Kitchen

Below are the before pictures of the kitchen renovation for the house. The house was a total gut job so I am posting room by room. Please let me know if you have any questions or you would like to hire me for any renovations. :)  I just do interior design not any manual labor. lol. Anyways I can help you with anything from picking out materials, flooring, cabinets, paint colors, trim etc I also can design kitchen or bathroom layouts which you will see more of in the bathroom renovations. I have about two years of experience in designing kitchen and bathroom layouts not including the ones I have done at my own houses. :)  Feel free to contact me I am always down for work :) elizabethwyatt@yahoo.com

Getting rid of the popcorn ceiling was a big mess!

                                                  

When we first looked at the house, we had originally planned to refinish the cabinets, install new counter tops and replace the appliances. Of course nothing goes as planned and we decided the cabinets were in much worse shape that we thought. They were the original cabinets from the early 70's and not looking good. You can imagine how this killed our budget but the old cabinets were not going to work out as we had originally planned. What's new?? ha ha 

Demo-time!

She took out that wall all by herself!

Am I really working or just pretending? You guess!

This was the beauty that was above the cook top.

And behind the cabinets was wood paneling?

Removing wall to open space. View from the front door.

Since this was a load bearing wall, my main workers, Charlie & his cousin Eric, added a beam in the attic. They did this all by themselves, they are so smart and handy. ;)  I will not go into detail about the major accident that happened at the house the first day of work, but after that I was the biggest worry wart in the world. Especially when anyone went to do anything major like this. This time I thought the house would collapse or they would fall out of the attic onto something and kill themselves. Ahh I have problems I know.

Inspirations

I really wanted my dining area to look like this, I mean who would not? 

I loved everything about the light neutral colors and the dark table with the simple but kind of fancy chandelier. I am more of casual person. I like plain, simple and CLEAN! Mostly because I have kind of learned my lesson with all the trendy stuff. It seems to go out of style very quickly so I try to stick to things that can hang around for a while.

I loved this kitchen. I really loved the glass pendant lights but I couldn't find any in my price range, and you can't have it all right? The back splash is amazing,I think it really adds something to it to make it stand out. Mine is not that shiny but it is pretty similar. Once again I love the white cabinets and neutral counter top. All white kitchen are my favorite. 

 

Of course the kitchen was one of the last thing to go in so after the drywall, electrical, plumbing, and the floors were sanded down, we then got the cabinets installed. My cabinets are popular wood and custom made. Half of them were taken out of another house that had minor water damage while the other half were new. I chose a white matte finish instead of really glossy finish as well.  Good thing we used real wood cabinets instead of the mdf board ones because about 3 months after we moved in the new fridge got a leak and leaked all under the cabinets. Since they were real wood, they did not swell up and bust like the manufactured ones would have. I also used a dark bronze handle and have a stainless kitchen faucet. Yes you can mix and match those two finishes.

I chose a very light wall color as well.

Here they are being installed

Tah Dah!

I kept basically the same layout as before just got rid of the wall oven and got a range.

Love my peninsula/bar. 

 We redid the lighting and just added lots of can lights. I believe there is about 10 of them. I was worried there were too many, but all the old ladies told me you can never have enough lights in your kitchen. ha ha

Counter tops I went with a light grayish color called cashmere white. Sounds fancy huh? ha ha. My back splash is just a marble subway tile from Good Ol' Home Depot. My grandmother actually bought it for me bc at this point I was going to wait on one, but she insisted she wanted to buy something for me for the house. So sweet of her. :)

Good deals

Anyone who knows me, knows I am a big cheapo! I like to bargain hunt and find good deals on everything.  :) Just wanted to share some of my good deals on my kitchen project with you all. If you are looking for new faucets, I recommend Kohler or Delta bc they both have a lifetime warranty and they last! Find the model number you like and check all local stores and online for the best price. I got all of my faucets for the house on Amazon.

Amazon $99. Lowes $148

Bargain Hunt $19.99 

Bargain Hunt has lots of great lighting. Now you do have to dig through boxes, but hints the name Bargain Hunt. ha ha. Just make sure you check it for damage or missing parts before you purchase. :) Love that place!

69$ from Lamps Plus Open Box. Originally $150

We found this beauty in the garage. After a new staining and a little clean up it looks great. Love look of the white trim with the stained door.  There was just an opening here leading to the sun room, but we closed it off because it was not heating/cooler properly. Ignore that mess in there. The interior of the sun room is not finished yet. :)

Before/After

Before view from entry door.

After view from entry door

Before view from foyer

 After view from foyer

Before view of kitchen

After of kitchen

Before kitchen side view

After kitchen side view

Before view from dining area

After view from dining area

We also extended the hardwood flooring throughout the whole upstairs. It was previously just in the kitchen and dining area.  We are really pleased with how everything turned out even though it was not a planned renovation when we purchased the house. Whoopsie again :)