Kitchen Refresh

One of the problems with buying a house from owners that were DIY enthusiasts is that every now and again you have to deal with a project that wasn't built to last. Our kitchen was one such project, though we didn't know it when we first moved in of course. Over the last couple of years the cupboards next to the stove have slowly listed clockwise, to the point that our microwave door would actually close itself due to the angle. There's also the cupboard doors that no longer lined up straight and drawers that refused to close properly. We put up with this for quite a while, until mum suggested that the cupboards were in danger of collapsing soon if we didn't do something about it. Reason enough to pull our finger out and call an expert.



The kitchen company that we got in to quote pretty much agreed with mum's assessment (why wouldn't he?) so we booked in a date to fix this up. Our initial fear that the entire cabinet would have to be replaced was quickly put to rest. Apparently all it needed was to be propped up properly and adjusted which would just take about half a day. Even so this meant that we would have to clear out everything in the pantry and drawers. Amazing how much stuff you can hide away and forget about.



We even had to dump things in the second bed room.



The kitchen had always been one renovation project that we were going to leave to the next owner to deal with (along with the bathroom), but since we were already doing some work on it we couldn't pass up the chance to give the appliances a little refresh. Especially when they were already going to be calling in a sparky to remove the oven, why not put a new one back in afterwards? In fact a new stove top wouldn't go amiss either.



It's surprising what a big difference this makes to the room. Even the new metallic kick boards seem to make the space seem larger. Very happy with the results I must say. Hrmm, now how about that bathroom?