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Suzan
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Do you have a Kithchen Island or Peninsula (Post pics)
I've noticed on MLSLI that many kitchen Islands are "unfinished" on the back or side of the island. It is like cabinets butt up against each other and not finished with molding to match the cabinet faces. Is this so extremely expensive that people don't finish off the island or peninsula. When you look in a Kitchen magazine they are always "finished"
I'm just getting ready to start an whole remodeling project and wodering about that.
Thanks
Pictures of your Islands or Peninsulas would be a great help!
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Posted 1/13/08 9:57 AM  |
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julz33
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Re: Do you have a Kithchen Island or Peninsula (Post pics)
I know what you mean. We put up a small wall behind our cabinets to hide the unfinished backs and also to raise the counter to bar height.
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| Posted 1/13/08 10:06 AM |
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ali120206
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Re: Do you have a Kithchen Island or Peninsula (Post pics)
We had ours built by a friend who's a carpenter. We are eventually going to redo our entire kitchen (we just painted the cabinets for now) and we'll get cabinets that match the peninsula. The design on the side is also on the back.
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| Posted 1/13/08 11:37 AM |
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Re: Do you have a Kithchen Island or Peninsula (Post pics)
Posted by ali120206
We had ours built by a friend who's a carpenter. We are eventually going to redo our entire kitchen (we just painted the cabinets for now) and we'll get cabinets that match the peninsula. The design on the side is also on the back.
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I LOVE the color of your kitchen walls.....what is it???
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| Posted 1/13/08 1:13 PM |
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MegZee
My bunny
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Re: Do you have a Kithchen Island or Peninsula (Post pics)
i just posted pics of mine in my kitchen post.
we butted two cabinets up against each other and plan to "finish" it with molding to cover the seam.
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| Posted 1/13/08 1:46 PM |
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yankinmanc
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Re: Do you have a Kithchen Island or Peninsula (Post pics)
I have a peninsula and it has exposed brick on the back. This is an old picture, but it does the trick.
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| Posted 1/13/08 4:50 PM |
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Suzan
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Re: Do you have a Kithchen Island or Peninsula (Post pics)
I love the different ideas to "finish" it like the molding, the wall and brick..... great ideas!!!
rachee I love hoe the brick looks. Your kitchen is awesome!
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| Posted 1/13/08 7:29 PM |
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yankinmanc
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Re: Do you have a Kithchen Island or Peninsula (Post pics)
Posted by Suzan
I love the different ideas to "finish" it like the molding, the wall and brick..... great ideas!!!
rachee I love hoe the brick looks. Your kitchen is awesome!
When I saw the house the bricks struck me as they reminded me of living in New York, all the exposed brick. At the time my sister was living in an apt on the UWS with a wall of exposed brick. So that was one of the things that sold the house to me. When we had our kitchen redone, I was insistant on keeping it even though the kitchen designer was pressuring me to get rid of it. I love it!!! The HUGE kitchen was what sold the house to me. I love my little house!
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ali120206
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Re: Do you have a Kithchen Island or Peninsula (Post pics)
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Posted by ali120206
We had ours built by a friend who's a carpenter. We are eventually going to redo our entire kitchen (we just painted the cabinets for now) and we'll get cabinets that match the peninsula. The design on the side is also on the back.
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I LOVE the color of your kitchen walls.....what is it???
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It's Sherwin Williams Meditative Blue.
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JldDolphin
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Re: Do you have a Kithchen Island or Peninsula (Post pics)
Ours is just paneling that matches our cabinets.
Before the kitchen was finished.
Kitchen finished
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| Posted 1/14/08 9:53 AM |
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Smileyd17
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Re: Do you have a Kithchen Island or Peninsula (Post pics)
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NJmom
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Re: Do you have a Kithchen Island or Peninsula (Post pics)
I don't have pictures of all sides, but our island has doors & drawers on all sides, but some of them are fake and don't really open. On 3 sides there are actual cabinets, but the doors in the first pic don't actually open and the door on the right in the 2nd pic doesn't open. I like it because all of the sides look finished. Here's some pics from before we moved in.
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MrsRbk
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Re: Do you have a Kithchen Island or Peninsula (Post pics)
No recent pictures, this is from when we first moved in
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| Posted 1/14/08 3:27 PM |
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Tine73
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Re: Do you have a Kithchen Island or Peninsula (Post pics)
We have a peninsula.
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| Posted 1/14/08 3:47 PM |
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LisaI
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Re: Do you have a Kithchen Island or Peninsula (Post pics)
Island in this house. I had a peninsula in my last home.
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| Posted 1/14/08 4:48 PM |
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sunflower13
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Lara
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Re: Do you have a Kithchen Island or Peninsula (Post pics)
Here is my island..
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| Posted 1/14/08 9:58 PM |
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Elizabeth
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Re: Do you have a Kithchen Island or Peninsula (Post pics)
I dont have a pic handy but my island is finished on the back with sheetrock. Since the back part faces my DR, we opted to paint it the same as the DR walls and trimmed it in the same wood as the kitchen cabinets. The trim in under the edge of the counter and pulls the look together without having too much wood facing us.
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