My new kitchen already outdated!!
joaniepoanie
12 years ago
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Please help with updating my outdated coastal cottage kitchen
Comments (9)Have you considered prefab formica countertops in a neutral color? They are not too expensive and would have a big impact on your kitchen. They are not granite but they would probably look less dated than what you already have. Another inexpensive option is butcher block. I did a tumbled travertine backsplash with my pickled oak. I know its a cliche but the travertine has a mixture of tans and greys that pulls different colors together without making the cabinets look pink. An accent color that worked for me is terra cotta. You need to stay away from pinky tones which bring out the pink in the cabinets, but sometimes if you go with a stronger color, the cabinets will look neutral in comparison. New knobs for the cabinets made a surprising difference. I went with an oil rubbed bronze finish. Knobs really dress up the cabinets. Try some knobs with interesting shapes to draw your eye to the knobs and away from the cabinets. Fancy knobs can be quite expensive but you could use just a few for the focal point cabinets and use coordinating but cheaper and simpler ones for the rest of the kitchen....See MoreIs my sink outdated?
Comments (27)I think double sinks are a relic of the pre dishwasher age but I don’t know anyone who fills a bowl to wash and rinses in the other bowl so that functionality is obsolete for most people I know people who have a smaller second bowl they use to prep but I think most people who think at all about functionality opt for one large bowl. You can always create a second bowl or prep space with sink accessories, but you can’t create one large bottom for being able to scrub large pans and trays without tilting. I always soaked myself attempting to wash and rinse because everything large was at an angle to fit into the small bowls. That said, I don’t know many people who aren’t planning something of a remodel who deliberately rip out a good sink because it is double bowl. I think most people do the replacement when they replace their counters at a minimum. If you’re replacing the counter, certainly change the sink or if the functionalIty bothers you enough to spend the money, change it. But I come from a place where major components are not replaced simply because they are date - I pay cash for a car and drive it for ten or more years....See MoreNew home, already modeled, but not my style
Comments (35)I didn't actually use anything fancy. I used Benjamin Moore's Personal Color Viewer for the wall paint and the pillows (the app is perfectly happy to paint any object that you define as a surface, even if it is unpaintable in real life). Rugs USA and eSale rugs both have online rug visualizer tools that do the heavy lifting of putting the rug "under" your furniture; you just need to size the rug correctly and rotate it the way you want. I did the table settings in Word--that required a bit more experience and trickery, but the image tools are there if you know where to look....See MoreIs my 8-yr old kitchen dated already?
Comments (22)Jinx - again, i've said a bunch of times: The people on this site aren't who you're trying to sell to. Regular people don't read Houzz and have no idea that painted tile is a cheap fix that will start chipping. It's fine that YOU wouldn't buy a house with painted tile, but we're not talking about you. I have two different friends I can think of offhand who bought $1m+ houses and lamented months later that the bathroom tile had been painted but they didn't realize that when they bought. These are smart busy people who don't spend time on design or DIY blogs. And painted tile isn't an inspection item that gets flagged by the inspector. People do cheap fixed ALL time time when they sell houses. Sometimes they come back to bite the home buyer in the butt and sometimes they last long enough... So the original poster's likely outcomes are: (1) Don't paint the tile and drastically reduce the price and/or have the house lingering on the market until someone shows interest from the 5% of homebuyers who are able to spend $70k on a kitchen before moving in, or (2) spend $25 to paint the tile and list at a higher price and potentially get interest from the 50% of homebuyers who don't know anything about design or repairs but have zero interest in renovating a kitchen, and worst case it doesn't work and you're out $25 and end up still in category #1. This is a no-brainer....See Moreeleena
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