Help pleas !!! My kitchen in need

8 years ago

Hello the houzz friends

I want to refresh my kitchen but I don't know from where I have to start ... Very old design still control the style of this kitchen ...it's real miss ,,, really need your helps ... Any ideas your are welcome ,,, paint decor .. Replacement ... Shelves !!!! Thanks ,,, 0;0 !!!

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hortonhearsawho2013

8 years ago

Okay! Lots of good ideas coming in!

I'd like to see the walls painted in a pale blue grey colour to bring out the timber & windowsills & ceiling refreshed with white paint.

I'd like to see this trolley: http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/50227973/ down beside the oven with the juicer on the top and baking tins or pots in the other shelves below. (if it doesn't fit here then it can go where the shoe shelf is)

Another (slightly bizarre) idea I had is, can you get the fridge fitted into the understairs cupboard by the boots & coat? Measure up first and if it might be possible, then ask a builder to come over & check it out for you - you may even be able to pick up a narrower slim line fridge on Ebay?

Paint the narrow shelves you've got your boots on in white and put beside the doorway instead of the trolley. Buy some matching wicker or white baskets for these shelves for extra storage for cleaning cloths, teatowels & oven mits

The arched shelf & ornaments need to come down, instead find a blind for the window in a smart pattern or stripe that you like and let this be your feature.

Now, as others suggested, you do need to declutter. Easiest way is to get a box and anything you haven't used in the last 6 months goes into it. Then, another box, and anything you haven't used in the last 3 months. The 6 month box might as well go to charity or be given away to family, the other box needs to be nearby but out of the kitchen.

Worktops & windowsill need to be clear the only exception is the kettle & tea&coffee jars and possibly a utensil jar - do you use ALL those utensils? So, sorry but, no oils, chopping boards or food items on display!

I really think you can make this an awesome space and I think the doors give it lots of character, my biggest bugbear is the fridge in the middle of the room! Enjoy the process of giving your kitchen a new life, after all, it's one of the most used rooms in a home!

Good Luck and keep us posted on the progress!

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hortonhearsawho2013
8 years ago
A few questions....
1/ Do you have to have the coats & boots by the door where you walk in? Is there anywhere else they can go?
2/ What do you store in the big drawers under the microwave?
3/ Do you have/would you like to have a dishwasher?
4/ Do you have to have the door into the kitchen or could you remove this completely to give more space?
5/ Could we have a photo of what is between the oven & the fridge
6/ Do you use the juicer every day?
7/ Are you into cooking from scratch?
8/ Could the clothes rack go in the hallway?
9/ Is the window by the microwave essential or could this be blocked over?
These will help determine a few things so as to give appropriate ideas!
Are you looking to do a new kitchen or just update/refresh what you have? You can make a real difference in this room with either, I really like some of the old cupboards!
alant1000
8 years ago
A lot of it depends on your budget, small budget = paint walls and cupboard doors and rehang some of those doors too which look a bit wonky (under £100), right up to maybe 5k for an entire new kitchen and anywhere in between.

A good tidy up and new paint will make a great difference.
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Salim Deco
Original Author
8 years ago
Hello thanks for you comment . For the moment I want just to refresh the kitchen ... In future maybe a new one with a extension ... The boot and the coat can be moved to somewhere else . I drink fresh juice 3 times a week so it's have to be near by .. There's no windows in between the microwave it's a mean door to the kitchen ... The other doors the wait one its lad to the garden and second it's just like little under stairs used for some food storage ....!! The cupboard that you ask about have some books for cooking and some pieces for use in the kitchen !!!! Thanks !!!!
jacksplash
8 years ago
Hi Salim,.
I think a good clear out of things you don't use could make the kitchen feel bigger
I like your units and think they will be fine until you do a full refit.. A roller blind for your window and a fresh coat of paint on the walls would go a long way to making it good.
Here's a pic of roller blinds they come in lots of different colours so you could choose whichever colour you prefer.
minnie101
8 years ago
Hi Salim. I agree with others, a declutter, paint the walls and add blinds. The cupboards look good, if they're wonky they can be fixed. I would also lose the arched wall shelf as it dates the kitchen
milfordmaid
8 years ago
As with jacksplash - take everything - and that's everything - out of the kitchen. Wash box + label. Plug microwave .+ kettle into another room (juicer if you have to). Eat sandwiches+ mw food + use launderette til this is done. This will focus your mind to get on with job.
Clean ALL cupboards, outside + inside, all walls inc tiles, windows + sills + all machinery ie cooking + washing machine.
Assuming floor is in good shape - leave alone. Can't see clearly, but if tiled rewhite grout.
Likewise can't see ceiling light. If pendant, then large but shallow plastic hat-like shade in yellow or blue. Consider a short fluorescent light. Not great on looks but brilliant for light.
Paint ceiling white if required.
Tackle inside cupboards, line shelves with cut off lino if available.
Prime + paint all cupboard doors + wall open shelving in a light pastel shade of choice - eg pale blue. And paint walls in a complimentary slightly darker colour - eg light yellow. Re-grout tiles.
Change handleware to yellow (on blue doors).
Paint windows sill + wooden reveilles in darker blue or yellow. No further deco needed - unless you have nosy neighbours - consider Roman blind. No curtains.
Paint any freestanding furniture in matching cupboard colour.
Paint both doors in kitchen same colour - even if only wooden larder door is painted white.
At this point you can go with darker colours. Add plastics, bowl drainer etc in blue/yellow.
Then replace items +furniture to kitchen as you use it. Do not bring coats scarves hats boots back into kitchen - find another place.
Could you hang 1 large jacket to-fit-all at back of larder door?
Place items that not stored in cupboards in blue/yellow coloured boxes, jugs, bins , buckets etc.
if budget allows replace electrical items that are on display with matching coloured. Ditto for hand tools that are hung on display.
After a month of using your refreshed kitchen - items that are still in boxes ( except for special ware eg Xmas ware) is not going to be used. Donate to charity shop - it's already clean + boxed!
mrsmcee74
8 years ago
I like your wall cupboards, they have some character to them so I wouldn't paint. It looks like worktop space is your problem and you need more preparation area. Have a good sort out and reorganise where things go and try to clear away things on top of the worktops as much as possible - chopping boards into drawers, oils into a cupboard. Maybe you could get an electrician in to add some more plug sockets by the trolley and the juicer and some of the other things next to the sink can move to sit on top of the trolley unit. If you move the arched shelf you would have some room for some decent sized shelves - IKEA are great for kitchen shelves and it's a great place to go for inspiration on storage ideas, they are masters of the small space. Once you've reorganised, just get a fresh coat of paint on the walls - something light and fresh. Take down the blinds and replace with a new roller blind.
bagpuss2
8 years ago
I recently redid a kitchen using Howdens units- the kitchen including cooker hood came to under £1k but the fact that walls needed levelling and the ceiling lowered and spotlights fitted shot my price up. My advice would be to first of all tidy up. Take everything that isn't fitted out of the space and then have a look at what is there.

I think you need to paint the walls and change blinds to a simple roller blind. You need a splash back over the cooker- a plain steel one can be bought from around £30 if you look on eBay.give the units a good clean- they look practical.

You don't need the Hoover in there.

Anything you don't use or which has no sentimental or practical value needs to go- sold, recycled, donated or stored in loft or shed
milfordmaid
8 years ago
Bagpuss- I had no idea what the Hoover was .... somehow I thought it might have been a medium sized shaggy dog ! Or one of those giant cat animals that just happened into the photo !!!
Well, I was looking at pic on phone ....
bagpuss2
8 years ago
Mine lives in my hall cupboard and it terrifies my cat
milfordmaid
8 years ago
Which ? The Hoover or shaggy dog lives in the hallway cupboard? Dog lives outside. Cats live wherever they wish... Tabby + white petrified of my 'witches' broom. Ginger is frightened of nothing - but he's thick !!!
Salim Deco
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8 years ago
Hello houzz friends

Thanks you for you comment . Sorry for the delight replay . I was busy in another project ... So I start the kitchen just slowly ... I have take some of your ideas in consideration I will share theme when I finish ... But I have to see the kitchen now in a real miss ... Old house ... The plaster came off the wall quick that I was imaging .... I will put some new tiles !!! And repaint the hull kitchen ... I will put some plaster board as Moroccan decor ...so I hope I get it right " inchae Allah " ... See y later

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