Our kitchen has made major process in the past couple of
weeks. Admittedly I was kind of in a love/hate relationship with the prospect
of tackling this one. Okay, so I feel that way about every home renovation
project we take on. But this one especially. Kitchen renovations are EXPENSIVE.
We immediately went to the house as soon as they handed us
the keys. In the many, many weeks it takes to close on a house, you kind of
forget what it even looks like. I remember walking into the kitchen and
thinking “Those bastards. They shrunk the kitchen. It was not this small when
the realtor showed it to us.”
Well part of the problem was that GINORMOUS breakfast bar.
So ugly. SO huge. Such a waste of space. That had to go immediately.
We had been toying with the idea of getting new kitchen
cabinets. The ones the house came with were, well, hideous. But there was just
no way new cabinets were in the cards budget wise. Unless we wanted to live on
Ramen Noodles for the rest of our lives. Secretly, my husband would probably love
that.
We took a pretty big risk and decided to attempt to paint
the crappy cabinets. I know. So brave. So fearless. The risky part was the
colors we chose. We talked about doing something a little more subdued but opted
for two pretty wild shades. We figured the moment we win the lottery we’ll have
new custom cabinets installed anyway, so why not live a little in the meantime.
We also popped on some new, much more modern hardware. They
don’t even look like the same cabinets!
The most exciting update was without a doubt our new
appliances. I’M BANANAS FOR OUR NEW APPLIANCES. I love them so, so much. The
previous stove was electric so we did have to hire a plumber to come in and
hook up the gas line.
Kitchen renovation phases 2-37 will include new floors,
backsplash, countertops, dishwasher removal (we’re getting rid of it all
together), new sink and faucet. Sooo basically everything else.
Also, we may need to thinking about paring down our knife
collection a little. Creeps!!!
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