Goals

Well, we're thinking about a kitchen remodel. The goals:

• Working appliances. Would like to switch to a gas range, with a range hood (instead of our current over-the-range microwave/recirculating vent), and a counter-depth refrigerator (instead of our current apartment-sized model).
• More continuous counter-top work space. Partly this will be accomplished by running counter over the radiator, and partly by adding a counter (and cabinets) in the area currently used by coats and "stuff." This counter could be used for some small appliances (coffee?) to free counterspace more useful for work area.
• This requires a small remodel of our mudroom so coats and "stuff" can be stored there.
• More functional cabinet storage. I don't mean pullouts and things like that (though those might come in to it). We're hoping to get rid of most of the super-deep corner cabinets, for example.
• Better flooring - the ceramic tiles have claimed too many of our dishes and glasses, and are very difficult to clean (too much texture and pitting).
• More style-appropriate. We'd like to see the kitchen in the same style as the rest of the house, like it "belongs" in a house built in the 1910s. Though kitchen cabinets, as such, were not used then, going to a quartersawn white oak, inset doors, exposed hinges, period hardware, etc. will make the kitchen look at home in our home, instead of separate.
• More attractive. The current upper cabinets are too short--going to the ceiling would look nicer. A different countertop material, different flooring, etc. Simpler, more classic shaker-style door fronts would look better in such a small room. Removing some of the upper cabinets and adding some molding would make the room seem bigger.