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In the kitchen, Eve worked more mod magic. The 70s-style cabinetry is one of those common apartment
features that most folks feel compelled to mask -- and
for Eve too, this was the first inclination. But the white
paintjob they'd originally given the cabinets had begun to chip.
She and Jason had been painstakingly scraping down the cabinets
for a repaint when she had an epiphany: the dark cabinets
actually looked perfect when paired with the funky wallpaper
she'd scored at a wallpaper outlet for the bargain price of $8
for a double roll. (Said wallpaper store had featured a side
room full of original 60s/70s era wallpaper rolls that had just
never sold -- sadly, the store recently went out of business.)
Says Eve, "[It] was much easier to just leave [the
cabinets] & buy new knobs than to paint them and worry about
it all starting to chip again. The knobs are pretty vintage in
appearance, but they were brand new -- and really cheap, maybe
$1 apiece." Paired with the green walls and retro
accessories, the kitchen is now vintage heaven. >
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