Restoring kitchen in shore home...
fivefootzero
10 years ago
Hi. We are trying to get some ideas on how to proceed with our kitchen in our home at the NJ Shore. The home sustained water from hurricane Sandy. Everything has been remediated, and we are now in the process of restoring the kitchen.
We have upper cabinets which are oak. I cannot replace with the same cabinets since they don't make them any more. My husband does not want to replace the uppers, since they are perfectly fine, and this is a vacation home. We are reusing the granite countertops that were there prior to the storm.
Would you try to match as closely as you can? Would you go in an opposite color direction? I was thinking of getting lowers in white and painting the oak on top to match. My husband does not like the two-tone trend of different color uppers and lowers either, so that eliminates that idea. The kitchen is open to the family room and sliders to the patio so I want something light and airy.
Any suggestions would be helpful. I usually can figure these things out but I'm stumped with this.
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Comments (16)I'm not really a fan of oak but that wood looks very good in the pix. I'd hesitate to paint because then you've added a maintenance issue to a vacay place. If you're the only one that uses it, then it wouldn't be a worry since you won't use it heavily and will maintain it properly. But just the painting will add more work for you or expense to hire it out. Do you rent the place out? Renters, not all but many, are hard on things that don't belong to them and chipping may become an issue. Hired cleaners might not be as, what's the word I want?, careful as you would be when wiping up splashes, or not wiping up splashes, and that might prematurely age the painted cabs. They have a lot of units to turnover on a Saturday so tender loving care and a thorough cleaning might not be practical. I don't have any helpful suggestions, I just wanted to throw out the possibility of maintenance issues for consideration. I'm sensitive to this because my cabinets are painted and showing their age, but these are in my regular house and get used harder than a vacay home....See MoreWebsites for restoring 1950s Homes?
Comments (21)I will try to get some photos that really show the windows. They are single-hung aluminum sliders in standard sizes. Unpainted, so the inside window frames are permanently grungy-looking. The weird thing about these windows is that each half of the window is a two-pane TDL, horizontal split. The overall effect is two narrow slats of glass on top of each other, with a very thick muntin between them. Certainly not something I've seen elsewhere, but it's *UGLY* and really gets in the way of seeing out the window. The part of me that values historical fixtures for their own sake likes them, but the rest of me hates them. The outside view of these windows is that of normal white aluminum triple-track storms. I *think* the storms were added in the 1970s.. they are boring but work okay. The basement windows are side sliders and in much worse shape. Several NEED to be replaced; if I was to keep them original that would involve salvage from another house. Interestingly, the ductwork in my house (high wall returns) strongly implies that the house was built with central air in 1955. That is plausible - it's a spec house, but whoever originally bought it selected ALL the "upgrades". The only thing that makes me hesitant about using the original fridge is that it's manual defrost and I *know* I won't get around to doing that. The only thing that makes me hesitant about using the original stove is that it's single-oven, and the dual-oven 1970s stove that we have in there now is *SO* nice to have....See More1923 four square kitchen restoration helps
Comments (10)I'm not sure of the floor levels at the entries--if a step or two would be required, but here's a quick and messy general idea. Bath becomes a powder room, which is moved to the existing sunroom space inside the side entry. The mudroom is shared by the side and garage entries--when entering from the garage one has a choice to go through mudroom, or if bringing in groceries, to go through the laundry/pantry area. There is other storage in the kitchen, with the current kitchen space kept m/l the same. If you need more storage, the snacks/coffee area could be switched with the pantry with ROTS, without the sink, which shares the wet wall with the PR. Mudroom and laundry could also switch, if that's more convenient. Keep in mind this might not be exactly to scale....See MoreWater Damage Home Insurance Restoration Company GC
Comments (7)I agree (as a lawyer) to look at the contract, but at the end of the day your contractor shouldn't be pressuring you to use his preferred vendor on something like a counter. (I could see the contractor being insistent on using a preferred sub if he'd have to work with them on an ongoing basis or for a critical part of the job like framing or foundations, but counters are a pretty self-contained job.) Be firm and polite and explain that you want to use this vendor and why (including that if you aren't happy with the install, you'd be looking to him to get it fixed - is he prepared to eat that cost?). Ask him for a reason why he can't work with your preferred vendor. Tell him that if he really will not work with them, you will handle this part of the job yourself. If he gets aggressive or continues to pressure you hard, that would set off alarm bells for me. No one wants to change contractors in the middle of a job, but I'd be questioning what else is going here. My spidey senses tingling, particularly since there is an insurer paying....See Morefivefootzero
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Chalk paint is easy and quick to work with. I just don't know how durable in a kitchen.
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That's the mix.
Can you get your hands on an old oak cabinet door or drawer front and get a small sample pot, just in case you may want to try this? There are plenty of very experienced users of AS chalk paint on the decorating forum.fivefootzero
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