Oh ! MY then you would love to have my kitchen , I started retroing it the minute the landlord told me to go for it ,and then when she told me the age of the house , I loved it even more , it's a 1920's Sears Craftsman home ,I love the the huge cabnets not, alot of space but I like it , it's still has the sink comeing out of the wall and of course the same windows with the weight in side, so far I stubled on a 1945 Gafflers and Staller stove , pressure wash it and got all the grills and stuff cleaned and the only thing I haven't gotten to yet is finding a clock for it , i've been all over the antique store's lucky me I live in Orange County and the orange circle is just brimming with retro items, on the mirowave I simply bought a red one from Target like 60 bucks and a red coffee pot, if you have any good wills in your area hit them up , cause alot of estate things go there , I've painted my kitchen red and yellow , took the rather large drawers and took some paint remover , and some elbow grease and a paint gun which just melts the paint off , painted them red and found some little rooster decals that I put on , went to the 99 store and food some checkered red and white contact paper and put them in the drawer some plactic deviders to . Because I'm into both the retro, feista and the older pyrex , you know the different colored one with the little lids, i found scores of them in the goodwill nd also the different color pyrex bowl set , for a grand total of five bucks ,it's got a door to that leads to the laundry room , so i took out the old glass and put some screen wear the glass was and painted the door red and then found some red and white checked curtains and it looks super , even still has those old looks with the knob to open the door , I'm still trying to find the perfect frigerator , I saw one on one ad and fell in love it's a kelvanator foodarama (SP). Know i have the Idea to pull up the linolim (SP) and see what he wood looks like, maybe sand it and do the red and white checker board my self or be lazy and find the red and white checker board myself , as for the kitchen counters I hate them the tile , but i want to go for the old soda pop look , red linolem , so far. as for the arctiure of the the house it's soild and and i love the wood detailing so i'm just going to get out my magic eraser and clean , the walls do need paint has a few cracks bit i figure to paint the walls a camel color so the cracks will give off a shadow , if you go to the 99 cent store you with find alot of red if that's your color and the good will you would be amazed , I found and old ceder wood cabnits that hold plates and glasses and I store my pyrex and feista wear in there , also at the good will I found not one but 9 chrome toaster with the cloth cord for 99 cents apiece still in the box to took them home shined up a little ,put them up on ebay for 50;00 a piece and all sold except the one I kept and still use , I don't know if alot of folks go to the good will but you can find lots of stuff , I'm fixin to paint my 1945 stove red , like i said i live in what i call antique town , I just got the universal knobs to the stove , because it has the stove on one side and the broiler on the other and has the griddle in the middle , I guess the floors are pretty stonge cause that thing took 4 good sized men to get in my kitchen oh and of course , i found some old cambells soup and vegatable ad that came out of the time life magazines painted some black frames and put them on the wall above the stove , I will have to take a picture although not all toghether yet I still love my kithen even if it is in the works. Take care

Fori, The goal is to get everything done before we move in, but that won't be until the end of June. We are expecting to close sometime beginning of May, so we'll have about a month and a half to get stuff done. I am also waiting to see what the inspector says about some water damage to the cabinets that are under the sink. If those have to go, then everything might just need to go. We'll see. I'm just brainstorming for now, in case we end up keeping them. The cabinets in that post I've definitely seen before. I'll have to take a closer look and see if there's any way to tell if there's melamine under the slab part of the door, which from what I'm understanding, is what you are suggesting. I guess the main thing I don't like about the style is they were never made with the intention of having hardware installed. The handle is already "built in" so installing a handle of any kind seems awkward, and I don't know where it would go. Which is why I was searching for other people's upgrades of this style. But apparently if anyone else ever had them, they've thrown them all out, since they don't seem to exist anywhere else on the internet! Thanks again :)

Get familiar with colors. I like rooms to be either all warm colors or all cool colors, but that's me. I know it looks overwhelming, but look at a few colors you like on this SW webpage. Look at this webpage each day and pick a color to explore. You'll get used to the site and see what it has to offer. Look at the color in a room. Take some time to navigate around the site. https://www.sherwin-williams.com/homeowners/color/find-and-explore-colors/paint-colors-by-family#/active/color-wall/section/sherwin-williams-colors Here are some cool colors: bright white, taupe, black, gray, silver, cool red, royal blue, purple, Kelly green, forest green, pine green, ice cool pastels. Warm colors: off-white, cream, beige, tan, brown, olive green, golden yellow, gold, peach, orange, red-orange.

Where is the best place to get windows from? A window store or a supply store? The window shop I checked out this weekend carries Andersen, Sunrise and Simonton (among others). The supply store carries Andersen and Simonton (among others). Someone please educate me on the best way to go about getting the best price for a good window. The contractor doing all of the work on the house will be installing the windows. We're looking for 2 new install double - double hung windows and a large picture window flanked with double hung windows. Down the road we will be replacing the rest of the windows in the house (15 total). For the most part, I like the look of the Sunrise and have read they are a better window over Simonton. Andersen looks nice too but I wonder if their prices are inflated because of the name/popularity. We had Simonton 5500 series in our old house and I thought they were fine. Is there a Simonton series that is worth looking into? When it comes to Sunrise and Andersen, are they comparable - quality and price? fwiw, we live near a jet noise - recommendations for windows that will help with sound dampening is appreciated.