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Preserving the charm of a 1950's kitchen

By: JustleesaHI

Created: Jun 8, 2012

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Our plain 1950's kitchen received a facelift, while maintaining the charm of the original kitchen. We had to figure out how to stretch our small budget, so we kept the cabinets and put in new wood doors and all new drawers. Put doors on the open shelves. The contractor laid new porcelain wood floor tile and white subway tile with stainless steel tile accent backsplash. Hope you like the change as much as we do.

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