Kitchen reno
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@ecuadorian said:
I prefer lighter ceilings, as they make the space feel more "open" in my opinion.
yeah, its supposed to be white, i'm just having a hard time getting enough light in the room without faking it???
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I guess the dark floor and the reflectivity of the ceiling contribute to making the ceiling look dark. Mainly the dark floor.
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i'm going to try unlocking the color channel and making it white, then using the texture just to bump it and see what happens. will post results.
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i also decided to change the paint from eggshell to semi-gloss and increase the sky brightness to 1.5, we'll see what happens.
i guess the next step will be sky portals if that doesn't work. but can you see background through sky portals? i do plan on adding a background.
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Sky portals only allow for more skylight to enter the room.
If you're using the physical sky this will just produce a small blue cast in your kitchen.The problem, as I see it, is that unless you have some direct light reaching the ceiling, it will look relatively dark. A hanging lamp, for example, showers the ceiling with direct light, but the kind of fixtures you're using do not. How about adding a couple of apliqués?
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i really don't want to add lights just to make the render look better when i have no intention to add these lights for real. i switched to the linear tone mapping and that seems to be helping. i'll post a render in a couple of hours.
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any better?
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Definitely better - good work, I've been closely following this thread.
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thank you!
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@unknownuser said:
As for the space above the cabinets I've never really seen anything very appealing myself. I prefer the cabinets to go all the way up personally. They end up going way too high to be used on an every day basis but you can always put junk up there you don't need often.
-Brodiewhat would you think of boxing in the tops and doing drywall? i'm considering trying that.
complete with crown molding of course.
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here it is with the tops boxed in and a redesign on cupboard construction:
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OOH! gotta love the MLT, 109-passes 5.5-hours .
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found this light at homedepot and just had to put it in
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Rocky ,
Looking good. Put a nice crown molding around the top of the cabinets. It is always a nice detail. Maybe a threshold on the joint on floor between tile and wood floor. Put a floor to top of cabinet gable on the right side of the fridge. Some handles....long brushed finish. Blah blah blah..... Looking good. Keep posting.
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Rocky, the new light looks great!
...but I got a bone to pick with you though - the view out your windows sucks!
Its easy to fix though...takes 5 minutes
-find an image you like
-import into SU
-project it onto a semicircle strategically placed outside your window
-hide or delete the original imageHere is a cabinet install project I did recently. I just searched for something like "Alaska mountains" for the image. The customer was tickled that his home value increased by $3 Mil
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i was actually thinking of taking a picture on site to put in the background but don't know the best way to go about it.
besides i too busy actually working on the project. not the soft (SU) one but the hard (skin your knuckles) one.
remind me to post some pictures of this place, a real shit hole. (before my magic touch of course)
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found some new track and wall lights at Rona
thanks again Equadorian for the awesome light shade material!
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Wow, just look at the difference with the first image in this thread, just five weeks ago. I see this kitchen design has been quite a journey for you.September 25:
November 02:
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yes, i'm living and breathing this damn project!
but it is fun. and i think spending this much design time is really helping on site. when i'm working there i never have to pause for a minute to think about how something is going to look, i can just keep working and i feel as though i've already built it once before.
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hey i found a picture of what i started with. trust me it was worse than it looks:
the window you can see on the left is where the patio door is in the render. the built-in desk on the right in the render is where the fridge and stove are in the photo.
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