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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP if you’re going to be on a tight budget and that’s going to make you miserable, just don’t do it. Replace the counters and the flooring, scrub the cabinets with simple green, and put the money you have in a CD because interest rates are high right now. Then keep saving and revisit it in 5-10 years. [/quote]

This is the way.

Hire a professional to scrub the cabinets, then have them painted. Put tile down over the linoleum. Get new countertops. Call it a day. You will feel a lot better about your kitchen after doing this.

When we moved into our house that's exactly what we did. I didn't like the black granite with blue specks but it was granite and I wasn't going to throw it away, so we picked a backsplash and floor tiles to play off the blue. We painted the cabinets white. It was like a whole new kitchen even though, again, I wouldn't have picked that countertop or those appliances myself.

And then . . . catastrophe. A pipe burst and the whole kitchen was destroyed. We got a new kitchen out of it, but really the old kitchen was an A-/B+ without the months of hassle of a total rebuild. Yes, I got to pick counters and appliances that were more me, but it wasn't worth the time or cost (we did have to pay $$$ because we wanted what we wanted and the insurance would only cover so much).  [/quote]

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