Thinking about a kitchen remodel.
 We are starting to give serious thought to remodeling our kitchen.The picture on the left is the kitchen as it is now. Though the existing cabinets give the kitchen a cozy country cabin look, that isn’t really what the house is all about. We want to bring the kitchen more into the mid century modern look in which it was originally designed. One thing we will be doing is putting on different cabinet doors that go better with the style of the house. We are also planning on installing new counter tops. We are still looking around for a material we like but haven’t made a decision yet. It will definitely not be granite. We are planning on putting an Energy Star refrigerator in the space where the fake bricks currently are and moving the oven under the stove. The lighting for the room is inadequate but we haven’t figured out what to do with it yet. That is definitely going to be a challenge. At this point we are still in the “early confused stage” of planning. However, we are to the point where we are ready to have a contractor come out and discuss how realistic our preliminary ideas might be. Once we’ve talked to the contractor we will regroup and figure out what we want to do next. |
May 12th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
Hi,
My husband and I are retro renovating our 1950’s kitchen.
We are in the process of looking for lighting. Where did you find the track lighting that is on your kitchen ceiling?
Tiel
May 23rd, 2008 at 6:45 pm
The lighting in the kitchen came with the house and we don’t know what it is.
We recently had an electrician look at it with the thought of adding additional lighting to match it. He couldn’t find a brand name so we still don’t really know what we have.
We have learned that what we have is called monorail lighting, not track lighting, so if you look for that you might be closer to what you are looking for.
We know how confusing figuring out lighting can be. Good luck in your hunting.
June 20th, 2009 at 10:22 am
Hi Anne and Gary,
I just found your blog. It is great and I really appreciate your videos. They really help me get a spacial idea of your home. My husband and I are buying a home that was built in 1964. For the most part, the house has all of its original features. Our challenge will be updating the house without losing the mid-century feel. We have a lot of exposed brick on the interior of our home that we love. But we also have a lot of clear cedar wood paneling that we are warming up to but are not 100% keen on keeping–at least not all of it.
I’m thinking about doing a blog when we start our remodeling. I’m curious to hear what you think about blogging about your remodel. Good luck with all of your decisions!
John and Rebekah
June 22nd, 2009 at 10:44 am
It is difficult to decide how much of the original character of a house to try to retain. We have struggled with whether to try to restore our mid-century home or just try to keep with the feel of the original design. We chose to try to retain the classical feel.
If your house is a classic, your cedar paneling is original, and the house hasn’t already been remuddled, you might consider keeping the paneling. Of course, it’s your house and you can do anything you want. We just have a love for natural wood and that is probably what we would do. It’s really up to you.
We have enjoyed our blog a great deal. We get about forty visitors a day, which amazes us. We have no idea why so many people visit.
Blogging is time consuming and takes quit a lot of work. If blogging is something you think you would enjoy we would recommend it. If you would like tips about blogging, let us know. We would be glad to share our experiences.
Good luck.
June 11th, 2010 at 12:01 pm
SAVE THE BRICK WALL IN THE KITCHEN!!! It’s too cool to lose!