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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We live in a lovely suburban home built in 1992. At some point prior to our purchasing the home in 2013, the prior owners renovated the kitchen. They made quality selections, but they were older and not the most stylish. Appliances are black, counters are ubatuba granite, and the cabinets are nice solid wood, but raised panel and stained a medium brown with some cherry hints. They also did not remove the soffits.

We consider ourselves to be sensible and frugal and not wasteful. We like our house and our neighborhood and plan to stay at least 7 more years until our youngest graduates and possibly more beyond that as we assume our kids will attend VA instate colleges.

There are numerous other updates the home needs (original bathrooms and floors) so a full scale $75k+ kitchen remodel just seems like a tough pill to swallow. Will we regret just updating the counters and appliances and having the cabinets professionally painted (offsite by a cabinet specific company, not a random painter)? This will free up funds for bathrooms and floors.

I purposely did not post this on the home reno forum because I feel like they always recommend spending more, not less.

Thoughts?[/quote] My frugalnesss would not replace anything. As the appliances broke down and were not fixable I would buy the color I wanted until all the appliances were replaced- that is what we did with our kitchen. I am not a fan of granite, but I would suck it up until we moved.  In addition to being frugal I also like using things to the very end of their lives to reduce waste (energy and landfill).  [/quote]

Same. Our frugality has taught us not to fix it if it isn’t broken. We’re frugal with our money and our time so we wouldn’t take on the time- or money-headache unless it was necessary.[/quote]

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