Comments on Beach House: Kitchen Tryouts

The kitchen in the photo looks NICE!!!!!!! I love...

2009-02-20T19:30:00.000-05:00

The kitchen in the photo looks NICE!!!!!!! I love to look at clean kitchens... so I prefer not to cook in mine... LOL!

Suzy, I put the Thermador dual fuel in the last ki...

2009-02-20T16:45:00.000-05:00

Suzy, I put the Thermador dual fuel in the last kitchen and had no problem with it but the Wolf was all wrong for me. That's why I was so pleased to try it out.

We redid our kitchen last year, and I have the GE ...

2009-02-20T16:23:00.000-05:00

We redid our kitchen last year, and I have the GE Monogram version of the Wolf dual fuel. I am only 5 ft and have no trouble cooking on it, griddle, grill and all....We also have half tile half wood in our kitchen. I love that too!

The farmhouse sink wasn't something I was consider...

2009-02-20T08:26:00.000-05:00

The farmhouse sink wasn't something I was considering because of the style of the house but I did wash up in one and because it was so deep I was bending again. I'm really thinking about accessibility issues, too these days.

modernmama, I just saw that you're in Huntington! ...

2009-02-20T06:43:00.000-05:00

modernmama, I just saw that you're in Huntington! I am too...would love to meet!

It is to your credit that you picked up on the critical detail of the flooring. Perhaps, however, if the transition piece was wide enough between the two floor levels, that may largely ease the problem of the levels. It would eliminate an abrupt feeling.

Good thing you didn't spring for the Wolf. I'm no...

2009-02-20T05:06:00.000-05:00

Good thing you didn't spring for the Wolf. I'm not tall and I didn't realize what a strain my farm sink would be on my back. Because of the way it extends out in the front, the back of the sink and the faucet are a bit of a stretch. There's no way I would know that from just seeing the sink in the store.

I, too, manage to use EVERY inch of space. :)
2009-02-19T18:05:00.000-05:00
I, too, manage to use EVERY inch of space. :)

Good call on the flooring... I'm wishing we'd thought of that before flooring the bathroom. It's going to be a lot higher than the wood floors inthe rest of the hosue.... might make for some painful middle of the night stops when we are all done!

I think we'll still put underfloor heating in the ...

2009-02-19T15:41:00.000-05:00

I think we'll still put underfloor heating in the master bath, we have to step up there anyway so we're used to it!

Tile floors are tricky that way. Also, the larger...

2009-02-19T13:13:00.000-05:00

Tile floors are tricky that way. Also, the larger the tile you use, the more "perfect" you sub base needs to be which can wind up making it thicker if the floors are uneven. I had seen a product once for retrofitting radiant heat into existing houses. They were metal panels with channels for the tubing that were installed under the floor in the basement ceiling. They weren't as efficient, but they might allow you to get it without the extra depth.

Lucky that you found out some of these things befo...

2009-02-19T10:16:00.000-05:00

Lucky that you found out some of these things beforehand! We had the same issue with our kitchen flooring...once the new subfloor, tiles and Ditra membrane were in, the floor was a good inch higher than the adjoining rooms. Transition strips minimize the problem, but I'm still extra careful when carrying dishes back and forth. Function is so important in a kitchen. Its easy to visualize how things will look, but harder to see how they'll actually feel and work in the space.