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Turn-of-the-Century — Copper Backsplash

Episode DKTN-204

This kitchen makeover is at a 1910 Victorian owned by Cotty and Jason. The beautiful home has lots of charm, but needs plenty of tender loving care. The new homeowners have already started to strip the painted woodwork on the main floor living and dining room and are now anxious to make the kitchen look great.

The kitchen features birch cabinets, but the rest of the design is circa 1970 and somewhere along the line the kitchen lost its charm. The layout is all wrong. The appliances don't fit in the space and right now there's no room for a dishwasher. The goal is to work with the existing cabinets and bring the kitchen back to its original beauty with all of the updates of today.

In the final episode of this Victorian makeover a genuine soapstone sink and counters are installed. A pressed copper backsplash is put up to add to the historic feeling. A remodeling box is put in so we can install our period lighting. Finally, the new appliances, which are exact replicas of an old cookstove and an old icebox, are brought in.

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