Can I see your kitchen?

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I am looking to redecorate, my kitchen is very tired. I want something neutral enough or possibly light green. Anyone want to show me their kitchens for ideas? im really bad at this and find googling images just gives me perfect instagram kitchens. Thank you

Our kitchen has just been finished so got lots of pics before we started living in it properly 😃

Look at my pics, I painted my cupboards. Really easy to do with no prior experience. You can get the paint tinted to whatever colour you like. Mine was painted for 10 years before I replaced it and the paint was like new when the cupboards came out. Go for it!

Maybe don't do what I did though. Desperately wanted the peach kitchen gone. No worries, paint it as that was what I could afford at the time - it was about $200 to do bench and cupboards. But if I paint the kitchen, it's open plan kitchen, dining, lounge. The kitchen will clash with the walls, so I have to paint those too. Then there's the hallway, so I'll have to paint that. Then the bathroom door is always open, so need to do that. If I'm doing all that, may as well do the two bedrooms so it's all fresh. The ceilings are pretty aged, so better do them too. Well, if I paint, the yellowed power points and light switches will ruin it, so better get them replaced. The lights and ceiling fans need to be replaced as well as they're pretty bad / controls have been broken and can't be replaced. Plus the lounge room didn't actually have a ceiling light, may as well change that fan to one with a light...

I painted it all myself over 4 weeks and it still looks fantastic. But yeah, the $200 to paint the kitchen grew a little by the end!

Is that a real cat ?

That's an amazing space! What on earth do you find to put behind all those doors?

@LibertyLily have you posted photos of your old kitchen before? I think I remember it because I loved it. Gorgeous colours and it just looks like a happy, lovely room.

I was thinking the same and wouldn't dare post a pic of ours. We have a big island which is constantly covered in clutter !
A lot of them also look so sterile, does no-one have any bright crockery/ teapots/ mixer on show. Is it all hidden away ? Maybe we are just the minority but these homes are nothing like the vast majority of kitchens I see !

It’s from a local kitchen shop in South Somerset. It’s painted wood rather than veneer and I absolutely love it. Fitters and plasterer were an absolute nightmare but it was done in 2022 and it’s exactly what I wanted. Utility is the same but with a butler's sink and shower attachment to the tap for bathing the dog… but the dog prefers a bucket of water in the garden 🙄😂

@Harriet9955 My friend has only taken two lots of photos of her kitchen. One lot the day before the old kitchen was ripped out, and one lot the day after the new kitchen was put in.

It now looks like a shit tip again but too late, no more photos 😆. But it is full of the stuff you mean, teapot, photos, tablecloth, etc.

Mine is about 29 years old and functional. I want to get the cabinets sprayed and replace the flooring but it’s a decent size for an apartment

Am not sure how interested the OP really is, given that after 16 pages there is no response from them!

My kitchen is small with a few odd angles. Previous owners had kitchen units made by a local joinery firm. It’s coming up to 20 years old now, but still in good condition and no point trying to redo as what is there suits the layout.

What works for me is a neutral colour on the walls. This means that I have been able to repaint the cabinet colours twice since living here, which feels like a new kitchen each time. Last colour change was 5 years ago, so may think about it again in a couple of years. Haven’t done so yet, but may replace handles next time.

If you have a good base with your kitchen, it can definitely work for quite a long time.

Silly question but in Australia I've never seen a washing machine in a kitchen before - is that normal? I'd say here we nearly all have laundry rooms for that. Loving all your beautiful pictures though and I dream daily of having an Aga but they close so much here!

Fairly normal in the UK. It’s, relatively speaking, a small island so the footprint of houses is averagely not huge!

If you’re lucky, you’ll have a utility room for washer/dryer, but majority of homes will have washing machine in the kitchen.

Or cupboards are light green/grey (Deluxe Heritage Stone green ) with pink tiles

I'm having my bathroom done and have a decent sized cupboard in there, I'm putting my washing machine and dryer in there, I'm ridiculously excited! Makes sense as most of the washing comes from upstairs and belongs back upstairs (no room for a utility)

Hi @bapples1 sorry I was out all day! The floor is LVT planks in ‘oak’ but I don’t know the brand unfortunately. We chose them from the display in the kitchen showroom (local company that did the whole thing for us).

@ErinBell01under the sink is a water boiler for the boiling water tap plus a few cleaning bits/tea and hand towel, the 2 tall very end ones are pantry cupboards with cereal/rice/pasta/tins etc, next to each oven are built in fridge/freezers, the rest are more food bits/toaster/slow cooker/pans etc.
The drawers have baking trays/more cleaning bits/towels/cling fils etc.
I try to have as little as possible out on the sides.

@BigCheesey
I really love your kitchen. It's big and spacious but without being toooo big. I feel inspired! Please could you tell me what your kitchen length and width measurements are?

@bilbodog please could you tell me what your kitchen dimensions are - the width and then length? I think my kitchen may be similarly sized although im not sure, but if it is then I'd love to take inspiration from you!

@WeWillLookBack
I really love your floor. Is it the original floorboards or have you had them laid? And what have you treated the boards with? It looks so much nicer than glossy varnish, so I'm interested to know what you've used here. Looks gorgeous!

This is beautiful. The colours are so soothing.

@SpidersAreShitheads
I remember your thread so well - I was following it closely!
Is there any chance you could give me an update?!
We still haven't had an extension due to the exorbitant rise in building materials. I feel cursed that the exact time we'd saved enough money to finally pay for one after 10 years of saving up, prices doubled (SE) and we were priced out.
So I started looking at modular extensions in the hope that material costs and the labour (due to it being quicker to build) might be lower, but I'm finding it unbelievably difficult to find much information online about modular extensions. There seems to be a dearth of info. I can't even find a company in the SE that does them.
Is yours a success?
And in your opinion, has it cost less than a traditional build extension?
I only need 5 metres by 2 metres and am being quoted £45,000 to £60,000 by all sorts of different builders! For 5 x 2 metres!!!

@ReductionHob thank you

This one is the first one I actually really like

Actually I REALLY like this one!!!! Love it!!!!!

The trend in newer UK homes is to have a separate utility with washer/drier and additional storage now.