KItchen Visions

Our kitchen needs a re-do. There is no dishwasher and the oven, which is too tiny for a Thanksgiving turkey, stopped working a few weeks ago. 

We're thinking about how to work with what we have. To that end, I had been thinking of how to remodel without tearing out the fairly new blonde laminate flooring the last owner installed. 

But then I got another idea: cement.

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In all likelihood that's what's underneath the laminate anyway. 

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Concrete is durable and can take a beating. It's cost-effective. And beautiful in an edgy way.

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By polishing the concrete with a diamond sander you get the glossy effect shown here. 

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Each of the captions has links to articles about how the process works.

What do you think?