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 KITCHEN UPDATE When we moved into our house about 9 years ago the kitchen was one of the selling points. It was a Tuscan style kitchen that was probably put in sometime in the early 2000s. The kitchen has high end appliances like a sub zero fridge, double oven, and a Wolf stove. While still functional, now it is outdated. I dreamed of a white kitchen with subway tile and white and gray quartz countertops. As my mom would say, I have champagne taste and a beer budget.  My friend Deirdre had her kitchen cabinets painted and I thought that could be a solution. I used the same company she did, NYC Fine Finishes.  It didn't hurt that the owners are from Ireland so that made me automatically like them. I explored the idea of painting the cabinets and changing the granite for quartz, but I was warned that removing the granite could possibly damage the cabinets. I had gotten a quote for the cabinet painting from another reputable company a few years earlier so I was prepared for...