Which means I'm stuck with my 1970s pine cabinets for awhile longer. Woe is me.
I have nothing against the 70s. I was born in the 70s. I had a pet rock and watched The Gong Show and learned The Hustle in gym class. My mother made me terry cloth rompers and we broke out the fancy fondue set for birthdays.
It was a fine decade.
And I'm sure, if I were an apron-wearing housewife in 1975, I would love these cabinets of mine. Dark pine was all the rage, I hear. But, alas, the decade of knotty pine has passed.
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It's 2010, and I covet this:
Not this:
The right thing to do here would be to post a picture of my whole kitchen, but I'm not. You can use our your imagination. Think PINE and LINOLEUM.
What's a girl to do?
I could...
1. Renovate. This would require Substantial Funds. I, at this time, have no viable investors for said project.
2. Paint. This would require painstaking effort on my part, which, very likely would result in tears. And sweat. Neither of which I like very much.
3. Enter sweepstakes. This has proved to be ineffective. And I'm shocked. Shocked.
4. Blog about it and hope that someone will take pity on me and offer a kitchen reno because, just like polio, eradicating the 70s would be the right thing to do.
Hello? Is there anyone out there? This Old House? HGTV? Kitchens Without Borders?
Anyone?
11 comments:
Kitchens without borders. You. Slay. Me.
I'm sorry you're stuck with knotty pine.
Let me know you you swing that! I have a couple of rooms that could use some serious help!
i had a friend that decided to repaint her kitchen cabinets herself. her one word of advice to me? "don't EVER do it. EVER."
i'm not really sure i'm helping here, am i?
Paint and replace all the hardware?
I'm feeling much more sorry for myself. My kitchen has the same ugly cabinets and as a special bonus, wood paneling on one wall and white Formica countertops.
This is topped by a pass through over the kitchen sink that I can only access if I stand on a chair and hurl it out the window.
Just think how much more effort you'd have to put into keeping those granite countertops clean and shiny...old pine hides the dirt better.
I didn't win the HGTV Dream Home this year AGAIN, either. I think these things are rigged. Tell you what, if you can finish my attic, I'll paint your cabinets.
Viable investors--that's what I need!
I have not heard positive things about cabinet painting as a DIY project. Sigh.
Just wait until 70's retro design is back in full swing - then you'll be stylin'. :-)
So sorry you didn't win. Seemed like such a likely prospect. ;)
I harbor similar disgust for my downstairs bath. I love that they put in a "wood" (particle board with veneer) vanity that was a completely different color wood than the mirror frame which is topped by a lighting fixture with a DIFFERENT color wood. Just to make sure they didn't miss a trick, they added that beautiful linoleum floor that is...fake wood. AWESOME.
Those cabinets do bring back memories...I think there must have been some of those somewhere in my past. Try try again?
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