Let's Talk Cabinetry, Shall we?

True to form it's been months since my last post.  In my defense we have been moving, unpacking, and 'setting up shop' in the new home.  It's been interesting living in the house during the final phases of the remodel.  I've never dusted so many times in one week! But I digress...

The reason for this post is the talk about our kitchen cabinetry - get excited! With Ryan's help, we decided to use a company in Atlanta for our cabinets.  (Things can be a little tricky when you are working with suppliers from out of town. Just a word to the wise.)  The most difficult part about designing a kitchen is thinking about where you would store pots and pans, everyday plates, silverware, platters, etc.  It's almost impossible to know where you want to put everything when you are designing the kitchen.  I wish I could have lived in the space before to know what I needed.  Luckily, Ryan sat down with me and he had great insight about what I would probably want and what I could leave out.  Now that we have been in our house and using the kitchen fully, there are just a few things I would change.

I will repost a few 'before' pictures from the old kitchen below.

If you'll remember with me, we took out the full brick wall with the oven, indoor grill, and fireplace.  This is a design moment that my mom will NEVER let me live down.  She is the reason the wall finally came out.  BOY what a different it made!! With the bricks out, we doubled the size of our kitchen. It really gave it the 'wow' factor. 

Now it was time to fill the space...

I wanted a simple cabinet that would be timeless.  We chose a dark colored wood, but that didn't bother me because I planned to paint them.  I know what you are thinking...Why buy them dark if you are painting them? It would still come out cheaper to order them from this company and then have them painted rather than have them made in the color I wanted.   

Plain and simple.

I don't want to do a full reveal of the kitchen cabinets all installed yet...you'll just have to wait.

I will say, the most difficult part of designing the kitchen was choosing the cabinet pulls and knobs.  There are so many to choose from out there and at a variety of prices I might add.  I once picked a set out that were $30 per drawer knob...per knob, people! That's just not doable at this point in my life. As my search continued, I finally found myself at Target, of all places, wandering over to check out their selection. There they were.  I purchased all that Woodruff Road had in-stock and then asked my in-laws purchase all that Wade Hampton had in-stock.  We have quite a few cabinets for these to adorn. I will say the pulls are a little deeper than I thought, but they are working out just fine! 

We used the same style cabinetry in our remodeled master bathroom.  When I find something I like, I go with it! That's probably why I have four of the same shirt in different colors in my closet. I get that from my mother, too.

I'll also include the picture of our granite.  Wow, was that a fiasco.  Granite is one of those things that I get nervous to pick out because it's not easily changed.  Paint - easily changed. Knobs and pulls - easily changed. Granite - not so much. I think before it was all said and done, we chose three different slabs before finally deciding on this one.  I sent Ryan to check it out in person and approve it before we had it installed. The slab has more of a cream tone with accents of black and burgundy.  Almost like splashes of red wine throughout.  It's hard to get an exact picture, so this was the best I could do.

I love it more that I thought I would.

Did I mention we had an island put in? Well, we did. I've always wanted a huge island where everyone could eat, drink, and laugh for hours.  We chose to put a butcher block top on the island to make it more of an accent to the kitchen.  Ryan ordered two slabs of butcher block to get the correct width and length for our island.  

This will serve as my teaser photo for the island. 

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