My Sister's Kitchen

My sister's kitchen is officially finished!

It was a lot of work and a lot of fun.

Here are some pictures of the process.

We first did the floor (in the previous post),
then she painted the walls and ceiling.
We removed the doors (I took those home to paint),

added beadboard to the island,

sanded,

primed,

and painted.

We put it all back together today including new hinges and knobs.
They even replaced the hood over the stove
and removed and spray painted the metal lazy susan shelves.

Here are the before and after shots.

 And here are some of the details...

 



Ikea Flooring

I had so much fun watching my kitchen transform

that I've decided to do another one, my sister's!

She's been talking about doing her kitchen floor for a while.

I told her that I wanted to help.

We made a trip to Ikea for some laminate flooring and supplies

and got started.

Here is her floor after she removed the top layer including a subfloor layer.

(She did all the hard work, I showed up for the fun part!)

Look at this lovely linoleum that was in her kitchen when she bought the house

that she had covered up with another layer of vinyl.

Some of the original subfloor had to be replaced so we got to work

with a piece of plywood and a skil saw.

Here is the finished product.

It looks awesome and I've loved hangin' out with my sista!

P.S.  Now that the floor looks so good,

we've decided to paint the cabinets.

That project starts tomorrow!

Kitchen Reveal

I've shown you parts of my kitchen overhaul.

Here is the before and after of the whole kitchen you've been patiently waiting for.

Here is my kitchen a few months ago...

The next picture is after new, black countertops and backsplash

and just before paint...

 I had to remove everything from the cupboards and drawers.

Here's a picture of part of my office during the painting...

And here is the after picture...

(Be sure to notice that I raised the microwave so I could see the knobs on the stove.

In the process I had to raise and move forward the cupboard above the microwave.

Then it needed new crown moulding.

 And just in case you want to see all my hard work again,

here are the pictures one more time...

Before...

 After...

I love how it turned out!



Almost there!

My kitchen is finished,

but before I show it to you,

I have to put it back together!

That's a big job.

In the meantime,

here are a couple of somethings I've been working on...

We had old, florescent lighting under the cabinets

so we updated with LED lights.

I also made my own divider for the silverware.

It has plastic liner stuff on the bottom.

No more overflowing silverware trays.

Ahhhhh!