After researching and finding TONS of pictures, I finally convinced my husband to paint our existing cabinets black... He was hesitant, like he always is with my color choices, ideas, fabrics, etc, but he knew I would be relentless so he FINALLY agreed!
*The next 3 pics were quickly snapped with my cell phone AT NIGHT, so excuse the poor quality please!
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| our assembly line :) |
I knew I wanted him to add crown molding to the tops of our builder grade cabinets and that alone made a HUGE impact and was inexpensive and according to him pretty easy! I also wanted bead board added to the sides of the cabinets and I love it! It really gave a nice finished look.
I also wanted stainless appliances. I know a lot of people hate them, but I don't mind them and I like the look... They really aren't to hard to clean and since the minis are getting bigger we don't have the whole "finger print issue".
We bought a new faucet at our local ReStore and it was a fantastic find and an even better deal... I LOVE it!
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| I made simple valences out of panels from Target... I had the hardest time finding fabric I liked... |
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| you can see the bead board in this pic |
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| love this baby! So worth every cent! Note: I had visions of kids making the ice crumble to the floor and water pouring out daily, so we got one with the ice maker and water INSIDE. LOVE! |
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| Kids desk area... The dry erase board is my DAILY life saver as is the file holders... One for each kids many school and sport papers! |
My chairs were dingy and yucky, thank you little people... So I recovered them with a fun fabric that has all the colors of my downstairs in it... I like them SO MUCH MORE now!
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| before |
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| better after :) |
The whole thing took about a month because Jason worked, my parents came to town, and well life happened... I really feel like it was worth the wait though! I LOVE my new kitchen... I feel like it suits me and my personality, looks more modern, and I feel like it doesn't look so "standard"... Even though we have started saving for our counter tops and an amazing aquaish tile for the backsplash, I no longer feel as though I'm going to vomit when I look at them... Somehow the black makes them a bit more tolerable...
So there you have it, my semi kitchen make over without spending a FORTUNE! What do ya think?
4 thoughts:
Your appliances look nice. One idea you could have done....they sell the double wall ovens where they have a microwave in place of the 2nd oven. You need a pop of color. Red? Green? Maybe a backsplash?
Your pictures make the black paint on the cabinets look streaky. Was it hard to paint and how many coats did you do?
It turned out beautiful! Great job :)
Paula
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Looks great. I thought that black cabinets might be too much but the silver appliances and white furniture soften the whole room.
Jen, I had the wall oven with the mocrowave in my last house and from asking around, it would have been a down grade to my kitchen. Plus I like having both ovens for baking, etc. I realoly like having the microwave in the cabinet. It works perfect for us. Also, we are getting new countertops as soon as we have the rest of the money saved... I am having the counters flush with the wall. I have found a really cool aquaish tile we plan to use for the backsplash, but we can't do it until the counters are in. I think the lighting and flash of the camera made them look streaky in spots, but in person they are not. Jason did most of the work, so I am not sure how hard it was. I think it was just mostly time consuming...
Thanks Paula and Anne! We love it and has really made a huge difference and impact on my home for not a lot of cash!
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