Cabinet Swap
Dining Room Corner Cabinet
You might have caught a glimpse in a previous post of some built-in corner cabinets in our dining room. We had to pull one out to get the radon pipe up the wall.
They’re nice cabinets, but we didn’t like them from the start because they didn’t fit into the style of the house. The rest of the house is mission style heavy quarter sawn oak, and these cabinets are more closely aligned with a colonial style (my sister has a colonial home with similar cabinets. They look great there!).
They are in what was originally the kitchen when the house was built. However, we believe that around 1940, the current kitchen was added on and the old kitchen was turned into a dining room. By 1940, the bungalow style had somewhat lost favor, so it’s understandable that these “more 1940′s stylish” cabinets would be installed (along with a faux tin ceiling).
Cabinet Removed
But it was time for them to go. We posted them on Craigslist, and they sold almost immediately to a gentleman from St. Paul (a cabinet maker, in fact). It’s fun to sell things that you don’t want, and know they’re going to someone who really wants them.
So, I removed the second cabinet from the wall, loaded them into his truck, and away they went! So, now we have two bare spots in our dining room that we’ll need to live with until we figure out what we’re going to do to remodel that space.
The money we made from selling these pretty much pays for the oak bookcases we purchased last week. Sweet! Thanks again, Craigslist!
Now You See It...
...Now You Don't