My HaPPy EveR aFTeR KitcHen Remodel

These before and after pictures have been along time coming.

Life has had  some twist and turns since we got this home.

The process has been both frustrating and worth every minute of hard work.

Our children,  grandchildren, my Father-in-law, son-in-law and a nephew all made this happen.

 Dennis with his skills never ceases to amaze me.

The before picture of the kitchen in

 a home we

 bought in July 2013.

 It had carpet,

linoleum and white oak cabinetry.

We kept the layout pretty much the same.





 

 We removed the large picture window and
 turned it into a sliding glass door and enlarged the window  above the sink.
 



 

 
 


Looking at the back of the house you can also see where we took a door out of the
 laundry room and replaced it with a
window.





Here is our transformation.
We added new cabinets, tile floor, brick back splash, granite countertops and new light fixtures.
Cabinetry was done  by
Out of the Woods  http://ootwc.com/ .
 




The new appliances are called Slate .

 The hidden dishwasher that looks like it is a cupboard off to the side of the fridge with long handle.

 

 

This was the view we knew we had to change  we lengthened the wall to block the birds eye view into the quest bathroom.

 

 

 

 

These were the original stools that were left behind. With a little remodeling, paint and some vintage feed sacks to cover the old cushions they look  almost new.

The sign is made out of left over flooring.
 This was the name of a little store that Dennis's grandparents had during the depression era.

 

 

This is also their  stove,  it was the first big appliance they bought after they were married.
 It was given to Dennis  and it fits perfectly in this spot.
 

We wanted to have some of our light fixtures a little bit different than the normal ones you pick out of the store.
We went to an antique show  and found some matching oyster buckets added some galvanized  pipe and created this light fixture for above our table.
And with Pinterest the ideas are endless!

I found this antique hand pieced quilt top online and finally got the courage up to cut it in half to make this no sew window treatment.
 When I close them it looks like a stained glass window.
The rods are actually door handles off an old city building Dennis had to demolish for a job. I have had them for years and is my first time I have used them.

On the kitchen island I went with a  black distressed  look. Each color of cabinets also have different hardware. 

These are porch lights that we combined and backed with more of the leftover lumber from the wood floor that  we had installed in the great room.

I was able to find gallon sized Mason jars for the next fixture but realized the scale was a little to much over the top. Then  a second trip a few weeks later I found a smaller jar size.
 Which Dennis was able to turn this into another fun light fixture.

This  leads into the great room which
 I will get to at a later time along with some of the other rooms we have redone.