[Emmie9999]

Sue shel, I really hope you post more pictures of your kitchen, that is really gorgeous!

Joe, I think what you are planning sounds very sleek and will look fantastic. I hope you will share pics as you make progress!

[yankeelawyer]

Sue -- your kitchen is so pretty!!

[quiltmaster]

I love dark on dark. To me, light, open, airy rooms tend to get boring pretty quickly. I would keep the walls deep as well. Creates a moody sophisticated look. Contrary to popular belief, dark walls and floors actually make rooms more feel spacious; dark colors recede. Adding sparkle with glass, mirror, and reflective surfaces is much more effective than light paint. Lighting can create great drama.

[Dave of the Coonties]

Lighting for the toekick? White toekick?

Thinking of electric outlets, the rather spiffily designed pharmacy at the new local supermarket has orange outlets with stainless covers.

[bluedenim]

I say go for it
I am in a similar situation looking at doing darker floors and nexus black brown.
the only thing is I think you should look at light countertops, lighter back splash, something a bit reflective, make sure you have amazing lighting and also maybe think about some glass cabinetry.

I have a question. what program did you use to design your kitchen. I have seen others use this and wondering what it is...thanks

[bodoscalli]

Here's what I've got so far!!!
I'm happy with the choice of dark cabinets and dark flooring.
I have not decided on the remaining countertop - hoping to go with a granite similar in tone to the birch island, or a glass/concrete 'green' product of a similar color - perhaps tying in a glass sheet backsplash. My DH is insisting on mounted LED lights under the wall cabinets for longevity but... I'm a little concerned that the color of the LED lights may look sterile instead of warm.

Our living/kitchen area has been worked on a total of 120 work hours so far, not including the initial planning stage!

Here's our timeline:
5/1 - purchase of ikea kitchen. pickup of everything but the Nexus parts.
5/2 - closed on our first house!
5/3 - demo: pulled up half the carpet, and pulled out half the cabinets (8hrs, DH and me)

5/14 - picked up flooring, brought it in the house (1000lbs!), pulled out remaining staples, hacked at the fake stone cement. (7 hrs., me)
5/15 - picked up the Nexus doors & panels, replaced the floor & wall of fake rock cement, removed kitchen, began floor installation. (3ppl, 10hrs. Thanks Mom & Dad!)
5/16 - finished flooring. assembled half the base & wall cabinets, designed wood base for bases, re-installed old sink & countertop for temporary use. (3ppl, 10hrs. Thanks Mom & Dad!)

5/23 - more base deisgn, all cabinets assembled & fixed to the wall, mounted most wall cabinets, installed most cabinet doors & drawers, (10hrs, DH and me)

[yankeelawyer]

bodoscalli, sorry if I missed it, but are those pics in your gallery of your kitchen? The space is really, really nice. I love the ceiling.

[water_cutter101]

ok..... we are finally getting there.

I feels like ages ago I posted the first question. After months of dealing with grueling contractor (let's not go there right now), we are finally starting on the kitchen (Nexus BB and Abstrakt white upper).

As soon as we're done, we'll post some pictures.

We were at Ikea today and saw they have a new Adel BB glass cabinet. I think we'll be swapping a couple out to give a nicer look. They do look sharp.

[laurie]

They have a new glass cabinet? What does it look like?

The only glass cabinets they've had so far for the slab door wall cabinets are the aviskt.

Sounds like your kitchen is going to be beautiful!

[water_cutter101]

The new Adel BB cabinet is really nice...

Take the NEXUS BB colour and texture and port it over to the Adel style.

Now the glass version takes the cake. It's a frosty glass with a grid system of little squares that are either chemical etched or sandblasted a little more or less than the rest of the glass.... kind of hard to explain.

I am from Toronto, Canada, and find that many times different areas/countries get different product.

When we were buying our Nexus BB kitchen back in April it was completely stock whereas everyone on this board in the US kept getting stories of it not being available and it might never be available again.

But anyways... I'll post for sure.

It's our first kitchen assembly and I want to make sure it's right. I squared up all the bases and used glue to secure everything. Now I want to find a way to properly secure the base cabinet to the wall. Some people say just use a butterfry type fastener or drywall screw, but I am an engineer and quite picky. I'll probably fab up some elaborate/overkill method to secure it to the wall. I don't know, maybe put a secondary support wall for the cabinets or something (just kidding of course).