Kitchen Re-do

I am in the middle of several projects at the moment, but I thought I would share with you some before and after pictures of our humble abode.  We bought our little money pit in January 2010.  It has been just that…a money pit, but I love it and wouldn’t trade it for anything!  We have been on a roller coaster of sprucing and relaxing.  We’ll get on a roll and get some projects finished, and then we have to take a break (and save some money) then go again!  I’ll begin the tour with the kitchen!  It’s my favorite room in the house, but is fixing to get another face lift!  When we bought the house, the kitchen looked like this:

 

That was not going to work for me!  But I saw potential!  The flower wallpaper was the first thing that had to go, the second was that ripped floor, and third those dark cabinets!  So what did we do?  Well my handsome hubby, my wonderful father-in-law, and loving daddy went to work on those floors.  It had some week spots, so they fixed that and then they laid down laminate floors.  My daddy, being the perfectionist mudder and painter that he is helped to remove all the wall strips and mud them so that we had a clean slate to paint. And that we did!  We painted the walls and the cabinets.  So here are the now after pictures:

I found that corner piece at Brady’s in Warwick!  That is exactly how I bought it, but I have a few ideas in mind for it!  The table and chairs were a wedding gift from a teacher friend of my moms!  It was perfect for our little house!  I also have a few ideas in mind for it as well!  But all in all both pieces are fine the way they are! For now!

Our stove area has changed a bit!  My Sissy and BNL gave us the stove as a wedding gift and the microwave was given to us from my parents.  I know they are a little mix matched, but who’s complaining??  And yes, I am aware that the drawers do not match the cabinets and there is a door missing above the microwave, but all in due time my friends!

Ah, the sink area!  I absolutely HATE that corner sink!  HATE it!  That is such a waste of space!  But it works for now.  We bought a new dishwasher last year because the one that came with the house quit working after 2-3 washes.  I am not a hand dishwasher.  I’m sorry, but God gave man the brains to invent technology, and brains for me to use it!   Call it lazy if you like, I call it being smart.  How many other women feel that way?  How much time in a day do we really have?  Not enough to stand there and hand wash dishes if we don’t have to!  Ok I’m off my soap box now. On with the tour!

I love the area above my cabinets to use as display!  I wanted a fruit theme, but not the apples or the grapes.  I love LOVE strawberries, and I also love pineapples!  I’ve had fun searching for different things to put up there.  And thanks again to my great friend Rachelle Perry and her GpaNL Mr. Earl for helping to hang those cabinet doors!

Well I hope you have enjoyed the first tour of the kitchen!  Stay tuned for the reveal of the re-do re-do!  I hope to have it finished by the end of the year! Ah it’s coming way to fast!  Well I will leave you with one last look at a before and after shot!  Thanks for stopping by!

 

    Before                                         After

Janna Banana!