We met with a designer from Wisconsin Kitchen-Mart on Wednesday April 18th. This is the largest project that we have ever had done by far and had as many questions as answers. We told her some general things about us and what we were looking for; a kitchen designed for people who like to cook, a general budget range, and some ideas so that she could get the general feel of our limits.
She then asked us a series of questions in order to put together the pieces of the design:
- Countertops? They don’t recommend concrete as a work surface – granite is better.
- Six burner cook top with some high BTU burners.
- Double oven
- Cabinets? We’re not sure. Frosted glass? Paint? We’ll need to look.
- I want a rack to hang pots and pans.
- Refrigerator? We don’t know. French doors maybe? No wood, however.
- Dishwasher – would a dish drawer work for us?
- Cooking hood – we want stainless
- Floor – hardwood to match
- Tile behind the counters
- Sink? Prep sink and main, enameled cast iron.
- Two garbage disposals
- Single handle faucets with a hot water tap and a dish soap dispenser.
- Perhaps an under-counter wine cooler
We want to use the back hall pantry as much as possible. We’ll loose the clothes shoot, but gain quite a bit of square footage.
She also asked about opening the north wall, where the existing refrigerator is, to the dining room and putting barstools on the dining room side. We would have never though of that and told her to put it in the design.
She took a whole mess of measurements and said that it would be about 10 days to put a design together. Saturday we need to go to their show room to make some choices.
1 comment:
Sounds like a good start. There are thousands of decisions to make - some more important that others.
Should be a fun project, but much more fun once it is finished!
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