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Existing Kitchen

            July 14, 2019 - I decided my kitchen needed a facelift.  This all started because my dishwasher detergent cup no longer locks it broke in late June.  The dishwasher was in the house when I purchased it in 1995. It is probably 30 - 35 years old so it was time to replace it.  I was just going to replace the dishwasher however the previous owners put a new tile floor in which blocks the dishwasher from being easily replaced. I was never content with my kitchen the only work I have done to it was to replace the original drop-in oven which didn't work when I bought the house and the matching harvest gold exhaust hood was replaced with a white exhaust hood. I painted the walls yellow in 1996.  The oven I bought in 1995 died in March 2018 so the oven is only a year old. I also replaced the kitchen faucet last August. I thought about just maintaining the faucet but decided to upgrade to a faucet with a pullout sprayer. 

I engaged KitchenSaver to replace the cabinet doors and drawer fronts, countertop and sink.  I want the kitchen to look brand new so hired a contractor to strip nearly 100 years worth of paint off the pantry and basement doors, door frames, window, window frame and sill and repaint the woodwork and walls.  The contractor will also be installing wood base since the base was removed by a previous owner.  I am also installing a Subway tile white backsplash which will go up to the bottom of the wall cabinets and on either side of the window. 

I am a retired architect and it was fun getting back into design. I knew exactly what I wanted and took me no time at all to select everything.

I am going with an Arts and Crafts oak cabinet and drawer fronts. The wood stain is nearly a perfect match to the house woodwork and my furniture. Door and drawer pulls are bronze/copper in the Arts and Crafts style.

I also bought new light fixtures for the kitchen and dining room both with a bronze finish. KitchenSaver will be installing five dimmable LED lights below the cabinets and above the sink. 

I decided to add a recycling/trash cabinet and pantry cabinet to fill in the dead space between the refrigerator and wall this necessitated the removal of the existing quad outlet that the refrigerator is plugged into.  (no outlet behind the refrigerator)  In order to do any electrical work in my house I had to bring the existing electrical circuit breaker panel up to current codes. Which meant I needed to replace the existing electrical circuit breaker panel. I had a duplex outlet added behind the refrigerator. With the new circuit breaker panel I now can use the microwave oven and toaster oven at the same time. What a concept!  I also replaced the old fashion knob and tube light switch which controls the basement light. The old switch scared me and wasn't safe.

New window treatments for the backdoor and window.  I wasn't able to find a blind which matches the Sherwin Williams Indian White SW 1035 paint color so I am going with a Levelor Cordless Cellular blind that is an exact match to the Sherwin Williams Koi Pond SW 7727 wall color.

One last improvement the contractor got paint stripper on the existing oven exhaust hood so I replaced the hood with a new black hood which matches the oven.

Taken on: July 14, 2019

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