GENEVA MODERN KITCHEN!!
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danemodsandy
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Huh?
If anyone thinks this is pricey, I suggest a trip to the nearest big-box DIY store to see what $800 will get you in the way of kitchen cabinets.
What's noteworthy here is that the plastic finger cups behind the door and drawer pulls seem to be intact. There are Geneva owners out there who would pay $800 just to get that many cups; they're not available any more and they are prone to breakage and deterioration.
If anyone thinks this is pricey, I suggest a trip to the nearest big-box DIY store to see what $800 will get you in the way of kitchen cabinets.
What's noteworthy here is that the plastic finger cups behind the door and drawer pulls seem to be intact. There are Geneva owners out there who would pay $800 just to get that many cups; they're not available any more and they are prone to breakage and deterioration.
Can somebody explain the pie-shaped wedges at the back of the round shelves? If they rotated, stuff on the shelves would crash into the wedges and you would have a pileup. Do the round shelves not rotate?
I wonder why they look yelllow in the big photo, but more white up close.
The big thing is that you have to have the same kitchen configuration to make the best use of cabinets from another kitchen set up.
I would replace the countertop, but keep the cabinets.
I wonder why they look yelllow in the big photo, but more white up close.
The big thing is that you have to have the same kitchen configuration to make the best use of cabinets from another kitchen set up.
I would replace the countertop, but keep the cabinets.
danemodsandy
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The Pie-Shaped "Wedges"
Those are the false door fronts for when the shelves are rotated to the closed position; they are part of the shelves and rotate into place as the shelves turn around. They're comprised of two panels set at a 90-degree angle to one another, so that they look like two regular doors at each side of an inside corner in the bottom row of cabinets. In the top photo that shows the overall installation, they're located in the "ell" return at the left-hand side of the bottom cabinets.
The yellow is a lighting problem, I think.
Those are the false door fronts for when the shelves are rotated to the closed position; they are part of the shelves and rotate into place as the shelves turn around. They're comprised of two panels set at a 90-degree angle to one another, so that they look like two regular doors at each side of an inside corner in the bottom row of cabinets. In the top photo that shows the overall installation, they're located in the "ell" return at the left-hand side of the bottom cabinets.
The yellow is a lighting problem, I think.
I see what you mean, now that you have pointed that out. Thanks. I was wondering what happened to the doors. I'm sharp as a pumpkin.
danemodsandy
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By The Way:
The odd spaces at each end of the bottom row of cabinets make me suspect that these cabinets were moved to their current location from another kitchen, that this is not their first time around the block.
That might be perfectly all right, if they were moved and installed with care. But there are things that can happen when cabinets are re-installed that could be trouble. If I'm right, it would depend on what the current owner could tell you about the history of the cabinets and what an in-person inspection would reveal.
Geneva cabinets were absolutely luxury merchandise, fully equal in their day to St. Charles. A beautiful Geneva installation survives in the home of architect Alden Dow in Midland, MI, which is one of the most important midcentury houses in America. The odd spacings in this CL ad's kitchen just seem very out of character for a Geneva installation, which would have originally been sold through a kitchen design firm. Like St. Charles' installations, Geneva kitchens were all about sleekness, and this ain't sleek.
The odd spaces at each end of the bottom row of cabinets make me suspect that these cabinets were moved to their current location from another kitchen, that this is not their first time around the block.
That might be perfectly all right, if they were moved and installed with care. But there are things that can happen when cabinets are re-installed that could be trouble. If I'm right, it would depend on what the current owner could tell you about the history of the cabinets and what an in-person inspection would reveal.
Geneva cabinets were absolutely luxury merchandise, fully equal in their day to St. Charles. A beautiful Geneva installation survives in the home of architect Alden Dow in Midland, MI, which is one of the most important midcentury houses in America. The odd spacings in this CL ad's kitchen just seem very out of character for a Geneva installation, which would have originally been sold through a kitchen design firm. Like St. Charles' installations, Geneva kitchens were all about sleekness, and this ain't sleek.
blackstone
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Geneva w/Stainless Sink
While this is far from a flattering picture, it does show a Geneva in our old kitchen with double-bowl stainless steel sink. Unfortunately, left it behind when building was sold; although I did sell a couple of the wall-mounted cabinets.
While this is far from a flattering picture, it does show a Geneva in our old kitchen with double-bowl stainless steel sink. Unfortunately, left it behind when building was sold; although I did sell a couple of the wall-mounted cabinets.
whirlcool
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Love the "medal" cabinets!
I thought that the space at the right was for the dishwasher and at the left was for the range or refrigerator. Is that wishful thinking?
Like the kitchen too,again if I moved into that house-would KEEP it!!Todays kitchen furnture is needless to say--CRAP!
danemodsandy
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I Don't Think So....
"Is that wishful thinking?"
The space at right is too narrow for a DW (the drawer unit next to it looks to be 24" or 30"), and the space at left where a fridge could go is not what I'm talking about - the space I'm talking about is the one behind the "ell" return. That should have been concealed with an end panel, if a Geneva dealer did the install.
This installation is just plain weird. Be interesting to find out why. [this post was last edited: 3/16/2013-05:30]
"Is that wishful thinking?"
The space at right is too narrow for a DW (the drawer unit next to it looks to be 24" or 30"), and the space at left where a fridge could go is not what I'm talking about - the space I'm talking about is the one behind the "ell" return. That should have been concealed with an end panel, if a Geneva dealer did the install.
This installation is just plain weird. Be interesting to find out why. [this post was last edited: 3/16/2013-05:30]
I would guess that the range was on the left wall, hiding that gap, and perhaps a trash compactor went in that narrow space on the right (note how the counter is notched).
danemodsandy
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Hi Cory:
I can buy into the trash compactor idea (though this kitchen seems a little early for a compactor), but I'm still not getting my head around that strange gap at the left.
The reason is that a professional kitchen design firm or dealer wouldn't have left that there, and Geneva kitchens were sold that way. That gap was unsightly without an appliance in place, it was a perfect hiding place for vermin-attracting dirt and food particles, and not putting an end panel there meant foregoing the profit on the end panel and its installation. So, that's why it seems odd to me.
I can buy into the trash compactor idea (though this kitchen seems a little early for a compactor), but I'm still not getting my head around that strange gap at the left.
The reason is that a professional kitchen design firm or dealer wouldn't have left that there, and Geneva kitchens were sold that way. That gap was unsightly without an appliance in place, it was a perfect hiding place for vermin-attracting dirt and food particles, and not putting an end panel there meant foregoing the profit on the end panel and its installation. So, that's why it seems odd to me.
I wonder if this cabinet set was purchased by the homeowner at a discount, either as an overstock or used item, and he "made it fit" in his existing kitchen. The sink and sink base cabinet were probably the fixed-location items, due to the location of the plumbing and the window. Everything else looks like it was arranged as best he could, but it doesn't look professionally done.
The upper cabinets look like they fit better, although the open shelves next to the window overlap the window trim, which also doesn't look very professional.
The upper cabinets look like they fit better, although the open shelves next to the window overlap the window trim, which also doesn't look very professional.
Well it's clear that countertop isn't original, and it appears to be one of the "off the shelf" pre made laminate patterns the box stores carry. There's probably more than meets the eye here.
westingman123
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cabin?
The slant of the ceiling leads me to believe this may be a cabin, and the owners reused their cabinets out of another house.
I'd have to say it's a bojack installation.
The slant of the ceiling leads me to believe this may be a cabin, and the owners reused their cabinets out of another house.
I'd have to say it's a bojack installation.
whirlcool
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I've seen that pattern of "granite look" laminate at our local Home Depot. And it looks like the cabinets on the right are about an inch higher off the counter than the cabinets on the left.
