Comments on: Soffits: Midcentury kitchens need them http://retrorenovation.com/2009/08/03/soffits-midcentury-kitchens-need-them/ Products and ideas to remodel your mid century home in authentic vintage style Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:16:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Karen http://retrorenovation.com/2009/08/03/soffits-midcentury-kitchens-need-them/comment-page-1/#comment-118529 Karen Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:48:24 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=15570#comment-118529 I just had soffits put in my kitchen remodel of my ancient house with too many doors, as I did not want to get on a ladder twice a year to clean the tops of cabinets. And I knew my dear husband would have stored paper towels and other things up there out of my reach and it would look very cluttered. My friend did the work, and bumped out the half cabinet over my refrigerator so we can use it, so it looks built in. He also bumped out around the one pantry like cabinet. Looks so much like it has been there a long time. We did a wall in the middle of the room so we could have a small pantry by the bathroom door, and a wee bit of privacy since most houses have a bathroom off the kitchen where it originally was a porch. The other half of porch will be for our small kitchen table. Not officially a nook but as close as we will get to one. The window is off center and is staying that way. I just had soffits put in my kitchen remodel of my ancient house with too many doors, as I did not want to get on a ladder twice a year to clean the tops of cabinets. And I knew my dear husband would have stored paper towels and other things up there out of my reach and it would look very cluttered.

My friend did the work, and bumped out the half cabinet over my refrigerator so we can use it, so it looks built in.
He also bumped out around the one pantry like cabinet.
Looks so much like it has been there a long time.

We did a wall in the middle of the room so we could have a small pantry by the bathroom door, and a wee bit of privacy since most houses have a bathroom off the kitchen where it originally was a porch. The other half of porch will be for our small kitchen table. Not officially a nook but as close as we will get to one. The window is off center and is staying that way.

]]> By: Rhonda http://retrorenovation.com/2009/08/03/soffits-midcentury-kitchens-need-them/comment-page-1/#comment-56706 Rhonda Sat, 02 Oct 2010 15:53:10 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=15570#comment-56706 So happy to see this post, because I hated our soffits in our recently-inherited midcentury home. I want to modernize our kitchen, while keeping a little of the retro feel, so I'm going to let the soffits be! I'm too short to reach into ceiling-height cabinets anyway, and hate the idea of the open space collecting dust. So happy to see this post, because I hated our soffits in our recently-inherited midcentury home. I want to modernize our kitchen, while keeping a little of the retro feel, so I’m going to let the soffits be! I’m too short to reach into ceiling-height cabinets anyway, and hate the idea of the open space collecting dust.

]]> By: pam kueber http://retrorenovation.com/2009/08/03/soffits-midcentury-kitchens-need-them/comment-page-1/#comment-53816 pam kueber Sun, 25 Jul 2010 12:55:52 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=15570#comment-53816 natschultz, thank you for sharing your opinion. in my experience i see very few kitchens after about 1953 or so that have soffits. taking cabinets all the way to the ceiling is a pre-war look. natschultz, thank you for sharing your opinion. in my experience i see very few kitchens after about 1953 or so that have soffits. taking cabinets all the way to the ceiling is a pre-war look.

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