Kitchen Before & After

My husband and I bought a foreclosure.  It took 6 months to close on the house, and another 3 months for the kitchen and bathroom to be completed so we could move in.  We live in NY state, so it’s very expensive living- about an hour from NYC. 

Our house was empty for over 2 years, and my poor husband (and my in-laws) couldn’t see the potential of this home built in 1890!  Now it is just a dream come true living in our home, of course there is always more to do. But that’s kind of the fun of it.

I’m a sucker for  before and after shots, so I’d like to start my blogging life with a before and after of a room in my home.   

My Kitchen BEFORE & AFTER Shots

And then recently we updated these lights again.

Ok.  Now a little back story.  The kitchen before felt obviously outdated, but also dirty and gross.  That’s why I decided to paint the cabinets white and the walls light blue, for that fresh clean look.  We chose the tin backsplash because I really liked the texture that it would add.  We also added white tile to the ceiling to make the room feel like it belonged in this old house.  We updated all the appliances, sink and trash can to stainless steel. And then added oil rubbed bronze hardware to the cabinets and the sink faucet.  We also removed the countertop and put in black and white marble tile countertops.  Its not granite, but its an improvement. 


Close up of the tile, which is grouted together just like a floor



We used a system called schleter which can be found at home depot





After months of living with the kitchen, I decided to go 1 step further. We then added molding to the top of the cabinets and wainscotting to the sides of all the cabinets, and also added a chairrail and wainscotting all around the room. 



Since there wasn’t that much wall space, this wasn’t that expensive, but it gave the kitchen a more expensive custom look. 



We get lots of positive feedback on the celing too. We bought it online, and just glued it up. Since our home was built in 1980, I think it brings the right authenticy to the home, but I also think this could add great character for a newer built home





We are still currently working on this space, I loved how the cabinets looked on the outside, but they still looked like this when we opened them. Ugly.



So we painted them out white



It makes me much happier to open them up and see this now.

Tile, Sink, & Faucet- Home Depot

Paint- Home Depot

Hardware for cabinets & blinds that don’t properly fit-Target

Appliances- Sears

Curtains- Fabric from JoAnns and some hot glue

Dont hesitate to ask any questions, I'll write a comment back to answer

More posts on the kitchen

All Kitchen Details

Details about the countertop

New lights on the bar

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