Our kitchen dates back to the early 1980’s and has all the style of a J. Crew Barn Jacket. It’s boxy and brown, and we’re stuck with it for quite a while. The cabinets are actually very good quality – solid wood and smooth action, but I dream about a better layout and some relief from all that brown. I took down the balloon wallpaper last year. That helped.

Today I changed out the cabinet hardware. I really, really wanted these cabinet knobs, but ended  up with these ones. There are 51 knobs in the room, so we saved $500.

Here’s the before…

And here’s the after…