another reference to a "cheap" renovation: here is the kitchen i built for our home.
i bought a kitchen full of cabinets used from the habitat restore about 10 years ago for about 500 bucks. they sat around taking up space in my garage for about 7 years before i finally got around to working on it.
there were 4 cabinets left over when i was finished. there were also a few cabinets that were of the wrong size, so i modified the box a little to suit our needs. originally they were a light maple color like the inside of the picture below. i don't have any pics handy of the original kitchen, but it was ugly as fuck. think about what the kitchen from a late 70's spec home might have been like after a little less than 40 years of use.
needless to say, the color was....not to our style. i threw away all the shelves and door faces and built my own. i sanded down all the cabinet frames and re stained them in mahogany.
the kitchen is a total mess right now. my wife would be pissed if she knew i posted these, but you get the idea.
i hand built the plate racks and wine rack
hand built the pull outs for trash, recycling, and spices
the counter tops are made from porcelain tile that looks like rusty metal or more like rust stained cement. the most expensive element here was that aluminum anodized trim along the edges. i used spectra lock epoxy grout on the countertops so we never have to worry about the grout staining or becoming moldy from spills.
i moved the refrigerator from the left side of the kitchen to where the pantry used to be.
all my appliances are used from craigslist. the kitchen aid stove probably originally cost well over two grand. i paid around 300 bucks for it in good working order.
as you can see, there is a LOT of labor involved in this project. i spent about 2 months working on it in my spare time. not accounting for my work, i have about 3600.00 invested in this kitchen with appliances, electrical and plumbing.
i bought a kitchen full of cabinets used from the habitat restore about 10 years ago for about 500 bucks. they sat around taking up space in my garage for about 7 years before i finally got around to working on it.
there were 4 cabinets left over when i was finished. there were also a few cabinets that were of the wrong size, so i modified the box a little to suit our needs. originally they were a light maple color like the inside of the picture below. i don't have any pics handy of the original kitchen, but it was ugly as fuck. think about what the kitchen from a late 70's spec home might have been like after a little less than 40 years of use.
needless to say, the color was....not to our style. i threw away all the shelves and door faces and built my own. i sanded down all the cabinet frames and re stained them in mahogany.
the kitchen is a total mess right now. my wife would be pissed if she knew i posted these, but you get the idea.
i hand built the plate racks and wine rack
hand built the pull outs for trash, recycling, and spices
the counter tops are made from porcelain tile that looks like rusty metal or more like rust stained cement. the most expensive element here was that aluminum anodized trim along the edges. i used spectra lock epoxy grout on the countertops so we never have to worry about the grout staining or becoming moldy from spills.
i moved the refrigerator from the left side of the kitchen to where the pantry used to be.
all my appliances are used from craigslist. the kitchen aid stove probably originally cost well over two grand. i paid around 300 bucks for it in good working order.
as you can see, there is a LOT of labor involved in this project. i spent about 2 months working on it in my spare time. not accounting for my work, i have about 3600.00 invested in this kitchen with appliances, electrical and plumbing.
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