Goomba wrote:
> Sheldon wrote:
>
>> Your cabinets can easily be refinished, it would be a sin to destroy
>> perfectly good all real wood custom built cabinetry...
>
> That's how I feel about it too, but do not have the vision, energy or
> desire to hobble it together. Whomever built these cupboards was
> brilliant at construction, but did a lousy job utilizing space. Lots of
> blind corners, wasted soffit area and other areas of wasted space.
>
>
>> the crap they produce these days can't compare.
>
> Yet they have features that were unheard of when these originals were
> built.
>
>> And there are all sorts of internal
>> organizers for cabinets these days to make them more accomodating (you
>> can install them yourself).
>
> The ones I've seen work, yet don't necessarily provide enough new
> storage for my needs. I have some already.
>
> And, btw, just when you build custom
>> cabinets to enclose an old fridge, that's when that fridge will die.
>> A fridge needs a certain amount of clearance to operate properly too.
>
> We were told 2 inches was all most manufacturers require. My husband
> prefers the entire side open, which also allows him to wiggle the fridge
> out and back easily.
>
>> There are many ways to give a kitchen a face lift without gutting and
>> starting over; new counters, new sink, new flooring, new wall and
>> ceiling treatments, and especially new lighting, and maybe a new
>> window.
>
> We need better lighting, the windows are fine (new!) I can't wait to
> have a single tall spigot that also turns into the sprayer, instead of
> the small annoying sprayer which is separate now. The only appliances we
> must replace now will be the range and adding a microwave with built in
> exhaust fan, to take the place of the counter top model. I've never
> owned one over the range before and hope I'll like it? I do not want to
> feel closed in over my range in any way.
>
>
Unless you live in a cold climate don't get a range hood/exhaust fan
that exhausts back into the kitchen. They can warm up a kitchen by
several degrees. On our remodel I went for a hood and vented it up and
out through the roof. Also dispense kitchen/cooking odors more effectively.