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Ok you fab IKEA friends, I'm looking for suggestions. My Hallarum kitchen and pantry ala Modern in MN is about 80% complete, and after agonizing over paint colors for weeks, I'm back to agonizing over what to do with the backsplash area. I'm also in a quandry about what to do with the above the hood area, either a full width stainless chimney (seems like this option would be a LOT of stainless), a narrower chimney that just covers the still nonexistent ductwork, or something entirely different with drywall, wood, cabinets, or ?, but that is another subject...
Anyway, here is the kitchen:
The first photo is the most accurate in terms of the wall color. For some reason it shows up looking like a horrible robins egg blue, but it's really Benjamin "Moore Rendezvous Bay" and is quite a bit more green and darker than in the pictures.
So, my ideal backsplash would be something ususual and unexpected, as this is pretty much the case with the whole house. I've considered tile, stained glass mosaic (I am a glass artist, among other things), fabric (so far my R&D on making fabric a waterproof, washable surface is unsuccessful), stainless sheet, painted mural and about eighty bajillion other hairbrained ideas that I doubt would execute well. No material is off limits, as long as it can be cleaned within reason and is heat safe. It also has to be able to have holes put in it for the pot filler and outlets. I will DIY whatever it ends up as and I fear nothing in that realm after building most of this house myself.
I keep coming back to glass tile but honestly, that seems a little too expected. Lately I've been looking into having one of my original photographs (like the one that's behind the range acting as inspiration) printed onto tile, but that's looking way too expensive, even for the 18sqft that's just the cooking area.
The cheaper the better. I have 33sqft in the kitchen and 18sqft in the pantry so all the awesomeness that ~$50sq/ft+ buys is definitely OUT. If necessary, I'm willing to use a less expensive material for the countertop areas in order to do something fabulous behind the range.
Any and all ideas or suggestions welcomed!
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Love your kitchen and the color is fabulous! About your backsplash, how about a repeat print of your artwork behind plexiglass? I'm thinking like a kind of giant photo frame setup of the plexiglass that would give you the option of changing out artwork as the mood inspires you. Cyndi
Love the kitchen! Definitely up my alley. Are the shelves on either side of your range stainless steel? Did you have them made for you, or are they pre-fab? They'd be perfect over my sink.
As for the backsplash, what do you think of these tiles?
They are from Ann Sacks. I know you said glass tile is a little too obvious, but...I think these would look really great in your kitchen!
Oh.....wow. Honestly, and I mean this with all my heart, that is just the most beautiful kitchen I've seen. Would you mind divulging where you got the chairs that are at your island? While I don't think I could pull off something that modern in our plain jane traditional home, you've inspired me to think about it again.
Okay, I'm going to be really boring and unimaginative. I look at your kitchen and I don't think it needs anything above the hood or in the backsplash area. If it was a cleaning issue, I might put up some glass panels, but the color pops so well and there are already so many interesting elements (I love your counter!), I really don't think you need anything else. But, then again, I'm kind of obsessed with blue/brown combos. I'd probably try seeing if an actual hallarum panel could work for the backsplash or something like that.
Hood: Am I right in assuming it is hooked up already (venting through the wall) and that you're just looking for a decorative finish above it? Again, I think it looks okay as is, with the nice continuity across the other cabinets. But maybe that would be a good place for a tile mural, filling the space where the chimney would normally be?
Hello,
The modern (almost industrial?) look of your kitchen leads me to suggest that you consider contacting your local newspaper for their aluminum print sheets. We used these for a ceiling treatment when we lived in Newport, RI.
The Newport News would sell their full sheets (aprox. 2'x3' for a dollar each and the print was in a blue green over the soft silver of the aluminum. I don't know how widely used this printing process still is, but I do believe that the Newport News did offer to ship.
If you are interested I could try to find out more online or through friends who still live in the area. I just thinth that it would lend a great graphic design element to what shows to be a stimulating and beautiful space.
Laila
I LOVE the artwork idea, particularly that it is changeable. I've considered it, but I was worried about plexiglass/acrylic and heat. That is a commercial wok burner on the left that puts out 130,000 BTU...acoustially and heat-wise, kind of like having a jet engine in the kitchen.
I also LOVE that tile. One of the ideas I keep coming back to is using a long, skinny tile like that vertically instead of horizontally but I that shape is as far as I can ever get.
I'm so overwhelmed at the tile showroom every time I go...too much coolness for a creativity obsessed person like me. Is it marble? Any idea of cost?
Those shelves are basic stainless steel restaurant stuff. They're relatively inexpensive, maybe $60 for the 48" and ~$100 for the 72". Most local restaurant suppy stores will have these as stock items or look at any of the online restaurant equipment vendors.
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Oh.....wow. Honestly, and I mean this with all my heart, that is just the most beautiful kitchen I've seen.
Thank you so much! I've been so inspired by what everyone else here does that I'm glad to offer up some payback.
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Would you mind divulging where you got the chairs that are at your island? While I don't think I could pull off something that modern in our plain jane traditional home, you've inspired me to think about it again.
The counter stools I got for dirt cheap at the going out of business sale of a local, modernish furniture store. Unfortunately, I have no idea the manufacturer, but I know I've seen very similar things online in all my digging for modern furniture.
I really, really love the idea of mixing modern and traditional...it's one of my obsessions...to someday own an old antique house to do up in modern. Do you ever pick up the British mag Living Etc.? They always have great inspiration along these lines
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Okay, I'm going to be really boring and unimaginative. I look at your kitchen and I don't think it needs anything above the hood or in the backsplash area. If it was a cleaning issue, I might put up some glass panels, but the color pops so well and there are already so many interesting elements (I love your counter!), I really don't think you need anything else. But, then again, I'm kind of obsessed with blue/brown combos. I'd probably try seeing if an actual hallarum panel could work for the backsplash or something like that.
ohhhh..hadn't thought of using a Hallarum panel!
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Hood: Am I right in assuming it is hooked up already (venting through the wall) and that you're just looking for a decorative finish above it? Again, I think it looks okay as is, with the nice continuity across the other cabinets. But maybe that would be a good place for a tile mural, filling the space where the chimney would normally be?
No, the hood is not ducted yet, and the duct will go up to the ceiling and then through the wall so I want to at least cover that up some way. I like what you've said about the continuity across with the other cabs...something that could be interesting if emphasized...
If I had a bajillion dollars, I'd tile that ENTIRE wall in something really insanely cool.
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You've done such a fantastic job!
Again, thank you! The loose odds and ends are driving me nuts, but other than that, I love it and there's not a chance in heck that I could have afforded it (or the house, for that matter) if it weren't for IKEA cabinets. My only regret was not having room for a wood fired oven, but that's now on the DIY drawing board for outdoors
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Hello,
The modern (almost industrial?) look of your kitchen leads me to suggest that you consider contacting your local newspaper for their aluminum print sheets. We used these for a ceiling treatment when we lived in Newport, RI.
EXACTLY! Modern industrial is the only term I've ever been able to come up with that describes the style of the house. From most people it just draws a blank stare
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The Newport News would sell their full sheets (aprox. 2'x3' for a dollar each and the print was in a blue green over the soft silver of the aluminum. I don't know how widely used this printing process still is, but I do believe that the Newport News did offer to ship.
If you are interested I could try to find out more online or through friends who still live in the area. I just thinth that it would lend a great graphic design element to what shows to be a stimulating and beautiful space.
Laila
YESYESYES! This sounds SO exciting, for the backsplash and about ten other things I could think of offhand. I'll try calling around to see what I can find out.
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The subject matter (Sept. 11th) is terribly heavy but it might serve to show you what I am talking about as far as color. It appears that used (printed) plates are pretty widely available for far less than the one shown. Cut into tile sized sections and sandwiched between lightly frosted glass panels with stainless 1" brushed stainless fastens at the corners and it would be sharp, cleanable art!
Laila
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