Our kitchen was probably remodeled in the late 70's/early 80's and it's very dingy and tired. In addition to that, our linoleum floor is peeling away from the floor, our counter tile with dingy grout drives me nuts and our oven door is being held closed with a bungee cord! Yes, a bungee cord!
See WHY this needs to happen sooner than later. Note the gawd-awful tile, the peeling linoleum and our hokey oven!
A complete remodel means no use of the kitchen for an inordinate amount of time coupled with an extraordinary amount of dust!Hubby and I both have two must haves: I want a slate kitchen tile floor:
and he must have an "apron style" sink(see below):
This picture is a close representation of the elements I'd like for my kitchen including the drop-lights, stainless steel appliances and wooden pillar.There are going to be so many decisions to make! I know for certain that we will have granite countertops as my husband is in the monument industry. He deals with granite suppliers (our eldest child being a granite supplier himself) on a daily basis. The only thing I have to decide is the color scheme. Do you know how many colors/patterns of granite there are??
As most of our home is in beige/sage/cream colors, I will have to veer away from my choice of a black and white kitchen; I think it would be too much contrast. I favor melamine cabinetry over wood but yet again, I think that would conflict with the rest of the house.
During our last kitchen remodel at our previous home, we had 24 cabinets/drawers and two pantries. It was a kitchen straight out of a home decorating magazine! Due to a substantially smaller kitchen in the new house, we are going to have to remove two walls to open up the kitchen.
I will post pictures of our work in progress. Wish us luck!
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