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They were not the cheapest, but I learned a long time ago not to always take the lowest priced bid on anything. They did the entire remodel. Our main goal was to open up the kitchen. We had the same setup as you with the stove side. Those upper cabinets just closed off the kitchen too much. You can see on the website pictures how open it is now. But, Ray did give us suggestions too. The only mistake we made was not taking before pictures. I think we were so ready to start the job that we just didn't think of taking pictures. By the way, we also had them remodel both bathrooms too.
Yes, both bathrooms need to be redone as well, one will need the toilet and vanity switched. Lots to do in this house but it will be slow to get done.
Wish I could find a few of the door fronts like these - would make things a lot easier, a few plain panels - maybe a someone who's doing a kitchen over with cabinets like these will see my plea - ANYONE??
I'd keep a daily eye out on Craig's List. People often list their old cabinets on there. I've found all kinds of things there, from a practically new downdraft cooktop to furniture to building supplies.
I'd keep a daily eye out on Craig's List. People often list their old cabinets on there. I've found all kinds of things there, from a practically new downdraft cooktop to furniture to building supplies.
Good suggestion. I don't know if they have them in Greenville, but in FL Habitat For Humanity has thrift stores that have used and leftover building materials for sale. I have seen cabinets in them many times.
I'm checking CL all the time, not daily, but checking.
Skunk, they do have Habitat on Rutherford, I've been twice there, not much at all there, now the selection in the store in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, that Habitat has the best.
I think I'll contact some cabinet makers, with the pics I have, I may get lucky.
I'll be keeping a look out for them. Anyone come across any, keep me in mind please
Eldemila,
I buy rundown old houses and fix them up and sell or rent them. I am a big fan of paint. If the cabinets are dated but serviceable I always start out with paint before replacing them. Also, if the layout is dated I might make some changes. This house that I did last year had the wall cabinets above the range like your new home. I took them off and it made the kitchen seem twice the size. Also, get rid of the valance above the window. It makes the kitchen look dated.
It is a lot cheaper to change the hardware and countertops than the cabinets, so start there and you can always change the cabinets a few years down the road.
Nice job, did you do the work yourself? Do you brush or spray your cabinets? I spent a good portion of the day cleaning cabinets, didn't get all that far, years of grime that most people wouldn't notice was there. Have yo get a game plane now that we've got the house.
I just recently remodeled my 1965 kitchen. The floor and cabitnets were in ok shape so I kept them. I have cabinets similar to yours and I just cleaned them really well and then restained any nicks or scrapes in the wood. After that I put a semi-gloss coat of varnish on them and changed out the dated gold hardware for brushed nickel hinges and handles. They look brand new! I thought that I had made a mistake by not getting rid of these cabinets, but now I love them and they blend a little of the old with my modern contemporary style.
Wow, the kitchen that time forgot. It must have been totally groovy, man, back in '68!
One suggestion I would make regardless of what you do with the cabinet doors, is to at least do a partial remodel of the area that houses the cooktop and range. Nothing says "outdated" in a kitchen more than those ceiling-mounted cabinets that form a pass-through to the eat-in area. Ditch that whole "wall." That way you can accommodate a modern floor-standing stove (with a digital clock!) with a decent work area and make the entire kitchen appear as one cohesive room. You could probably even work in a dishwasher there too if you wanted.
Incidentally, the way the cooktop is currently configured looks at the least to be poorly designed for use, and at the worst, even dangerous, the way the burners appears to be so close to the side of that cabinet. Although maybe I'm not seeing it correctly in the photo.
If you do take out at least that section, you will have plenty of doors and parts to work with (although I'm not sure why you need parts to put in a dishwasher, usually that requires eliminating doors, etc.).
Then again, since you are planning to redo nearly everything else (floors, countertops, backslash, lighting, probably the sink and faucet), you might want to reconsider just biting the bullet and dumping those cabinet doors along with it, as has been suggested. You may just find yourself constantly saying "we should have just done the cabinets when we did everything else." The style really is outdated, and updating the look of everything else is likely to make that fact even more obvious.
Oops, after I posted I realized there was a page 2 to this thread. :-) My suggestions were already made for the most part.
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