The Kitchen

Project 1: The Kitchen

The pre-move in kitchen is all YELLOWED. The counters, the cabinets, the backsplash: It's all yellowed from age. BUT- The cabinets are good solid condition, the flow is actually fairly good, and its got tons of unique and useful shelving including a pot shelf with roll out shelves, a lazy susan in the corner, and a divided pan nook. The fridge was not included in the sale of the house, so we also have to find a new fridge... Let's get started...
Hubby's uncle works in construction and painting. He owns a painting company 4 hours away, and was so wonderful and kind to drive up for a weekend to help us with this first major project. 

And then there's a hiccup... The fridge is too tall. We had 2 options: get one that fit in the space, but didn't fit all our food, or buy one that fit our food and space needs, but didn't fit in the space... Our secret weapon? Hubby's uncle works with cabinetry and was able to trim the cabinet to fit! 






First coat down, and already SO much better! Look at that!


 The top's 2nd coat is down, and it looks so good! But we're covered in painting supplies and kitchen stuff! Whew!








The dining room got to take over the painting supplies...










3 days of HARD work... and here's the finished product!



I painted the counter tops as well, it's only a temporary fix until we can afford more expensive material...

Even the dining room got some love... A 10 dollar chandelier instead of a bladeless ceiling fan, and a 20 dollar cherry wood table from a yard sale.

Kitchen down... next up, painting the rest of the house....

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