AN OLD NEW KITCHEN

It took almost 4 months to get my kitchen counters updated.

I didn't do a full remodel, but I wanted a quartz countertop!

My hubby said, you can do what you want 

BUT don't touch those oak cabinets.

I complied.

Our house was built in 1999 and I chose a Formica countertop.

Just so you know, my countertop was STILL in great shape.

The bull-nose oak edge was beginning to wear.  I remember the sales lady, in 1999

tried to discourage this bull nose...oh it'll wear out in 4 or 5 years... NOPE 

it began to show a bit of wear at 20 years.  Why I selected Hunter Green Formica

is beyond my own imagination.

I guess, I loved it then.

TRIVIA...The TV show 'Sopranos' kitchen...was the exact countertop

and had oak cabinets.

 

Well hold on to your hat!

I found out from the quartz countertop designers

 THAT wood/oak is coming back into style.

No more painted white kitchens!

See if you wait long enough (26 years) what goes around

 does indeed come back around.

I only changed the counterops to this beautiful creamy/white quartz

with a tiny oak color veining.

And a 6" subway tile sample I carried for 3 months

trying to find the just right combo!

Love my KRAUSE workstation sink.

This was a custom order cause my sink area was

a bit smaller than the standard 32" sink.

My countertop pros paid for the difference.

No subway tiles here, at the desk area.

Yes, we still have a LAN line.

I wanted a wine cooler, but this countertop was already

pushing our budget.

I will eventually get new appliances, lighting and perhaps

a new kitchen table.  

But for now...I'm ecstatic! 

Cheers!