Really want to redo my 1990s kitchen, but....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just don’t do it. Fix what’s broken.

It's not really an option. We have hideous linoleum floors, the laminate on the counter tops is peeling, the cabinets were so filthy when we bought the house, it makes us look like slobs.

We redid our kitchen in our first house using Lowe’s. Took a few days and was very easy.

[Anonymous]

Keep the vintage floor if it’s linoleum!!! You can’t get that stuff anymore. I love that dishes don’t break when we drop them on ours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:...don't know if I have the energy/patience/will for another 6 months of remodeling hell. Find a contractor, negotiate with DH about the scope, figure out the design, decide about the cabinets, decide about the layout, decide whether to move the plumbing or not, spend hours at the tile store and at Home Depot and at Ferguson, order things that are out of stock, receive the wrong item and have to start a return, find out from the contractor that there's a troll farm in the crawl space, hire anthrax squad to fumigate the trolls, spend months picking out quartz patterns... and on top of that not being able to use the kitchen while all this is going on. Plus we don't have a ton of money set aside so we'll have to cut corners at every turn. I work full time and have two kids in high school. But I really want a new kitchen, ours is in terrible shape! Needs words of advice and wisdom on how to get started.

Sell the house and get a new one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:...don't know if I have the energy/patience/will for another 6 months of remodeling hell. Find a contractor, negotiate with DH about the scope, figure out the design, decide about the cabinets, decide about the layout, decide whether to move the plumbing or not, spend hours at the tile store and at Home Depot and at Ferguson, order things that are out of stock, receive the wrong item and have to start a return, find out from the contractor that there's a troll farm in the crawl space, hire anthrax squad to fumigate the trolls, spend months picking out quartz patterns... and on top of that not being able to use the kitchen while all this is going on. Plus we don't have a ton of money set aside so we'll have to cut corners at every turn. I work full time and have two kids in high school. But I really want a new kitchen, ours is in terrible shape! Needs words of advice and wisdom on how to get started.

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