The long-awaited photos of our kitchen have finally arrived! Kudos to Abby for finally twisting our arms enough to get the pictures posted.
Here's a smattering of before pictures. Click to enlarge.
Below is the best photo we have of the previous floor, so be sure to take a good look.
Here you can really tell that the top cabinets were a different shade of off-white than the bottom ones. And, again, the floor. Ugh.
Finally, a couple of cabinet close-ups so you can see the old hardware.
Here's a list of what we did over the course of the summer:
- Painted the kitchen walls a "Honeypot" color.
- Removed all the cabinet doors and threw away the old hinges and knobs.
- Sanded, patched, primed, and painted the cabinets and doors a "Pot of Cream" color.
- Took off the existing adhesive shelf liner and put down new liner.
- Installed new hinges and knobs and re-attached the cabinet doors.
- Stripped the surface of the old floor.
- Applied embossing leveler.
- Installed self-adhesive vinyl tile.
As you can tell, the kitchen looks MUCH better! We are quite pleased with how it turned out (the floor, especially). And we spent around $800-$900 on everything, so it was much cheaper than doing a remodel. One funny thing is that updating the cabinets, walls, and floor have really made the sink and refrigerator look dated, so those may have to get replaced at some point.
Finally, we'll leave you with a few pictures taken in-progress:
Auf Wiedersehen!
