These kinds of changes are always fulfilling - inevitably you end up wishing you'd done it sooner! We'd do a makeover now if it was in the budget... that will have to wait a while. Paint is cheap. Cabinets and countertops are not!
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We just painted our cabinets rather than replacing. We did pay for new countertops (quartz and butcherblock) because the old ones were falling apart (and were horrible Formica). But we had to wait until the money lined up, for sure.
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Full credit to @finderdoug.bsky.social on those butcher block countertops. We got the slab and he did all the work to cut, bevel and stain them.
aug 23, 2025, 8:59 pm • 1 0 • view
That’s amazing. They are beautiful.
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Love butcher block! We did own own staining (food grade) for these walnut countertops ourselves in our last place when we did a mini-reconfigure. Sadly it was for the sale - one of those wished we'd done it sooner!
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We want to partial reconfigure here so there would be some new cabinets (only a couple) and minimally a new section of countertop if not a full replace. I'm hoping painting makes me like the current countertop more!
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Our butcher block is just in this section (my main food prep area) and it’s Oregon myrtlewood, just sealed with food grade oil and beeswax.
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ooooooh. lovely!!! Love that it's local tree wood. :)
aug 23, 2025, 9:02 pm • 1 0 • view
We did too. It grows in Southern Oregon, where my mom’s family is from and where our family beach cabin is. So it’s special to all of us.
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