How to improve this kitchen?

How to improve this kitchen?

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Efbe

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Wednesday 19th October 2016
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So planning on selling this house, and doing the final touches on the it now.

The last room we need to look at is the kitchen, and to me it looks horrible.
It's tight on space, so I can't afford to lose any of the storage.

It does need a coat of paint, though no idea on the colour.
I think it will also cost too much to get new units or a worksurface, but if it needs to, then so be it.

What else could be done here?



Edited by Efbe on Wednesday 19th October 22:34

Efbe

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Wednesday 19th October 2016
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cheers all. three questions from this...

1>What colour/style worksurface would you go for?
2>and if paint the units, what colour?
3>possible to paint the floor tiles?

Efbe

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Sunday 22nd January 2017
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Well a few months later and...

tiles painted
new blind to match tiles
walls/ceiling repainted white
floor cleaned up
plants on windowsill
new tap

decided against painting the units, more worried about it looking pap and having to get new ones.
worktop would just be too expensive to replace, and same issue with painting it.

Efbe

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Sunday 22nd January 2017
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daddy cool said:
...and got rid of cats?
good spot. will hide the bowls when anyone comes to view

Efbe

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Sunday 22nd January 2017
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it' a 130k house. At this price range you are not going to get a massive marbe kitchen with aga and floating breafast bar smile

However will move the actifryer into a cupboard, and clear out the end coner section. Whilst I agree that corner looks crap, it is meant to be open and quite hard to change.


what needs doing with the lighting?

Efbe

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Sunday 22nd January 2017
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cheers guys.

Have put in under unit lighting now (had one in the garage)
Actifryer moved into a cupboard.
Corner unit almost empty now, just a few glasses etc.

The lights are 4 LED spot bulbs, and yes I agree too white. Will see if I can get some warm ones for it.
Anyone any insight into which ones would be best?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=se...

Efbe

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Monday 23rd January 2017
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Amazon Prime is great. Bulbs ordered 11pm last night, here for 9am

So as sugested:
Warmer lighting,
Worktop cleared off more
Corner cupboard cleared. (looked bad completely empty)



Any other suggestions for selling this?
Add some flowers, fruit bowl?

Efbe

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Monday 23rd January 2017
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Peanut Gallery said:
Randomly what view do you have out that window?

I will be house hunting in the near future, and having a nice view out the window would be a plus, so possibly a window clean / imaginative use of filters on the camera to reduce glare?

Bearing in mind a number of estate agents use fish eye lenses as well, this may well help - illegally in IMO!
on okay garden out the back. We had a 10k landscaping done about 7 years back. It looks pretty good, well kept, though not many flowers out at the moment. Getting some winter pansies in tonight to fix this.

am just using an iphone with a cr4p fisheye lens stuck on for these pics to try and replicate the estate agents pics, though it focusses really badly like this.