New Look For Kitchen

Recently Rich and I decided to do something more uplifting to our kitchen besides just peel wallpaper and paint. It was time to do something with our 52 year old cabinets. In the 39 years we have lived here, Rich has twice striped and refinished the cabinets and wasn’t about to do that again. We thought about replacing everything with new, but I saw no reason to change the sink and counter because they are in great shape and only 20 years old. Besides, after having the bathroom gutted three years ago, a complete makeover just did not appeal to me. We decided to have the cabinets refaced and get new doors, drawers and hardware, and that is exactly what we did.

We got an estimate earlier in the year from a company here in Center Line, but felt it was too high and we were offered a “lower price” if we acted immediately. We didn’t much care for this company’s options. We finally went through Home Depot which gave us a much better price, and once all our custom-sized doors and drawers were made, the actual work was completed in three days. We also replaced the almond appliances with white. We love our new look in the kitchen, which now displays my new Polish Stoneware collection much better, and Rich is thrilled because he will never, ever have to sand those cabinets again, and also all the wallpaper is gone. Well, I did talk him into a border on the soffit! All that is left to do is replace the dishwasher. It’s still running well enough for now, so we’ll wait awhile before getting a new one. Click on the pictures below to see the results.

1 comment September 20th, 2008