This was a knotty pine kitchen from 1951 built into place by the original owner. I wanted to update the kitchen but keep its character. I had a cabinet maker remove an upper and lower peninsula to put in the dishwasher and then use the salvaged wood to make a dishwasher end panel and a cabinet for next to the stove...they had very large 60" stoves in those days. He then spray lacquered it in black and distressed the edges. I installed rolling shelves to make the cabinets more functional and replaced the countertop with compaq quartz in alaska. I also had the pass through drywalled in. A new floor had to be put in because when we removed the tile there was a giant hole into the crawlspace. The kitchen was also rewired and put on a new breaker and re-plumbed to add the dishwasher and ice maker. The total cost including appliances was less than $11,000. Most of the photos by my niece DonnaIrenePhotography without a wide-angle lens!