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lexiek
lexiek
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Beth H. :

You don't have to go too creamy on the cabinets. a soft white will be fine. Cloud White - BM Dover White This is a nice neutral white w/white appliances. Try BM Oxford White

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Reply to: You don't have to go too creamy on the cabinets. a soft white will be fine. Cloud White - BM Dover White This is a nice neutral white w/white appliances. Try BM Oxford White

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Beth H. :

thank you suedonim. that's what I'm trying to convey to lex. lex, I understand you replacing the floors, but hanging onto those old baseboards will be a mistake. they will have to run shoe molding next to the base if they don't take them up, in order to hide the cut end pieces of the new flooring. now you'll have this small, old wood baseboard, and another wood, quarter round shoe molding next to that. The whole point is to upgrade, not compound the current look. is this what you want? Trust me, you will never regret doing it. I know you don't want to change everything. and maybe you can keep the door trim and just paint it white to match the new baseboards. or, even if you choose to keep the wood trim around the doors, the newer white baseboard still looks better But if you're going through all the expense of new flooring, it doesn't make sense to keep that old, ugly baseboard. Or worse yet, try and match your new flooring to it! new floors are not cheap. why skimp out on a few hundred more and leave that baseboard?

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Reply to: thank you suedonim. that's what I'm trying to convey to lex. lex, I understand you replacing the floors, but hanging onto those old baseboards will be a mistake. they will have to run shoe molding next to the base if they don't take them up, in order to hide the cut end pieces of the new flooring. now you'll have this small, old wood baseboard, and another wood, quarter round shoe molding next to that. The whole point is to upgrade, not compound the current look. is this what you want? Trust me, you will never regret doing it. I know you don't want to change everything. and maybe you can keep the door trim and just paint it white to match the new baseboards. or, even if you choose to keep the wood trim around the doors, the newer white baseboard still looks better But if you're going through all the expense of new flooring, it doesn't make sense to keep that old, ugly baseboard. Or worse yet, try and match your new flooring to it! new floors are not cheap. why skimp out on a few hundred more and leave that baseboard?

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Laurie Hutch

You have unstained maple cabinets. Not honey oak cabinets.

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Reply to: You have unstained maple cabinets. Not honey oak cabinets.

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Beth H. :

what's the proposed changes in the kitchen? are you keeping the bar height counter? or you said no? stand in the other doorway and give me another shot at the kitchen. you want to do a bar overhang there w/stools? so basically you are keeping the layout? You said you wanted to do "major remodeling". That means major changes. (painting 30 year old cabinets isn't major) If you want to revamp, then paint what's there and get new countertops. Your cabinets are very dated looking. the door style. what you could do is contact a local kitchen cabinet company and have them refaced, and the rest painted. (I did this w/mine) Do not go through Home depot or lowes for refacing, it will cost a fortune. you don't have that many doors to do. you could do a slab front to match your drawers. shouldn't cost more than 1K for new door fronts. if you want shaker style and new drawer fronts to match it, I'd say maybe 1500 for new ones, and painting. give me an idea what the budget is. without one, I can't begin to suggest anything. as for the wood molding, it's small, dated and really does nothing for the home. When you have your flooring replaced,have them remove all of it and replace it w/upgraded 5" molding. This way you won't have to have shoe molding put down next to that old molding. new molding will look like this over the new wood flooring. gorgeous. Do it all at once and do it right. you'll never have to worry about upgrading again. If you weren't getting new floors, you could just paint it. But since you're spending all the money for new wood floors, just make life easier and take out the old stuff. the flooring company you hire for install should be able to do the baseboards and molding too. it's usually 2-4$ a sq ft. I had my new floors and molding done the same way. Looks so much better w/the upgraded baseboards. just take it all up. doesn't matter if it's solid wood. It's not from 1920. it's just plain old wood molding. remove the dated chair rail in the dining room too.

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Reply to: what's the proposed changes in the kitchen? are you keeping the bar height counter? or you said no? stand in the other doorway and give me another shot at the kitchen. you want to do a bar overhang there w/stools? so basically you are keeping the layout? You said you wanted to do "major remodeling". That means major changes. (painting 30 year old cabinets isn't major) If you want to revamp, then paint what's there and get new countertops. Your cabinets are very dated looking. the door style. what you could do is contact a local kitchen cabinet company and have them refaced, and the rest painted. (I did this w/mine) Do not go through Home depot or lowes for refacing, it will cost a fortune. you don't have that many doors to do. you could do a slab front to match your drawers. shouldn't cost more than 1K for new door fronts. if you want shaker style and new drawer fronts to match it, I'd say maybe 1500 for new ones, and painting. give me an idea what the budget is. without one, I can't begin to suggest anything. as for the wood molding, it's small, dated and really does nothing for the home. When you have your flooring replaced,have them remove all of it and replace it w/upgraded 5" molding. This way you won't have to have shoe molding put down next to that old molding. new molding will look like this over the new wood flooring. gorgeous. Do it all at once and do it right. you'll never have to worry about upgrading again. If you weren't getting new floors, you could just paint it. But since you're spending all the money for new wood floors, just make life easier and take out the old stuff. the flooring company you hire for install should be able to do the baseboards and molding too. it's usually 2-4$ a sq ft. I had my new floors and molding done the same way. Looks so much better w/the upgraded baseboards. just take it all up. doesn't matter if it's solid wood. It's not from 1920. it's just plain old wood molding. remove the dated chair rail in the dining room too.

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