kitchen Revamp Dilemna
Hi there
I’m new to Houzz. This is my kitchen, a mahogany solid wood kitchen which was installed in our new build 20 years ago. I’m looking for ideas of how to modernise this kitchen, it deserves a new lease of life.
Would a new counter top, handles and tiles do the trick or would I need to spray paint the kitchen.
Any ideas welcome....
Comments (8)
6 years agoJonathan is spot on. Remove some of the wall cupboards and put up shelves, change worktop and tiles. Then paint cupboards, although wooden kitchens are making a comeback! Luckily the cupboards are shaker style which never goes out of fashion. There are companies who spray paint kitchen units and even some who will do a whole makeover, but I’m not sure of costs. Updating a kitchen is a wonderfully eco thing to do, so well done. There is someone on Houzz Advice that has done something similar to her kitchen and it looks amazing. I’ll see if I can find who it was. Here’s some inspiration pics to keep you going.
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This is a screenshot of the post where someone updated their kitchen and it looks amazing. The After pic is near the bottom of the comments. I couldn’t share the link but you can search for it.
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