Kitchen as we found it

Here is the kitchen when we first moved in….

The varnish on these cabinets was so thick, it looked like they were under glass

The varnish on these cabinets was so thick, it looked like they were under glass

[caption id="attachment_16" align="alignnone" width="270" caption="It was tempting to keep the old metal-edged laminate counter top, but it was an ugly color and discolored by years of burns and stains"]It was tempting to keep the old metal-edged laminate counter top, but it was an ugly color and discolored by years of burns and stains[/caption]
Again, the flooring was sort of right, but not quite. Black and white tiles yes, but they were thin shiny vinyl and not in any regular pattern, just random, but not random in a good way - they had to go too.

Again, the flooring was sort of right, but not quite. Black and white tiles yes, but they were thin shiny vinyl and not in any regular pattern, just random, but not random in a good way - they had to go too.

[caption id="attachment_18" align="alignnone" width="270" caption="Once more, almost right. Yellow is what we wanted for a kitchen, but not bright banana-bus yellow."]Once more, almost right. Yellow is what we wanted for a kitchen, but not bright banana-bus yellow.[/caption]

In my next post, you’ll see what we did with this room…..

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