Martha, Martha, how
do I love thee…. let me count the ways
- I love
your color palette, with all its soft shades
- I love
the attention to detail - for a dinner party, kitchen décor or how-to instructions
- And most
of all, I love your design approach that links to today’s casual lifestyle
You are, indeed, the
Diva of the Domestic.
So of course, when
we started planning our new kitchen, I wanted to look at Martha’s new cabinet
designs. She uses a new manufacturing
technique from Germany that completely wraps each cabinet door, creating a
paint like finish - but with a much more durable surface (and much nicer than that
plasticy thermofoil look).
Home Depot is the
only company that carries the new line of cabinetry. So I made an appointment with Donna Boyian,
our local Home Depot kitchen designer.
Donna was great. She really
helped us come up with a great design for our 11.5’ x 19.5’ kitchen. She quickly whipped up a CAD model and we
played with different design options on her computer.

As we all know,
kitchens and bathrooms sell houses. We
want to do a dramatic transformation of this drab, dreary space. Our vision is a quintessential white New
England kitchen. White cabinets with
stone countertops (Traditionally they
would be soapstone, but we want to spare our future owners the work required
to maintain them and will go with granite instead).
We also want classic light pendants, bin drawer pulls and a bridge faucet for the sink. And all stainless steel appliances, including
a French door style refrigerator.

But even though we love the
traditional white (which Martha calls Picket Fence) kitchen, we want to give it a
couple of contemporary touches. A stainless
steel chimney stove vent is a must. We
also want a ‘furniture look’ built-in with glass cabinets and bookcase space
for cookbooks or wine bottles. And most
importantly, we need an island to provide critical countertop work space, as well as
room to pull up some stools to chat while dinner is prepared, or for the kids
to do homework under a parent’s watchful eye.
We’re pretty excited
about the final design. They
said it will take 4-5 weeks for them to be manufactured – which is a good
thing, because we’ve got a lot to do in preparation! But we can’t wait to get started with this
project.
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Love the site. Enjoying watching the progress. Can't wait to see the finished product
ReplyDeleteThanks so much - we are having a lot of fun. We'll have some exciting progress so,on as we start putting the house back together!
ReplyDeleteSo...as I see...you love Martha. That's okay. I won't hold it against you :). We can still be bloggy friends. Love, Janel
ReplyDeleteLove your finished kitchen too. Just an FYI, Martha did not get convicted for insider trading. Look it up. :-)
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