Our whole house is trapped in the 1970's. We've got old school aluminum siding, wood paneling galore and this totally ugly, dated kitchen.
We spent a whole weekend rescuing the cabinets from their sad, retro-in a bad way- state.
A few coats of paint, a ton of sanding that I thought would take my skin off, and many coats of furniture wax, and viola- 2011.
Before:
Now it's retro- in a good way.
After:
