Wow, it's finally finished! Our living room, dining room, and kitchen are all back together. There are still a few small details to take care of and to work our way through painting trim but it's 98% done! So here are a few before and after pictures to help remind you of what it looked like!
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| Old corner cabinet space |
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| New corner cabinet! |
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| Old kitchen sink view |
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| New sink view! |
I took some staged pictures...where I wish my countertops were as clear as they are in the pics...then some pictures of a normal day :-) I also tried to edit some of the photos with the windows and different views from the dining and living rooms.
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| We had to keep a small chalkboard wall |
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| Welcome, this is the view from coming in through the back mudroom/entryway. |
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| The under the cabinet lights are great AND our counter is REALLy reflective! Wow! |
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| Our sink! We are washing on the right and drying on the left. Also super glad we went with the on-demand hot & cold water! Just wish they weren't so squished. Oh well... |
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| We love the stove in front of the window! It looks so cool and light! |
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| We knew our old oven was not good but didn't realize how bad it was until we started baking in this. The broil is a little finicky but otherwise so amazing! |
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| Our pantry and fridge. The fridge is HUGE! But no magnets. So one thing we need is a cork board or magnet board for things like school menus and schedules. |
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| The view through the rest of the house! |
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| See those reflections!?? |
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| All our cookbooks that we hardly use anymore :-) But love! |
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| Was still deciding on the cushions but think I might keep them for special occasions. Not main kid use... |
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| We pained the cabinet the same as the trim and added the same handles as the cabinets. I am still playing what we might go on the shelves. |
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| From the front door! |
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| Everything is really feeling like it's coming together. I might change up the curtain colors to white to brighten up this room. |
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| View from the couch! |
We are super excited about some of the features that make it more user friendly! We felt like we gained cabinet space but then we realized we moved appliances from the counters into the pantry and cabinets. We also lost some mudroom storage...so we are still playing with where everything fits.
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| Micro-wave, flours & baking, canned goods, food, and appliances |
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| Our special secret appliance spots for those rarely used appliances- deep fryer and bread maker go up and behind the wine rack inside the pantry! |
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| So excited for our vertical shelves! |
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| This is to the right of the stove drawers. we measured specifically for the electric griddle to go here :-) Pancakes are a staple in our house! |
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| Our spice drawer!! |
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| Trash and food waste/compost in a pull out drawer. |
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| I LOVE being able to start the dishwasher at any point. I LOVE not having to hook it up to the faucet. I LOVE how many things can fit in there! I LOVE it... although the controls are always getting bumped if you lean against it... :-) |
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| LOVE our double oven! Love the small griddle that goes on it if we want- perfect for grilled cheese and quesadillas! |
Here is what it looks like on a typical day. We are still working out our radio/music situation, etc...
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| We luckily had another big wall to hang our HUGE wedding guest art! Yay! |
We decided to redo (ourselves) the mudroom/entry way. Adam took down the siding and put up sheet rock. I painted it and scrubbed (with a toothbrush) all the mold on the windowpanes. We are deciding to keep it free of curtains and let light in...
Wow! I still can't believe it's ours sometimes! I am cleaning it obsessively... we will see how long that lasts. We eat most meals at the bar/counter because the table has had so much on it... :-) Thanks to our awesome helpers and our contractor, Tom Lawson who was awesome. We can't wait to have a kitchen warming party!
I am trying to upload the 360 degree video of the kitchen...soon.
