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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We're buying a foreclosed home that was cosmetically destroyed by the prior owner.  We'll need to redo 4 bedroom floors, paint entire house (3000 sf), replace light fixtures/fans and buy all new appliances - and this is all just to make it livable.  We have a few other (not inexpensive) issues to deal with eventually.  I'm a little overwhelmed trying to pick flooring, paint colors and redo the kitchen all at once, as ideally, I wish I could live there awhile and decide how I want everything to look.  I'm making compromises, putting in a little less expensive carpet in the rooms I want to eventually tile or wood and I'm painting the walls all neutral even though sooner or later I'm going to want some color.  My big issue is what to do in the kitchen.

The cabinets are in good shape, maybe a little dated.  And the countertops (tile) have a few cracks, so I will want to redo some day, but it's not an emergency.  It's an open floor plan, with tiled floor, that moves from kitchen to small eating nook to living area, and in my dreams I'd push out and turn the kitchen island, totaling eliminating the nook area.  In the kitchen itself, there's space for a dishwasher, slide in range with above-range microwave and a refrigerator.  Since I have to buy new appliances, I'd like the separate cook top  double wall ovens and a counter height wine/beer fridge.  If I go with anything different than what it's currently spaced for, I'm going to have to make big changes.  But it seems so wasteful to go buy appliances I know I'll change in the next couple years.  AND, if I do make any cabinet/big-kitchen changes now, it seems silly not to do my island changes as well.

To top it all off, I'm totally inexperienced in any of these processes. I just started typing a sentence that maybe I should just buy used appliances until I can afford to do everything at the same time, and I felt ill just thinking about dealing with used.  What would you do? [/quote]

Here is the kitchen.  (sorry, I couldn't figure out how to load it)

[img]http://i.imgur.com/V9C9ODs.png[/img][/quote]

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