What's frustrating is we've wanted to remodel the kitchen from the beginning, but NOT LIKE THIS. We want to (eventually) move the staircase and reconfigure the kitchen layout b/c right now it isn't very efficient (countertops all broken up for very little usable space). I didn't want to spend much money on interim updates, but we can't afford to do a full remodel right now, and our appliances might completely break at any moment. :welp: