The fun never sets!

[blondie]

Good to know. I’m doing vinyl plank (little ‘grain’, a light oak color) with this new place (zip no one does hardwood where I’m building). So I need to learn about durabilty options, grades, fading asap. We’ll be north facing again light wise. The Persian rugs go with us. But the kitchen island and cupboards are stressing me. Everything I see is white, blond oak, gold hardware.

[Mik]

Vinyl plank is great stuff.

Blacks and navy blues with gold hardware look great. Very rich.

[blondie]

This is what I’m saying goodbye to :sniff: : I loved my walnut floors & granite ..

[George K]

@blondie oh, my!

[Mik]

Love it! I can see why you don’t want to leave.

[Mik]

And here I am talking about black cabinets.

[blondie]

@George-K Quite. I love these floors. We didn’t build this house; we couldn’t afford to. @Mik Despite our diligence and proper inspections, this house had to undergo major exterior and interior structural renovations. Let’s just say the repairs exceeded half the value of the home. So, we’ve recovered from that; it’s a safe house now, and we want out.

[Mik]

I get that. Should have sold this one in 2004.

[Mik]

Here there be cabinet doors. And an inspector. Luna is utterly uninterested.

[Mik]

@blondie said in The fun never sets!:

@George-K Quite. I love these floors. We didn’t build this house; we couldn’t afford to. @Mik Despite our diligence and proper inspections, this house had to undergo major exterior and interior structural renovations. Let’s just say the repairs exceeded half the value of the home. So, we’ve recovered from that; it’s a safe house now, and we want out.

You have one thing I really love there which is a large, open dining area. It’s most of the reason we bought this house.

[blondie]

:drool: Your cabinets @Mik look divine. Those are spot on lovely colors! Do you know if you chose a satin or semigloss finish?

[Mik]

Thanks! I’d say satin.

[Aqua Letifer]

That is one seriously nice kitchen. I like the finish on the floor cabinets and how they differ from up top. Do the cats get up top on the counter? Are you going to have to do the aluminum foil thing?

[Mik]

They really don’t t very often, but we have lots of high places for them to be on.

[Renauda]

Looks great, Mik. We refinished our kitchen cabinet doors fours years ago. We decided to do it ourselves. Turned out fine. A lot of work though. Started in June and finished end of September. Had to make a painting booth inside the garage.

[Mik]

Thanks! Yeah, I did the same thing in 2005. A LOT of work. I have since developed an aversion to that kind of stuff.

[George K]

Looks wonderful.

I will never, ever, remodel anything again.

[Mik]

I wondered. You were asking about quartz and I just thought your place is too new to remodel.

[George K]

@Mik said in The fun never sets!:

your place is too new to remodel

15 years.

I love our granite, however. It's most unusual.

[blondie]

2 of our 3 kitties (R.I.P.) used to rub up on every corner they could. Over time I could see these greasy dark rub spots. It especially bugged me in our last house where we had the white MDF cabinets. I was constantly bending down cleaning corners. My husband wants a cat again. And one cat always leads to 2 and so on with us. I gotta plan ahead with the cabinets.