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Help with paint color suggestions for parent's kitchen refresh!
Comments (18)Maybe two-tone? Paint some but not all? I really agree with everyone else that the worst thing in that kitchen is the backsplash. And painting all the cabinets is just SO much work -- by you or by someone you pay a lot of money to do all that work. It just seems like better bang for your buck to lose the backsplash and keep some or all of the cabinets as they are. When you take more pictures, can you please take pictures of all the cabinets? I wonder if it's just that there are too many cabinets overall that are making the stain tone especially overwhelming. Especially in kitchens the age of your parents', people tended to just fill every nook and cranny with identical cabinets. No variation, and no breathing room. Today, we are favoring fewer cabinets -- especially fewer uppers -- and cabinets with mixed finishes, etc. to make our kitchens less like a cabinet showroom and less claustrophobic. I wonder if there is a bank of uppers you can remove and replace with art or a window that would make a bigger difference than just painting everything white. I'm also wondering how much the lighting is contributing. Could swapping out very yellow bulbs for cooler-colored lighting help? I'm just wondering how overwhelming that cabinet stain would be if half of it at eye-level (the uppers) disappeared, the lighting was cooler, and the wall/counter colors actually toned it down a bit....See MoreKitchen refreshing help
Comments (6)I'm going to a galley kitchen from something that wasn't galley but wasn't anything particular else, either. I searched a lot on HOUZZ and Online in general. For my house, it was searching using the keywords "rowhouse kitchen" that finally got me to see that a galley would work best for me. Here's a Google image search for small galley kitchen, for example....See MoreNeed refresh help w/ Kitchen
Comments (8)If you aren't doing the work yourselves, and moving the gas line at this time is not a possibility, then I would advocate for changing out the cabinets around the range, as you are considering. Having different style cabinet doors would bother me much less than not having landing space beside the range. I DIY'd a kitchen from the 80's, in my older house, using some existing cabinets, some new, inexpensive cabinets, and some vintage cabinets from Craigslist. The differences in door styles do not bother me at all. If you like the idea of a two-tone kitchen, you could paint the new cabinets a different color, so that it doesn't look as if you were trying to match, but missed. Or use glass in the uppers, so that the doors look different at first glance. I wanted my kitchen to look as if some of the cabinets were original, and some had been added over the years, but I realize that's not a style everyone would embrace. When someone walks into the kitchen, I honestly don't think they notice the different door styles unless I point them out. So, if you can move the range over a few inches, you might try an 18" drawer base to the left, with 18" upper, and whatever drawer base will fit on the other side, with corresponding upper. If you can't match the counter top, use wood tops (I lived with a scrap of T111 beside my range for a couple of years before we actually started the kitchen remodel.) Check Craigslist and Re-Stores for used cabinets, especially if you plan to paint the cabinets. I converted an existing 18" tall pantry to an upper, by cutting it in two pieces, adding a new bottom, face piece, and trim, using wood scraps, so it cost nothing. I dismantled the remaining section, and used the sides for shelving in a closet. Do you have space in the laundry or garage to re-use the existing cabinets? Good luck, and when you get ready to remodel the kitchen, come back and let us help with the layout. :)...See MoreKitchen Refresh Help
Comments (1)Hey floor and cabinet’s colors looks almost same so maybe you could change one of them to a brighter color or just white... Or if you have the budget, change it all...See MoreHU-676449314
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