Cabinets

One of my trips was to the cabinet place to meet with Ann. I was lucky enough to catch my mom while she had some free time and she came with me. There were a couple things Brad and I knew we wanted: use the “dead space” in the lower corner cabinets, refrigerator depth cabinets over the fridge, pull out garbage cabinet…
Ann also showed us soft close doors and drawers. Well it turns out the doors are affordable while the drawers are not, plus the drawers are kinda annoying to open. So we are going with only soft close doors.
What we didn’t know was if we wanted a built in cook top with an oven in the island or just a 36” slide/drop in stove. I think we have settled on the drop in. Our last decision is if we want 2 drawers in the island on one side instead of doors.
I think we have settled on a color. It is Espresso, which makes up both a little nervous, but I LOVE it! It is very modern and I can’t wait to see it in my new kitchen. Also it means that I get granite that is NOT black. Brad on the other hand is sad to lose the idea of his black granite. And truth be told I am a little sad that he is losing something that he fell in love with the first time he saw the 1st Genick house, but I am not sad to see the option “fall” off the table.
As far as doors go , we knew we wanted something simple. Either completely flat or just an outline of wood. None of that beveled edges or fancy stuff. Brad and I agreed on that from day one. And apparently completely flat is a huge upgrade because when you use real wood (not IKEA composite) it can warp. Needless to say we went with the plain door with just an outline of wood around it. Now we had to decide if we want the smaller or larger border. We went with larger. I guess people are right, there are LOTS of decisions to be made.