Comments on: Kitchen Remodel Anyone??

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:20:19 +0000

Oh – your new kitchen looks so big & fun!! Anyway- don’t know if you know this or not, but you can PAINT tile. Yes you can. We did it in our last house and it held up beautifully. Pretty easy, too. So if you can’t get to re-tile it right away and you can’t stand the moose staring at you – slap some paint up there!

By: angie

angie — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:46:03 +0000

I think you should go with a brick set tile. I would go with something more modern looking than natural stone, too. I think some thing a little edgier would look fab with the cabinets.

By: Katie

Katie — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:57:52 +0000

I’m having the same problem as Kristina…..I’m going to try and add your new address again. As far as the moose goes….anything you do will be an improvement.

By: Mikki

Mikki — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:37:39 +0000

The kitchen in general is beautiful. Beautiful views and design. I agree on the moose hitting the road though…
Look forward to hearing what you decide to do

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:42:29 +0000

What? Get RID of the Moose?

Say it isn’t so!

(lol)

By: Tiff

Tiff — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:48:39 +0000

I am way excited to see your new place! Party at Carissa’s! Whatever on the kitchen-at least you have one and it’s nice and roomy! Come by my house anytime you want to feel better about your kitchen.mmmkay?

I am going to Utah tomorrow and staying with my bro and sis in law who have GORGEOUS tile work around all their backsplashes, I’ll take photos and send them your way, promise!
Well love your face, and if you still want me to work on those things I will, my phone is on the fritz, and I don’t see my missed calls until 3 days later sometimes, so I saw that you called 3 days ago…about that? Sorry, I need a new phone in the worst way!

By: Kristina P.

Kristina P. — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:05:14 +0000

Carissa, your feed still isn’t working! I just remembered today that I hadn’t seen you in a while, and tried to add you again, and it takes me to your old blog. Boo.

By: Carissa

Carissa — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:31:38 +0000

I know. Believe it or not, the cabinets are VERY high end, very expensive, and VERY not going anywhere. I wouldn’t have chosen them but I will be working around them.. in the short term.. the backsplash (ASAP). In the longer term, the door handles, in the longer longer term the countertop… the flooring is the same tile that is AROUND the bad moose backsplash.. and while I don’t love it, I don’t hate it just yet on the floor.

By: Xmasdolly

Xmasdolly — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:12:41 +0000

The Mooses definitely have to go. Whatever possessed them to put that in there? It looks like you need something to living things up a tad! Have you seen the ivory sort of see through mosaic tile? It almost kind of looks like soapy water with soap swirling through it. I would put that in there with no particular design. Now if you didn’t care for that you could possibly try Z-Brick you don’t want to go to light because your cabinets are light, but not that dark either. I would lean toward the mosaic tile. I love the lights under the cabinets. Maybe you would also like to put a glass rack under those cabinets like for hanging wine glasses. My cousin just put those in her new kitchen, and it gives it that touch of class. Good luck with your new home & CONGRATS!

By: Melissa Ann

Melissa Ann — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:09:23 +0000

Congrats CONGRATS!!!! Permanence at last!!! Can’t wait to see/hear more about the new dwell

Now onto the kitchen… I may be the voice of dissent here, but the cabinets are GORGEOUS. Really amazing – kinda mod, beautiful grain, so cool… Everything around them: bad. Very bad. You’re right — the black appliances make the light cabinets look outdated versus supercool mod that they are. And the hardware – black & gold – hideous. New York jewish design from 1980. Bad. The countertops? Not great – but not the worst. The worst? Oh. dear. goodness. That backsplash is unimaginable. Whoever thought that Palin-does-country-Alaska design went with the 80′s hardware? Bad. bad. bad.

But let’s highlight the positives: Cabinets? Thumbs up! The View? Double thumbs up!! And lucky for you, that means you don’t have to replace the two most expensive things!!!!

xo, Melissa