need some help with kitchen

Lizzy · Guru

need some help with kitchen

daisy · Guru

i like this look:
http://gibsoncustomcabinets.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/kitchen-with-cherry-cabinets.jpg
i think cherry is a really hard look to get right. we were considering doing our cabinets cherry, and i was at a total loss.
i do think you could pull off a brushed nickel just fine, especially if you tied it together with a brushed nickel pendant light...i agree with you though that an antique bronze might be too dark (unfortunately, bc i love that look).

daisy · Guru

we have brushed nickel pulls that are brand new - let me know if you want me to mail them to you. mike lost the receipts and they've been sitting in the garage for a year - we're not using them.
i can take a pic as soon as i get a chance later. they are sort of like what you have, but plainer and a bit bigger.

Lizzy · Guru

daisy wrote:

i like this look:
http://gibsoncustomcabinets.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/kitchen-with-cherry-cabinets.jpg
i think cherry is a really hard look to get right. we were considering doing our cabinets cherry, and i was at a total loss.
i do think you could pull off a brushed nickel just fine, especially if you tied it together with a brushed nickel pendant light...i agree with you though that an antique bronze might be too dark (unfortunately, bc i love that look).

wow!! love this pic, Kelly! Thank you so much for finding it....it is so hard to find cherry cabinet pics.

i am stuck with them for now...we can't afford new cabinets and don doesn't want to paint. but i found this post about touching them up and I thought i could do something like that. these cabinets are almost exactly the same as mine.

Lizzy · Guru

daisy wrote:

we have brushed nickel pulls that are brand new - let me know if you want me to mail them to you. mike lost the receipts and they've been sitting in the garage for a year - we're not using them.
i can take a pic as soon as i get a chance later. they are sort of like what you have, but plainer and a bit bigger.

Thank you, Kelly!! I guess, I would use pulls for the drawers, right? and knobs for the cabinets?

I am still trying to find a pendant light I like....I am scared to ge too much of an industrial looking light b/c of the cherry cabinets. and then the smalller ones look so cheap(esp when you see them in the store)

i am so happy to actually have a plan for this kitchen...well almost ;) but, we did decide on a floor, a backsplash, and paint. we are also going to do this. we saw it at lowes. we should be able to do it all for under a thousand.