The fun never sets!

[Mik]

As tedious as it is, I do look at it as a golden opportunity for a long overdue full purge of every cubic inch of kitchen space. We've already thrown out a ton of stuff and a lot will go to a church rummage sale.

[Aqua Letifer]

Love getting rid of stuff. Happy hunting!

[Mik]

Me too. What was pretty interesting is the number of things we found that neither of us knew what it was.

[Mik]

Four full bags of trash taken out so far. Canned goods from the Bronze Age.

[blondie]

Oh wow. So much work. But you’ll have a new kitchen afterwards! Will you do a dramatic change with your cabinets? Will your counter change too?

[Mik]

We replaced a granite tile counter with a quartz one. In the process we got a REALLY BIG stainless sink. I was tired of having a two-sided sink. Two sinks that were too small. Now I can set large pans down in it to soak or whatever.

We're not changing the footprint, but getting all new drawers and drawer fronts, replacing the wine fridge with a pullout trashcan unit that is right where I prep. We had a pullout but it was across the kitchen in a pantry cabinet, so a lot of garbage got dropped or dripped along the way. I kept the backsplash because I love it and very painstakingly installed it. It has a mural tile, a Tuscan scene in pewter over the sink because we don't have a window there.

The bottom cabinets and the pantry will be a medium gray with brown wood grain showing through. The uppers will be white.

We looked at all new cabinets, but at 12'x11' it's a relatively small kitchen by today's standards and I could not see changing the footprint. There wasn't a better layout. The cost would have been $43K and we're doing all this for less than $20K.

[LuFins Dad]

@Mik said in The fun never sets!:

We replaced a granite tile counter with a quartz one. In the process we got a REALLY BIG stainless sink. I was tired of having a two-sided sink. Two sinks that were too small. Now I can set large pans down in it to soak or whatever.

I have never understood the double sink thing. Nobody except maybe for Kenny used the double sinks for soaking & washing / rinsing. And as you commented, it prevents you from having the space to lay down pots or baking dishes. Give me a kitchen sink the size of a utility sink, thank you very much…

[Mik]

Good size for bathing little ones too.

[blondie]

@Mik This sounds lovely. Great price too. I’m 100% on board with the single sink too. I’m having to make some decisions on a kitchen too. I’m just wanting to foresee 10 yrs or so into the future for resale reasons. I don’t want to spend very much money.

[blondie]

Post some pics when it’s done please!

[Mik]

@blondie same here. We won’t likely be in this house too many more years. I’ll post pics!

[George K]

I have no context, but you can guess.

Don't hire these guys.

[Jolly]

I do use a double for wash/rinse, but I would like to have a larger sink than I have.

Enjoy the new cabinets and countertops. I'm sure they'll turn out great.

[Mik]

Continuing today. Six bags of trash so far. Amazing.

[Mik]

It's weird to see all the stuff at the back of the cabinets that you haven't seen or used for years. Wine glasses and champagne flutes galore, travel mugs, show mugs from various Broadway musicals. Long dead canned goods and baking supplies.

Now if I can only keep my beloved from continuing to buy all this stuff....

[Friday]

10 bags? For such a small kitchen you sure do have a lot of stuff. Or are the bags small?

[Mik]

13 gallon bags, so medium. 32 years of stuff, yeah. We’re being pretty ruthless about pitching stuff. If we don’t use it at least once a year it’s gone.

[blondie]

It’s those bulging cans of tomato sauce that scare me. I’ve a “special” tub of mugs I’ll regift back to my kid hahaha.

[Mik]

Yeah, Janet used to sell canned tomato products so she’s keenly aware of expiration dates. We have a pantry cabinet that’s so deep that it becomes the canned goods graveyard. After this week we will have slide out shelve so access to everything.

[blondie]

Our present (2006) pantry setup has a 72” high single cupboard with one middle stationary shelf and the rest sliders. I really like the sliders for pasta, cereals, packaged stuff. I sure hope the sliders in my new pantry cupboard are made more sturdy because I always defaulted to putting the cans on that middle stationary shelf. It was the weight of multiple cans that made me nervous.