remodeling 90’s kitchen

6 years ago

Thinking about totally gutting my kitchen. But I am not sold on a all white kitchen. I know it is in but I don’t think I want the same as everyone else. Ideas for cabinets? Below is what I have now

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alex9179
6 years ago
You could have them painted any color. I love white, lots of colors, but am doing a clear finish on white oak for my kitchen. The grain is so pretty.

The sky is the limit, so take a look at photos and identify what trips your trigger.

If you're not changing the tile floor, look at finishes that coordinate.

One thing that stands out to me, even with all of the lights, is that it looks dim in there. Investigate solutions to address that. Different bulbs, more cans, better UCL lights.
herbflavor
6 years ago
put up dimensions and an overhead diagram. gutting is chance to make improvements: microwave setup, fridge and desk wall updating, island evaluation for removal or improvement. ETC. Then get to looks/style/cabinet options. I quite like your cabinets, possibly a two toned kitchen could evolve, but get with preliminary eval of everything ....budget also !
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If there is no tile under the cabinetry you will have to remove the rest of the tile and put in a new floor to make any meaningful changes to the layout (a major project since it looks like it runs through the entire floor plan.) . But you could change a few things for a decorative update within your budget. If you choose not to mess with the tile then you could update by refacing or maybe painting the cabinets and installing a new countertop. Freshening up the wall paint color might do wonders. You could install a jazzier sink and faucet and/or you could remove the tile above the cooktop and retile that entire wall with an attractive design to compliment the counter. Actually you might like the tile so much that you could tile the wall around the oven too. If you plan to replace the appliances do that first. The vertical blinds could be updated with some kind of roller blind—You can find these cut to fit at Home Depot. Good luck with your project.
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Well, if you are wanting a Spanish look, you already have it. I love those old tiles. I like tile counters. I never had a problem cleaning them, as I don't prep food directly on the tile; I use cutting boards. I love Mexican Talavera tiles! To give your kitchen more of a Spanish flair, I suggest you go on ebay, search for Talavera tile, buy a bunch, attach it to plywood the size of your backsplash and screw the tiled board to the wall. Make sure the plywood (or whatever it would be actually called) is fire rated for the back of the stove. It's easily removable when it comes time to redo the whole kitchen.
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See if you can use standard off the shelf vanities instead of something custom and put the money you save there toward complete retiling. It probably is best to rip it all out if you're going in. We found we had a very small leak in a shower floor in a small bathroom (dating from 30-40 years previous) that we didn't know about, but it was dripping water into the ceiling below very slowly over time which is never a good thing. I have to say I wouldn't want an acrylic shower/tub combo in my bathroom, but there is one in our secondary bathroom where we live now and it's really not bad. It's a Kohler. I think it's been there 25 years and it still looks new. So that really might be a good, inexpensive option for a guest bath as Patricia says. They're easy to clean.
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As the colors are rendered on my computer, it looks like you did a good job choosing a cabinet stain that plays well with the honey oak. I don't mind the combo, really, and think that a wise choice in wall paint would help to pull it together more. I wouldn't say that one should never have different colors in adjoining spaces like yours, but they do need to match in warmth and tone. I don't think the kitchen and adjoining room do. You do have to work with the very pretty counter, though, which seems to have some cooler gray in it, and the backsplash perhaps even more? Look for a warmish-neutral greige that works with all the elements. Getting a color consult, if you have a local chain (like Sherwin Williams) that offers one, might simplify things. Even if you paint the honey oak, I think that you will still need to then work on unifying the rest of the elements with a good wall color. The brick doesn't bother me either- to my eye it is fairly neutral, even with the reddish tone - red can be a neutral when subdued like yours is.
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jhmarie
6 years ago
Stained cabinets have never been "out" and are actually increasing in popularity again. You might get some ideas from this thread:

https://www.houzz.com/discussions/does-anyone-do-natural-wood-cabinets-any-more-dsvw-vd~4492078

I have older oak cabinets which I recently refreshed. Had I gotten new cabinets, they probably still would have been oak - just in a different door style. I might have done something a little like a craftsman style - I have 6 panel oak interior doors (though white trim) and I would want my cabinets to work with my interior doors. The newest thing in cabinets is white oak - not sure how that would go with your present doors, etc - but this is what it looks like:

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Anglophilia
6 years ago
First, declutter. Then truly decide if your cabinets are worth saving since they have cabinets below, not drawers (which are worth their weight in gold!). Then figure out your budget.

If you hate your floor or it limits you, replace it. If you hate your countertops, replace them. If you don't like the wood cabinets, have them re-painted.

And put in better lighting, even if you never even get to the de-cluttering part.

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