Browse Forums Kitchen Corner 1 Oct 11, 2010 11:30 am hi people just visited some new display homes in truganina over the weekend and saw how they have baulheads above the kitchen, ill be having a island bench in my new home and was wondering if it would look ok to have a baulkhead just above the kitchen island.My island bench is 1m wide by 3.5m long will it look weird just having it above the island if anyone has pics plz post thanks Re: anyone have a baulkhead above kitchen island show me pic 2Oct 17, 2010 10:57 pm wow yours is quite big i can see how you think it might look silly - our island bench is 1200w x 4300L and we're having the bulkhead just over the island I've posted pics from various display homes - i think they are gorgeous, it was a choice of lowering the whole kitchen ceiling to give the look of the bulkhead or a bulkhead just over the island, it's hard to visualise in display homes as most kitchens are quite small. I can also post a pic of when our bulkhead goes in this week sometime Bulkhead just over the island http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac166/lilfeggle/3960_7378-width704height421_Ambrose_hero.jpg dropped bulkhead to entire kitchen http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac166/lilfeggle/Imperial_BLW_kit-dining_RGB.jpg they are both gorgeous - hope this helps Follow Feggle viewtopic.php?f=31&t=34992 Follow lilfeggle viewtopic.php?f=31&t=37149 Asbestosis Sux! Don't breath in Asbestos Re: anyone have a baulkhead above kitchen island show me pic 3Oct 18, 2010 12:13 am lilfeggle wow yours is quite big i can see how you think it might look silly - our island bench is 1200w x 4300L and we're having the bulkhead just over the island I've posted pics from various display homes - i think they are gorgeous, it was a choice of lowering the whole kitchen ceiling to give the look of the bulkhead or a bulkhead just over the island, it's hard to visualise in display homes as most kitchens are quite small. I can also post a pic of when our bulkhead goes in this week sometime Bulkhead just over the island http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac166/lilfeggle/3960_7378-width704height421_Ambrose_hero.jpg dropped bulkhead to entire kitchen http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac166/lilfeggle/Imperial_BLW_kit-dining_RGB.jpg they are both gorgeous - hope this helps Completely off topic - but I just wanted to add that the dining chairs in the second pic are my all-time favourite chairs! And I would recommend them to anyone regardless of what the rest of their decor is like, simply because I love them so much Re: anyone have a baulkhead above kitchen island show me pic 4Oct 18, 2010 8:39 am Hi S&M Our kitchen is not finished yet, but we have a 4m island bench and a bulkhead over the island bench. Our kitchen is a in big open plan area of the living area, meals and games room. I don't think it looks weird at all in the space, we love it as it breaks it up a little and makes more of a feature out of the kitchen. We plan to have pendant lights drop down from it. Here are some progress pics: I hope this helps! Kara Building with Ventura homes (WA) Building thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=20516 Slab: 17/04/10, Bricking started: 12/05/10, Bricking finished: 2/06/10, Roof frame done: 11/06/10, Colorbond on: 14/07/10, Lock Up: 19/08/10, Cabinets: 25/08/10, Tiling done: 28/09/10, Electrical: 2/10/10, PCI: 29/10/10, Keys: 4/11/10 Re: anyone have a baulkhead above kitchen island show me pic 5Oct 18, 2010 3:47 pm hey guys thanks for the pics makes me kinda know how it will look now. karakarakara just wondering what height ceilings you have because i will be having standard 2400 ceilings and i dont know if having a bulkhead say 200mm thick will make it look bad what do u guys reckon? Re: anyone have a baulkhead above kitchen island show me pic 6Oct 18, 2010 4:07 pm i had standard 2.4high ceilings in my old house with bulkhead over island - i can post them for you Follow Feggle viewtopic.php?f=31&t=34992 Follow lilfeggle viewtopic.php?f=31&t=37149 Asbestosis Sux! Don't breath in Asbestos Re: anyone have a baulkhead above kitchen island show me pic 7Oct 18, 2010 4:27 pm Ceilings are 31 courses high in that area and the bulkhead comes down to the standard 28 courses. Ive never seen a bulkhead on standard ceiling height so not too sure what it would look like sorry. It would cone down pretty low. Building with Ventura homes (WA) Building thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=20516 Slab: 17/04/10, Bricking started: 12/05/10, Bricking finished: 2/06/10, Roof frame done: 11/06/10, Colorbond on: 14/07/10, Lock Up: 19/08/10, Cabinets: 25/08/10, Tiling done: 28/09/10, Electrical: 2/10/10, PCI: 29/10/10, Keys: 4/11/10 Re: anyone have a baulkhead above kitchen island show me pic 8Oct 18, 2010 4:56 pm Like Karakarakara - our island is 4m in length. We only have 2400 high ceilings so chose not to go ahead with having a bulkhead. I preferred to leave the area all the same height. I think for higher ceilings (10ft upwards) the bulkhead looks good as it delineates the kitchen area. I was too afraid that the lower ceiling with an even lower bulkhead would feel too claustrophobic. Some things are worth waiting for. Re: anyone have a baulkhead above kitchen island show me pic 9Oct 18, 2010 6:53 pm thanks for feedback guys. lilfeggle if u can please post pics would like to see how it will look im just afraid that it will make the ceiling look too low cos i have standard ceiling height Re: anyone have a baulkhead above kitchen island show me pic 10Oct 18, 2010 9:54 pm Hi S&M These pics were from our old house in November 09 - we built this house in 2001, the bulkhead was 200mm on 2400mm ceilings, i used it to border kitchen http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac166/lilfeggle/106094305gl1256270221.jpg http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac166/lilfeggle/106094305el1256270220.jpg http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac166/lilfeggle/106094305fl1256270220.jpg Follow Feggle viewtopic.php?f=31&t=34992 Follow lilfeggle viewtopic.php?f=31&t=37149 Asbestosis Sux! Don't breath in Asbestos Re: anyone have a baulkhead above kitchen island show me pic 11Oct 19, 2010 4:45 pm hey thanks for posting pics that looks good but im thinking of doing it without cornices so now i can see that having the standard ceiling hbeight with the bulkhead should be ok Re: anyone have a baulkhead above kitchen island show me pic 12Oct 19, 2010 8:19 pm oh that will look awesome having it square set - i'm glad the pics have helped you Follow Feggle viewtopic.php?f=31&t=34992 Follow lilfeggle viewtopic.php?f=31&t=37149 Asbestosis Sux! 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