The house is almost 14 years old. The kitchen cupboards of pressed board and laminate overlay are starting to show signs of wear. When the built-in fridge began leaking last August it caused irreparable damage to the cupboards surrounding it. The backsplash has always been someone else’s idea of style, but to us a bad joke. Note hideous backsplash. The tile ends at the cupboard base, it was put in after the particle board cupboards that are falling apart. This wardrobe has outlived its usefulness as a pantry. There is no built-in pantry, so we have had a wardrobe doing pantry duty for 10 years, the doors only close now with a fist bump while one’s head is tilted at a certain angle. The master shower is all white, square tiles, the rest of the bathroom is lovely granite. The shower is slippery when wet, and oh so white in an otherwise earth-tone bathroom. It has leaked out the door where the water barrier fell off and ...