“T h is is o u r firs t npi.ise an d th e b iggest

)ro ject w e e v e r tackled . It tu rn e d o u t w s

b eyo n d W hat w e exp ected .”

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GREG AND EMILIE SOSTARIC lived with dark brown

cabinets, paneled ceiling, and a tired linoleum floor for two

years while figuring out how to remodel the kitchen in

their

1927

Cape Cod home in Ohio. With Emilie supplying

most of the design ideas and her dad and Greg

contributing most of the muscle, all the cabinets were

removed to make way for new plumbing wiring and

drywall. Greg gave the repainted cabinets a cottage look

by retrofitting them with beaded-board panels and fluted-

glass inserts. The open corner display cabinet is a

$10

closet organizer, one of many clever ideas that helped the

Sostarics—who welcomed twin girls soon after we

photographed this project—stick to a $

5,000

budget.

For buying information see page 258.

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