Kitchen Remodel/The old kitchen

The old kitchen
The house was built in 1980, and the old kitchen that was to be replaced was probably original from that year. This kitchen was high-style 1980s, with a lot of features that were typical for that time period in kitchen design, and actually beautifully and professionally designed, much more inventive and better thought through than many kitchens that I have seen from later periods. It was certainly the work of an architect and not just that of some builder or developer.

The kitchen was preserved as a time capsule for the sole reason that the house had been rented out for decades; the owners' philosophy had been to invest only as much money into the property as was necessary to keep it in a rentable state. So from a preservationist's point of view, it may have been a questionable decision to destroy and to update this kitchen, but the 1980s are not my favorite period of design anyway and so we decided to kick off.

But first, I want to give you the full picture. For somebody who is not a designer by profession but is up to design a kitchen anyway, it will be extremely helpful to study every example they can get hold of. Even if you hate your old kitchen, I believe it is very much worthwhile to thoroughly study it, and to identify what is good about it and what you really want to be different.