I finally got around to cleaning after the kitchen remodel, so I could take some after pictures. It still isn’t quite finished. Someday I might get around to some window treatments and another someday new appliances.
Here is it looked like before.
See the space between the cabinet and patio door? There was room there for a lovely garbage can if a person wanted to put one there. I did not, so I removed the existing upper cabinet and built 2 new upper cabinets and an additional base cabinet. Then I made one of the existing base cabinets a slide out garbage cabinet. I built the uppers 14″ deep to fit larger items like chargers or serving dishes that don’t always fit in a standard 12″ cabinet.
The cabinets were nice (raised panel-classic design), just ugly so all I had to do there was paint. I applied beadboard and corbels to the island to give it more substance and painted the walls and molding.
Tags: Decorating, DIY, Kitchen
Oh My! I found you through your Candleabra post at Tatertos and Jello. Your kitchen is amazing! Dh and I have been talking about painting all of our wood trim and cabinets white as well. Did you do the entire house? It looks like it from the pics but you can only see so far. We have so much wood trim but I want it all white! I think our kitchen cabinets are the same too! We are actually going to be doing our stairs in spring and were debating using white and now I know we will! How long did it take? Were the cabinets hard to do? If we paint them it will save us so much money! You are an inspiration for sure! And I adore your candleabra, going to try to make my own very soon.
LOVE it!!! We did a major addition/renovation to our home last year and it included the kitchen. We added on a nice large scrapbooking room for me and my husband installed all of the old (oak) kitchen cabinets in there. I would love to paint them white, but am concerned about how difficult of a job it is…yours looks stunning, how did you do it?
Can I ask what color of white and brand you used on your cabinets?
Love your house, my kitchen is similiar to yours, I even have lemons in a bowl on my island. Love your hallway and stairs area. I just started working on mine! Ange
I'd love some kitchen tips. We are moving into a new (to us) house in less than 2 weeks and I need to paint some 80s oak
We painted our cabs in our previous house but I want to bump it up a notch at the next place. I keep having phobias about painting the wood trim, but I know it is the right thing to do, and I love a white kitchen. You did a great job!
You so inspire me as I look at all the jobs that need to be done in my house. I’m a single working mom and I need to save money. Please share with me the steps for painting kitchen cabinets and woodwork. Both are oak and I want to change them to white, but I want to do it right. Thanks!
P.S. Did you replace the floors yourself? I have a golden retriever and am still trying to decide b/w hardwood or laminate floors. All my floors need to be replaced – my house is 24 yrs old with original carpets. Thanks again!
what color/brand white did you use? thats what i’m struggling with most is picking out my white color!
Any way to see the before pics? You did a great job on your remodel! I would love to show my husband the before and after.