This Old House Easy Upgrades: Kitchens: Smart Design, Trusted Advice

This is not a how-to. And if you don't want a vintage kitchen complete with schoolhouse lights, subway tile, and a farm sink, don't buy it. But I have put sticky notes on page after page of photos in advance of a major kitchen remodel in our 1926 house. The ideas represented in the photos give me plenty to work with.My two complaints are that almost every kitchen has a vintage stove, something that is rare indeed, not realistic for the typical homeowner, and that the sinks are almost all apron/farm sinks. A little too much of the same thing throughout.

This book contains lots of ideas for redesigning kitchens. The focus is on expanding into new space or better utilizing existing space. Since the book contains TOH projects, most of the kitchens are big, beautiful, and spared-no-expense, as opposed to the modest kitchen that I have.I was very surprised to discover that this book contains NO "how-to" instructions for the do-it-yourselfers in the world. For that, you need to get the excellent Black and Decker "Complete Guide to Kitchens."

I love This Old House, but this book was a miss for me. Almost all of the renovations covered here involve tearing down walls or building additions - very few of the kitchens remained within their original footprints. Also, there is only one tiny "before" picture at the head of each story - it is not easy to see how the kitchen was transformed. You do get blueprints of the before and after layouts, but no installation or design tips that the TV show is great for.There also wasn't a lot of information about budgets and all of the renovations seem pretty expensive. This is not a book for people just trying to give their kitchens a refresh or a face lift. Also, while it happens to be my taste, almost all of the kitchens had apron front sinks and old-timey ovens. There's not a big range of styles represented here.

The design ideas are wonderful, it's just frustrating to me that every time TOH does work on a galley kitchen it entails ripping down walls and building extensions, rather than utilizing the space around the multiple entrances in the original galley footprint. Some of us just don't have the property space to do a major makeover that includes an island and many of us would like to preserve the period integrity of the space. It will be very gratifying once TOH shows a willingness and expertise to do so.

At home we watch the show and we receive the magazines. They have good ideas and practical information for upgrades.The book was bought on a whim for a future planning of remodeling. Some ideas are interesting.Fast delivery and mint condition.

I have a house built in 1906, so I was glad to see the ideas for older homes. I would recommend this book to others who are trying to upgrade an old kitchen.

My husband liked this book so much that we ordered the magazines. He works on a lot of home improvement projects and this book is a good resource tool.

This is a great reference book, and provides a lot of ideas from high-end kitchen options to simpler upgrades. Great photos and details are provided throughout.

Exactly as described

This a more of a picture book, there are no detailed how to do, I was disappointed. But lovely kitchen picture book with a good ideas

very useful information