A memory is a photograph taken by the heart...to make a special moment last forever...and of all the memory-pictures that happy times can bring, the best are those that families make together ~
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Thursday, September 08, 2011

Kitchen, before and after ~



Had some remodel photo requests . . . so here are the before and after . . . I had the tile replaced in late 2009 . . . it had been over 15 years (we have lived here for 23 years) and the existing tile was falling apart, my son-in-law replaced the old white tile with this slate looking tile. My mom's husband was going to re-do the cabinets for me . . . with mom's passing and all that took place, the kitchen sat this way until recently. 


I had a friend of mine re-do the cabinets. It's a bit of getting use to as far as all that white (I like warmer wood tones) but it does look better and bigger. I have a very dark kitchen and the lights need to be on to see so the white helps. Eventually, I will be putting knobs and pulls on the cabinets and drawers. My vintage cloth napkins (I found at an Estate sale), that I made into a valance (fancy name) for the kitchen window, were put back up today after being washed and ironed.

I was painting my granddaughter's room at the same time this was being done . . . this house was a mess. Still going thru "stuff" . . . purging and putting away . . . way too much stuff! Have a few more things to do to "warm" the kitchen up, but now, I can focus on my family history like I need and want to be doing . . . glad it's done.



13 comments:

  1. I like wood too but the light cabinets do make the room brighter. I should consider something like this myself. Sometimes I feel like I'm in a cave here.

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  2. Looks very nice.. I love our new white kitchen! ;)

    Lucie

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  3. Thank you, Carol, trying to get use to so much white! Being that my kitchen is so dark unless I leave the lights on, the white helps a bit. I really wanted them to be stained in a darker wood stain but that was going to be very costly so I opted for painting them white . . . the easy way out! I need to "warm" it up a bit.

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  4. Gini - Very nice .. Lot's of work, but it looks great.

    Russ

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  5. Thank you, Apple, Cheryl, Kristin and Lucille . . . it's starting grow on me now! I am so glad the hard part is behind us . . . and now, having our electricity back on, I can see the kitchen . . . San Diego having our massive power outage, was a bit strange.

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  6. I really, really like the new look! I'm planning to paint the cabinets in my condo white (they were once medium oak but now they are very, very dark oak :-P ). I hope mine come out as beautiful as yours!

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  7. Thank you, Cuz! It took a few years to get around to but it's finally done. Glad you like!

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  8. Thank you, Jasia! I started to do this myself to save . . . not a good idea. Very close friends of ours own their own painting company and did it for us . . . it's tricky, you can still sort of tell it's painted but I am liking the look of the wood grain showing up . . . not so stark and gives it a warmer feeling in the kitchen. They did a great job. Yours will be great too, just be sure to hire experienced painters . . . look forward to seeing yours when done.

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