8 Bit WWBG
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Post by 8 Bit WWBG on Oct 10, 2016 17:51:47 GMT -5
I am in exactly the same situation as beachbum. I want to do an "update", but not a full blown remodel. I want cabinets and counters, and a nice backsplash, and I want to stay south of $5,000. I am really worried about being like every other person who isn't sure where to start and who wanders into a big box store.
I have heard good things about Ikea and it is very uplifting to hear a poster say that after 5+ years it is holding up well. A friend of mine got cabinets from there and they look great now, but I wonder what they will look like in 10 years. Container store also has some interesting solutions for weird shaped or small spaces.
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zibazinski
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Post by zibazinski on Oct 10, 2016 19:21:41 GMT -5
You could resurface your cupboards but depending on how many it could be more than 5k but still cheaper than new. Or just paint them and add new hardware. It really all depends on size of kitchen. New backsplash can be as cheap, white subway tile, or as expensive, stone with brass accents like we did, or get a granite countertop and run it all the way up to the cabinets. Kill two birds with one stone.
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motherto2
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Post by motherto2 on Oct 14, 2016 22:36:44 GMT -5
DS and I have been to our local Ikea store quite a bit lately. He's buying a condo on Monday (yay!). While looking at several condos we thought we might be doing kitchen redo's but luckily the one he settled on has an updated kitchen. To be honest, it's quite possible that his kitchen cabinets came from Ikea! Several condos we looked at that had been updated came from there. The cabinets and layouts they have these days look great! DD bought a house last year and we kept the cabinets in her kitchen even though they didn't match. She has a very small kitchen but due to screw ups at closing her reno money went out the window. So we ended up painting them. That might be one option if you wanted to pair it down budget wise even more. She bought the Ikea butcher block (can't remember which one now) and we had a handy man install them. I knew it would be cheaper in the long run to just get him to cut them and install due to putting a couple of them together. If we screwed them up then she would end up buying again and then pay someone to install. They have held up well. Her uppers are white and lowers are black with the butcher block. Due to the bare bones budget and all the other things that needed to be be done to her 1935 house, we ended up only putting one row of white subway tile along the back for a backsplash and then painted the rest of the wall navy hale (a very dark blue). It looks great!
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