We have been in the process of looking for a house in Massachusetts. DH can work from home, so if we don't find one, we will renovate our kitchen. My kitchen is vintage 1980's. We added on 15 years ago and used solid oak cabinets to augment our existing cabinets, so there is a support beam that has been made to look like the actual real wood beams that have no structural purpose. We also have wood ceilings. They need to go. The structural beam we can strip down, cover with smooth woodwork and paint it white. The rest of the downstairs is really an open floor plan so the ceilings that I just had painted for resale would have to be done again when the wood beams come out....unless I had a white, shallow coffered, grid type ceiling put in. That would hide the line, set off the kitchen ceiling as separate. I would get hid of the track lighting, put in recess lighting with a couple of pendant lights over the pennisula. The soffets would go too with the cabinets extending to the ceiling with crown molding.I am considering a glazed vanilla bean painted look cabinet since I have no window into the work area. Its an interior kitchen with the breakfast area in front of the window. The glaze would blend with the natural woodwork that I wouldn't change. We would have granite counters, stainless steel appliances and I would get a gas stove with a down draft. We have wood floors (red oak) Here are some pictures so you can see. Any and all thoughts welcomed.
Where the first kitchen beam joins the hallway ceiling
The support beam that will need to stay but can be thinned down and recovered.
The stuff in between and why we need to renovate.
Where the first kitchen beam joins the hallway ceiling
The support beam that will need to stay but can be thinned down and recovered.
The stuff in between and why we need to renovate.