A little back story is always a good place to start. This is the kitchen from our 1964 Columbus Ohio ranch house. This photo was actually from 2006, shortly before my wife Sarah and I bought the house. The kitchen is in very good condition, it's just... dated. The entire house was dated, but was in excellent condition. We bought it from the estate of the original owner, who had recently passed away. Check out the tile! Check out the scalloped... thingy over the sink!
We've done a few smaller projects to update parts of the rest of the house; painting, a new fence, the ongoing project of replacing baseboards, etc.
We've also done some important "infrastructure" upgrades, such as getting more than 3" of insulation in the attic, and replacing the single pane aluminum windows, with double-pane Low-E vinyl windows.
We've always been huge fans of IKEA, even though the closest is around 100 miles away, in Cincinnati. Most of the rest of the furniture in our house is IKEA, so naturally we gravitated towards their kitchen offerings. When my wife pointed out that IKEA is having a 10%-20% sale on their kitchens, we decided it was time.
Honestly, this blog will be primarily to document the process for myself, but I hope you will enjoy the process along with me.
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