The kitchen? Is not done.
But I am tired of waiting. And I trust all of you not to sit and pinpoint all the little imperfections that are there still and I am going to show you anyway.
As a refresher, here is the kitchen when we bought the house. As my 4 year old likes to say, this is when the house was disgusting. It really was.
Here it is after we had put in all the new cabinets, countertop, floor, walls, etc…
If you are interested, you can see more at House Remodel Photos page, Progress on Simplifying the Kitchen and Our $3000 Kitchen Makeover.
The past week, we have spent changing some cosmetic stuff. Hubby finished painting the walls Sherwin Williams Regale Blue and then put up the subway tile backsplash I have wanted for the past 2 years. He also added a countertop to the right of the stove, using black granite tiles to match the rest of the kitchen. We had a metal cart that I picked up at a yardsale last year for $10 that he built in under the countertop and now stores my pots and pans that I use the most, along with some of my baking stuff.
Here you can see those shiny black granite countertop tiles right next to my shiny black Frigidaire oven
Hubby finished painting trim that he installed over two years ago – yes, really. Basically we are attempting to tie up all little loose ends in here – finishing it off so we can simply enjoy it. It’s getting there!
I added an island cabinet that I got on Craigslist a few months ago for $30 (it was along a wall, but I like it better as an island). I still need to find a stool to go there and I know our Goodwill has them often for $4.99 so I am waiting to find one there. I also want to get the Ikea Latt Table and Chairs to go in front of the chalkboard. Ikea doesn’t ship it so I will either drive down there, find it on Craigslist or ebay and have that sometime in the near future.
There is still some touch up painting to do, hubby still has to add trim to the front of the new countertop and then he has to clean up all the paint spills on my floor. But it’s coming along and I am really happy with it so far!
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i think it looks great. you two did all that yourself? awesome!
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LOVE IT! I love the contrast of black & white- it makes everything look so clean! great job
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I love your kitchen, especially the color scheme! I have red accents in mine as well. Great job
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Wow, how fun! And you know I adore the subway tile!! I can’t believe what a transformation this is and how you are doing it yourselves. Great job.
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Amazing. I am saving for a subway tile backsplash and would LOVE TO KNOW how you did it yourself? Was it hard? Any advice for someone who has NEVER done tile before? I really would love to do this myself.
Your kitchen looks amazing!
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Yeah for getting the trim all painted. It’s funny how projects like that can just totally escape your mind. You can look at them every single day and totally forget that the trim still needs to be finished up.
What a fun place to prepare food for your family! I really like what you’ve done.
Katie
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What a transformation! Amazing you did all this yourselves. We’re not handy at all and got ours done but it still took a few months. How long have you been working on this? Love the bead-board cabinets.
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Your kitchen transformation is amazing!! Your subway tile backsplash is gorgeous as is everything else!!! What a wonderful job!!!!
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You’ve done a ton of work! Wow. I’m impressed. Really like those beadboard cabinets. And I’ve been wanting white subway tile in my kitchen, too. One of these days…
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Subway tiles are DELISH! So pretty!!!
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IKEA is 10 minutes from my house. You are welcome to come stay here and we can go together.
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I love the remodel. Very cool!
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I love it. It really is cute and homey and fabulous.
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I LOVE the subway tile!!! It looks so awesome! You guys have done such an incredible job! Now come do my kitchen
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Now you are my kind of family!! We are renovating our kitchen and have been since last summer. The pace is as slow as molasses but it will get done when it will get done.
Your kitchen looks fantastic!
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Looks like a breath of fresh air. One day………
maybe I’ll get a new kitchen.
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Everything looks awesome – it must feel so good knowing y’all have done it all yourselves. I wish I lived closer to you – I’m getting ready to let go of a similar Ikea table – I’d be happy to ship it down to you, but the shipping might be more than the table new.
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Emily, I just love your kitchen makeover! Looks so pretty. I’ve got kitchen projects on the brain right now too, so am looking at yours with ideas swimming around my head. I love your cabinets, granite and how genius to add the cart with granite tiles.
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Wow, great job! Your cabinets are beautiful. Also, I love the trim work around the windows and the chalkboard is such a fun idea. I can relate to it taking a while to finish. We remodeled our kitchen three years ago and I am still waiting for my husband to finish some of the back splash grouting and our doorway to the laundry room still needs some trim work yet!
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WOW it looks GREAT!!! love the space too!!
~TidyMom
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I just love red! So your little red accents in your kitchen popped right out! It looks great and you are adding so much value to your home. (And I’m not just talking financially!)
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I like how your kitchen looks bulletproof. It’s a place where you can do what needs to be done. Fantastic to have 2 windows over the sink.
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Wow, what a difference! I love your new kitchen. Congratulations! ~Arleen
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Wow it looks great…and almost home! Congrats on such beautiful work!
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Great job on the kitchen! It looks like you removed some overhead cabinet space. Where did you put the things that used to be in overheads? I would love to get rid of some of my overhead cabinets, but I am afraid to lose the storage!
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It looks so good…no more disgusting!
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Thank you, everyone, for the compliments on our kitchen re-do! We did move the overhead cabinets that were in the corner but didn’t get rid of it altogether. There is another little section that you can’t see in the photo because of my ginormous fridge that has two overhead cabinets and a shelf below it for storage. It’s a big kitchen – takes up more than 1/3 of our house – and I wanted to pack as much function into it as possible so we kept the storage but moved it so I could have more of an open and airy feel on the window side.
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ooooooooohhhhh, ahhhhhhhhh…..LOVE the transformation!
Suzanne
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Looks like you have a beautiful kitchen you can enjoy for years-the subway tile is fabulous-
Thanks for sharing.
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Looks so fresh and clean!! Love your makeover!
~angela @ peonypatch
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I understand the baseboard waiting to be painted for so long. I’ve been there.
Everything looks so pretty and I love the chalkboard! I want a chalkboard!!!
~Kim
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Wow, what an amazing job you did! You must love being there. Thanks for the inspiration!
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Hi I am visiting via T.I.R. What a great post.
I hope you will stop by for a visit as I am currently hosting a giveaway.
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Wow, what a tranformation!! You did a great job, it looks wonderful! What a difference!
Happy Weekend!
xo Isa
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What an improvement! You did an amazing job…
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Bright, beautiful, and brilliant! I love your kitchen make over! You have done a wonderful job.
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Great job! Love the white and black and the bright blue accents. Doesn’t it feel good to see the progress moving along.
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Wow! Your kitchen is looking beautiful! I love those shiny counter tops. Your room looks like it is so full of life now.
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i love subway tiles and a chalkboard in the kitchen! nice job.
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I love what you’ve done! All of the little touches – I’ve got to get some red cabinet knobs, the sink, the backsplash, the built in cart, the granite tiles, the chalkboard….. LOVE it! I’m adding this entire page to the things I want in our sometime kitchen remodel. Really nice job!
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Looks great. I love the chalkboard. I’ve been wanting to add one in our room.
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I LOVE the idea of the metal cart as part of the counter. Functional and a funky fresh new way to create storage space! The tile above it was the perfect touch to bring it in with the rest of the kitchen!
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