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We are replacing the 1980s falling apart kitchen cabinets in our house and haven't a clue what "color" to go with. Looking at decor sites like Houzz for ideas makes my head spin and I don't have a strong preference either way. Floor is natural oak wood floor. Some shade of wood or white? What say ye simple people? I don't think we'll be in this house for the long haul so it needs to appeal to the masses I guess.
iris lilies
1-3-18, 11:53pm
White cabinents still seem to be at the top of the trendline, but
I cant help but think that trend will soon plunge. Still, white kitchen cabinents are classic even if recent years have had them uber trendy.
The dilemma is, if they are wood, what color wood would you get?
Me, I am attracted to white cabinents so that us what I would get. That is what I have from 30 years ago, painted white cabinents built by DH. In fact DH is painting them right now for the third time in their lives.
I also like cherry wood in a classic pattern, something with panels. Also, I would be interested in streamlined light wood, IKEA type products.
what is the age of your house? Sometimes it is nice to play to that.
iris lilies
1-3-18, 11:58pm
The house we are buying has very cool old cabinents, probably fromthe 40’s or ? 60’s. And it is sad thst we might move the kitchen from One side of the house to the other side, so those kitchen cabinets would have to go. Truly I am sad about that, I don’t want to be one of those people who rip out perfectly good and interesting old cabinets.
iris lilies
1-4-18, 12:02am
After DH paints our kitchen cabinets, we are going to get new countertops! I am now excited about it! We have formica that has been here for 30 years and I never liked it, but I didn’t really want to lay out money for real stone and nothing else was of interest to me.
I suppose we will be getting quartz which is not real stone but is pretty in the right configurations. I looked online at recycled glass, but that just screams “composite!!!” to me.
Gardenarian
1-4-18, 3:54am
I've always had wood, but out current house has white cabinets and I much prefer them. Ours are flat panel and very easy to clean.
We have Corian countertops (came with the house) and they are very pretty and clean looking, but take some care (no hot pans on the counter.)
Our floors are currently a vinyl that looks, literally, like white smeared with mud. Ick! I am planning to replace these with sheet vinyl in a whitewashed wood plank pattern.
One thing I would prefer would be to have the cabinet hinges on the inside. Oh, also - we have drawers instead of lower cabinets - I find these very useful.
We don't have cabinets, just a vintage cupboard but it is white; I have always liked white.
Everyone on househunters these days wants white. If it’s going to be more than five years before you sell i’d go with black since white will undoubtedly be out of style by then the same way everyone hates granite countertops now.
The only thing that I don't like about my lovely house is the dark (reddish-black) cabinetry. I can carefully wipe it down and it still shows every speck of dust when the sun shines on it. Any grooves in the doors appear dirty despite care.
Make sure that the white of your cupboards doesn't conflict with white in baseboards or window frames. I have 'cloud white' in my window frames and a light cupboard makes the window frames look grayish and old.
If I do the cabinetry over which I may in a few years, I would go with a medium oak colour to match the fireplace mantel that blends well with the floor and the railing going downstairs. I would not change them.
White is uber-hot these days; unless you like white and it fits very well with the rest of the house, I'd skip it. It will date a kitchen as mid-2010s the same way cherry Shaker cabinets and dark granite now scream early-2000s. If you go white, razz makes an excellent point about matching the tint to other white finishes in the house.
We refaced our kitchen cabinets 5-6 years ago, going from the mid-70s dark wood (which neither of us likes) to -- umm -- cherry :|( (white/grey/black laminate counters, though). We have a lot of Scandinavian teak furniture in the house and the cherry was as close as we could get to that. It's a departure from the dark wood, which still exists as millwork throughout the house but the open kitchen, with our furniture, is not a huge departure in color -- and is much less of a departure than, say, maple or birch. Hidden hinges and damped hinges for the win...
You might also consider appliance colors. A dark finish and white appliances can be a visually-jarring combination. If you're planning to replace your appliances, you'll have a greater choice of finishes.
Williamsmith
1-4-18, 10:23am
It’s important to me to have a kitchen with good lighting and therefore I shy away from dark cabinetry. If you have a window or two in the kitchen then I think you can get away with some kind of color in shades of grey, blue. But if the kitchen is in a dark corner of the house like mine, I’d lean toward white or a natural hardwood that is light in color...like hickory. Keep it bright so you can see what you are cooking.
iris lilies
1-4-18, 10:30am
Also to consider, and you probably know this, a shade just off of bright white is better for not showing smudges. Our cabinets are ivory, not white. I would even go more into the “yellow” zone into cream, but DH wants white.
Also, for keeping things clean: dont have cabinet pulls. Our cabinets have finger pulls carved into the inside. Pull hardware is just another way to collect grime. Also, our hinges are inside.
iris lilies
1-4-18, 10:47am
Here are our cabinets, built by DH in a project that took 4-5 years. The cabinet door are off in the first picture because they are being painted.
http://www.simplelivingforum.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=2044&stc=1http://www.simplelivingforum.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=2045&stc=1http://www.simplelivingforum.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=2046&stc=1
The house is a mid 60s tri-level with lots of sharp angles. I am drawn to Scandinavian style simplicity thus the light wood floors. There is one window over the sink and a huge skylight in the middle of the room so plenty of light. Also a sunroom off the kitchen. We are investigating all the RTA (flat-pack) cabinets out there due to lower cost but hard to find ones not made in China. There are an amazing amount of choices besides Ikea these days. Yes, an off white would be preferable rather than a stark white but also looking at a natural (no stain) shaker style for its simple lines. IL, your photo did not come through.
White is still very popular, but I've also seen a surge in "greige" (grey/beige). It's gives a very modern look, but it's still neutral.
http://www.hgtv.com/design/rooms/kitchens/17-top-kitchen-design-trends-pictures
Gray is the New White
Wondering what color to paint your cabinets? The kitchen industry's leading manufacturers say that while white cabinets continue to be tops, gray is the shade they're betting on to break white's top spot. This kitchen by Wellborn pairs soft gray cabinets with richly stained wood showcasing yet another kitchen trend — combining cabinet colors is a trendy look that's holding strong. Image courtesy of Wellborn Cabinets.
The house is a mid 60s tri-level with lots of sharp angles. I am drawn to Scandinavian style simplicity thus the light wood floors. There is one window over the sink and a huge skylight in the middle of the room so plenty of light. Also a sunroom off the kitchen. We are investigating all the RTA (flat-pack) cabinets out there due to lower cost but hard to find ones not made in China. There are an amazing amount of choices besides Ikea these days. Yes, an off white would be preferable rather than a stark white but also looking at a natural (no stain) shaker style for its simple lines. IL, your photo did not come through.
Sorry, dont know why my photos dont show.
But clean lined Scando style in a light wood sounds lovely for your 60’s house. It sounds perfect, actually.
And I really really like catherine’s idea of grey, in general.
I jsut had a confab with DH and we now are going to renovate our stove/center island area, ugh, more money. I am leaving this in his capable hands, I dont care how it is configured or what kind of stove we get. We always get cheap stoves.
Sad Eyed Lady
1-4-18, 11:20am
I never know what is "in, what the trends are, so what I am going to say may be hopelessly dated. I don't know. Our house was built in 1994 and the cabinets I picked out then are still in great shape and I still like them. I think they are called something like "bleached wood". Light, but not white. Someone here mentioned they liked hinges on the inside and the hinges of these cabinets are on the inside. They are pretty simple, and have stood up well. I have a friend who paints her kitchen cabinets every now and then. I think now she has some sort of gray on them. She is much more "house proud" than I am and keeps up with these things by watching HGTV etc.
iris lilies
1-4-18, 12:59pm
Everyone on househunters these days wants white. If it’s going to be more than five years before you sell i’d go with black since white will undoubtedly be out of style by then the same way everyone hates granite countertops now.
I am old and have lived through these white cabinet trends before, as well as the subsequent reactionary black ones.
No, dont do black. I know that jp is sorta kidding, but black is just wrong in a typical middle class house (can be fabulous if expensively done in the right setting, of course!) One of the most jarring things I have seen on my many tours of Realtor.com is an adorable old cottage with a new kitchen that used black cabinets. Ugh, so wrong and disrespectful to the house.
OP is on the right track for streamlined cabinets for her 60’s house.
I see gray kitchen cabinets almost everywhere lately - on TV, at friends re-do's, home building stores. I’ve had cheap brown (in a rental), green ‘antiqued’ (anyone remember the ‘antiquing’ era?), solid birch, solid maple and now painted white over maple. I like white best because it says old farmhouse to me. I am at a stage in life now that I just want clean cupboards and I am not so concerned about the color and material. I see that quartz has taken over granite as the choice for countertops. I have laminate counters with white cupboards. It looks fresh, clean and work for me.
We still have an 80s kitchen, vinyl floor in a tile pattern that shows NO dirt, oak cabinets that I still love, almond formica that I still love...white appliances except for the almond stove circa 1988 that replaced the avocado one. Our house has oak trim and floors so the kitchen fits right in. I would never go with gray just because I find it dreary and it would involve way too much work. But I have seen lovely crisp white with gray walls. I do like the idea of the bleached wood look. I don't know if it gets "dated", seems HGTV influences way too many decisions in house buying.
We are replacing the 1980s falling apart kitchen cabinets in our house and haven't a clue what "color" to go with. Looking at decor sites like Houzz for ideas makes my head spin and I don't have a strong preference either way. Floor is natural oak wood floor. Some shade of wood or white? What say ye simple people? I don't think we'll be in this house for the long haul so it needs to appeal to the masses I guess.
I saw some cabinets in a new build recently which were matte black bottom cabinets and ivory top cabinets.
More traditional style than modern. Floors were very dark brown wood. They were nice.
Sad Eyed Lady
1-5-18, 11:11am
I see gray kitchen cabinets almost everywhere lately - on TV, at friends re-do's, home building stores. I’ve had cheap brown (in a rental), green ‘antiqued’ (anyone remember the ‘antiquing’ era?), solid birch, solid maple and now painted white over maple. I like white best because it says old farmhouse to me. I am at a stage in life now that I just want clean cupboards and I am not so concerned about the color and material. I see that quartz has taken over granite as the choice for countertops. I have laminate counters with white cupboards. It looks fresh, clean and work for me.
es, Goldensmon, I DO remember the antiquing era. 1970's? I antiqued anything that stood still. Including a beautiful old white cabinet, (I think they were called Hoosier Cabinets), that my grandmother had. I regret that to this day. As I got older I decided I didn't want to have anything (major) that gets too dated. When we built this house in 1994 I had white fixtures and appliances throughout. I have lived through the days of avocado green, harvest gold, etc. but white never goes out of style.
ToomuchStuff
1-6-18, 3:34am
I don't think it is a one size answer personally. Lighting, size of kitchen, reason(s) for doing, layout all play a part. The bungalow's in my area, I have seen three houses that had original cabinets. Two of them in galley style kitchens (pine and douglas fir cabinets), which had been painted over the years originally and over the years. One of them the cabinets were painted wall color, the other a grey mix, where they used that old battleship grey, porch paint (using up what they had) and had the walls white with a touch of grey (tone on tone). One bungalow built much later, with a much larger L shaped kitchen, had white cabinets.
In that last one, stained cabinets would not have looked out of place or made the kitchen seem smaller. In the first two, as mine, with galley style kitchens, lighter cabinets make more sense. I prefer shaker style doors (appropriate for my houses time frame, by examples), with white, or light wood cabinets. I saw pictures of one, years ago, that I remember they used knotty pine, because it was plentiful to that area, and went with sort of light oak stain.
If I had, had that larger kitchen, I might go true Cherry wood (turns more reddish over time), or true Walnut wood (or countertop on a island) with a painted island. But that is more because I like those woods, and grew up around too much maple (don't like), or darker Oak (prefer redder). I as a woodworker, would even consider using a secondary wood, of a darker nature, on a lighter cabinet. (pulls, trim, etc)
How nice reading about everyones kitchens. We have had old painted cabinets from the 40s a couple times. Had some really cheap cabinets in trailers back in the day. Refaced to an oak once and had solid oak a couple times as now. We had a new built four years ago, the cabinets were a dark almost black, they were terrible to keep clean, never again for me. I am happy with solid hard oak. I am scared to ever get anything else after the dark incident.
I will mention counter tops as it is our go to story when we talk way to much about an issue that we really could take care of but don't. We call it the $700 counter top story. We were living in the money pit, the old farm house that sucked the living paychecks from us weekly and all our sweat as it was a DIY as much as we could. Yet the counter top was an continuing issue. WE tried a few times with DIY, but it was an 1900 hand made kitchen with no sizing to modern cuts. Then one day I called a fellow and he cut a cheap counter top from stock Home Depot stock, it was new fresh and it was $700. After all the complaining and sweat, it was $700. Small change for the $$$ everything else cost. And the pain was over.
white never goes out of style.
Exactly why I never buy anything but white cars. My DH and I both have white cars. Black is OK, but ironically, it looks dirtier than white when you don't get around to washing it.
Exactly why I never buy anything but white cars. My DH and I both have white cars. Black is OK, but ironically, it looks dirtier than white when you don't get around to washing it.
Boy Howdy is that not a fact! We've been an exclusive black car family for the past 25 years because we both like the way they look when they're clean. It's keeping them looking good that's the problem.
Oh, but to stay on topic, we've had white cabinets in our last 3 houses, going back 35 or so years. They're timeless.
we both like the way they look when they're clean. It's keeping them looking good that's the problem.
Exactly--We're not good at washing the road dust off black cars on a regular basis. White seems to hide dirt better. I'm all for hiding dirt. I've been known to match my furniture to my dogs' fur color for that very reason. So now you know my dirty little secrets! >8)
Exactly--We're not good at washing the road dust off black cars on a regular basis. White seems to hide dirt better. I'm all for hiding dirt. I've been known to match my furniture to my dogs' fur color for that very reason. So now you know my dirty little secrets! >8)
Speaking of dirty cars, my latest (black) car is the smartest vehicle I've ever driven with it's front and rear facing cameras, automatic braking and lane control, etc. I recently discovered that if I let the road grime from snow & slush & salt accumulate on my rear camera, I can't back out of a parking space. The stupid car thinks there's something behind me and applies the brakes every time I try to back up.
Catherine, We matched our 80s kitchen floor to the dirt we track in...haven't had to scrub it much. Our car is silver and hides dirt excellently. Alan, That's funny about the camera. Tech may be taking us over.
We don't have cabinets, just a vintage cupboard but it is white; I have always liked white.
Can you tell us more? Is your sink freestanding? Do you have countertops or just use tables to prepare food?
My falling apart cabinets are from the 1950's but replacing them would be so expensive, so I am interested in alternatives.
Our kitchen is badly in need of what I will call "modeling", because "remodeling" implies that something coherent was done previously. It is the only room we have not tackled in our nearly 33 years here; every other room was gutted and redone. The kitchen is like a Rubik's cube to be solved. It is small with 5 entry ways. There is "Old Mother Hubbard's Cupboard," a freestanding Youngstown sink on an old metal cabinet, a stove, a refrigerator, and a wooden kitchen table and chairs. It drives DH crazy that there is no counter or counter height food prep surface. I adore OMHC and DH says "I just want a damned counter." I kind of love the sink too, but I'll be willing to let that go. We go around and around, and I can't quite decide if it is very sad or very funny. Whenever you think you've got a plan figured out, you realize you din't account for the refrigerator or the stove or one critical element. I will find and share some photos. I do think I finally have a plan worked out. It isn't perfect, but I think it will suffice and it would be nice to do something before we are dead!
Catherine, We matched our 80s kitchen floor to the dirt we track in...haven't had to scrub it much. Our car is silver and hides dirt excellently.
We did the same thing with our kitchen floor so much that I have to remember to clean it as it never looks dirty. Also, matched our living room carpet to our dogs hair. I schedule to vacuum everyday but if I miss a day the carpet still looks good.
Speaking of dirty cars, my latest (black) car is the smartest vehicle I've ever driven with it's front and rear facing cameras, automatic braking and lane control, etc. I recently discovered that if I let the road grime from snow & slush & salt accumulate on my rear camera, I can't back out of a parking space. The stupid car thinks there's something behind me and applies the brakes every time I try to back up.
Sorry, but that is hilarious. A drawback of modern technology. Around here (big Amish population) I have seen horses refuse to back up but never a car.
es, Goldensmon, I DO remember the antiquing era. 1970's? I antiqued anything that stood still. Including a beautiful old white cabinet, (I think they were called Hoosier Cabinets), that my grandmother had. I regret that to this day. As I got older I decided I didn't want to have anything (major) that gets too dated. When we built this house in 1994 I had white fixtures and appliances throughout. I have lived through the days of avocado green, harvest gold, etc. but white never goes out of style.
Yes, the 1970's. I 'antiqued' over beautiful solid birch kitchen cupboards for my parents, green to match the avocado green refrigerator. It was so cool back then. Some years later I labored to get the stuff off and back to the original birch wood. I cringed when I see HGTV shows doing 'mid-century' do-overs. Did not like it then, do not like it now. I do like the old farmhouse look, probably the folks that built our old farmhouse in 1903 wonder why.
iris lilies
1-8-18, 10:31am
We are now going back and forth about color of stove since we are renovating the island area of the kitchen and that configuration requires a new stove.
Stainless or white? Our refrigerator is white. I thought about stainless steel finish because ...I dont know, is that still top of trend? Mr. Google tells me it is ok to stick with white appliances. Now, IF we were going to use our exisitng refrigerator in our weekend house, I would get stainless steel finish in the new refrigerator here as well as the stove. But we do not need a new refrigerator.
As for flooring in the kitchen, we have light smokey grey tile and I love it, it has to be very dirty to show dirt.
iris lilies
1-8-18, 10:41am
Rosa, 5 doors is a problem for sure.
DH is going to buy a stove this week. i let him buy our appliances since I don't much care about them except for our last diswasher which I researched heavily because its predecessor was so awful.
we are apparently going to have to pay a lot more than we normally pay for a stove because it is a drop in. I dont
understand why a stove with no sides costs more than the kind of stoves we normally get, stoves with sides and they are low end. But whatever, this is why I let him buy our stoves,
I have no interest.
Sad Eyed Lady
1-8-18, 10:50am
Rosa, 5 doors is a problem for sure.
DH is going to buy a stove this week. i let him buy our appliances since I don't much care about them except for our last diswasher which I researched heavily because its predecessor was so awful.
we are apparently going to have to pay a lot more than we normally pay for a stove because it is a drop in. I dont
understand why a stove with no sides costs more than the kind of stoves we normally get, stoves with sides and they are low end. But whatever, this is why I let him buy our stoves,
I have no interest.
I was just telling someone yesterday that when we had to replace the stove in our kitchen it was much more expensive than a slide in or a free standing because it is a drop-in. I don't know why they would be so much more expensive either, and if I remember correctly it had to be ordered because they weren't kept in stock in the store where we purchased it.
Last week I had to replace the dishwasher. The 24 year old one finally died and it was my first major purchase to decide on my own since DH's passing almost 3 years ago. I decided on a Bosch dishwasher, mainly because they were offering free delivery and installation. Also, had a good decibel level, so should be much quieter than my old one. Waiting now for delivery and the plumber they use to work me into his schedule.
iris lilies
1-8-18, 11:12am
I was just telling someone yesterday that when we had to replace the stove in our kitchen it was much more expensive than a slide in or a free standing because it is a drop-in. I don't know why they would be so much more expensive either, and if I remember correctly it had to be ordered because they weren't kept in stock in the store where we purchased it.
Last week I had to replace the dishwasher. The 24 year old one finally died and it was my first major purchase to decide on my own since DH's passing almost 3 years ago. I decided on a Bosch dishwasher, mainly because they were offering free delivery and installation. Also, had a good decibel level, so should be much quieter than my old one. Waiting now for delivery and the plumber they use to work me into his schedule.
Your new dishwasher will likely be much quieter than your old one, so that is nice. But it will not last as long as your previous one.
I was wrong, we are getting a “slide in “stove. Slide in, drop in, range top, whatever, I just dont care enough about them to learn.
Stainless or white? Our refrigerator is white. I thought about stainless steel finish because ...I dont know, is that still top of trend?
Stainless is not "top of trend" anymore. It was a status finish back when people had to buy expensive "prosumer" brands of appliances to get it. Then it filtered down the upper-level brands of the big manufacturers. By the time you could buy a $300 dishwasher in stainless, "top of trend" was over and the people with money wanted something the hoi polloi could not buy. So now there's "black stainless" and "oil-rubbed bronze" and other attempts to capture lightning in a bottle.
Stainless has proven to be a safe neutral color choice, but it's important to shop carefully -- real stainless steel shows fingerprints. Cheaper stainless appliances may offer only stainless-steel-color fronts; often the side panels are black or just non-stainless. That's a non-issue in some installations; a real disappointment in others. White, I will note, has none of these problems. ;)
Still pondering the cabinet issue and demo-ing the existing kitchen today. Going round and round with the "kitchen designer" who wants to sell us over-priced lazy Susan corner cabinets, etc. Her design included moving the sink so it is no longer centered under the window which would bother the heck out of me. Still thinking about ordering some flat-pack DIY in white but scared to pull the trigger since one doesn't really know what you're getting until it arrives.
iris lilies
1-8-18, 11:59am
Still pondering the cabinet issue and demo-ing the existing kitchen today. Going round and round with the "kitchen designer" who wants to sell us over-priced lazy Susan corner cabinets, etc. Her design included moving the sink so it is no longer centered under the window which would bother the heck out of me. Still thinking about ordering some flat-pack DIY in white but scared to pull the trigger since one doesn't really know what you're getting until it arrives.
dH has installed several Ikea kitchens and he thinks the quality is decent. You will have to fuss a lot with getting them set up and installed. You need a professional or at least a practiced eye to do that. My friend had lovely custom cabinets built for her big kitchen, from measurements she made herself. She planned to have three guys from work come in and install them, giving them pizza a beer. She soon learned what that did to her cabinets and DH had to fix them.
But you and your husband may be able to do the work, it is possible, and you as retirees have the time to do things carefully, you dont have to be efficient with time.
dont move the sink, that is just silly. We do not have lazy susans in our corner cuboards and get along fine.
ACK!!! Lazy susans in cupboards!!! I had them in a kitchen that I otherwise Loved, but I hated those cabinets. Things would fall over the edge, get stuck, it wouldn't rotate. Fortunately, GS2 was small enough to climb in there and straighten it all out for me every couple of weeks. My 88-yr-old mother has then in her house now, same problem, but no 4 yr old around to take care of it. Her are really deep, too. A real pain. my advice, Don't Do It.
iris lilies
1-8-18, 8:07pm
ACK!!! Lazy susans in cupboards!!! I had them in a kitchen that I otherwise Loved, but I hated those cabinets. Things would fall over the edge, get stuck, it wouldn't rotate. Fortunately, GS2 was small enough to climb in there and straighten it all out for me every couple of weeks. My 88-yr-old mother has then in her house now, same problem, but no 4 yr old around to take care of it. Her are really deep, too. A real pain. my advice, Don't Do It.
And probably the kitchen consultant will tell her how much better these modern Lazy Susans are, theydo not break or bend or get stuck yadda yadda but guess what, they do.
ACK!!! Lazy susans in cupboards!!! I had them in a kitchen that I otherwise Loved, but I hated those cabinets. Things would fall over the edge, get stuck, it wouldn't rotate. Fortunately, GS2 was small enough to climb in there and straighten it all out for me every couple of weeks. My 88-yr-old mother has then in her house now, same problem, but no 4 yr old around to take care of it. Her are really deep, too. A real pain. my advice, Don't Do It.
This (and other) comments about lazy susans surprises me. We've stored pots and pans in a lazy susan for the past 20+ years without problem. I like them!
I just don't have that many pots and pans that I need a $500 Susan cabinet for them to sit on and twirl around. Shelves will do for me. The KD said that buyers will want all these gizmos in a remodeled kitchen. So now we are in tiny house mode - set up in the 400sf basement while we hash all this out. It's kinda cozy.
We did an IKEA kitchen when I worked there in Chicago. I assembled the cabinets myself, while watching tv. It is not hard at all. You can also change the faces of them if you ever decide you want a different look--they were interchangeable.
I loved my IKEA kitchen and someday, I will get my forever house and have another one!
We used IKEA cabinets when we remodeled my mom's place. Surprisingly good quality for the money -- especially the hardware. I can see now that, ten years after installation, the cabinet fronts are showing their age (yellowing a little [that may just require a good cleaning], getting hit by wheelchairs, constant exposure to the dog's water bowl) but the boxes are sound. I did hire out the installation, but that was done because I had far more money than time at that time of my life.
Another plus is that IKEA cabinetry is so popular that a cottage industry has popped up around hacking the cabinets into configurations IKEA does not offer and even offering cabinet fronts IKEA no longer (or never) offered.
I'd do it again.
rosarugosa
1-17-18, 7:04pm
2066
Here is a picture of Old Mother Hubbard's Cupboard. I believe I posted pictures before a very long time ago. I just love this old thing, but DH thinks I'm crazy.
Thanks for posting. It's bigger than I imagined. Looks like you can store quite a bit in it.
Teacher Terry
1-17-18, 8:05pm
That is beautiful! Usually I choose light oak for cabinets but when we bought our 1950's house the only thing that did not need replacing was the cabinets. They had a natural maple and it is pretty. It is light which is good in our dark, galley kitchen. They also had the laundry in the kitchen-ugh! We took it out and put it in the garage. I then needed more cabinets. I took the door and drawer to Home Depot and got a exact match on the design and mostly match on color.
What my DH did was mix in the few new cabinets among the old and then you could not tell the color was slightly off.
iris lilies
1-17-18, 9:00pm
http://www.simplelivingforum.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=2066&stc=1
Here is a picture of Old Mother Hubbard's Cupboard. I believe I posted pictures before a very long time ago. I just love this old thing, but DH thinks I'm crazy.
Totally with you in loving that old built in cabinet!
Totally with you in loving that old built in cabinet!
Me too!!! Now if this were HGTV some idiot designer would say, "We'll knock down that old cabinet and open up this space..."
rosarugosa
1-18-18, 7:16am
Thanks! I want to strip it and clean up or replace the hardware. I would probably paint it white again, but do a proper job. It does hold a lot of stuff.
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