Post your best (WORST!) horrible kitchen.
So, it got me wondering, what kind of nightmare kitchens are the rest of us dealing with? Are you brave enough to post your pics as encouragement to other bad kitchen owners? Because, heck, at least their kitchen is not as bad as yours.
I'll start. This was the worst kitchen of all the kitchens we looked at. Zero functionality in what could have been a very nice space.
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parsleycarrots
hace 11 años
mousemaker
hace 11 añosmousemaker
hace 10 años
Maile
hace 10 añosI present...our mauve kitchen. Built in 1990, purchased by us in 2011. Sadly, it will be awhile before we can afford to renovate it (we've focused on the rest of the house since it was decorated similarly). But we do have lovely windows...!
PRO123 Remodeling Inc.
hace 10 añosThese are the before pictures of an upcoming Condo Remodel. Apologize for the photographs taken by our project manager on his cell phone.
User
hace 10 añosÚltima modificación: hace 10 años
Emily Hhace 10 años
feeny
hace 10 añosÚltima modificación: hace 10 años
Judy M
hace 10 años
mpoulsom
hace 10 añosÚltima modificación: hace 10 añosone of the worst kitchens i've renovated, there have been worse in my past however, just don't have the pics! lol!
mpoulsom
hace 10 añosafter reno and knocking down a wall..............a DIY budget project done for $3000
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kitchen renovation for $3000 BUDGET · Más informaciónmjdeutsch
hace 9 añosWe're in the middle of renovations now. Needless to say we have totally gutted it.
summilux
hace 9 añosÚltima modificación: hace 9 añosThis is what I started with 19 years ago. DW came on board after the first major alteration was done, o/w not sure she would have bonded with the place as much as she did and has. Florescent lighting, low ceilings, refrigerator in another time zone, electric cooktop... the horror, the horror. It did have lots of cabinets, albeit in an unnatural stain (made even more unnatural by the lighting).
kalsti
hace 9 añosI think this pic wins an award-- just bought a beautiful historic home but this kitchen needs a lot of TLC. Any ideas for making it pretty again?
mjdeutsch
hace 9 añossummilux
hace 9 añosÚltima modificación: hace 9 años@mjdeutsch. It's a work in progress but here are 2 pictures using close to the same POV as the '95 photos. When we're done with the tiling it will be fun to make an ideabook showing the gradual changes. As a DIY, the biggest priority was to maximize natural light. Appliances and cabinets came later. BTY, do you or did you have a kitchen worthy of this thread?
mjdeutsch
hace 9 añossay9971
hace 9 añosPurchased great home with small, dysfunctional, outdated kitchen. We gutted it including the white pavers with black grout on entire back wall. In the middle of renovating. Extending cabinets across back wall, eliminating short dividing wall and resizing long window to be a shorter window like one already on one side of kitchen. Adding L shaped peninsula opposite with range, stainless steel range and hood with counter height eating area. Will try to post when done, two more weeks...
summilux
hace 9 añosjeanrader
hace 9 añosThe kitchen when we bought this 70 year old house, and the kitchen after remodel.
lucindalane
hace 9 añosÚltima modificación: hace 9 añoskalsti, what are you're ideas on your kitchen? Are you wanting to tear it out completely? Those cabinets are metal, and they should be steel with an enamel covering. Are they very rusted out inside? They really are a bit on the rare side, I believe. If they aren't a completely rusted out mess, you could have them stripped down and have a complete set of stainless steel cabinets. Also, is that tile actual tile, or the fake kind? One thing that you are definitely going to have to deal with is the fact that there is probably going to be a lot of lead paint and asbestos in that old kitchen-and chances are the city is going to require you to have a professional deal with it safely.
If those cabinets are salvageable, you could probably have a partially "period" style kitchen. If they are still in good shape, they could probably support anything from a wood counter, to a slate one, or maybe even a cement one. I don't know what your taste is, of course. If they were stripped they could have a real modern look-or you could have them refinished in a color or your choosing. The tricky thing might be finding a more modern sink. It also looks like you have two very large windows there, so that should bring in some great light.
Again, I don't know what your tastes are, but you did say it was a historic home-and to "restore" the kitchen along with updating it, would probably be a plus if you wanted to sell it in the future.
Sometimes things have to be totally replaced, but preserving things is sometimes desirable,.too-if at all possible. So, if the cabinets aren't a total loss, but you don't want them, I hope you will consider passing them onto someone who would love to have them. Believe it or not, there are people who are restoring kitchens as authentic as they can to the era of the home.
Here's an example of an updated "period" look.
Retro Kitchen Remodel · Más información
And a mixture of the old and the new for a retro yet contemporary look
Retro Kitchen Remodel · Más información
Last, but not least-stripped down, as I first mentioned.
stainless steel kitchen · Más informaciónsay9971
hace 9 años
Lindsey Foster
hace 9 añosmjdeutsch
hace 9 años
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beachlily
hace 9 añosSo here WAS our kitchen...you'll notice there is no refrigerator in pix...because we had no room IN the kitchen for it so it was in the adjoining foyer....yup! Anyway, we are renovating kitchen now so.....:)
Sophie Barber
hace 9 añosCornerstone Builders Inc., that is truly gross.
Here's mine. We gutted recently and it's almost done now, so no afters yet, but I'm attaching a work-in-progress picture!
smarterthandog
hace 9 años
Denita
hace 9 añosÚltima modificación: hace 9 años
kalsti
hace 9 añossummilux
hace 9 añosÚltima modificación: hace 9 añoslucindalane
hace 9 añosÚltima modificación: hace 9 añoskalsti
hace 9 añoslucindalane
hace 9 añosÚltima modificación: hace 9 años
Dorothy Pohorelow
hace 9 añosKitchen as is currently, the fridge is in a nook that should have been stairs to the second floor that was never built. Open the door and it totally blocks the entrance/exit to the kitchen proper where the steps down to the back door and basement are located. When we moved in there was a narrow apartment stove in the kitchen that was on its last legs... oh and we have a "breakfast nook" that is 5 1/2 ft wide by 6 ft deep... and yes it is being renovated finally after taking care of the outside must do for safety things like roof, windows and even front steps...
PROHal Braswell Consulting
hace 9 añosOld kitchen may not have been worst in America but totally dysfunctional. Renovation nearly complete except for trim, end cap to counter and installing MW.
makaloco
hace 9 añosHere's how mine looked when I bought the house. That room is now my study, and the kitchen is in a former front bedroom.
PROGregory Greenwood Construction
hace 8 añosHere's a BEFORE & AFTER of one of our satisfied client's kitchens. No more mirror over the sink!
BEFORE: Classic Hancock Park Kitchen Remodel · Más información
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hace 8 años
Theresa Holt
hace 8 añosI sure wish I had before pictures to share!!!! Lost in a storm years ago. Rubber glove yellow cabinets, John Deer green countertops. 1968 Indian brown paisley flooring and blue mums as big as your head wallpaper. But I do have an after photo.
dnmeadows86
hace 8 añosafter seeing some of these i feel so much better about my kitchen, home we just bought (our first home), we are in the process of gutting the kitchen. Any suggestions on covering this floor for a reasonable price, would love to hear them (its torginal with concrete underneath)!
territheresa
hace 4 añosterritheresa
hace 4 añosdenkyem
hace 4 añosHere's the kitchen that came with our 1910-built house. I assume it was last renovated in the 70s or so. Note cabinets installed over a disused chimney bump-out beside the stove (the uppers had about a 4" functional depth), impossible-to-reach uppers set way back above the fridge, no dishwasher, and the fact that the only tiny prep space is jammed between the sink and stove. Oh, and that hideous linoleum was 70% asbestos! Unexpected bonuses included that under-cabinet-mounted radio which came with a cassette tape of early 90s country music, and a big pot of rancid cooking oil stored in the oven. The house had been unoccupied for over a year! We gutted everything, pulled out that chimney, widened the doorway by the fridge and opened up part of the wall by the kitchen table to add a peninsula overlooking the adjoining dining room. Took the two exterior walls down to the studs and insulated them too. Hope to have "after" pictures of a fresh Ikea Axstad kitchen in this space in the next few weeks!
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