10 minute kitchen renovation
Today, "renovation" is a big word that means "$20 for new knobs".
Our kitchen is white white white. Cabinets, floor, walls, appliances, knobs... even the sink and faucet! Everything is old, the layout is weird. But we don't have an enormous pile of cash to update our granny-era kitchen.
The cheapo ugly-ugly white plastic kitchen knobs made me ill. So we sprung $1.49 for slick chrome ones. (Sadly, the white ones are still for sale today... for $1.29. Which is worse: being too cheap to pay twenty cents for chrome, or preferring white plastic??) We also replaced the buzzing flourescents with some nice halogens. The previous owners bought them in 1997 and left them in a closet. Hm.
Net result... a kitchen we can live with for a little while. Amainzg what a change little things make. (Next for the kitchen : the granny wallpaper comes down!)
Our kitchen is white white white. Cabinets, floor, walls, appliances, knobs... even the sink and faucet! Everything is old, the layout is weird. But we don't have an enormous pile of cash to update our granny-era kitchen.
The cheapo ugly-ugly white plastic kitchen knobs made me ill. So we sprung $1.49 for slick chrome ones. (Sadly, the white ones are still for sale today... for $1.29. Which is worse: being too cheap to pay twenty cents for chrome, or preferring white plastic??) We also replaced the buzzing flourescents with some nice halogens. The previous owners bought them in 1997 and left them in a closet. Hm.Net result... a kitchen we can live with for a little while. Amainzg what a change little things make. (Next for the kitchen : the granny wallpaper comes down!)
posted by Sean at
12:53 AM
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I just have to add to Sean's last statement. The previous owner left the lights - still left in the original plastic bag and with a receipt attached to it.
The receipt has all the digits of the owner's credit card number.
It's a good thing we're not evil.
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Lily, at 9:47 AM
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