58limited
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I don't care for either kitchen, except for the turquoise oven in the original. The remodel looks like it came out of an IKEA box.
Before & After Kitchen: Whch is Better?
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Had a buddy in college who grew up about 2 miles from whre I did. His parents' house was probably about a year or so newer. Original was a GE Turqoise kitchen. By mid-1970s, with a family of 6 or 7, the dishwasher & fridge had been replaced with GE shaded cpooertone4 SxS and bol dishwasher. I think the countertops were turqoise or white. I really liked it. To me they complimented each other and those two appliances colors together would be a choice I'd have in a vintage-look kitchen. (remember, no 50s pastel pinks for me). As for the original kitchen's fridge, that breaks my heart such a classic bottom-mount fridge aws probably thrown out too. Y'all have3 no appreciation for what a beautiful "modern" fridge that was in its day. I find it intersting the handles on the old fridge sure do look like my 3 year old Kenmore Elite bottom mount--the same curvitures.
No doubt the original GE fridge was a sight to behold. I wonder if it failed or if they just wanted a bigger fridge.
sdlee
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I like the old kitchen, it looked very homey and cozy.Probably held lots of memories for someone.
The new kitchen is light and airy and over all I liked that but thats where it ends for me.
I found this to be the lazyiest re do Ive seen in years. There is not one thing I can see that refers to once what was except maybe the decorator stole the floor plan, thus the lazy comment.But for whoever the clients were and whoever the decorator was maybe this is exactly what they wanted and thus the decorator be justified
but my own personal reaction is "Id kill if my kitchen was ruined like this."
ok ok guys calm down, its just comments.No hate mail.Im just saying if that was my old kitchen and this is my new kitchen I grossly failed to communicate.
The new kitchen is light and airy and over all I liked that but thats where it ends for me.
I found this to be the lazyiest re do Ive seen in years. There is not one thing I can see that refers to once what was except maybe the decorator stole the floor plan, thus the lazy comment.But for whoever the clients were and whoever the decorator was maybe this is exactly what they wanted and thus the decorator be justified
but my own personal reaction is "Id kill if my kitchen was ruined like this."
ok ok guys calm down, its just comments.No hate mail.Im just saying if that was my old kitchen and this is my new kitchen I grossly failed to communicate.
Well Levi, looks like we're pretty much in agreement.
sdlee
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thx apnut, I was ready to be fired upon. Prolly still comming...lol
beekeyknee
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White Appliances
The plastic handles and control panels on white appliances tend to turn yellowish after about 10 years, if they last that long. I prefer metal, chrome, glass and porcelain or darker plastic parts. Acrylics are good to, especially when colored or designed on the back side and protected from wear.
The plastic handles and control panels on white appliances tend to turn yellowish after about 10 years, if they last that long. I prefer metal, chrome, glass and porcelain or darker plastic parts. Acrylics are good to, especially when colored or designed on the back side and protected from wear.
Don't believe everything you see....
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">I see a photographic trick at work. There is no question that the old cabinets and especially all that paneling on the dining end of the room in the "before" kitchen cut down on the ambient light in the room. BUT..........look carefully at the before pictures, particularly the shot looking towards the dining area. Judging by the amount of reflection off the oven, and the back of the woman at the table it looks to me like the pics were taken with very little sunlight coming through the windows. Was it a cloudy day or were the blinds on the windows closed? Contrast that with the "after" view where the light coming through the windows is so blinding it makes me wonder if there are floodlights positioned outside the windows. </span>
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">I see a photographic trick at work. There is no question that the old cabinets and especially all that paneling on the dining end of the room in the "before" kitchen cut down on the ambient light in the room. BUT..........look carefully at the before pictures, particularly the shot looking towards the dining area. Judging by the amount of reflection off the oven, and the back of the woman at the table it looks to me like the pics were taken with very little sunlight coming through the windows. Was it a cloudy day or were the blinds on the windows closed? Contrast that with the "after" view where the light coming through the windows is so blinding it makes me wonder if there are floodlights positioned outside the windows. </span>
AZREOspecialist
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That's the ugliest Ikea kitchen I've ever seen...
