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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ok- Just my opinion:

Brass aka gold-colored fixtures are awful and horribly dated.  We bought a house and have been systematically removing all the brass from the early 90s, replacing doorknobs, light plates, shower and tub pieces, and light fixtures.  Pretty sure the "gold" look was a huge turn off to most people who looked at the house.  We have replaced at least 8 light fixtures which is NBD to us, but for most people an electrician would probably charge them a TON.  Our neighbors seemed confused that we could do it ourselves.  lol.

I think white walls are a huge turnoff as well.

I think a nice neutral wood cabinet will look a lot nicer and appeal to more buyers than white cabinets.

A small percent of buyers can look past the cosmetics, the majority will not.[/quote]

I would prefer you not do anything.  I'd tear it out too.  Not sure why this poster says neighbors are confused at DIY.  Several of ours DIY, including us and its no big deal.  I don't care about paint color as that is a cheap change.  I care about cabinets but I'd rather have white than a light color.  I'd prefer dark wood.

Bottomline, is you cannot please everyone so do it for you and let the change it or leave it and let the next owner deal with it.[/quote]

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