Don’t Believe the Hype

About the project

The prevailing school of thought these days is that you need to gut a kitchen in order to breathe new life into it. But it’s just plain wrong. Not only is it super-expensive, it’s also super-time consuming. A few tweaks in the right spots can resonate every bit as much as a built-from-scratch kitchen—and for, like, a fraction of the cost. Not buying it? Scroll through our gallery and decide for yourself.