Saturday, March 2, 2013

Our Kitchen

We have finally reached a point in a room renovation that I can say we are 98% done. We both have a bad habit of getting to the 80% mark, loosing steam and not coming back to a project for months. This room has been in the works for over 2 years. It was one of the first rooms we demoed and took the biggest chunk of our budget and time. This room is the kitchen. The heart of the home. Currently my favorite room in the house. 

Here are the before pictures:





What you see is an unusable, small, dirty kitchen that was decorated with splatter painted cabinets. The layout wasn't productive and there were too many doors and walls. 

Progress:





There was a lot of demo to be done. A full wall had to come down to create an open kitchen as well as a door. The window was closed in and the door leading out to the porch was removed. This was a complete gut job. We didn't save a single thing. The old appliances were donated but everything else had to go. Including the ceiling fan.

Once the cabinets were removed, there were layers of wall paper and linoleum to peel, scrape and pry off the floors, walls and ceiling. 

Starting from a clean slate gives your design more options. We knew we would have to rewire the room and this provided the opportunity to locate the appliances, light fixtures and outlets where ever we desired. 

To stay within budget we opted for higher end appliances and semi custom cabinets from Home Depot  and open shelving that we installed ourselves. We had professionals install the tile on the floor and backsplash but the rest of the work was done ourselves. Tongue and  grove boards were chosen over drywall. A combination of pendants, can lights and under cabinet lighting were used. A granite marble combination was chosen for the countertops and Restoration Hardware hardware was chosen for the cabinets.  

The Final Product:






The two percent remaining? Filling the holes from the finishing nails and hanging a few more decorative items. 

We went from an outdated, dirty kitchen to a space that is functional and represents our design styles. We are both very happy with how it turned out.

1 comment:

  1. Uhm, this is amazing. I need to come see it in person!!

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