The realtor had suggestions for most of the house, but threw up her hands at the kitchen, believing it might be too big a job or too expensive to redo the tiny kitchen with its 1979 dark oak, almond laminate, and original appliances. But Hubby and I thought that amongst the new paint, flooring, light fixtures, and hardware throughout the rest of the home, the old, dark kitchen would stick out like a sore thumb, and disappoint potential buyers, so we worked up some ideas, which the family approved. (More on that in Part 2.)
Prince Stoic and Hubby got in a bit of a hurry and started demo before taking thorough 'before' pics I requested (the sink wall and over-peninsula uppers were already down), but here are the 'before' layout and renderings done with Chief Architect software
, and some of the 'almost before' photos:
The almost-blank slate:
