irvinehomeowner
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In Qwerwood they are "fiestas".Perspective said:Behind the gates, they're "soirees." At Strada, it's just a luncheon.
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If you, or anyone here at Talk Irvine has a landscape company they'd happily refer, please do.
Very nice! Our first choice, by far, was the Monterey elevation for the Plan 3; but ours will be Tuscan (# 2 choice). Are you thinking of incorporating the brickwork in the backyard - planters, fireplace, etc.?
CA room and Outdoor kitchen is in the plan, and floor with colorful Pavers! NO plan for fire place!. Each year winters are getting hotter and we hardly used the fire place in current house we just sold! Also it will be too crowed if we add fireplace
It's hard to capture the color in an image, but there are definitely green tones. If the stain were labeled something else, like "slate" or "earth", I might not have looked for the green that "sage" conveys.
Dark cabinets definitely shrink the space. You have to pair the dark cabinets with light counters. I think this is less of a concern at Strada due to the ceiling being 10' high.
Well if you are already seeking and seeing the greens in the one door sample, your whole kitchen filled with the cabinets is going to scream green to you. Ask the sales/design people if they have any homes under construction with this installed so u can see it at the full scale. They should be pretty accommodating. I've been offered this during my new home process to see how design choices look installed.
You're right. They did show me a kitchen in a house almost complete with the island in sage, and this only confused me more. The cabinets appeared grey with beige tones. We had to place the sample cabinet right next to the island to be certain it was the same stain.
I love the stain, but its chameleon nature only serves to scare me further away. I can't be certain how it will look in the kitchen, much less the baths that will have different lighting.
ariesinapril
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We are getting the keys next week. We finished the Walk-through this week . We were too late for structure- related upgrades. We have no conservatory or California room. I do want to have CA room. Trying to find a Construction/landscape company. I think to build CA room after the COE will cost more and require permission city as well as HOA. Anybody has done this?
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Perspective
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ariesinapril said:
If you, or anyone here at Talk Irvine has a landscape company they'd happily refer, please do.
Perspective
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ariesinapril said:
Very nice! Our first choice, by far, was the Monterey elevation for the Plan 3; but ours will be Tuscan (# 2 choice). Are you thinking of incorporating the brickwork in the backyard - planters, fireplace, etc.?
ariesinapril
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Perspective said:
CA room and Outdoor kitchen is in the plan, and floor with colorful Pavers! NO plan for fire place!. Each year winters are getting hotter and we hardly used the fire place in current house we just sold! Also it will be too crowed if we add fireplace
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It'll be fun meeting the fellow neighbors.Perspective
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So airiesinapril, did you go with white cabinets, or something else? Post a pic if you went with something other than white. I'm curious to see how different options look. I really like the sage stained cabinets. It appears mostly medium/dark grey, but under indoor light brown peaks through, and outdoor light green does.
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irvinehomeowner
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I prefer white cabinets.
I used to like the espresso kind but darker cabinets tend to make the kitchen look smaller.
I used to like the espresso kind but darker cabinets tend to make the kitchen look smaller.
Perspective
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bones said:
It's hard to capture the color in an image, but there are definitely green tones. If the stain were labeled something else, like "slate" or "earth", I might not have looked for the green that "sage" conveys.
Perspective
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irvinehomeowner said:
Dark cabinets definitely shrink the space. You have to pair the dark cabinets with light counters. I think this is less of a concern at Strada due to the ceiling being 10' high.
Perspective said:
Well if you are already seeking and seeing the greens in the one door sample, your whole kitchen filled with the cabinets is going to scream green to you. Ask the sales/design people if they have any homes under construction with this installed so u can see it at the full scale. They should be pretty accommodating. I've been offered this during my new home process to see how design choices look installed.
Perspective
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bones said:
You're right. They did show me a kitchen in a house almost complete with the island in sage, and this only confused me more. The cabinets appeared grey with beige tones. We had to place the sample cabinet right next to the island to be certain it was the same stain.
I love the stain, but its chameleon nature only serves to scare me further away. I can't be certain how it will look in the kitchen, much less the baths that will have different lighting.