Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Talk me out of it, no, talk me INTO it!

I really wanna do it.  I've been dreaming of it for months.  Pros and Cons lists.   Everyone is doing it. 

What is keeping me up at night? 

I want to remove our upper kitchen cabinets on one wall and put in shelves. 

You're bummed aren't you?  You thought it was some amazing earth shaking idea, sorry.

That's the only pic of that wall I have right now and as you can see there aren't that many cabinets anyways so I wouldn't be losing on storage, I think I'd be gaining.

The blurry "thing" to the right, that's a cabinet as well, and it being gone would REALLY open up the kitchen to the eating nook.

The thing that is keeping me from pulling the trigger is having to pay to have it all done.  I know NOTHING about electrical or demo and honestly, I am just not brave enough to just jump in.  Now, if the cabinets were attached to the wall without a soffit I would try, but I have a feeling once that soffit is attacked dry wall will be necessary.

Another con is that the walls in the kitchen are paneling and I worry it would be a huge cost to tie the existing paneling in with new.

Can you see where I'm going here...cheap, cheap, poor, both of us in school, I worry I'd open a big ol' expensive can of worms.

The other big hurdle is our home was build in the 1950's and I recently saw on the news that demo in homes built prior to 1970 is now specialized and both contractor and home owner can be fined if demo isn't done in a new, safer manner.  I'm assuming this is due to lead.  SO that just adds another $$$ to the whole thing.

I just don't know what to do.  Once I get an idea I can't stop myself.  Estimates are free, might be worth a few phone calls. 

If anyone knows of a good contractor or handy man in the Columbus Ohio area, email me at kat_eyez23@yahoo.com

Here's an inspiration picture for you from Pure Style Home.  Serious, Laura has more creativity in one of her nose hairs than I do in my entire fluffy body!
photo: Pure Style Home

11 comments:

  1. HI RUTH YOUR KITCHEN LOOKS SO DARLING
    THIS IS MY ALMOST NO COST IDEA WHAT IF YOU TAKE OFF YOUR CABINET DOORS YOU COULD PAINT THE INSIDE OF YOUR CUPBOARDS BRIGHT WHITE OR A COLOR SO WHAT EVER YOU PUT IN THEM WOULD POP ! GETTING THE LOOK OF OPEN SHELF'S UNTIL YOU CAN DO A BIGGER REDO ! I HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY I WILL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOUR KITCHEN !!

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  2. I hadn't thought about that, that is a great idea! I just might try that this weekend!!!

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  3. I am with you I say DO IT! I love open shelves and would do mine in a minute though my Mr. says NO Way! Ugh...........Best of Luck~Cheers Kim

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  4. Hi Beth! Honestly, I think your kitchen looks really good just as it is in the photo, but trust me, I know how it feels to want to make MAJOR changes in the kitchen!! I want to paint our cupboards but the Mister says NO WAY!!

    Janet's idea is a great one!! And it would be easy to try it and see what you think!!

    You are right about getting a few estimates!! Estimates are free and who knows, you might learn that it will be cheaper than you think! If it is keeping you up at night, get the estimates and go from there!!

    Hope you had a wonderful Birthday!!!

    :-)

    Polly

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  5. Polly your hubby must know how much of a pain it is to paint cabinets. I painted all of ours the weekend we moved in and they had just been painted the week before by the previous owners. They had the nerve to paint them...cream. GAG. Really, who paints kitchen cabinets a warm cream? Hello, they looked dirty instantly.

    Oh what a chore it was and our kitchen is S M A L L I can only imagine what a huge kitchen would be like. I think I'm going to take the doors off on the opposite side, by the microwave and see how it goes. The side in the picture would be awkward sice there is that one cabinet that juts out.

    Just means I have to re-arrange everything!! Thankfully Eric is pretty easy going and realizes once I get that hair up my bum there's no stopping me. He is also good at telling me "told you so." lol

    The bday was great, thank you! Now on to our anniversary, yours is coming too!!

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