So, it was off with the solid wood kitchen cabinet doors and all were painted with 3 coats of Farrow and Ball oil-based eggshell front and back (yes it did take ages). The base units are now Blue Green and the wall cupboards are Clunch - we also used Clunch emulsion for the walls themselves. The new cooker is installed, as is the wood effect flooring and I've finished the Roman Blind. It all feels so much better - cleaner and fresher - for a minimum outlay AND we saved the units from going to landfill!
Two wall cupboards and a double base unit (not where we keep the double bass) in the kitchen were picked up some years ago up the road from a lady who was having a kitchen re-fit. I spotted the cupboards on her lawn and offered her £10 for them. Recently, as a result of a house move, someone (also up the road) put similar kitchen doors and drawers in a skip at the front of their house and allowed me to have some, which Clive re-sized and fitted to our sink base unit in the utility room.
The cupboard handles were replaced by plain pine knobs from Wilkinsons - not Mark Wilkinson's (as thought by the Recycling Goddess) but from Wilko the cheapo shop! They have been waxed and now fit in quite well.
I'll post some photos of the updated utility room soon.
3 comments:
It looks so good - well done. There's a lot of work there. The colour is a lovely shade.
LOVE it! Amazing how a bit of colour transforms them!
Lace - all the work was done by Clive (although I did paint a few coats on the cupboard doors!)
Frugal - The biggest expense was the flooring and cooker but, after 21 years, I felt it was justified! The Farrow and Ball paint, although expensive, goes on like silk and goes a long way too ... so overall a VERY inexpensive kitchen update.
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