This Dated '80s Kitchen Got a Cheerful Pink Redo - with DIY Marble Counters

"Architect Dhara Sanghavi grew up in a now-dated '80s-style kitchen, which her mother cooked in as-is for about 15 years. "It was a very central place in my household," Dhara explains. "My mom is a great host and feels happy when inviting our friends and family for meals. The whole family would come together to chop vegetables, and I loved knowing what was cooking. The kitchen was where we gathered - meals or not - so it was very special.""

"Recently, Dhara's mom mentioned wanting to make a few changes to the space, which was becoming more and more dysfunctional (and dated) by the day. "The stove wasn't being used," Dhara says. "My mom used a makeshift gas stove." Dhara thought it would be a nice way to give back to her parents, so she made a plan for the 170-square-foot space that serves as the heart of the home."

"She gave the cabinets a refresh, stuck peel-and-stick pine-looking flooring over the dated linoleum, and opted to paint the walls pink - a popular paint choice for kitchens, and certainly one that's more fun than the yellowish-beige that was there before. She opted for Clare's Baby Soft on the walls and the slightly darker Rosé Season on the ceilings. "My goal was to transform this space into a more cheerful, lively space that still felt like a gathering place for the family and also reflected my mother's personality," Dhara says."

"She says the hardest part of the reno was making the fluted wood upper cabinets, from ensuring the new soft-close hinges were correctly fitted to getting the spacing of the slats just right. "I highly recommend using a template,&quo"

A 170-square-foot kitchen that had been central to family meals was updated after it became increasingly dated and impractical. The stove was no longer used and a makeshift gas setup had been used instead. The renovation included refreshing cabinets, adding peel-and-stick pine-looking flooring over old linoleum, and painting walls pink with Clare’s Baby Soft while painting ceilings a slightly darker Rosé Season. The goal was to make the space more lively and cheerful while still serving as a gathering place and reflecting the mother’s personality. The most difficult work involved building fluted wood upper cabinets, including fitting soft-close hinges and aligning slats, with a recommendation to use a template.

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