A lot of my local friends have personally seen the transformation of our house slowly take place, but when I saw DIY Show Off post a Before and After Home Improvement party, I felt obligated to join and share some before/afters of our house. We bought our house in May of 2008 and I love every minute of personalizing it and making it 'our' place and our home, but I do feel the work is never done!
Before we even moved into this house the first thing we did was transform the kitchen and dining area. Now, don't get me wrong, the before wasn't bad (so if any one of you have this same color or style, I'm not judging, it just isn't us), but the space before felt a bit dark and drab. I seriously felt I was walking into a Duck Head commercial kitchen with the forest green and the wood cabinets...I felt any moment I was going to turn the corner and see a deer head hanging off the wall--that is just what the color palette felt like to me, personally (again, no offense to anyone with this color palette!).
I wanted natural light to shine in and a more soothing color for this space that people often congregate in--so we took action in creating a brighter, more open and inviting space:
Before: Kitchen
Before: Kitchen
Before: Dining
(not our furniture, previous owner's)
Before: Primed Dining
Before: Dining
(not our furniture, previous owner's)
Before: Primed Dining
Before: Cabinet Doors Off
(prep for painting)
Before: Primed Kitchen
(prep for painting)
Before: Primed Kitchen
After roughly 2 weeks of working on this project, the following is exactly what we did, which wasn't much, but made a great transformation to our kitchen and dining. Again, amazing how paint makes a world of a difference!
- Walls: taped, primed, painted
- Cabinets: sanded, primed, painted, new hardware, accent lights above cabinet molding
After: Kitchen
After: Kitchen
After: Cabinets
After: Cabinets
After: Dining
17 comments:
WOW KIM! What a transformation! I love the fresh and brightened look. LOL at your comments on the before pictures! You crack me up!!! Your kitchen after is gorgeous! I love white cabinets and the paint color is so pretty!
Thanks so much for adding your inspirational project to the DIY Show & Tell! I LOVE it!
Roeshel
WOW! Amazing transformation! Great work!
My DIY is posted here: http://foreverdaisies.blogspot.com/2009/09/scrapbook-room-remodel-revealed.html
Oh, this is gorgeous! The colors you picked are so pleasing. Well done!
I like the after much better. I will sleep better tonight knowing that you have a gorgeous kitchen!!!
looks great! love the color!
Your kitchen looks great...I am looking to paint my cabinets white...but I am struggling with what color white to choose...what did you use?
I love your cabinets! It looks like they are the same builder grade oak cabinets that came with our house. We are in the process of painting our cabinets too, but we can't seem to cover up the grain of the the cheapo wood. What did you guys do?
Holly @ ReidAllAboutIt.blogspot.com
Thanks for the help! We are not so much worried about the look of the grain, but it seems to be "bleeding" through a bit. Wish us luck! We are sanding the primer back and putting on the first coat of latex tomorrow!
It looks fantastic. I have dark wood in my kitchen and I constantly think about painting it white. I love the way yours turned out. Nicely done.
This turned out beautiful! I love the wall colors and the accents of blue!! Thank you for signing up to follow me, and for the sweet comment! I didnt see where I could sign up to follow you, but I will stop by often! Take care!
I love the make over! The blue walls and white cabinets are so calming! I have been contemplating using a similar shade of blue for our master bedroom...after seeing how gorgeous your kitchen looks, I am pretty much convinced! great job!
Yay Kim! I'm so proud of you. BLUE!!! you know I love it. . .
Lovin' the WHITE cabinets...great makeover you have done here in your kitchen.
Blessings,
Linda
Wow it looks so much better! Brighter, fresher, classic, what a difference a little paint makes eh?
It's so much lighter and fresher now. Great transformation!
I was looking at kitchens on DIY Showoff and had to come visit your blog. Love the cabinets and the layout is similar to what I want to do to our kitchen. What is the square footage of your dining area?
I LOVE the white and blue combo. Awesome. I am just about to jump into painting mine. What shade of blue did you use?
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