Wednesday

Before and After -- Rooster Kitchen Renovation

There was a such a great response to Claire's room "before and after" that I'm going to share our kitchen - an even more dramatic turnabout. I don't want to turn into a decorating blog, but with our house on the market we've been living, breathing and squealing "house, house, house!" Even Claire has been pitching in to clean "afore the real-ladies come by."

Besides -- since I'm my own boss here, I can make the rules, right?! ;-)


Here's the before. We passed a year surrounded by roosters, blue checked (bathroom?) tile and dark brown Formica cabinetry. A new kitchen was out of the question (and out of the budget) but we managed to turn a dark, depressing room into one of my favorite spaces in our house.


You'll notice as you look through the archives we kept the tile for a long time (once the cabinets were white, it was entirely bearable). When we put the house on the market 2 weeks ago we ripped up the tile and put a new formica countertop in. Granite would have been fantastic, but for around $300, the Formica (on clearance!) was cheap, easy and totally changed the room.


All of the paint is "oops" paint from the Home Depot, and yes, I PAINTED the formica cabinets. Automotive primer is a girl's best friend and it was a summer project to remember - lots of fumes, tons of suicidal insects and an unintended "open cabinetry" look that lasted well over 4 months. Such is life!


What do you think? Looks like a whole new room to me! I'm no design star but I'm loving my "new" kitchen and am soooo not sorry to see that nasty grout gone.

9 comments:

  1. Great job!! So light and airy, it looks like you expanded!

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  2. It's beautiful. I think the new table, chandelier and the chalk board all look great in the dinette area too.

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  3. I love the new kitchen but you know I am still partial to the roosters. I know I have no taste.

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  4. WOW-that's amazing! We have a low-budget kitchen redo looming ahead, too, and this is really inspiring!

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  5. It does look amazing! We, too, also have a kitchen renovation coming up in the somewhat near future!! Great work! It is so much brighter and more welcoming!
    ~ Mrs. Mc
    Little Literacy Learners

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  6. WOW! IT looks fantastic! Like a totally different room!

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  7. I am very glad to see this post. I need to do something with my old oak cabinets.I haven't had the heart to paint them...their oak...but they are starting to look really shabby.

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  8. hah don't hate me but I kind of like the before better... probably because of the roosters. I have no taste, I know

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  9. Wow...looks great! I am a new follower.

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