The cabinets below my counter have gotten water-damaged- faulty water-heaters will do that. The cabinets above are fine, so no reason to rip out the whole setup. We will be replacing the lower cabinets, sink, countertop and the kitchen floor. As long as we are getting the old cabinets removed (this Saturday) we may as well redo the floor, which we have never liked. Here are the before pics; Cabinets- water damage is mainly on the sides, so the pic doesn’t show it. The floor, which has missing tile, also due to water damage;
I'm assuming (cause it looks nice) that you're keeping the countertop? Are you going with linoleum for the flooring, I prefer it due to cost and warmer under the feet. Though the vinyl plank flooring is also very nice. I ask cause once you're a builder you always think like a builder.
We will be using vinyl planking for the floor. We have to replace that section of that counter, because the contractors can’t ensure removal of the cabinets without breaking it. There is another section of counter (not in the pictures) that will be left as is.
The faucet was removed yesterday. The cabinets & counter were removed today. Behind the cabinets was, of course, a section of wall that we never normally see. Along here, we saw 3 sloppily cut holes in the drywall. So we are patching those up tonight. Since it has never been primed, much less painted, we will give it a coat of paint tomorrow.
I googled the house I was raised in. While the dining room and living room look as I recall, the kitchen has been completely modernized. Ditto some of the rooms upstairs. They "astroturfed" those areas!
At long last, the flooring is being installed (as I type this.). It should be done by the end of the day. Pics then.
The floor is in. I love it. And in an impeccable bit of timing, the cabinet installers called just as the flooring installers were leaving. Cabinets go in tomorrow.
I wish, but where I work we had the weathered gray installed in our lounge area. It was installed in 2019 and faces lots of traffic and heavy amounts of winter salt. The floor still looks like new!