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I'm just a small fish swimming in a sea of new kitchen and bath products. Navigate with me, will you?
Here we are after two days of painting. The wall paneling is Benjamin Moore China White and the cabinetry is Hampshire Taupe (oil based). Looking back I wish I picked a color that provided just a little more contrast. However, the kitchen is already so much brighter !
The heading of the article that this masterpiece is featured in is "Zen baths". Now I'm not sure what definition the author had intended for the word Zen, but I think of peaceful, simple, uncomplicated, harmonious etc. This bath is so busy I think it would give me a migraine. Two kinds of distressed finish cabinetry with modern and busy tile? Faux paint finish? Edit people! Edit! I would certainly not deem this as timeless.
Bad Kitchens
I like to deem this type of kitchen "the wood palace". Wood floor, wood grain cabinetry , wood backsplash (!). It doesn't matter how ornate the wood is, it's one giant wooden mess. The small crown makes the room look short . When I look at the range wall for example, it looks like the ceiling dropped.