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THE KITCHEN IS COMPLETE ~but is it really ever done?

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BEFORE I REVEAL THE FINISHED KITCHEN…

A little history. When I started this blog, my plan was to tell our story of how we staged the house to put it on the market to sell. We had a very nice stager walk through our house and tell us what to put away, what colors to use on the walls, how to declutter.
This is our kitchen before the staging. I’ll call it my hunter green kitchen. Lots and lots of hunter green!!
Then we put a little light green paint on the walls, decluttered, and lightened up things a little bit.
THEN…
We decided NOT to put the house on the market. You can read about that here. Well, I thought to myself, I’m going to go WILD redoing our old house to make it new!! I wanted to tackle the kitchen first. There’s so much about the above picture that yells
 “COME INTO THE 21st CENTURY WOULD YA!!!”
So we have spent the last few months painting the cabinets, installing new countertops, reorganizing the cabinets, hanging curtains and, my personal favorite, accessorizing!
It’s so fun (at least for me) to see the whole process so here goes. If you want to read the post that goes with each step just click on the heading (FIRST, SECOND, etc). Hope you enjoy the process as much as we did!!
We painted the cabinets with  Sherwin Williams ProClassic gloss paint in bright white. We attached beadboard paneling to the ends of each cabinet. You can read about the process here,  here and here.

 

SECOND……..
We had the counters replaced with Kashmir White granite with an ogee edge.

The island has the Roman Ogee edge and the granite countertops have the Ogee edge.

THIRD……
We replaced our white dinged up sink with a stainless steel sink and new gooseneck faucet.

 

We hung beadboard paneling over the tile backsplash and added corbels. We painted both with the SW white paint. You can read more here and here.

 

 

We replaced the kitchen island countertop with Ikea’s butcherblock countertop that we had the ogee edge trimmed out. You can also read more here.
SIXTH…….
We replaced the hunter green out-of-date pendant lights with two black/glass pendant lights from Lowe’s.
We replaced the boring white pantry door with a 10-pane window door which I painted green and replaced the doorknob with a glass knob.
We replaced the big bulky oak barstools at the kitchen island with small under-the-counter stools that we already had. We just painted them green to match the walls. We also attached newel posts to the hangover counter to add a little character.
NINTH……
We replaced our white appliances with Craigslist stainless steel appliances. You can read all about it here.
I’m going to bunch all the accessories into one step. I painted everything I could find either green or white and I painted the chandelier black and the lampshades white and with green trim. I also added a little bling to match the pantry doorknob bling.
This was by far the hardest and most time consuming project we’ve ever done. But what a difference! It was worth every drop of  blood, sweat and some tears!! Every time I walk into our new kitchen I just
* SIGH *
NOW TO THE COMPLETE REVEAL……(drum roll please!!)

 

And last but not least…….

….and don’t forget it!!
Here’s the last before and after. Can you tell I love before and after pictures?

I want to say a special thank you to Son#1 for the great pictures. He’s really enjoying my new camera!

Let me know what you think! I’d love to hear.

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Love y’all,
Linda

77 Comments

  2. Linda!!! Your kitchen turned out beautiful!!! I absolutely love all the white, bead board, and corbel accents! I love the beveled edge on your butcher block too! You guys should be so incredibly proud of your new kitchen!

  3. Wow! It is hard to believe that is the same kitchen.. I love how you worked with a lot of what you already had and did it step by step! What a wonderful transformation!!!

  4. Beautiful!! I love all the changes you made. I am getting ready to paint my cupboards white this summer…this gives me more inspiration!

  7. After 63 comments you really don’t need anymore praise, and I really don’t know where to begin since this redo catches my breath in mid air! You have not only brightened and renewed this space, but with the splashes of candy apple green, it really comes alive. I want to be in this kitchen, cooking or just setting with tea and cookies and digging on the country-ness of how quaint and welcoming it is! Absolutely hands down the best remodel with paint, beadboard, knobs and lighting I have ever seen.

  8. Love your kitchen!! Great job!!! The pop of color on the pantry door is one of my favorites, well I also love the counter tops, the accessories, lights, pretty much everything!!

  12. Love the whole room! I just bought the same lights for my kitchen and the island pendant.
    What color is the wall paint, I have been trying to find a nice green for the family room ad really like that color.

    Debbie

  16. You inspired me with your work of art. I never though that it is all because of the paint that changes your kitchen. super ty for this.

  18. Absolutely stunning! You did a fabulous job. You’ve inspired me to get my rear in gear on my kitchen! Visting from Ticked Pink Friday, and not your newest follower!

    Carolyn
    {my simple messterpiece}

  19. Wow, what a difference! I especially love the white with pops of bright green (which happens to be my favorite color 😉 ) Found your lovely blog through Hooking up with HOH. 🙂 now I’ll have to go back and read your other kitchen posts!

    • Thank you so much Kathryn! You better get comfortable because there are A LOT of kitchen posts :)I think I went into a little bit too much detail but I was soooo excited with each new step I just had to share! Thanks for visiting! ~Linda

  24. This looks fantastic! And gives me hope. Teh house we are buying has the original 1970-80s cabinets so they are very dark and it is also in the center of the house so NO windows! I’m planning on painting them white and adding new hardware to try to lighten things up. Thanks for sharing

    Visiting from The Shabby Nest

  28. Very beautiful, Linda! It’s amazing how the right shade of green (and lots of white) will launch a room into the 21st century. So fresh. LOVE your island top!!!

  29. AMAZING! I love the pops of green! You did a WONDERFUL job!!! I still need to accesorize my kitched redo more and I am hoping the countertops we are saving for will finish it off nicly! You guys did an AWESOME job!

  30. Oh my gosh!! What a beautiful kitchen!!!! I had to come take a look because we have almost the exact same kitchen (minus the awesome desk area y’all have). This looks so great. Congratulations…y’all are hard workers, and it looks absolutely beautiful!!!

    • Beth~Are you thinking of redoing your kitchen? I hope I didn’t scare you with all the work. It really was worth every moment of work to transform my kitchen into something I just love walking into! Thanks for visiting ~ Linda

  33. You’re kitchen is beautiful! I love the pops of green with the white cabinets. You did an amazing job!!!

  36. Linda,
    What a transformation.So neat to see it from start to finish.You did a beautiful job!!! Love the colors you chose.It all looks amazing.I am sure you are beyond thrilled with it all.
    ((((Hugs)))))
    Anne

    • Anne~Thank you so much. Let me just say you are my best follower by far!! You always have sweet things to say and it puts a smile on my face. Thank you. I just peaked over at your blog and your kitchen looks amazing too. A lot of work but well worth it. My oldest son begged me to antique the cabinets but I was too afraid. Yours look amazing! Are you by chance going to The Haven Conference? If you are I want to give you a real hug! <3 Linda

  38. Linda, your kitchen looks amazing. You inspired me to paint almost every room in our house. I also became very good friends with black spray paint. Miss you.

    Love Janine

  39. WOW, WOW, WOW !! Looks absolutely awesome! Thank you so much for sharing this story! I thoroughly enjoyed watching each step! Each time I saw you had posted a new section, I jumped on the website to see what was new! Wonderful job by a wonderful family! Love Analeen

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