Disappearing Act

Well Happy New Year!

This past holiday season was doozy.  From party to party, to family to family to go go go and very rarely stopping!  On top of all the festivities we managed to pack in 2 installs and some fun work as well!  Images to come on those very soon…..

I wanted to get this year started off right with a post about an area that we all love, tend to congregate, share laughs and smiles, cheers and good food….the kitchen!  I get a lot of questions in painting phases about this room and one of my favorite tricks and tips is go either all white (like we have not proclaimed our love for that before!) with darker counters (read: soapstone, marble or a quartz solid) or what I love even more right now: White uppers and stained/painted bottoms.  It gives the illusion of no upper cabinets which is ultimately a way of saying: we have such a rad and big kitchen and no clutter that we don’t even need uppers.  I know for me personally I love the look but never could do with out the extra storage.  Enter: Disappearing Act.  By creating this illusion you can open your kitchen, make a edgy statement while still wrapping your look around tradition and give a big visual impact while being quiet.  I swear this is NOT an oxymoron…just take a look at these beauties that describe exactly what I am talking about….

 

Keep the base stained a dark chocolate, and white out the top.  Brave and bold?  Make a bigger statement by painting

the insides of the uppers a bright playful color OR even paint the backs of the glass a playful color.  Don’t have glass panels?  Retrofitting it easy.

Stunning.  I really enjoy this kitchen.  Darker grout, darker matte base, and a mix of open

and closed shelving just brings this to perfection.

Add a splash.  Of color that is.  These blue bases are a super fun but classy way to liven up the space.

Other big kudos go to the ceiling height cabinets that not only maximize the space but also emphasize the

architectural component of the wet bar area. 

Also digging how they are using the butcher blocks as another splash.  

Elegant?  Definitely.

The mix of ebony gloss cabinets and the white white walls is so beautiful.  I love how big the impact is but then with further inspection

the space is actually quite simple.  Well done.  Well done.