The author of this article decided to renovate their kitchen, which they had not touched since replacing the oven in 1995. The catalyst for the renovation was a broken dishwasher detergent cup. The author decided to replace the dishwasher, but discovered that the tile floor, installed by the previous owners, made it difficult to do so. The author hired a contractor, KitchenSaver, to replace the cabinet doors and drawer fronts, countertop, and sink. They also decided to install a new Subway tile white backsplash, replace old light fixtures in the kitchen and dining room, and add a recycling/trash cabinet and pantry cabinet.
As a retired architect, the author easily designed their new kitchen with an Arts and Crafts style, matching the house’s existing woodwork and their furniture. They selected bronze/copper door and drawer pulls and bought new light fixtures with a bronze finish from KitchenSaver. Five dimmable LED lights will be installed below the cabinets and above the sink.
Since the pantry and basement doors, door frames, window, window frame, and sill had over 100 years’ worth of paint, the author hired a contractor to strip the paint and repaint everything, as well as install wood baseboards to replace the ones previously removed. In order to fill in the dead space between the refrigerator and wall, the author removed an existing quad outlet and added a recycling/trash cabinet and pantry cabinet, necessitating the replacement of the electrical circuit breaker panel to comply with current codes. A duplex outlet was added behind the refrigerator, and the knob and tube light switch controlling the basement light was replaced. The author chose a Levelor Cordless Cellular blind in a color exact match for the Koi Pond SW 7727 wall color to cover the backdoor and window, since no blind matched the Indian White SW 1035 paint on the walls.
Lastly, the contractor accidentally got paint stripper on the original oven exhaust hood, so the author replaced it with a new black hood to match the new oven.
Posted by oxfordblues84 on 2019-08-19 20:54:39