Alright, ladies (and gents)! The time has come for my big kitchen reveal! And it is long overdue. We finished the kitchen a few weeks ago, but it hasn’t been clean enough to take picture since. Our house has been in constant remodeling mode, so there has been paint, tools, and junk everywhere. I finally got around to clearing it all out (okay, so I just moved it to the dining room table temporarily) to take pictures. Are you ready?
Here’s the before.
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These were taken right after moving in, so there’s stuff everywhere!)
Here’s the after.
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Holy moly! It’s like 2 different kitchens.
Here’s what we did. We replaced the floors. There was carpet in the kitchen (don’t ask me why), so we replaced it with Resilient Vinyl Flooring.
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We painted the walls in this gorgeous color. I think we found the perfect plum color, not too red, and not too purple. You’ll see in the photos that it looks different depending on the light.
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We chose the wall color to match my favorite Ikea rug!
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And we painted the cabinets using Cabinet Transformations (without the provided glaze).
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You’ll also notice that we got new appliances, but I wouldn’t exactly include that in the “remodel”, that was just a necessary upgrade. The kitchen would still look awesome with the old white appliances!
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Bonus picture, of my handsome little kitty!