Before and After: Kitchen

Here she is, in all her tract home glory! You probably have these same cabinets too. Stained oak! To me, yuck!!  Now, some people really like this look and if you do, I hope your not offended that I don't.  Everytime I walked in my kitchen, the grain in that oak just screamed at me! 

In my home, you can see the kitchen from the living room, and I hated that!  Because those cabinets were awful to me! 

  I tried to add some charm by bringing in my great Grandmother's table that I painted.  It helped, a little.  I just couldn't help feeling that those cabinets needed a dose of pretty.  I wanted so badly to paint them!  But, I was scared to death of that task.

But, I conquered those fears, and went for it!!  I won't lie, it was a monumental task!  But they are beautiful to me now!  Painted cabinets just make me smile!  Everytime I walk in my kitchen, I get this feeling of joy and pride that I did that!

We also got granite countertops, which are an absolute dream!!  You can put anything hot, right out of the oven on this baby and nothing happens!  I know some people are scared to do that, but not me !

We changed out the cutrains for bamboo shades from our local Lowe's and they have been the best thing ever! 

View from the breakfest room.  More on that later.

The cream table needed a face lift too.  I painted it this wonderful green color and my man picked me up some butcher block from Ikea.  My daughter thought the top should be stained and I completely agreed.  I love how it turned out!

This is me, trying my best to look like I don't know a camera is there!  I think I just laughed the entire time!

My little green ladder from our local antique mall.  I get more comments on this than anything!



So there you have it!  I would love to still add a few more details.  Like white subway tiles and wood flooring!  Right now, God teaches me daily to be content with what I have. It doesn't have to be done all at once.  It is a slow process in the making, and I'm o.k with that.

I will be linking up here

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Blessings,