New Kitchen

We decided to remodel the kitchen this fall. Disclaimer: this is not a picture of the design, but it is a beautiful kitchen and generally shaped like ours.

Except ours has green Formica counters, green back-splash tile, dirty white cabinets, terrible linoleum floor, and a fluorescent light over the island.

It's stylin'.

Kitchen crashers? Hi, we need you.

We're on a limited budget, so the white cabinets are going to have to stay. We'll clean them with bleach and replace the hardware.

The green back-splash tile will have to go. I think we can do that ourselves though. It'll give the hubby an excuse to buy a wet saw. I also think we can replace the fluorescent light ourselves. It can't be much different than the ceiling fans. Switch out the fixture for some pendulum lights and voila. Done in 5 minutes just like the HGTV shows. ( you can laugh now)

Unlike the HGTV shows, we're probably going to need someone to do the floor. Yeah, I know, the shows make it look very easy. They also took sledgehammers to the place first and are dealing with a blank floor. I really don't want to disconnect the stove and fridge and make all those cuts around corners and small areas.

Besides, it's not just the kitchen that gets new floors. The laundry room, foyer, bathroom, closet, and yes, even the stairs. I want to rip up the carpeted stairs for hardwood. A broom and a Swiffer sound a whole lot easier than lugging the Dyson into place and attach all the accessories to clean the stairs.

Back to the kitchen, we'll replace the counters for granite, get a better kitchen sink, and I would like to replace the shitty builder-grade molding if there's money left over.

I'm not sure where to start though. With a general contractor, kitchen remodel center, or do it piecemeal hiring people as we go.