This is the next target of our nesting-on-steroids campaign. It will be a different project than remodeling the bathroom, since we don't have another kitchen. We won't be able to drag the project out over a year.
There are lots of cute shows on HGTV about remodeling, and Lowe's or Home Depot are more than happy to give you a bunch of catalogs full of expensive shit. I wish some of it pertained to our kitchen. The USA's home improvement marketing machine doesn't have the dinky galley kitchen on its radar. I don't pretend to be surprised, just annoyed. I took the two pictures above while standing in the same spot. This is a small kitchen. It's nice and efficient for one cook, but it bears no resemblance to the vast rooms full of custom cabinetry that fill magazines and catalogs. I'd like to make some aspects of it more space-efficient; perhaps IKEA will have some options. Our kitchen is huge by European standards.
Anyway, we're thinking Corian or some solid counter top material, a big, deep, single bowl sink that takes less counter space than the present shallow two-bowler, apothecary glass cupboard doors, and perhaps a new window. We're replacing the Reagan-Era dishwasher anyway.
Our house is a modest, comfortable ranch. Tearing out walls and doing a dream kitchen would cost more money than we'd ever get back from a buyer, so we're going to be moderate. It will be a harder project to live with than the bathroom, though.
5 comments:
Sounds very sensible and very nice. And you can cook things in the fireplace (or on your car's exhaust manifold) anyway.
Have you guys looked at "The Not So Big House", one can usually find some great space saving ideas.
I know what a pain it is to get real cooking jobs done in a small place! But at least your kitchen is starting out pretty! I can't wait to see your place, Chris... These pictures are wonderful!
And if your kitchen is dismantled when me and Weez are out there, you can employ him to roast your food over a trashcan fire just like in Africa.
You guys have the determination and know-how (or good resource people!) to see this through. Go for it!! It might be painful for a while, but I know how much you long for a kitchen that makes you both happier.
apartmenttherapy.com has cool ideas; we're trying to think outside the box without freaking out a potential buyer some day. The construction work will not begin until the fall, when it's not so hot.
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