen: $400 - pretty awesome indeed. Got pretty good reviews, evidently it's lighter in person which might be nice. I am a little frightened of having dark floors but I suspect that with light cabinets, light counters and light and bright paint it'll look nice. Here's a picture of it in someone's kitchen (from DIYchatroom.com). I'm not liking this at all! Maybe it's the kitchen itself but I'm seeing 80's. Hmmmm....












Next is Trafficmaster Allure tile, Patina Resilient. I think that I like this one best. Dark but beautiful slate look. Guess a fieldtrip to HD is next for me!


















Another from Home Depot: Faus Group, Inc. Rusted Porcelain Bison





K now I'm really getting into the dark floor look. I need to be careful because I do not want a modern look. *UPDATE 11/19/09: Went to HD today and found that I really liked this Rusted Porcelain! Still not sure about how dark it is but it was surprisingly high-quality.









However this Trafficmaster Blue Slate is kinda looking awesome to me. All these will just have to be seen in person to have any sort of opinion on. I'm a little wary of having a "statement" kitchen. You know, when people say "Whoa" when they come into the room but not necessarily because they like the look. I like the look of planks more than I do fake tiles. I guess tiles can be an 80's look to me.

Of course then there's this Pergo Presto Whitehall Pine Laminate. But white or birch cabinets might look strange with this color of a floor.

Flooring ideas: Marmoleum

Carpet Kingdom in Portland seems to have pretty good prices



Marmoleum in Arabian Pearl, Barbados or Butter:



I'm leaning toward either Barbados or Butter....liking Butter best...it's a nice warm color.

Here's an example of Barbados in a kitchen found at 1916 Portland Bungalow: