Kitchen Renovation
Kitchen Renovation
Originally uploaded by Larry13.
The new lighter countertop makes the kitchen look so much lighter and brighter--in spite of the dark cabinets.
The countertop is much lighter than the old "harvest yellow" counter tops, but in real life does appear to be a light chocolate brown with a whitish background.
The kitchen renovation was necessary due to the old faucet (possibly a 1950s era relic) was leaking around the cartridge (around the post that supports the handle) as well as spurting out a hole in the "arm" of the faucet that was completely corroded through.
Other improvements that were included in this very small renovation included :
1. a new range hood (the old hood was disgusting when we moved in 20 years ago and efforts to clean it were in vain and there was no insulation between it and outdoors!),
2. a new disposer (the old one did not work well after having a small metallic part dropped into it and not discovered for nearly a week when it sounded "loud" - it remained very loud and the new one "whispers")
3. less visible is the plumbing under the sink which was brought up to code and made water tight.
We re-used the stainless steel sink which still has a few years left in it (that saved nearly $500 making this project affordable this year.
posted by LarryandJean @ 9:50 PM
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4 Comments:
I love what you've done with the kitchen.
Thank you - the saleman recommended the color for the countertop (we all agreed with him - his pick was better than all of our "favorites") and Jean picked the lovely range hood (not shown).
It looks great! And you only needed to worry about being in the middle of construction for 1 day!
That is so right - GMP spent longer cleaning up the cupboards underneath, of course, so the whole process isn't completed even now. But at least we are using the kitchen without any real difficulties. And the countertop cleans up very easily, she says.
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