Kitchen Before and After

One of our first projects in the house has been the kitchen.  It was VERY 90ish so I was dying to make it fresh, clean and updated.  We did not have much of a budget so with a little paint and hard work we were able to make it look totally different--a good different!

Here are some before pictures.  Notice the lovely wallpaper and brass hardware.  We were told the wallpaper cost $750 per roll.  I don't know a lot about wall paper but that sounds crazy to me.

 The trim was GROSS around the floor and was peeling off around the hardware.

 Here are the things we changed:

*removed wall paper
*painted walls with Benjamin Moore Healing Aloe (Love, love, love this color!!)
*repainted all cabinets and trim with oil based paint same color as before
*replaced brass hardware with nickel brushed hardware
*took off two of the cabinet doors

This was my faithful companion while I changed all the hardware.  That was a lot of screws my friends.

Here 

is 

the

AFTER:

 Taking off two of the cabinets was an inexpensive way to add some interest to the plain cabinets.

Breakfast Room Before:

Breakfast Room After:

I am still working on picking out fabric to cover wicker chair cushions and putting up a shelf on wall in breakfast room.    

The changes make for a much brighter and more cheerful place to cook and eat!