Old wood kitchen cabinets worth saving?
Father has just moved into an early 1900s federation house. I personally love the kitchen, but it’s very rough around the edges. The previous owners rented the house out so there was no shortage of landlord specials, sticking cabinets, chips, loose handles, He seems pretty set on ripping the kitchen out.
His main issues being the fact that the cabinets don’t go the ceiling, it’s old fashioned (no idea why he bought a federation house if he didn’t like old things) and the mixed condition of the cabinets. Ironically, he has always been very complimentary of my own kitchen which is very similar to this, so I don’t really think its vintage is that much of a concern.
Would it be feasible to retain the original cabinetry/styling to some degree while modernising the kitchen? Any ideas? Anybody know what kind of wood they are and if they’re worth keeping? I’m open to suggestions and I’d hate to have a soulless plastic kitchen. Any idea how I’d even start to restore those cabinets?