Bought a house, estimated the renovation budget plus 10-15% for inevitable extras, and we set aside 5000 EUR for the kitchen!!!!
That’s how it started... at first, I was in a bit of shock, but we still had time. First step: remove all the walls for a new layout—I need space...
Let’s start with the (according to the agent) move-in ready property. The small kitchen, just under 8 square meters (about 86 square feet), had its 1970s pass-through removed. The wall including the kitchen door is gone! The wall next to the cellar stairs is gone too! Actually, the entire slanted wall, nearly 7 meters (23 feet) high, removed completely...
The window had to go as well since we needed a different working height than the standard 90 cm (35 inches). New screed installed, we switched to underfloor heating, all electrical wiring and water pipes are new.
After almost six months, the realization slowly sank in: the kitchen budget will not exceed 5000 EUR, so we had to look for a used kitchen... something special, but very cheap.
The search criteria: within a 100 km (62 miles) radius, up to 1000 EUR, because I still want new appliances.
That’s how it started... at first, I was in a bit of shock, but we still had time. First step: remove all the walls for a new layout—I need space...
Let’s start with the (according to the agent) move-in ready property. The small kitchen, just under 8 square meters (about 86 square feet), had its 1970s pass-through removed. The wall including the kitchen door is gone! The wall next to the cellar stairs is gone too! Actually, the entire slanted wall, nearly 7 meters (23 feet) high, removed completely...
The window had to go as well since we needed a different working height than the standard 90 cm (35 inches). New screed installed, we switched to underfloor heating, all electrical wiring and water pipes are new.
After almost six months, the realization slowly sank in: the kitchen budget will not exceed 5000 EUR, so we had to look for a used kitchen... something special, but very cheap.
The search criteria: within a 100 km (62 miles) radius, up to 1000 EUR, because I still want new appliances.
Mellina schrieb:
We have moved in, the kitchen is set up and fully operational:Really, really great. And then the view to go with it. Amazing!
pagoni2020 schrieb:
One can assume that @Peter Silie has considered his very personal “benefit” and tailored it to his own needs instead of following a predetermined mainstream. Fortunately, people are different, so diversity should not be surprising; rather, the absence of diversity would be unusual.
Therefore, I can be happy that HE likes his kitchen—after all, that’s what truly matters!
A true aesthete is especially free (in spirit) and appreciates all that is beautiful, including the beauty of words and the respectful treatment of other people and their tastes!
The self-proclaimed aesthete who rigidly applies norms and social constraints as universal standards of beauty or even aesthetics often just follows expensive fads or prescribed trends, clinging to them because they lack the freedom to pursue their own unique sense of aesthetics.
Someone like @Peter Silie, who feels comfortable in his own kitchen or elsewhere in life, has done EVERYTHING right for himself!
To deny someone this satisfaction or joy, in my opinion, more likely points to one’s own dissatisfaction or envy of that contentment.
Maybe our “aesthete” here will share their own pictures of a house, kitchen, hairstyle, etc. (though this courage will probably be lacking); only then could one truly see from the reactions that aesthetics, like art, are mostly in the eye of the beholder, and one’s own idea of aesthetics might be ridiculed by others. So much blah blah without substance.
You sure like to hear yourself talk, don’t you?
Your text is somewhat amusing in that, on one hand, it seems directed at me, but it doesn’t actually address my criticism; instead, it spins flowery words into arbitrary counterarguments and, on the other hand, doesn’t characterize me even remotely.
But forget it, I sense your intention.
Rest assured, I sincerely wish Peter well with his obviously stylish kitchen and am happy that he likes it. You don’t need to keep acting like a protective big brother standing up for him.
Pinky0301 schrieb:
@Mellina Great windows and a fantastic view! I also really like the kitchen, although the lights seem a bit too dominant for me. Why no recessed spotlights? Thanks... We have nearly 100 recessed spotlights throughout the entire house, but in the living area I was a bit cautious because of the acoustic ceiling. There was a high risk that if someone wanted to replace a fixture, the ceiling could get damaged. Then the whole ceiling would need to be redone... So we decided to play it safe.
When you look at the living area as a whole, the lights don’t really stand out anymore.
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