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We have a mid to late 1930's English style house. The exterior is all stone, with no half-timbering. It is Tudor-ish, I would say. The interior and exterior are both mostly in original condition.
We are renovating our kitchen in a few months. We will do it in a style that is inspired by (but not an exact reproduction of), an old house kitchen, with simple painted inset cabinets, soapstone counters, and hardwood floors. No stainless steel appliances. We are adding a small breakfast room. We are including features to echo the rest of the house. We will match ceiling heights, the arches of the doorways, baseboards, doors, and will have leaded glass cabinet fronts on some cabinets to match the leaded glass in our front door.
We will be largely be starting over with the kitchen. I have attached some photos. It looks nicer than it is. The cabinets are cheap 1970's fake wood that we painted. I'd like to save the stainless steel counters, but I am not sure how feasible that is.
My question is -- should I keep the Vitrolite in the kitchen? I go back and forth on this.
It is throughout my house. All of our window sills are made from it. 3 out of 4 bathrooms have it. I will need to get an expert (and I do not know of anyone locally) to restore it. We have a few cracked and chipped pieces, and the grout needs to be redone. In general, it is in good shape, though, and it is certainly unique and impossible to replicate.
If we keep it, it will dictate many of our design and materials choices. And it will cost more to keep it.
Thoughts?
kidding.. 
