Saturday, February 13, 2010

Just Like New!

We love our house. We love how cozy it is. We love how easy it is to entertain here. We love the warmth. We always have. The one thing we have NOT always loved was our grossly decorated kitchen. Since the moment we step foot in this house knowing that it would be ours (we bought it from some great friends), I have said, "Love the house, hate the kitchen." I have been wanting to get rid of THIS look for a long time....

BEFORE: (At least we did have new appliances already when we took this picture. If you can't tell, the countertops are gray formica....and the formica extends up onto the walls to meet the cabinets.)
But now.....
In the past couple of weeks, we have totally made over our kitchen and we L-O-V-E it. It is exactly what we had always dreamed of having our kitchen looked like. When I came home from work to see my new kitchen, I actually jumped up and down! :) We are so pleased with this and would you believe that this entire transformation took a TOTAL of 3 work days (1.5 for the cabinets and 1.5 for the countertops and backsplash).
We have spent much time in our new kitchen just staring at it, unable to believe that its actually ours.
So without further ado, here it is!!

AFTER:

Plus a good close-up of the backsplash, too.

So....what do you think? You probably didn't jump up and down like me...
Come see it in person...come see us!! We are definitely OPEN to having lots of people over now and can't wait to have dinner here together soon!

9 comments:

Wendi said...

Love it!!!!! Looks great!

M & M said...

It does look great! I love that you did the cabinets too! Did they strip and restain them?

Our kitchen is done too but I still have to paint the walls (after tearing out the wallpaper) so I was waiting to post until then. And I am with you, I love our kitchen too!

Jaime said...

It looks amazing! I love the painted cabinets!

Mike and Suzi :) said...

Love it! I kind of want to jump up and down for you!

Aunt Kris said...

What a huge change - in 3 days! It only took us 9 months for our renovation! Don't get me started.
Enjoy!

Aja said...

I love it!

amy said...

GORGEOUS!

Kristy Goldman said...

Yeah - it is beautiful! - Even more beautiful than it was in the teeny tiny version of these pictures on your camera at dinner the other day. I want it... I've already been running the numbers with Kyle. :)

Anonymous said...

Wow! That is amazing! How did that only take 3 days? I am impressed.

Lindsay Hunton