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politicat

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6. That's a great idea.

Fri May 30, 2014, 06:51 PM

May 2014

The room is a great size (according to the pics) and it would make a fabulous U shaped kitchen, except for that door. If moving the 220 isn't too cost prohibitive, moving the stove to the left wall might also be an option, and featuring not-matching cabs on that side would be a good idea.

This is a realtor shot, so you can see why we don't want to undo those cabs.

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But the counter space is terrible, so getting rid of the door and adding on the wall on the left (which is invisible in the pic) would help that a lot.

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How hard is it to turn a door into a wall and match cabinetry? [View all] politicat May 2014 OP

Not very difficult. My house had 4 doors to the exterior made into 'walls' plus sinkingfeeling May 2014 #1

Are the interior walls standard dimensional lumber, or block / adobe? X_Digger May 2014 #2

They're not block or adobe, I think lumber. politicat May 2014 #5

Looking at the pic in post #6, I agree- plaster or drywall. X_Digger May 2014 #9

Making a door into a wall is easy. jeff47 May 2014 #3

^^^ this ^^^^^ NMDemDist2 May 2014 #4

That's a great idea. politicat May 2014 #6

update the hardware and instead of cabinets NMDemDist2 May 2014 #7

I would love that. Mom... Not so much. politicat May 2014 #10

hi back atcha!!! NMDemDist2 May 2014 #12

Dust = not my problem. politicat May 2014 #14

Instead of worrying about matching custom cabinets, Warpy May 2014 #8

Yes. That's definitely on the list. politicat May 2014 #11

Well, unless you want to strip and stain or paint all those cabinets Warpy May 2014 #13

Yup, yup. No stripping. politicat May 2014 #15

Closing off the door is easy - matching the cabinetry harder csziggy Jun 2014 #16

Mom decided she didn't want to bring her work home. politicat Jun 2014 #17

Can't blame her! csziggy Jun 2014 #18

I think so. politicat Jun 2014 #19