The fun never sets!
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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.
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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.
@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…
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@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.
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@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.
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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....
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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.
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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.
@blondie said in The fun never sets!:
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.
Years ago, my spouse just put the first cut in the top of a can of tomato paste. It was explosive with tomato paste all over the kitchen - every cabinet, windows, ceiling - all over each of us. It was amazing how much devestation from such a small incision.
