With our jam-packed September mostly behind us, we are hoping to jump on finishing up the kitchen. Left to do:
- Clean and install recycled wainscotting on wall.
- Install wall trims
- Stain floor patches
- Design, construct & finish wood bench/counter area
- Strip two existing double hung windows
- Get hardware to change window to awning type
Wow. That is a lot and we are already stalled on the first bullet point. We had originally planned on installing the reclaimed wood beadboard horizontally, but as this project drags on, we keep seeing it vertically and we like that too.
Here is an early model of the kitchen that I did to show you where the wood will go:
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| Wood will wrap both sides of this wall (in the kitchen & dining room) |
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| Wood will also wrap all the cabinets and then the window seat area |
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| The wrap will work a little like this white wrapped cabinet by Henry Built |
Here is reclaimed wood shown horizontally:
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| (love how this one is 3 dimensional) |
And then we visited Marc's cousin's amazing office in NYC (Grey Advertising) and they had it vertically:
(and another example found online of wood lath vertically)
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| Like how Franca is poking her head up? |
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| This will actually be closest to the color of our reclaimed wood (after cleaning & sanding) |
Or is this played out? Considering how easy it was to find examples with google image, it might just be.
These two sites have more great examples (including those above) Barnwood Naturals & Terramai.
Please vote:
Orient the Reclaimed Wood Panels:
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It appears that I'm in the minority on the vote but if your recycled wood is truly beadboard - do you really want to run the grooves & beads horizontally and create additional surfaces for dust to collect? Also think carefully about the finish you will put on the wood as you know it will be greasy dust.
ReplyDeleteI love the look of beadboard - but I hate to clean and am always looking for ways to minimize my work (or at least not knowingly add to it).
Hope I haven't stalled you even more with these thoughts.
Cheryl
Orlando
How do you change a window to an awning type? That would solve a big problem for me.
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Cheryl -
ReplyDeleteWe are actually flipping the bead board to use the back. This way there are no extra grooves AND we don't have to strip the paint of the front side.
The back is pretty rugged and I'm sure it will collect some dust and grease, but if you've been around on this blog for long enough, you'll know that a little dirt doesn't bother us! hee hee
Margaret- Marc is in charge of this project. I think it involves new hardware. I'll do a post about it when he gets it all figured out!
I want to change my vote to horizontal now!!! Although in your kitchen that is kind of a hard decision as everything is very vertical on one side and very horizontal on the other side of the room.
ReplyDeleteMy mother has something similar in her house, but only on the living room side of the opening - and while she cleans a lot more than I do, I don't think she vacuums the wall that often (maybe once a year). Of course hers runs on the diagonal!
Are you putting it above the cooktop? That would be the area I'd worry about most - splattering spaghetti sauce is my usual mess - and it is amazing how well that can stain anything!
Can't wait to see the end result!
Cheryl
Orlando
They both look good, but horizontal is more unique. DO it!
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