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!

I thought I was almost there!

If you check this blog very often,

you know that projects seldom go as planned.

Remember my five-day back yard project that took five weeks?

And my granite and backsplash that are not yet finished?

Well, to add to the list...

My four-day cabinet painting project is approaching two weeks!

The painter installed door and drawer pulls on Saturday while we were gone.

When I got home, this is what I found...

Not even close to straight or even.

Grrrr!

He used a new template he had just purchased.

After coming back Monday, he was embarrassed and had to take half the doors back

so I could have straight handles.

So...tomorrow is now the finish date.

We'll see.

I'll keep ya posted!

Almost There!

My kitchen is so close to being done!

The painted cupboard doors are supposed to come this morning.

In the meantime,

here are a few of the things I've been doing...

Changed two of these to black,

Fixed the stove so it's now the same height as the new countertop,

And took this blind apart because the strings were tangled inside.

I got to wash it while it was on the floor, too.

Final kitchen pics are coming soon!

Yay!

Kitchen Sneak Peek

Here's a taste of what I've been up to.

Hopefully in a week or so, my kitchen will be complete.

I showed you some of the new countertops.

Here's some of the new backsplash.

Now we just need a little a whole lotta paint!

Progress in the Kitchen

I don't know why every home improvement project around turns into a fiasco,

but we've done it again!

My new countertops were scheduled for Monday.

They came and removed all the plumbing and the countertops.

They messed up so came back Tuesday.

They decided they needed to refabricate all of them so they said they'd be back Thursday.

I called Thursday and they said I was scheduled for Saturday morning!

Ugh!

The countertops are in.

Here's a picture of the desk...before, during, and after.

The only good thing about this project is that I haven't had to do dishes for six days!!!

I'll post the rest when the backsplash is done!

Recycle, Recycle, Recycle

My kitchen countertops came out today.

I thought there had to be another use for them

I decided to use them in the garage since the shelves there are painted and scratched up.  

It forced a little clean-up job, too!

What's under your countertops?

I'm getting some new countertops next week.

It occurred to me today that if they come take my old countertops off,

you're going to be able to see my drawers!

*GASP*

 So I decided to clean some of them out.

 Here are some before and afters.

 Some of the after pictures are sideways.

 Just tilt your head to see the difference!

;-)