Crafty Tuesday ~ Kitchen Edition.

At last. After what? Six months? Nine?

At last, I think I can call the kitchen finished. Or at least close enough to finished that I will not spend every waking moment thinking about painting, flooring or cabinet hardware. Before we see the finished project, let’s take a walk down memory lane, shall we?

The day we moved into the house…

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Most hideous kitchen, but most cutest model.

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And it just gets better and better…

Eat-in kitchen area

Remember – the guy who owned our house before us was blind. Not that I needed to tell you that…you probably could’ve figured it out by that last pic. no?

So we took down the wallpaper, which made a difference. And we took down the cabinet that everyone hit their head on and that made a HUGE difference.

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We changed out the light fixture and then my birthday gifts arrived.

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And then the great floor debacle ran its course, but we ended up with lovely floors just the same.

And finally…I bit the bullet, picked some colors and painted up the cupboards, the walls, some family rules art and a chalkboard spice cupboard to use as our shopping list spot. And finally we have this…

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I can’t even tell you the difference in the lighting situation in the kitchen. It has SO MUCH LIGHT. It is awesome. I did include that last pic there so you can see the new back door – which helps a lot in the lighting situation!

The colors are not perfect in the photos, but here is the rundown on what is what.

Wall: Benjamin Moore Manchester Tan
Upper Cabs: Benjamin Moore Bleeker Beige
Lower Cabs: Benjamin Moore Alexandria Beige

(All three are just different shades from the same swatch family. If BMs site wasn’t being so difficult I’d try to put the paint colors up there…but, well, it is being difficult. So you can go check them out if you are interested.

The cabinet hardware we got from Lowe’s. It is the same oil-rubbed bronze as the light fixture and it brings out the brown in the grout (I hardly notice the old tile…in fact, I think I kinda like it now!) and the floor tile. And the paint colors have just enough gray in them that they look great next to the stainless steel appliances.

I think at some point we might want a little more color – but I have artwork and window treatments to find still and I figured I can pull in the blue from the tile into these. We also need to find a microwave/vent for over the range to get rid of that old hood. And I’d love to get a new faucet at some point, too.

But like I said…it is close enough to finished for me. And I’m sure for you all, too. So, NO MORE KITCHEN posts! Well…at least for a few months, ok?

9 thoughts on “Crafty Tuesday ~ Kitchen Edition.

  1. Wow Bean..it’s beautiful. It’s so bright and clean looking. You did a wonderful job.

  2. Very Nice, you did a great job, and put Soooo much effort into it. Glad it turned out like you wanted.

  3. Aw, Carrie…it looks awesome. I swear it looks like a kitchen straight from pinterest. I know you must be SO happy that it is finished.

  4. It’s hard to believe it’s the same kitchen you started with, it looks wonderful. I can see how much brighter the kitchen is and that makes a huge difference. Love, love, love it! Your hard work really paid off.

  5. WONDERFUL job!!! It looks delightful! Love the model…almost didn’t recognize her!

    Can I tell you that I almost drooled when I saw your double oven….oooohhh baby….give us a full report on that baby!!

    Congratulations – it looks AMAZING!

    Wanna come redo my kitchen?

  6. It is BEAUTIFUL, Carrie — and must be so rewarding after all your hard work! The light in there is wonderful. It really doesn’t even look like the same room — and I am sure that is what you had in mind! GREAT job — way to go!!!!!!!!!!!!

  7. Yes, me too! Jealous! What a great job. SO tasteful. The benchtops now look fine where previously they stuck out like sore thumbs. I think the floor was masterful, made all the difference. Love the second to last shot hwere you can see the cupboard colours better. We are holding off on doing ours until after the back garden makeover…I will just look at yours and get vicarious pleasure instead.

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