Sometimes, Poverty Pays Off: How We Built A Custom Kitchen For Practically Nothing

It meant living in chaos for a while, but this kitchen is uniquely ours and doesn’t follow any trends

In progress: We lived in utter chaos for what felt like forever, but it was worth it. (Photo by Michelle Teheux)

You can usually take one glance at a kitchen and instantly recognize the decade.

Good luck with mine! It doesn’t follow any aesthetic but my own. And of all the kitchens I’ve had, it is by far my favorite — but we had to live in chaos while we …