It's called Harvest Gold

This isn't my kitchen, it just looks like it. That lovely yellow color is called harvest gold, and it was all the rage in the 60s, which explains why all of my countertops and the kitchen bar is this color. My cabinets are that same shade of brown as in the photo, too. Thankfully, the appliances are more modern. They are in an off-white color called bisque.

This confirms my suspicions that the cabinets are 50 years old.





Here are some pictures of my kitchen before I moved in:





Notice how the vinyl flooring on the footrest of the bar matches the vinyl flooring in the picture above? Definitely a 60s kitchen. It's held up well, but I think it's time for a change, don't you?

So much to do...

I moved into a handyman special a little over a year ago. What was I thinking? Well, the slump in the housing market made it a great time to buy, and I was looking. This house has a nice history as the gem of the neighborhood and "great bones." It has sturdy CBS construction and a cement barrel tile roof. The fact that it has withstood 50 years of hurricanes in South Florida makes me feel safe and secure, come what may.

However... because home sales were down, this house sat empty for at least a year, while windows were broken, the lawn was neglected, and the utilities were shut off. The bank was about to foreclose on the property and at some point, painted all the walls beige and removed all the carpeting, leaving behind a terrazzo floor full of nails sticking out around the baseboards.

It's taken me a year (a lot longer than it should have) to remove nails, fill holes, smooth walls, repair doors, and create a list of projects that need to be done in order to return this house to its former glory.

And so we begin.