Contemporary Kitchen Island Design
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Contemporary Kitchen Island Design Project Description
We purchased a 1980's home, have remodeled every single room except the kitchen. We are now ready to gut the kitchen and "start over" but have no idea of an efficient and workable design.Kitchen is awful! House built in 80's. Cabinets are too small and short.
Everything has to go including floors except appliances. Needs space planning. Don't need to knock out walls. Pillar she doesn't like. Flow is very important
Desk area needs to come out. Figure a way to have desk area for husband but not be in middle of kitchen. Built in china cabinet would be nice. Dining space. Needs a table for 2-4 people then expand to 8-10.
Home is white lime stone. Flooring is travertine. They like dark wood cabinets for the bathroom. No painted cabinets. Neutral with splash of color
Empty nesters. Then 8 or 10 around when family shows up.
2 dogs one large and one small.
Would like to start to demo in middle of sept.
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We are “scrubbing” the existing kitchen, and really starting from scratch, so really anything goes!!Coffee station – perhaps a hidden coffee station?
Built in looking china cabinet –
Small “desk” area for husband to put his computer for morning email work – but not with his back to the living room
There are two of us living here, but we often have 8-10 for a meal……and would love to be able to seat everyone IN the dining area at an expanding table of some sort? But it’s a small area, so a HUGE table won’t work for the normal day to day operations of our kitchen
We will be removing the “furr down” above the kitchen cabinets to allow for larger/taller cabinets
My husband does NOT want cabinets that are “painted” but rather he prefers “stained”
An easy “traffic flow” – right now between the fridge and the “bar/island” is tight! And the “desk” area sticks out into the walkway
Mail, phone chargers, Kleenex box, etc. “cluttery”???
We do use the toaster a lot, so it needs to stay out – we have a kitchenaid mixer I’d like to have room for (right now it’s hidden away)
We do have two dogs, one big (55 lbs.) and one small (about 15 lbs)
The appliances are new (2 years old) so planning on keeping them unless design makes it impossible to do so
My husband HATES the oven being so low to the ground!!




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Silestone Classic Calacatta
2 CHEVRON (SKINNY) — CALACATTA GOLD
3 Custom Cabinets
4 Custom Cabinets
5 Custom relaxed roman shade
6 Custom Relaxed Roman Shade
7 Custom relaxed roman shade
8 Custom Relaxed Roman Shade
2 CHEVRON (SKINNY) — CALACATTA GOLD
3 Custom Cabinets
4 Custom Cabinets
5 Custom relaxed roman shade
6 Custom Relaxed Roman Shade
7 Custom relaxed roman shade
8 Custom Relaxed Roman Shade


Kitchen:
No paint colors were discussed. Feel free to reach out for suggestions when your construction is complete.
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Use an eggshell finish paint which has a very light touch of shine (similar texture to an eggshell as implied by its name). This finish is very often used for walls and is more durable and easier to clean than matte finish
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Use an eggshell finish paint which has a very light touch of shine (similar texture to an eggshell as implied by its name). This finish is very often used for walls and is more durable and easier to clean than matte finish
Kitchen Colors:
Color | Name | Company / Code | Link | Area |
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Nightingale | Benjamin Moore / AF-670 | https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/color-overview/find-your-color/color-families/gra/gray?source=%2Fen-us%2Fcolor-overview%2Ffind-your-color%2Fcolor-families | Kitchen | |
A la Mode | Benjamin Moore / 2109-70 | https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/color-overview/find-your-color/color-families/gra/gray?source=%2Fen-us%2Fcolor-overview%2Ffind-your-color%2Fcolor-families | Kitchen |
Shopping List:
Decorilla Discount | Photo | Name | Description | Link | Dimensions | Decorilla Discount |
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5% | ![]() | Tile Bar Silestone Classic Calacatta | Quartz countertop material. 2 Cm Basic eased edge polished finish | Order & Save | 5% | |
15% Off | ![]() | GS Tile CHEVRON (SKINNY) — CALACATTA GOLD Quantity: 13 | Garden State Tile’s Fancy Stone collection consists of hand selected, premium quality marble tiles arranged in elegant, timeless patterns for walls, floors, and more. Natural mixed stone strips in chevron pattern. | Order & Save | 0.80 sq. ft. | 15% Off |
10% Off | ![]() | Williams-Sonoma Custom Cabinets | Shaker style door with light ivory stain finish | Order & Save | 10% Off | |
10% Off | ![]() | Williams-Sonoma Custom Cabinets | Shaker style door with dark walnut stain finish. | Order & Save | 10% Off | |
10% Off | ![]() | Loom Decor Custom relaxed roman shade | Relaxed roman shades Kitchen bay window - left | Order & Save | 22 1/4" wide 70" length | 10% Off |
10% Off | ![]() | Loom Decor Custom Relaxed Roman Shade | Relaxed Roman Shade Kitchen Bay Window - center | Order & Save | 34" wide x 70" length | 10% Off |
10% Off | ![]() | Loom Decor Custom relaxed roman shade | Relaxed Roman Shade Kitchen Bay Window - Right | Order & Save | 22 1/4" wide x 70" length | 10% Off |
10% Off | ![]() | Loom Decor Custom Relaxed Roman Shade | Relaxed Roman Shade Kitchen Window over Sink | Order & Save | 42" wide x 35" length | 10% Off |
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Diana
4 years ago
So excited!
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