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We worked quite a bit on this little kitchen to make it as nice as we
can for the amount of space it is. NOT EASY but it's coming
along. Next up will be granite countertop, but we're in no
particular hurry. We've slowly been improving the kitchen all
along and it's considered a work-in-progress. Probably need to
replace the white microwave, which we got before we made the
decision to go with high-end stainless, but that's not a biggie.
Following are the early shots and comments from the beginning:
I'm sorry I can't think of anything to say here expect IT'S VERY
TINY and I haven't worked out how to even maneuver around in it
alone much less when we're trying to do something together, which
we were quite used to doing while working on our gourmet food and wine
"candlelight soirées" à la Hyacinth Bucket... (pronounced Bouquet,
LOL!)
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new light fixture. We're planning on slowly replacing all of
the major appliances as they appear to be pretty old, including
replacing that nasty vent hood with a microwave vent hood.
Also since there's so little of it, it wouldn't cost that much to
get super high quality countertops. I'll probably drag my
heels about that though, because I like the cabinets, and they'd
probably have to be replaced too or the new counter would make them
look bad.
2006 Update - Did a bit of work on the kitchen (finally) here's a
preliminary before/after. We're putting stainless door inserts
in the fridge next week, so this is just a temporary update.
Before/After pic - click to see detail list of what was done.
Some detail shots of kitchen renos.
Some things done so far include: drywall repair at ceiling and
corner joins (thanks to that Seattle earthquake a couple years ago
combined with very suspect installation to begin with), decorative vent
cover in stainless, stainless fridge door inserts added, over-stove microwave added, another coat of fresh green
paint on walls, softer white paint on cabinets, replaced all outlets
and switches with 'rocker' style, removed backing plates off cabinet
hardware to give a fresher look, straightened out base cabinet units
to make square again, re-silicon all counter joins, replaced under
cabinet lighting and hardwired it to wall switches. Not a lot
of money, but quite a bit of work. A very satisfying upgrade!
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