The counter tops were laminate butcher block
that needed to be replaced and the floors are in fair shape, however, not my favorite. The top kitchen cabinets were really low–so low, that I couldn’t fit my coffee maker under the cabinet! Those are fightin’ words in my world! The cabinets would have to be raised. A typical height for cabinets over the counters are 16 -18 inches. These were set at 14 inches above the counter. The soffit was made of wood, so we knew we could remove it and raise the cabinets. There is one, tiny window in the kitchen which makes it one of the darkest rooms in the house. The kitchen was the only room in the house that had been painted from the builders original paint and it was a dark, chocolate-y mauve. We needed it brightened right away.