[WanderingJuniper]

Paying someone is a privelage I do not have right now or in the next 3 years with Hubs still in school and the paint job done on them over a decade ago is beat up. I tried to shabby chic them but it just looks more old and tired instead of trendy.

I grabbed some deglosser this weekend and am going to try that on the cabinets to start. If we can pick up enough side work we might consider replacing the doors and drawer faces but even that is adding up so maybe not.

I appreciate all the tips. If we ever sell a new kitchen won’t impact the worth of our home tremendously like it does in other neighborhoods. In over a decade Home prices having fluxed too much one way or the other. It’s just a simple townhome in a working class neighborhood. Even houses that have been updated don’t sell much above others. So we have decided to update for us not with an eye to sell because we live here now and for the long forswable future.