tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7249566998771272679.post5676641394987533023..comments2023-10-26T02:20:26.611-07:00Comments on Alicia B. Designs: Modern Kitchen DiscoveriesAlicia B. Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16654176110027352170noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7249566998771272679.post-51732445840565738922009-10-28T21:02:50.357-07:002009-10-28T21:02:50.357-07:00Some really great modern kitchens, but I'm wit...Some really great modern kitchens, but I'm with you - I LOVE that first less-modern one from Joan Schindler :)Down Pillowhttp://www.shopdownlite.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7249566998771272679.post-52520663769784632902009-10-27T10:51:45.722-07:002009-10-27T10:51:45.722-07:00You have started a very interesting discussion on ...You have started a very interesting discussion on kitchen design. I'm a cabinetmaker who really does not want to make kitchens for a living, because the most of what is done in the US is just boxes with a "choice of doors and drawer fronts," the most of which are made in a factory somewhere. Boring. I want to do something else if I can, but what?<br /><br />European design just absolutely blows my mind, and I find myself reading quite a bit on it, even though these are often modular kitchens that one would simply send away for and have installed by a local craftsman. But what fascinates me is the utter innovation of those designs, so I find myself returning to them quite a bit.<br /><br />I am also looking to design a kitchen for my wife in a too small space in a tract home, which necessarily lets out those wonderful European designs that excite me so. And whenever I find myself going out on a limb with some idea or another for our kitchen, my wife always grounds me by saying, "If you stick with the classics, you won't grow tired of them."<br /><br />So, what do you do that is different and yet timeless and practical and stimulating to make if you're a cabinetmaker? Damned if I know, but if I ever figure it out, I mean to make it for us and splash that baby all over the Internet!<br /><br />What you've written, though, has given me quite a bit to think about, and I thank you for sharing your concepts.Josephhttp://www.cft411.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7249566998771272679.post-83099226155021960672009-10-27T09:14:39.859-07:002009-10-27T09:14:39.859-07:00At a newly minted 60, I plan to redo my kitchen in...At a newly minted 60, I plan to redo my kitchen in an industrial mode: open chrome shelving, walls paneled in sheet mirror, stainless appliances and whirlpool's gladiator workbenches as undercabinets. I love to cook, hate to put my head in dark cabinets, love to grab what I need, see what I need and have the tools on display. What I don't want: people in my work zone. As an empty nester, I don't have to accommodate homework stations, crafts by children etc. I want my kitchen to function and feel like a kitchen. I always seem to buck trends!home before darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13272062955786414729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7249566998771272679.post-47215790414451407062009-10-26T18:35:12.130-07:002009-10-26T18:35:12.130-07:00Mmmmm, I love them all, but especially the first o...Mmmmm, I love them all, but especially the first one and the last one. And you are right, it is so hard to do a modern kitchen without it looking like a restaurant, or worse, some condo developer's idea of a modern kitchen (ick, always so bachelor-y).Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963564417866585477noreply@blogger.com